07Oct 2019 by admin No Comments
WORKSHOPS IN GREECE-ITALY-ROMANIA

WORKSHOPS IN GREECE-ITALY-ROMANIA

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GREECE The coordinator of the Bridge project in Greece organised a 2days Workshop in May 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 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 - persons…
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07Oct 2019 by admin No Comments
SECOND PARTNER MEETING IN BUCHAREST

SECOND PARTNER MEETING IN BUCHAREST

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On the 27thand 28thof July 2019, the second partner meeting was held in Bucharest. The project coordina-tor made a short overview of the project, including participating organizations, activities, ownership of tasks,expected outcomes. The first part of the meeting was dedicated mostly to summing up the first workstream andeach partner presented the outcomes of their workshops and results of the experimentation achieved in Italy,Romania and Greece.Some common aspects were highlighted during the above presentations:- People with dementia prefer games with clear instructions and colourful and big game pieces.- Similar benefits were reported – cognitive training, social interaction, enjoying playing games.At the end of the day 1 meeting, 8 games were selected from the proposed tested options and, on a similar note,were commented the future steps to be undertaken for the digitalization…
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07May 2019 by admin
DEMENTIA: STIMULATING COGNITIVE ABILITIES WITH SERIOUS GAMES

DEMENTIA: STIMULATING COGNITIVE ABILITIES WITH SERIOUS GAMES

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The Erasmus+ funded “Bridge ” programme is pleased to launch its new website https://projectbridge.eu/. The webplatform will deliver the aims of the 2 year pan-European initiative that aims to develop a set of serious games treating cognitive and behavioral symptoms of dementia. The design of these tools will involve younger and older people. People with dementia are often excluded from intergenerational social activities due to prejudices and stereotypes, that’s why young people could play a significant role to prevent the stigma commonly related to the disease and the consequent loneliness and social exclusion experienced by the patients. Through different steps, the project consortium will design, produce and test the serious games targeted on people with dementia.  The process  will lead to the release of at least 8 fully working games.…
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