Become my buddy!: Neighbourly services in the domicile
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Team
Makamed LLC
Marek
Wojda
Mr
Poland
2014
, PM, Gdansk
New products & services: Entries in this category develop and offer essentials product and services that address needs currently unmet, Last mile distribution: Entries in this category focus on solutions that enable the physical delivery of life-changing services to people with restricted mobility or restricted access (senior people, people with disability, remote or difficult areas, etc.).
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-Polish Red Cross - Pomeranian Regional Office
-Lead social - mission organization
-The basic mission of the Red Cross is to prevent and to alleviate human suffering and to protect human dignity
-Encouraging voluntary service and being constantly ready to bring aid
-volunteer base and know - how;
-Makamed LCC
-business partner
-providing the Telecare Services for caregivers and their charges
-hardware and experience.
The proposed innovation in public services has a great development potential. Polish Red Cross - PRO carried in Gdańsk with social Assistant Centre the project "Lets' be a good neighbour" referred to 16 couples - Neighbour and Charge in the period October-December 2013. The project consisted in the completion of neighbourly services in the scope described in this project. As a result of the achievement of the programme dependent charges could stay in their environment. The researches regarding the socioeconomic effectiveness of the implemented program weren't being conducted, and therefore it isn't possible to draw any conclusions.
National government.
In March 2014 we have submited our offer to The National Centre for Research and Development (the implementing agency of the Minister of Science and Higher Education in Poland). Now we are awaiting for outcomes.
The landmark was the cooperation between Leader and the social Assistant Centre in Gdańsk from 01.09.2013 to 31.12.2013. The pilot project concerned the delivery of neighbourly services. During the first week of the recruitment we were able to report 16 pairs charge - volunteer. Situation analysis after the completion and for accounting for the project demonstrated the more distant need of the performance of a task, both in Gdańsk as well as other districts creating the Tricity urbanized area. Proposed activities are characterized by a great permanence - from the pilot group until today(4 months after completion of the project) 12 of 16 pairs are still functioning.
Makamed experiences show that charges demonstrate great dislike and anxieties before setting about using the system of the telecare. Even though the cooperation with paid minders from public means doesn't often meet their expectations, they don't want to give it up. Seniors are afraid that because of telecare services they will be entirely isolated from social life and left to oneself. Therefore, the risk consists on the initial distrust for the new tool. However this problem will be minimized thanks to volunteers, visiting one's neighbours regularly, helping them with everyday activities and keeping company
Consortium agreement.
Polish Red Cross - PRO will become more open for applying technological igh-tech solutions in its traditional, basic actions like care and assistance. We will gain the greater elasticity of action. An organizational potential will be improved. However the partner will gain the sensitivity to social problems of elderly people.
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