i-Care

_ Description

The aim of the icare project is:

• to improve the level of soft and ICT skills of formal and informal caregivers
• to improve the level of knowledge and skills of informal caregivers regarding patient care (basic skills) & their own health and safety
• and, as a result, to improve the well-being of the caregivers and the quality of the services provided to the patients

The target groups of this project are:

• Scholars of nursing school, VET organizations, nurses, and social educators
• Informal caregivers (migrants, patients' relatives etc) working at home.

_ Outcomes

• Improve caregivers’ access of lower levels of qualifications and from different disadvantaged backgrounds (e.g. migrants, unemployed) to an educational course leading them to obtain relevant qualifications and helping them to increase their employability.
• Free Access to Open Educational Resources (MOOC) in four (4) languages
• Improved knowledge and skills of both formal and informal caregivers through innovative learning approaches based to their needs.
• Supporting integration Services (i.e. self assessment tools like mini games, a coaching session) for informal caregivers with lower levels of qualifications