An event for each health district. It started on Family Caregiver Month, aimed at those who provide assistance, voluntarily and free of charge, to a disabled or otherwise non-self-sufficient loved one. The Modena Local Health Authority, in collaboration with local authorities, has organized a series of initiatives to investigate and raise awareness of a topic which personally involves a silent ‘army’ made up of children, wives, husbands, parents or simply friends who every day they engage in domestic environments, an audience that according to ISTAT in Italy reaches 7 million people (over 2 million in Emilia-Romagna alone).
The calendar includes an initiative that will involve all the Districts of the province: a meeting led by rehabilitation professionals, who will provide information on how to correctly manage and assist a person with motor difficulties. The first appointment is scheduled for Tuesday 7 May in Modena, followed by the 9th in Sassuolo, the 14th in Vignola, the 15th in Carpi, the 21st in Pavullo, the 28th in Mirandola and the 29th May in Castelfranco. All meetings will be held from 4.30pm to 6.30pm.
To participate you must register on the site www.ausl.mo.it/caregiver
Here are the other main events in the various Districts:
A Modena Family Caregiver Month includes appointments every Friday. In particular, on Friday 10 May from 10 to 11.30, the bishop Don Erio Castellucci will meet the caregivers at the Sala Pucci in Largo Pucci 40. Also on 10 May and Saturday 11, a theater show entitled ‘Buffoni As Enough’ is scheduled of the inclusive workshop ‘Officina delle Api’: the event will be held both evenings at 9pm at the Teatro Tempio (viale Caduti in Guerra 196).
In Castelfranco EmiliaMonday 13 May from 9.40 to 12.10, at the Spallanzani institute, the initiative entitled ‘Young caregivers: making caring visible’ is scheduled, a lesson dedicated to students in the fourth and fifth grades.
To PaulThe meeting ‘Caregiver: a resource for today, for the future of tomorrow, images, words and thoughts’ will be held on Saturday 4 May from 9 to 11 am in the Unione Frignano Council Room.
A Carpi, on Thursday 16 May at 3pm at the Casa del Volunteere in Viale Peruzzi 22, a meeting entitled ‘World café: planning community actions together to support young caregivers’ is scheduled. Also at the Casa del Volontariato, on Thursday 30 May from 3pm, the event ‘Towards a community that includes and supports assisted people and their caregivers’ will be held.
In Sassuolo Caregiver Month will also be celebrated in the theater. In particular, on Friday 24 May from 6pm to 8.30pm at the Carani Theatre, ‘MUSI-CARE’ is scheduled, a show dedicated to carers with the Ologramma orchestra.
In MirandolaThe meeting ‘Young caregivers: facing challenges is a resource’ will take place on Wednesday 22 May from 9.30 to 13 in the Rita Levi Montalcini room. The event is also open to citizens and involves the involvement of high schools.
In Vignola the caregivers will be the protagonists of a meeting on May 23rd, from 6.30pm to 8pm, at the Auris ‘Francesco Selmi’ Library (via S.Francesco 165). Local associations that deal with caregivers will be present.
The complete program of initiatives in the various Districts can be consulted on the page www.ausl.mo.it/caregiver
[6 maggio 2024]