📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Alzheimer León has been working for more than 25 years to improve the quality of life of Alzheimer sufferers and their families, as well as to raise awareness of the disease in society. The main aims of all Alzheimer León's efforts are:
- To improve the quality of life of people with Alzheimer's disease.
- To protect their rights and claim their needs.
- To support, inform and train families and carers.
- To encourage research and collaborate in the early detection of the disease.
- To train professionals in order to provide them with better qualifications.
- To have an impact on society in order to achieve responsible participation.
At present, the association has around 350 daily users, almost 1,100 members, two day centres in the city of León, a day centre in the town of Santa María del Páramo, owned by the City Council but managed by Alzheimer León, and a family respite unit in Cea. The association has a network of around one hundred volunteers.
Some of the activities carried out daily are: workshops in the memory unit, cognitive stimulation activities, gerontogymnastics, etc, in the half-stay unit, intergenerational games library, specialised internal and external training, etc.
💼 What the programme involves
Alzheimer León has been working for more than 25 years improving the life quality of Alzheimer patients and their families, as well as sensitizing society about the disease. The main purposes of all Alzheimer's association efforts for that are; encourage research, protect the rights of the sick, support families, inform society to enhance the early diagnosis of new cases, provide a specialized training to the professionals that are responsible for dealing with the day with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, and to promote awareness of this disease.The volunteer will develop his or her activities in the day center and in the therapeutic center of the Alzheimer León. The volunteer tasks will be related with the participation in dayly activities, the dissemination about the disease and the intervention in intergenerational activities.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The Coordinating Organization (Asociación Auryn) will provide an apartment appropriated for the basic needs of the whole volunteering team. Volunteers will share an apartment that is located near the city centre and the hosting organization and that has three single rooms and shared bathroom, kitchen and living room with the necessary tools for daily life.
🎒 Leisure activities
The volunteer will attend the On-arrival Training and the Mid-Term Evaluation that are organized by the National Agency. In this trainings it is possible to meet other European volunteers who carry out their projects in different places in Spain. In addition, we will provide free Spanish classes. The host entity will provide, free of charge, the training that the volunteer may need to perform their tasks correctly.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: Young people interested in volunteering in projects about educational intervention with Alzheimer patients, their families, volunteers and surrounding schools. Some aspects, such as training or experience in the field of mental disabilities, the care of dependent people, etc., or knowledge of Spanish, will be positively valued. Social skills appropriated for working with elderly people will be relevant.
Deadline: Application deadline: 09/09/2022
ℹ️ Additional information
Participants are entitled to receive a Youthpass certificate from the organiser, for recognition of their competence development during the activity. Read more about Youthpass:https://www.youthpass.eu/en/
This organisation holds a European Solidarity Corps Quality Label. The Quality Label certifies that the organisation is able to run projects in compliance with the principles and objectives of the European Solidarity Corps.