Tsatali Marianna, Gaspar De Almeida Santos Atena, Makri Marina, Santokhie Roger Tarandath, Boccaletti Licia, Caciula Ioana, Caciula Rodica, Trogu Giusy, Tsolaki Magda, Johansen Karl Johan
Greek Alzheimer Association and Related Disorders, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Network Aging Research, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
J Multidiscip Healthc. 2024 Jul 8;17:3155-3165. doi: 10.2147/JMDH.S464195. eCollection 2024.
Peer Support Workers (PSW) as an Innovative Force in Advocacy in Dementia Care (PIA) project aimed to create sustainable and competency-enhancing services for people with dementia by finding new ways to involve former as well as current caregivers in dementia services and, therefore, provide their valuable perspective in dementia care and daily practice.
In order to achieve the aforementioned goals, the first step consisted in mapping the situation existing in the partners' countries, respectively, Norway, Greece, Italy, and Romania. Subsequently, specific and well-structured training material was created with the purpose of recruiting and engaging PSW, in order to contribute to dementia services. The training material was then transferred to a digital platform addressed to PSW, people living with dementia (PwD), caregivers, and health professionals.
The PIA project proposed the introduction of PSW in dementia care, establishing a close collaboration across the contributing countries, and trained a total of fifty potential PSW. Each country identified a specific role and function of PSW in dementia practice, according to their national particulars. The training seminars and videos proposed by the PIA project are presented in the current study and therefore helped to the distribution of significant information about the contribution of (potential) PSW in dementia care. All the results were uploaded on the platform designed to increase communication and collaboration across health professionals as well as caregivers.
The PIA project developed and designed training materials and methodologies for establishing PSW in dementia care in Norway, Greece, Italy, and Romania. PIA aims at introducing PSW in the healthcare system of the aforementioned countries, whereas future studies will elaborate on novel ways to measure the efficacy of being a PSW, as well as the benefits to stakeholders.
“痴呆症护理倡导中的同伴支持工作者（PSW）作为创新力量”（PIA）项目旨在通过寻找新方法让以前和现在的护理人员参与痴呆症服务，从而为痴呆症患者创建可持续且能提升能力的服务，并因此在痴呆症护理和日常实践中提供他们宝贵的观点。
为实现上述目标，第一步是分别梳理合作伙伴国家（挪威、希腊、意大利和罗马尼亚）的现有情况。随后，创建了具体且结构良好的培训材料，目的是招募和吸引同伴支持工作者，以助力痴呆症服务。然后将培训材料转移到一个面向同伴支持工作者、痴呆症患者、护理人员和健康专业人员的数字平台。
PIA项目提议在痴呆症护理中引入同伴支持工作者，在各参与国建立密切合作，并总共培训了五十名潜在的同伴支持工作者。每个国家根据其国情确定了同伴支持工作者在痴呆症实践中的具体角色和职能。PIA项目提出的培训研讨会和视频在本研究中呈现，因此有助于传播有关（潜在）同伴支持工作者在痴呆症护理中贡献的重要信息。所有结果都上传到了旨在加强健康专业人员和护理人员之间沟通与合作的平台上。
PIA项目开发并设计了培训材料和方法，以便在挪威、希腊、意大利和罗马尼亚的痴呆症护理中建立同伴支持工作者体系。PIA旨在将同伴支持工作者引入上述国家的医疗保健系统，而未来的研究将详细阐述衡量成为同伴支持工作者的效果以及对利益相关者益处的新方法。
