Sun in the Age

PROJECT Nº

2022-1-LT01-KA220-ADU-000088994

SECTOR

Adult

TYPE

KA2

CREATED

2022

STARTED

2022-11-01

COMPLETION

2024-10-31

Description

Sun in the Age addresses the problem of loneliness and social isolation in older adults, which became more visible during the pandemic. Lack of basic human contact for months at a time and a sense of distress at death have become the main problem.

Sun in the Age provides practical, low-cost and highly effective tools for accessing self-awareness of the mind and improving the work performance of educators.

Professionals will learn how to use them to improve, through mindful breathing and other techniques, their mental health and their service to others. Focused concentration, serenity, creativity, compassion and unconditional love are some of those inner skills that can be discovered and enhanced.

Objectives

Main objective: to implement the REMIND practices (Relaxation, Meditation, Mindfulness) to significantly improve competences and psycho-physical wellness of the educators, social workers and the quality of life of the older people.

Objectives:

To provide social, educational and health staff who work with the elderly with new important tools for the stress management related with holistic approaches which also includes REMIND
Techniques; to teach educators how to apply the REMIND to themselves as tools for improving their psycho- physical wellbeing
To improve their knowledge about the resources older people have and how to empower them through REMIND;
To enable older people to learn the life skills, strengthen and build resilience, improve their ability to manage emotions and control reactive response, reduce stress and anxiety grown up due to COV-19 pandemic, maintain an active brain, and transform LONELINESS in a GOLD OPPORTUNITY;
To reinforce networking opportunities for the organizations participating in the project, especially regarding holistic approaches for wellbeing that include Mindfulness.