Details for: Moving stories, biographical work and theatre pedagogics in nursing homes

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Country Austria
ProjectnumberAT-37
ProjectnameMoving stories, biographical work and theatre pedagogics in nursing homes
Projectname (nationale language)Bewegte Geschichten, Biographiearbeit und Theaterpädagogik im Pflegeheim
Organisation
  • SOG. Theater, Forumtheater für Schulen, Organisationen, Gemeinden und Betriebe
Link to organisationLink to organisation
Type of organisationpublic
non-profit
Project managerMargarete Meixner
Start1970/01/01
Endon-going
Relevance of the modelInnovative project on health promotion for older people
Targetgroups
  • Younger and older people
Setting
  • Residential home
Funded by
  • Funds for a Healthy Austria
CityWiener Neustadt
RegionLower Austria
Short summaryWith the help of the method „Memory theatre“ older people who live in the nursing home in Wr. Neustadt get the possibility to activate memories and to exchange their experiences with others. Young people support older people in performing their memories and stories in the form of theatre scences, texts, pictures, and music. In two public performances these stories are told. Biographical work is not only done because it is creative and fun, but because it gives older people meaning in life and enhances the communication between the generations.
Main objectives
  • Activating older people,
  • Enhancing communication between younger and older people as well as care personnel.
Main activities
  • The Method of Memory Theatre is applied and people in older people resedences have the possibility to activate their memories and to interchange their memories with other persons. These scenes were acted in two public theatre events for other older people, family members, younger people, professional carers and the press.
Evaluationno
Main results
  • n/a
Contact nameMargarete Meixner
Contact emailsog.theater@gmx.at
Contact telephone+43-2622-24832 14
Promoting mental health
  • cognitive issues (e.g. memory training)
  • emotional support
Social participation and inclusion
  • lifelong learning, education of older people
Inclusioncriteria
More information on inclusion criteria
3. Multi-faceted, holistic 
4. Sustainability 
5. Voice of older people 
6. Model involves visible and invisible target groupsThe project involves older people in nursing homes - a for the most part invisible target group.
7. Diversity 
8. Geographical and physical accessibilityThe project is easily accessable for older people since it takes place in their natural living environment - the nursing home. There are no geographical or physical barriers in attending the project's activities.
9. Well-grounded theoretical approachThe project is easily accessable for older people since it takes place in their natural living environment - the nursing home. There are no geographical or physical barriers in attending the project's activities. 
10. Gender sensitivity 
12. EmpowermentOlder people are empowered to realize their own ideas based upon their biographies in the form of theatre scences, music or texts.
13. Transferability 
16. Innovative strategy 

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Background Information on Database

The aim of the second phase of the healthPROelderly project was to collect models of good practice in the area of health promotion for older people. One of the main activities in this project phase was to elicit criteria by which to choose such models in each of the participating countries. The exclusion criteria and inclusion criteria were elicited by all project partners on the basis of the literature overview of health promotion for older people carried out in the first project phase. Project partners searched for models in their countries by: 1) using the literature databases they had compiled; 2) by using health promotion databases and other information available on internet and 3) by consulting their national boards and other experts.

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