CP-AGEING is launched for increasing the competences (attitudes, knowledge, skills) of Adults with Cerebral Palsy and their supports on how to enhance their Well-Ageing through a tailored training program.

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UNIQUE AND INNOVATIVE TRAINING BASED ON

  • Direct participation of Adults with Cerebral Palsy as trainees.
  • Focusing on the issues with more impact for improving the well-ageing of Adults with Cerebral Palsy (ACPs).
  • Including references to useful Assistive Technologies.
  • Promoting self-care and autonomy.
  • Practical and experiential approaches where trainees can directly apply the knowledge.
  • Considering the specific culture and lifestyle habits of the different European countries participating in the project.
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CP-AGEING Objectives

    • Raise awareness about the relevance of preventing and dealing with the ageing effects while keeping the quality of life of adults with Cerebral Palsy.
    • Create and transfer guidelines and tools on how to prevent and deal with the physical and cognitive decline and for keeping and/or strengthening autonomy and social inclusion, including the selection and exploitation of assistive technologies.
    • Promote the implementation of the innovative strategies in institutions but also at home, promoting self-care and autonomy.
    • Focus on the ageing of supports and its impact in the support itself, grieving process or legal and economic issues among others.

    • Strengthen the cooperation between institutions, adults with Cerebral Palsy and supports.

Who will benefit

ü  Adults with cerebral palsy and their supports

ü  Professionals working in the support of persons with cerebral palsy 

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