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ALZ-Q – Training facilitators in small local heritage institutions to make them safe places for adults with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease provides adult educators and guides working in small local museums and libraries with the necessary training to support visitors to their institutions who have recently received a diagnosis of the illness.
You can read on this site reports on the needs of Alzheimer’s patients, as well as needs and skills gaps found among learning facilitators necessary to better involve this vulnerable group in heritage-related organisations like museums or libraries. You may access a modular training programme with a toolkit that can be tailored to the needs of the local context addressing these learning facilitators. And there is more to learn from testimonials or events we are organising on behalf of the ALZ-Q project in the Netherlands, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Spain, and Austria with museums and libraries working with newly diagnosed Alzheimer's patients, their families, and carers.
About ALZ-Q objectives and EU priorities addressed
The project is funded by the European Union (Project reference: KA220-ADU-20D48443). In addition to addressing two EU priorities—Inclusion and Diversity in all areas of education, training, youth, and sport, as well as the development and dissemination of Common Values, Civic Engagement, and Participation—our primary goal is to enhance the competencies of educators and other adult learning and guidance staff, which is a key EU priority. We think that by leveraging the accessibility of local cultural institutions as a harbour, small museums and other heritage institutions may play a significant role in safely integrating the group of persons with Alzheimer's into the community. In a selfish world, Alzheimer's patients are becoming more and more isolated. Although staff training is necessary, small museums and historical organisations may assist in their safe integration into the community.
About the ALZ-Q partners
Our partnership is formed by nine project partners who are supported by additional associated partners. These nine core partners are:
Quiosq (Netherlands), coordinator, www.quiosq.eu
Our heritage representing entities:
Plunges rajono savivaldybes viesoji biblioteka (Lithuania), www.plunge.rvb.lt
Ethniko Kentro Erevnas kai Diasosis Sholikou Ylikou (Greece), www.ekedisy.gr
Muzeum Śląskie w Katowicach (Poland), www.muzeumslaskie.pl
And, our education expert entities:
EduVita APS (Italy), www.eduvita.it
CRHACK LAB FOLIGNO 4D ODV (Italy),
https://crowddreaminganew.world/
KIE (Portugal), www.kie.pt
Centro de Formación del Profesorado E Innovación Educativa de Burgos (Spain),
BEST Institut für berufsbezogene Weiterbildung und Personaltraining GmbH (Austria), www.best.at
ALZ-Q Results
Here you will find seven reports and the ALZ-Q toolkit for learning facilitators in museums and libraries who are striving to better engage and engage visitors diagnosed with Alzheimer's. The first product will be released in March 2025.
These reports are:
1) Our report on the needs of the learning facilitators in heritage-related entities and Alzheimer-diagnosed people.
2) Report on competences needed for learning facilitators to enrich the visits of people with Alzheimer's disease.
3) A description of the training for these facilitators to obtain the competences described in Report 2.
4) A comprehensive report on the training and activities implemented for the facilitator group.
5) A report with adaptions on training and the collation of the ALZ-Q learning material used for the facilitators' competences training and experiences.
6) A collection of all feedback from the first facilitators in the ALZ-Q training.
7) A report on the experiences of the people diagnosed with Alzheimer's who visited the ALZ-Q heritage partners after the ALZ-Q training.
And, our modular educational Toolkit with comprehensive resources designed to guide and support educators in delivering effective instruction and promoting learning at heritage institutions like museums and libraries. By enhancing their teaching practices they shall be better equipped to address the diverse needs of their adult visitors diagnosed with Alzheimer.
ALZ-Q TTT
Tools, tips and tricks to get started on site with useful background information and additional teaching materials.
Here are results:
A good introductory video on how to deal with people with Alzheimer's disease
Best Practice Manual: Creative Reminiscence and Life Story Work for people with dementia
Find here an inspiring overview of museum projects in the field of receiving visitors with dementia
Inclusive programme in one of the biggest museums in the Netherlands
Education programme for people with Alzheimer's disease and for their carers
Memory aids and tools that might help with different types of memory problems
Kunstmuseum Den Haag launches Art Connection for people with dementia and their carers
Participants through a process reminiscent of a game, leave their own imprint on the exhibits
A training, learning, and social inclusion project that uses crafts, ceramics, and cultural heritage
A network of people from the general public managed by Alzheimer Europe.
As soon as we have more ready for you, we will make it available here.
ALZ-Q training for learning facilitators at heritage entities on better welcoming visitors with Alzheimer's diagnosis
For interested facilitators, we will organise the ALZ-Q training at heritage entities on better welcoming visitors with newly received Alzheimer's diagnosis. It will be organised in spring and summer of 2025 in Greece, Lithuania and Poland.
The training days are (2025):
22nd - 23rd of May in Poland, Katowice. For further details, please contact: www.muzeumslaskie.pl
29th-30th of May in Greece, Athens: For further details, please go to: ekedisy.gr/en
10th - 11th of June in Lithuania, Plunge. Find more details here.
Testimonials & Press reactions
Read here what our participants, partners and press say about ALZ-Q soon!
Look into the activities we organised for Alzheimer patients. Each of our three showcases tells the story of how our project unfolded after our training.
In Poland:
In Greece:
In Lithuania:
Disclaimer:
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the National Agency of The Netherlands. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
Project reference: 2024-1-NL01-KA220-ADU-000253660; Duration: September 2024 - August 2026
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