Bridge webinar: online the video of the meeting
Innovative intergenerational intervention with serious games for people with dementia
Bridge: innovative intergenerational intervention with serious games for people with dementia
We are pleased to invite you to the webinar of the Erasmus + project ¨Bridge¨ - European innovative intergenerational intervention through the use of "Serious games" for people with dementia (https://projectbridge.eu/). As part of this project, 8 Serious games (4 digital and 4 board games) have been created, with concern on the mental and behavioral symptoms of dementia and as an innovative intergenerational intervention. Project’s consortium has also created an online training platform (http://bridgecourses.uowm.gr/) including courses on general info of the project and dementia (needs and interactions with people with dementia), on how to conduct co-creating workshops and on the positive impact effects of serious games for pwD etc. Participants on these courses also have the opportunity to download free useful material and all new games. During the webinar more…
BRIDGE PROJECT: ONLINE TRAINING COURSE READY TO BE LAUNCHED
The Erasmus+ funded Bridge project has now entered its final stages and the consortium is pleased to announce the launch of the online training course developed within the project. The course is divided in different lessons that cover a variety of topics: dementia and how to interact with people with dementia, serious games and their benefits for people with dementia. Inside the training course you will find a description of Bridge Project and the methodology used to create games for people with dementia. An entire lesson is dedicate to the games created within the project. For each game you will find a detailed description, a rulebook, a video-tutorial and all the materials needed to play. At the end of the course, that is available for free after a registration, you will have the chance to get a certificate of attendance. The course has been developed in English, Greek,…
FINAL TRANSNATIONAL PARTNERS MEETING – JULY 2021
After almost 3 years the Erasmus+ Bridge Project is coming to an end. On the 8th and 9th of July 2021, the final Bridge project partner meeting took place. Due to Covid-19 situation some partners managed to meet in person in Chalkida, hosted by Alzheimer Chalkida, while the others joined online. The meeting started with an overview of the project, made by the coordinator, including achieved results and new tasks to implement before the upcoming end of the project. Then the consortium focused on the final version of the methodological guide and the implementation of game-sessions workshops. Panhellenic Federation of Alzheimer Disease presented the final report collecting the workshops’ results in each partner country. The first day meeting ended with an update on the finalization of physical games, made by Challedu and the presentation of Bridge…
Bridge Newsletter n.3 is online
Within the Erasmus+ funded “Bridge” project 8 serious games, acting on cognitive and behavioural symptoms of dementia, have been created. The games have been designed based on the concept ideas of health professionals, game-designers, young volunteers, people with dementia and their carers coming from Greece, Italy and Romania. [pdf-embedder url="https://projectbridge.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Newsletter_bridge_3_EN.pdf"] Download the newsletter May, 2021 Issue, 3EnglishGreek ItalianRomanian
Bridge Project: new serious games for dementia tested and ready to be launched
After testing sessions, that took place in all partner countries, Bridge Project consortium is pleased to announce the launch of 8 serious games acting on dementia symptoms. Serious games, also called “training games”, are a well known non pharmaceutical practice for treating cognitive symptoms of dementia through the stimulation of cognitive functions of patients with dementia. These games, have been designed, produced and tested through a series of workshops involving health professionals, young volunteers, people with dementia and their carers coming from Greece, Italy and Romania. The games created aim to stimulate cognitive functions and, at the same time, to increase social inclusion by an active involvement of people with dementia in the game sessions. The 4 physical games, Blooming flowers, Specialites, Emotions and the Directors, are now available on…
Bridge 4th Transnational Partner Meeting – December 2020
On the 2nd and 4th of December 2020, the 4th Bridge project partner meeting took place. Unfortunately due to Corona virus emergency it wasn’t possible to organize a physical meeting so Bridge consortium jointed on line. The project coordinator made a short overview of the project, including achieved results and expected outcomes. The first part of the meeting focused on the implementation of game-sessions workshops. Each partner reported their own experience, shared the results achieved and the next steps planned. The second part of the meeting was about the development of materials that will be uploaded on the e-platform. Each partner presented the lessons it was responsible for. Later a focus-group aimed at identify the cognitive and behavioural symptoms each game acts on, was organized. Each partner gave its own…
On the 27th and 28th of February 2020, the 3rd partner meeting was held on line (due to Coronovirus emergency it was impossible to attend a physical meeting). The project coordinator made a short overview of the project, including achieved results and expected outcomes. During the 1st day of the meeting Chaleddu has introduced to the partners the 3 board games and 1 phygital games developed and their instructions. After that UOWM has presented the 4 Digital Games developed. During the 2 nd days the coordinator has presented the final structure of the game-session workshops and the evaluation process of the workshops and games. The partnership agree that two different evaluation processes will follow in Greece and Italy-Romania (duration: 6 months). ANS has presented the next dissemination activities to implement,…
Project newsletter n°2
The Bridge partnership is pleased to announce that 8 games, acting on cognitive and behavioural symptoms of dementia, have been created and ready to be tested. These games, 4 physical and 4 digital, have been designed and produced by the project consortium, based on the concept ideas of health professionals, game-designers, young volunteers, people with dementia and their carers coming from Greece, Italy and Romania. This newsletter is also available in Greek, Romanian and Italian.
WORKSHOPS FOR CREATING GAMES
GREECE The coordinator of the Bridge project in Greece organised a 2days Workshop in May 2019 including various groups of people. 36 people in total took part in this event, 3 health professionals, 3 game designers, 3 caregivers, 13 older people and people with dementia and 14 young people as volunteers. They gave all of them a positive feedback not only for the well organised sessions, but also for this chance to collaborate with different people and to exchange ideas and feelings. The final results of this Workshop were 3 new games with the contribution of all. ROMANIA On 29th and 30th May 2019 took place, in Elias Hospital, in Bucharest, the co-creation workshop organized by Asociatia Habilitas - CRFP in the framework of the Erasmus+ BRIDGE project. The participants…