SACRED

As Europe’s population is growing older, there is a noticeable increase in the number of older people experiencing dementia or comorbidities.

As there is a critical shortage of qualified healthcare professionals specialising in the complex care for people with (young onset) dementia or comorbidities, there is a consequent and urgent need for well-trained health care professionals.

This project aims to detect and map good evidence based practices in terms of dementia care and detect the needs of (community dwelling) frail older adults and professional caregivers and students within good practice care for people with (young onset) dementia. By doing so, SACRED aims to offer a scalable and sustainable solution that can be implemented across Europe to improve the quality of life for older people by improving the competency of those who care for them.

Based on a performed gap analysis, an open access e-learning will be developed for professionals and students with the aim to train and increase the competences of current professional caregivers within the field of (young onset) dementia.

Discover our SACRED website: https://sacredproject.eu/

Dec '24 / Nov '27

Erasmus+ EU

Sharing And Caring for at-Risk Elderly with Dementia or Disabilities (SACRED)

This project contains several activities:

Performing a literature review on good evidence based practices of stepped care in (young onset) dementia care for frail (community-dwelling) older adults
Conduct a needs assessment in frail (community-dwelling) older adults, students and professional caregivers in terms of support for stepped care
Explore caviats in between good practices and current care for frail (community-dwelling) older adults by mean of a gap analysis
Identify the specific training and support needs of students and professionals who serve frail (community-dwelling) older adults with (young onset) dementia or disabilities by means of co-creation
The development of a comprehensive, accessible E-Learning Platform and a Database of Evidence Based interventions and 20 Good Practices tailored to the needs of healthcare students and professionals
The implementation and testing of the E-Learning Platform across six diverse European regions, evaluating its effectiveness and scalability
Raising awareness and understanding of dementia or different forms of disabilities by providing well-informed resources that cater to the needs of students, professionals and older adults