Database of GOOD PRACTICES

GOOD PRACTICES: STARTING THE COLLECTION




In this database, you will find a selection of examples that may be interesting to you to study in relation to examples of how organisations, communities, professionals or citizens deal with heat and heat-related health challenges.

What is meant by “Good practice”

A good practice is not only a practice that is good, but a practice that has been proven to work well and produce good results, and is therefore recommended as a model. It is a successful experience, which has been tested and validated, in the broad sense, which has been repeated and deserves to be shared so that a greater number of people can adopt it. Or ‘Good practices’ can be defined in multiple ways. However, a thread common to most definitions implies strategies, approaches and/or activities that have been shown through research and evaluation to be effective, efficient, sustainable and/or transferable, and to reliably lead to a desired result. (European Commission)

The Criteria:

  • Effective and successful;
  • Environmentally, economically and socially sustainable;
  • Gender-sensitive;
  • Technically feasible;
  • Inherently participatory;
  • Replicable and adaptable;
  • Reducing disaster/crisis risks, if applicable.

If you have a good practice regarding heatwaves and you would like to share it please contact us. lead ISRAA Treviso and elena.curtopassi@regione.veneto.it



        
 
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GOOD PRACTICES: STARTING THE COLLECTION



Based on the work of all project partners and the information gathered, the HOPE project will develop an online database of good practices around older adult care during the heat waves, which will be shared worldwide. ISRAA Treviso will have a leading role in its development. The project results will be implemented in the own care services of the partners and available for use, replicability and adaptation to all interested Authorities. The Portuguese partner (SCMA) will be responsible for the development of the Guidelines for the older adult ecosystem on the topic of heat management. These guidelines recommend how to manage older adults' care before, during and after the heat waves. Together with the associated partners of Rotterdam, Genero (network of older adult organisations); SOL Network (welfare institution and supplier of welfare services); Laurens(organisations for older adults care), Treviso (Province of Treviso; Municipality of Treviso, ULSS 2 Marca Trevigiana) and Portugal Amadora (Municipality of Amadora; Lusofona University) and the Local Advisory Boards, we will collect the best practices and research about the ecosystem on what is currently done in heatwave management, what is missing and what works well.

What is meant by “Good practice”

A good practice is not only a practice that is good, but a practice that has been proven to work well and produce good results, and is therefore recommended as a model. It is a successful experience, which has been tested and validated, in the broad sense, which has been repeated and deserves to be shared so that a greater number of people can adopt it. Or ‘Good practices’ can be defined in multiple ways. However, a thread common to most definitions implies strategies, approaches and/or activities that have been shown through research and evaluation to be effective, efficient, sustainable and/or transferable, and to reliably lead to a desired result. (European Commission)

The Criteria:

  • Effective and successful;
  • Environmentally, economically and socially sustainable;
  • Gender-sensitive;
  • Technically feasible;
  • Inherently participatory;
  • Replicable and adaptable;
  • Reducing disaster/crisis risks, if applicable.

If you have a good practice regarding heatwaves and you would like to share it please contact us. lead ISRAA Treviso and elena.curtopassi@regione.veneto.it



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Day Care Center for the Elderly (KEFI)- Greece
Date:

Since 2001 Greece has been given the possibility of licensing and operating KEFI

Since 2001 Greece has been given the possibility of licensing and operating KEFI
Objective:

The aim of the programme is to keep 3 rd and 4th age people in the relevant natural and social environment, to maintain family cohesion, to harmonise family and working life with an elderly member, to avoid institutional care and social exclusion, to ensure a decent living and to improve the quality of life of the elderly and other family members.
Location /geographical coverage:

Kifi is developed in urban and semi-urban areas. Kifi has been licensed and operated throughout Greece from Crete to Evros.

Indicatively, the following are mentioned:

Ø  Kifi Municipality of Agrinio https://socialpolicy-pde.gr/domes/kifi-dimoy-agrinioy/

Ø  Kifi Municipality of Rethymno https://www.rethymno.gr/municipality/kifi/kifi.html

Ø  Kifi Chania https://www.chania-culture.gr/keppedich-kam/kifi/epikoinonia-me-to-k-i-f-i/

Ø  Kifi Municipality of Neapoli Sykeon Thessaloniki https://www.dimosneapolis-sykeon.gr/%CE%BA%CE%BF%CE%B9%CE%BD%CF%89%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B7-%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B7/%CE%B4%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%B5%CF%82-%CE%B3%CE%B9%CE%B1-%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BD-3%CE%B7-%CE%B7%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B9%CE%B1/%CE%BA%CE%B7%CF%86%CE%B7

Ø  Kifi Municipality of Drama http://www.npddramas.gr/kifi.html

Kifi Municipality of Ioannina https://okpapa.gr/kifi-kentro-imerisias-frontidas-ilikiomenon/
Organisation responsible for good practice:

The responsible organisations for the operation of KEFI are the Municipal Enterprises under Article 277 and the Municipal and Community Code (D.K.K.), Intermunicipal Enterprises and Associations of Municipal Enterprises, as well as non-profit private law bodies. https://www.e-nomothesia.gr/autodioikese-demoi/upourgike-apophase-p1g-agp-oik-14963-2001.html
Stakeholders and Partners:

The beneficiaries of this good practice are elderly people who are unable to fully care (motor difficulties, dementia, etc.), whose family environment that cares for them, works or faces serious social and economic or health problems and is unable to respond to the care she has undertaken.
Short summary:

Kifi operates in specially designed areas on a daily basis and can accommodate the elderly for a short period of the day by providing care services (daily hygiene and nursing), entertainment and creative work.
Impact:

The programme shall be governed by the recognised specific principles, which they refer to the elderly. Particular emphasis is placed on safeguarding

the following rights:

Ø  To live in decent living conditions in the familiar natural and their social environment.

Ø  Be supported in order to maintain autonomy, social participation, communication and self-sufficiency.

Ø  Enjoy social care services, where they they ensure health and quality living.

Kifis have an extremely positive impact on the elderly.

They provide day-to-day hospitality services, including:

·nursing care

·care to meet practical living needs

·personal hygiene

creative Employment· Programs

·to the extent possible, programmes for the development of functional and social skills

The final beneficiary of the establishment and operation of the structure may provide a travel service for guests to and from KEFI, provided that they have a means of transport
Innovation:

Kifis from their urban planning and as a condition for obtaining their operating permit, must have the appropriate air conditioning equipment that shapes the climate in their interiors in a way that extreme weather events such as heat waves or excessive cold, do not affect the daily life of the servicers and employees, providing a sense of comfort and safety to them. The minimum indoor temperature is predicted for winter at 22 °C and for summer at 26 °C — 28 °C, while the relative humidity will be 50 %.
Lessons learned:

Kifis is aimed at elderly urban and semi-urban areas, unable to fully serve themselves (motor difficulties — dementia, etc.), whose environment that cares for them is working or faces serious social and economic or health problems and is unable to respond to the care she has undertaken.

Kifis fills this gap by providing organised social care, by qualified staff, volunteers and other social solidarity institutions of the community, in appropriately designed day and/or short-term accommodation.
Sustainability:

The answer to the above question refers to part of the historical foundation of KEFI of the Municipality of Drama in 2017. Since then, KIFI has been operating smoothly except during the pandemic that suspended its operation. The Municipality of Drama included the operation of KEFI in the city of Drama based on demographic, social and environmental needs as reflected in the “Integrated Urban Renaissance Plan of the Municipality of Drama”. More specifically:

The population of the Municipality of Drama, according to the indicators of ageing of the Statistical Service, is growing older and it turns out that Drama is getting older and even quickly. In this context, with the increase of the ageing index on the one hand, combined with the social and economic upheavals on the other, they brought Local Government in front of the spectrum of adjustment of its social role and the adoption of appropriate planning, so as to meet future social needs, ensuring a quality life perspective for every citizen. Thus, the creation of a Day Care Centre for the Elderly in the Municipality of Drama was put on the table.

The construction of KEFI of the Municipality of Drama took place within the framework of the “Integrated Urban Renaissance Plan of the Municipality of Drama” and was funded with funds from the European Regional Development Fund, through the Operational Programme “Macedonia — Thrace 2007-2013” of the Region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace.

The Centre for the Day Care of the Elderly (KEFI) of the Municipality of Drama is a typical example of how the EU Cohesion Policy contributes not only to the creation of a project, but then it also has the necessary resources for its operation.

It was constructed through the NSRF programme during the previous period (2007-2013) and operates through the same programme in the current funding period (2014-2020). In fact, the necessary double funding came from two different EU Cohesion Policy Funds, the European Regional Development Fund for its construction and the European Social Fund for its operation.

Therefore, thanks to Cohesion Policy funds, the elderly stay in a familiar natural and social environment and live in dignity, avoid institutional care and social exclusion and improve the quality of life of the elderly, but also of the other members of their family.
Replicability and/or up-scaling:

The Greek state and more specifically the Ministry of Development and Investment, assessing the positive results of the operation of KEFI in Greece and in order to further facilitate the wider expansion of the good practice of KEFI, proceeded in 2021 to reform the licensing law of KEFI and legislate the “Simplification of the establishment and operation of Day Care Centres for the Elderly and Two Day Care Centres for People with Disabilities”. http://www.opengov.gr/ypoian/?p=11941

Contact details:

Social Cooperative of Cyclades

Miltos Sakellariou, Apostolos Efkarpidis

Kepos-Manna, 84100 Syros 

CYCLADES-GREECE

tel:+306972204356    

E-Μail: alteravitacyclades@gmail.com

Web: https://alteravita.eu

E-Learning: https://e-learning.alteravita.eu/
Related Web site(s) ad videos:

Indicatively, the following are mentioned:

Kifi Municipality of Ioannina https://okpapa.gr/kifi-kentro-imerisias-frontidas-ilikiomenon/

Related resources that have been developed:

What training manuals, guidelines, data sheets, posters, images, video and audio documents have been developed in good practice?

  •    Ministerial Decision P1c/GAP/οικ. 14963/2001 — GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SERIES II, NO 1397/22-10-2001

Conditions for the establishment and operation of Day Care Centres for the Elderly (K.I.F.H.)

https://www.e-nomothesia.gr/autodioikese-demoi/upourgike-apophase-p1g-agp-oik-14963-2001.html

  •    Simplification of the framework for carrying out economic activities within the remit of Ministries of Development and Investment, Education and Religious Affairs, Labour and Social Affairs, Maritime and Island Policy, Infrastructure and Transport http://www.opengov.gr/ypoian/?p=11944

Draft description of the action and instructions for drawing up the Rules of Procedure: ‘Centres for the Day Care of the Elderly (KEFI) https://okpapa.gr/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/kanonismos-kifi-okpapa.pdf

  •   Thesis titled: The institution of the Day Care Centres for the Elderly. The case of Kozani KIFI.

http://nestor.teipel.gr/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/12418/SDO_DMYP_00380_Medium.pdf?sequence=1

  •    Day Care Center for the Elderly (KEFI) Municipality of Preveza

 

 
  

 

  •   The Day Care Centres for the Elderly Northern and Central Corfu at the Kapodistrias Museum 

 

 
   

 

  •   Day Care Center for the Elderly Municipality of Lefkada 

 

 

       
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WEB PAGE: https://hope-heatwaves.eu/