The training material has been developed from the very beginning based on the needs of the target groups. We first assessed these needs through questionnaires and, after analyzing the results, created the framework of the material. The training material was filled in with content by the Advisory Teams in the partner countries.
This means that everything you read in the training material was suggested, written, reviewed, and compiled by the three target groups themselves. It truly contains what people living in long-term care, and those who support them, need in order to live as self-determined a life as possible.
The training material will consist of 5 modules:
Self-Empowerment and Self-Determination
Self-awareness and identity as a person in need of care
The concept of peer counseling methods
Personal future planning: personal goals, ideas, challenges, and fears; the care system and opportunities in my country
The Role of Caregivers and the Situation of Family Caregivers
Counseling methods: communication, client-centered approach, peer approach
Practical experiences in self-advocacy
Understanding counseling and marketing from and for people in need of care
Communication
Expectations toward informal caregivers, volunteers, professional caregivers, and the community
Counseling methods: conflict management and systemic perspective, as well as solution strategies
Person-Centered Planning
Self-assessment
Adult education: roles, functions, and methods (formal, informal, and non-formal learning) from a trainer’s perspective
Adult Education and Skills Development
Learning and applying evaluation and critical methods
Developing the FairCare training concept and learning center
Methodology
The FairCare methodology proposes a shift in perspective: it understands care as a relational process in which all involved actors (people in need of care, informal carers/family members, friends, and professional caregivers) participate as equal partners, promoting collaboration, communication, and shared learning.
FairCare offers a comprehensive training programme aimed at empowering people in need of care and support to exercise greater self-determination in the support they receive.
Read the FairCare principles in the short version of the Methodology:
Moodle course
Click the link to access the easily accessible Moodle course. It is available in all partner languages: English, Hungarian, German, Italian, Spanish, and Greek (Cyprus). You can start exploring the course by yourself, or get in touch with your country coordinator to participate in a face-to-face training. You can even organize a session for a group, which your country coordinator will gladly organize for you at the FairCare Training Center.
You can find the contact details of your country coordinator at the bottom of the Home page.