Presentacion Workshop

1. Improving Senior and Intergenerational Learning Methods
And Curricula as Workforce
in Community Proyects for Disabled
UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID
UCM

2. The 2nd workshop we performed in
People caring people
Houses for the elderly
and day centers
Housing with
services
Social services at
home
Health and personal
care at home
Telecare
It is a big company for
elderly and people with
physical and cognitive disabilities

3. ARGÜELLES CARE CENTER
Argüelles is a care center with serves for people with severe
physical and cognitive disabilities (encephalitis, brain injury,
stroke…)
The care includes personal care assistance (cleaning, food),
medical care, rehabilitative therapies (physiotherapy, speech
therapy), psychological and social, personal, family and
occupational activities.
All patients have had a stroke, encephalitis, head injury……
From 18 to 65 years

4. VOLUNTEERS SENIORS
The seniors volunteers for this workshop were not the same as
the ones from San José.
The three volunteers seniors were students at the University of
Seniors in the Complutense University of Madrid
- Josefa Bartolome
- Mariví Díaz
- Manuel Barrero
And, in this workshop include two professionals outside the
center to disseminate the project
They are occupational therapists who work with older people.

5. Senior University created an NGO called Network Intergenerational solidarity

6. Is an NGO of the Complutense University

7. STEPS OF THE PROCESS (I)
1. Meeting to explain the project with the
professionals of the center, and in other day
explain the project with the seniors
2. Visit the center with the seniors for detected
needs.
The professionals and people with disabilities
said they wanted a workshop about different
things of Madrid
3. One training session with the seniors

8. STEPS OF THE PROCESS (II)
4. Intervention. Two sessions:
Metodología: The volunteers made a presentation of the different
contents and the persons with disabilities talking about them.
1st Session
Tour of Madrid from the chair with imagery
Cathedral of the Almudena
Museum of San Isidro
Museum of Prado
Door of sun/Puerta del Sol
Typical food
Waffles and sweets
Stew (Madrid cooked)
Corns

9. Tour of Madrid with typical images of different places
Cathedral of the Almudena Museum of San Isidro
Puerta del Sol/Door of sum Museum of Prado
2nd experimental Workshop with Seniors

10. Typical food of Madrid
Waffles and sweets
Corns
2nd experimental Workshop with Seniors
Stew or
Madrid cooked

11. VOLUNTEERS - WORKSHOP

12. Intersession the person with disabilities had to find
information about different aspects of Madrid (“homework”)
• For example…..
• Who was Andrés Mellado?
Because the center is on the street Andrés Mellado nº 31
• Why eat 12 grapes on 31 of December ?
• And, something similar this…..
2nd experimental Workshop with Seniors

13. STEPS OF THE PROCESS (III)
4. Intervention. Two sessions:
2nd Session
About curiosities and anecdotes of
Madrid

14. Curiosities and anecdotes
• Which is the shortest street in Madrid?
• Which was the first metro line?
• Different legends and curiosities of Madrid
• Different major bridges of Madrid
2nd experimental Workshop with Seniors

15. VOLUNTEERS - WORKSHOP

16. 5. EVALUATION Three differents evaluations
on satisfaction

17. 1 2 3 4 5 6
1. How does the information and support provided by the college / association /
institution?
x
2. Previously, you had had experience with people with disabilities
X
3. On a personal level, you value the participation in this workshop
x
4. You have changed your perception of disability. X
5. Have you encountered any difficulties in the workshop?
x
6. After the experience, you would like to continue working with an institution
that works with young people with disabilities.
x
7. How do you value the experience? From 0 to 6.
x
Summarizes some of the strengths or positive aspects of the experience
On a personal level has been a very fantastic experience, I believe that for people with disabilites has been interesting as
it has broken its daily routine.
Summarizes some of the weaknesses or negative aspects of the experience
I haven´t experience with disabilites. For me has been a little stressful. I haven´t pedagogical training. It would be
interesting to have some preparation to communicate to the people with disabilities

18. CONCLUSIONS
• Excellent reception by the director of the center and
occupational therapist.
• All the senior volunteers:
- Never had experience with dependent or disabled people.
- They have said that it has been a fantastic experience
- They want to continue working on the project
• All the person with disabilities: They say…
- They are very satisfied with the workshop
- They liked the relationship with the seniors
- They want to participate in more workshops with the seniors
- The workshop has been short, they want more days

19. Improving Senior and Intergenerational Learning Methods
And Curricula as Workforce
in Community Proyects for Disabled
UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID
UCM