A new technologically advanced geriatric training manikin will be used in free training courses for carers and volunteers working with people with disabilities – announced the Marshal’s Office of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship. The free training courses are provided as part of the “Good-Support Region” EU project implemented by the Marshal’s Office.
The geriatric training manikin has been added to the training resources of the Marshal’s Office Regional Centre for Social Policy (RCSP). It will be used in training courses for carers and volunteers working with persons who require daily support and 24/7 assistance.
Emilia Wolf from the Press Room of the Marshal’s Office of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship said that the free training courses will be provided as part of the “Good-Support Region” EU project implemented by the Marshal’s Office. Organised by the RCSP, these sessions are addressed in particular to carers and families of persons with various congenital and acquired disabilities.
“Individuals working with persons who require 24/7 nursing care must be prepared knowledge- experience- and attitude-wise. Our RCSP has been organising practical training courses in this field for a couple of years now. During the courses, experts not only demonstrate the equipment used to facilitate daily functioning but also, more importantly, teach practical skills. The purpose of these meetings is also to alleviate any concerns the prospective carers might have in regard to working with people with disabilities,” said Marshal of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship Olgierd Geblewicz.
The courses will use a professional geriatric trainer to provide trainees with skills related to full-body hygiene and nursing, bed sore prevention, blood glucose level measurements and other vital sign measurements. It has anatomical-weight, fully articulated limbs and is designed to help practice safe patient positioning and handling.
“Teaching is provided by a licensed nurse with educational background in a specially designed model apartment at 3-4 Starzyńskiego Street in Szczecin. The apartment is adapted to people with various disabilities – motor disabilities, visual dysfunction, dementia and Alzheimer’s disease,” said Wolf.
These courses are provided as part of an EU-funded project called the “Good-Support Region”. Its aim is to make community nursing services in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship more available to people at risk of social exclusion. The project follows up on previous community actions considered by the European Commission as the best contributions to tackling inequality and poverty in the EU.