The core objective of the AGID project is to improve the quality of life of people with Intellectual Disabilities faced with the problems of ageing. The project intends to reach this goal by increasing the knowledge and the competence of frontline staff and professionals in this field through the development of web-based training on the topic of ageing and intellectual disability. The quality of life of elderly people with Intellectual disabilities and their families will be improved through increased knowledge of support staff working with the service-users.
AGID has identified additional objectives to be achieved at various stages of the project:
- To carry out a mapping of policy, needs and services for older people with ID based on the analysis of needs
- To involve people with ID and their families in the formulation and development of the training
- To involve professionals and frontline staff from a range of service agencies in the formulation and development of the training
- To develop a training module using the Delphi consensus method across partner countries
- To implement the training module through an innovative web-based format
- To evaluate the training module and its impact in providing personalised care for older people with ID
- To disseminate the training module, its methodology and impact in improving the quality of life of people with ID across European countries
- To reflect the UN-Convention on the Rights of Persons with disabilities in all the steps of the project.
This project will also address the following objectives of the Leonardo Da Vinci Programme:
1. Supporting improvements in quality and innovation in vocational education and training systems, institutions and practices:
The project aims to improve the quality of staff training in order to enable them to meet the needs of ageing people with disabilities in the most effective way. Training modules based on the outcomes of focus groups involving service users will impart increased knowledge and skills to enable staff to respond to the changes in users' lives.
2. Facilitating the development of innovative practices in the field of vocational education and training on regional, national and EU level
The project aims to develop quality and innovative staff training on specific issues related to aging and disability. The results of each module delivered locally will be shared with the whole partnership and then transferred to a European level.
3. Developing Vocational Skills taking into consideration the labour market needs new Skills for New Jobs Platform
The project directly addresses the priority 3: "New skills for new jobs" since it focuses on the development of new skills for front-line staff. Participants in the AGID project training modules will learn new approaches; practices and competences that will help them face the new challenges in their profession.
In keeping with the European Disability strategy 2010 – 2020, the AGID project intends to “Raise disability awareness and specific knowledge among health professionals, considering
the specific needs of female and male patients”.
This project also wants to demonstrate that the active involvement of the target groups people with ID, their families and the professionals), during all steps of the projects, will bring them additional benefits.