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Life Long Living Maintaining Everyday Life as Long as Possible

Fredericia forms the future A path to ensuring future welfare. Life Long Living Maintaining Everyday Life as Long as Possible Opening Conference for the European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations 2012: Staying active – what does it take?

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Life Long Living Maintaining Everyday Life as Long as Possible

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  1. Fredericia forms the future A path to ensuring future welfare Life Long Living Maintaining Everyday Life as Long as Possible Opening Conference for the European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations 2012: Staying active – what does it take? Karen Heebøll Director of Social Services, Municipality of Fredericia Karen

  2. Welfare challenge Expectations and needs Lack of employees Economy

  3. Life Long Living Our vision “A municipality with active and resourceful elderly, who through prevention, rehabilitation, technology and social networking can maintain everyday life for as long as possible.”

  4. Change of paradigm in practice • late to early intervention • compensation to rehabilitation • care to prevention • senior burden to senior strength

  5. ”Citizen” Social networks Civil society Voluntary Associations Rehabilitation and Prevention as strategy

  6. Life Long Living

  7. Every Day Rehabilitation • Help to self-help • Staff can withdraw to a monitoring role • Focus on activities in every day life • Assess resources – make one plan for the citizen • Care in a ”training way” • Intensive help in the beginning • 15 care trainers • 3 therapists,2 visitation staff and nurses

  8. From ”patient” to independent • Apply for personal care and practical help • Receive 31 days intensive training - totaling 72,3 hours (normally 9,3 hours p/w or 483 hours p/a) 3. Achieve independence and happiness Conclusion Investment returned after approx. 2 months Yearly savings: 20.000 EUR / 822 hours

  9. Life Long Living Trained home care staff for people who live at home

  10. Transferability of the method • Awarded the LGDK Innovation Prize 2010 • Awarded EPSA 2011 Best Practice Certificate • Integrated into the Danish national budget • Role model for Danish municipalities on how to work with elderly care

  11. Life Long Living www.lmiel.dk

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