ANNUAL REPORT 2015 | TELECENTRE EUROPE
Carer+: Developing digital competences of care workers to
improve the quality of life of older people
Completed
projects
The overall hypothesis underlying Carer+ project is that care workers and
carers are the “missing link” between the digital tools and older people.
In order to test this hypothesis,
the Carer+ project has aimed
to identify and develop
ICT competences of care
workers and informal carers
(establishing a “Digital
Competence Framework”)
by implementing a set of
learning paths and educational
resources for mobile and workbased learning that address major challenges to their professionalization.
In line with these ICT competences identified, the service proposed
consisted of the deployment of a pervasive technological environment
for self and professional development, supported by a pedagogical
approach that foregrounds active cooperation (peer-to-peer and
intergenerational learning).
This learning environment and training programme
was piloted in 13 sites across the 5 piloting countries
(France, Italy, Latvia, Romania and Spain), w