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Title: Review of activating methods for seniors


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Activating methods for seniors"
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Approximately every fifth Polish citizen is over
productivity-age (women over 60y.o., men over
65y.o.)
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The number of retired people systematically grows
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The rate of the pension benefit in Poland and in
UE countries
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  • low financial status causes low social status
  • difficult access to social life
  • social isolation social rejection

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Country policy in practice
  • Reduction twice a year 37 reduction in
    train class II,
  • Bus communication no reduction
  • Local communication 50reduction
  • Reductions or free access to museums, galeries

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People who take pension
  • 85,7 - havent got any other source of income
  • 12 -take a pension and work part-time

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Summary
  • Bad financial situationno activity on labour
    market

Cultural life
NGOs activity for seniors
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Examples of organisations providing activities
for retired people
  • 1/ Third Age University
  • 2/ Local non-govermental organisations and
    foundations
  • 3/ Senior clubs
  • 4/ Church charities

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1/ Third Age University (TAU)
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  • Most of universities work as NGOs
  • The beginning in 90s
  • TAU organize lectures and meetings with people
    of art, culture and sport
  • Touristic activities
  • Clubs of hobbies
  • Publishing books and periodicals

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Third Age University in action
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Aim of TAU
  • Inclusion of seniors to life-long learning
    system, stimulation of intelectual and physical
    development
  • Animate social life and improve quality of life
    in older age
  • Disseminate geriatric prophylaxis
  • Providing various forms of artistic, health,
    educational, cultural and touristic activities
  • Unfourtunatelly number of places is limited
  • Seniors must co-finance their participation

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2/ Local non-govermental organisations and
foundations
  • in many places in Poland are created NGOs
  • they are sponsored by local sponsors or grants
  • some of their activity is devoted to seniors

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  • Projects to minimalize generation gap
  • - the aim group is children/youth and
    seniors
  • Courses for seniors on Internet skills as a
    possibility to combat e-exclusion
  • - example Active senior (Fundacja Nasza
    Szkola,Lublin)
  • Senior in web
    (Towarzystwo polsko-niemieckie,Kraków)
  • Courses in taking care of children of different
    age groups
  • (Spending together time creatively,
    interesting and active)
  • - example Grandmothers school
  • Journalism
  • Projects focused on art and creativity

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3/ Senior clubs
  • Usually are not formal legal entities
  • They work as a part of housing cooperative
  • Organise irregular meetings

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Role of FAMILY
  • In most cases, family is responsible to provide
    older persons care, food, financial help
  • The old person in return is for a family a source
    of kindness, takes care of grandchildren, helps
    in household

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Conclusion
  • Most of organizations help only part of retired
    people, these who are independent enough to walk
    to the place without problems

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  • What about the people who are to weak or too ill
    to attend courses and have to stay at home / in
    bed/?

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  • Their possibilities are limited
  • For them interesting offer can be dog assisted
    therapy

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Alternative method of activating
seniors-assistance dog programmes
  • Animal Assisted Activities (AAA)
  • Animal Assisted Education (AAE)
  • Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT)

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  • AAA dogs help by visiting the people , it doesnt
    have to follow therapeutic plan
  • AAE method used especially with children..mental
    disorders.. ( help with learning skills)
  • AAT concerns therapy ,involves therapeutic plan
    with goals to be accomplished

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How do animals influence pensionnaires life ?
  • Visiting makes them feel more confident, less
    lonely
  • Physical benefit during touching they exercise
    their hands and arms (streching, moving in soft
    coat)
  • Entertainment it distracts them from pain,
    boredom and lonelness

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  • Social benefit topic to conversation,
  • Health benefit touching animals reduce blood
    pressure
  • Feeling of being accepted a dog doesnt judge
    by appearances or disabilities
  • Many people were pet owners in the past, this
    contact brings good memories and again topic for
    conversation

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Group therapy
  • Usually the group of pensionnaries sit on chairs
    in a circle,
  • Animator introduces the dog ,dog may perform,
    show the tricks, if there is someone who wants to
    pet the dog, he can do so
  • the meeting can proceed also outdoors, they can
    take a lash and go for a short walk
  • Main goal is group integration in friendly
    ambiance

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Individual visits
  • Visits can be proceeded in personal rooms,
  • This option is for those who have to stay in
    bed,
  • A sesion lasts for about half an hour ,once a
    week, number of meetings is unlimited
  • Goal is relationship beetwen dog and pensioneer

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RETIRED
ANIMATOR
DOG
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Standards for the therapeutic dog
  • Dog should be CALM and POLITE, shouldnt touch a
    person, unless invited. A person should feel
    comfortable not forced for contact.
  • Willing to meeting - there are many obedient
    dogs, not everyone is suitable, because not
    everyone ENJOYS meeting strangers, if not, people
    may feel rejected

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  • Dog should be
  • OBEDIENT, walk on a lash without pulling, when
    told to stay, stay, not making noise, absolutely
    under control. The visited person must feel safe
  • RESISTANT to enviroment noise, strange
    behaviour, but also for other animals dogs,
    cats, birds
  • Dog shouldnt react to pain which sometimes can
    be caused by a visited person

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  • The dog must be mature
  • There are breeds of dogs especially predisposed
    like
  • Labrador retriever,
  • Golden retriever
  • Siberian husky
  • Group of Terriers
  • gender, weight, colour are indifferent

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What are the requirements for an animator?
  • Person should have a suitable personality
  • Be patient, polite, tolerant
  • Open
  • Tackful
  • Responsible
  • Should ensure its dog safe conditions of work
  • Regular dogs health controlls

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  • In Poland there are no formal requirements for a
    person to use AAT, s/he doesnt have to be a
    therapeut
  • Most of animators have experience in working with
    dogs, in general.
  • Attend courses concerning animal therapy in
    Poland and abroad.

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  • Animator must be responsible and evaluate the
    dog, if itis ready, if it has suitable
    personality one mistake can be followed by
    forbitting dogs at all in care homes
  • Its safer to proceed as an organization than as
    an individual

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We touch only a part of a problem
  • We talked only about role of dog programmes, but
    for animalotherapy can be used as well cats,
    birds, or even turtles
  • Senior as an owner of a dog or a cat also play
    important role as pleasant duty, which encourages
    to go outsite, to remember about food, walks,
    vets examination and as emotional benefit.

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Situation in Poland
  • Dogs are often used for children therapy
  • It still happens, that dogs are not allowed to
    come in care homes
  • Situation is changing for better, the idea of
    using animal in variety of programmes is becoming
    more and more popular

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My private therapists ?
SWAT
SZOGUN
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  • Thank you
  • for your attention

DVM Karolina Czyz, Poland
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