About the dissemination

Over the past three years, specialists from 66 higher education institutions and organisations representing 27 European countries have worked together in order to reach the goals of the network. Serious discussion between ministries, non - governmental organizations, sports federations, sport clubs, foundations and unions were held and a European survey on the national policies for APA for elderly was prepared. A European Master in APA for the elderly was developed, available as a CD-ROM curriculum. Active Ageing Activity cards were made to serve the practitioners working in the area. A motivational DVD was produced to serve the elderly themselves.
In order to have the best possibility to disseminate its products and to achieve its objectives, THENAPA II is applied and was accept for one extra year of dissemination - a possibility which serves best the sustained continuation of the network.

THENAPA II has already accomplished all initially defined targets of the network regarding products and outcomes. Below is a list of all those products and results which will be the main working instruments during the dissemination year.

• A comparative study on European level “The current European situation on ageing and disability” was done, which let to the construction of a summary on the topic, which finally resulted in developing the THENAPA II book of recommendations - done by the network partners, experts in the area of APA for the elderly. The recommendation are giving directions on what is done and what is needed to be done in the academic, social and individual level in the field of APA for elderly. The THENAPA II recommendations are available in English as well as in many other languages.
• European Curriculum for a Master course on Ageing and Disability was developed which further on was produced in the form of a CD-ROM as part of the e-learning objectives of the project. The curriculum gives detailed description of the modules and subjects that should be taught in the European Master in APA for the elderly. It includes the aims and the objectives of the whole course and of the specific modules, duration of the programme, ECTS credits and examples of subject literature. It also provides a separate module on the subject of Ageing and disability which can be easily integrated in the current student’s curriculum on bachelor level in the related academic disciplines (physiotherapy, physical education, kinesiology, occupational therapy, social workers, nurses, etc). The CD-ROM is available in English
• Three educational/motivational movies were made and put together in the form of a DVD. They present examples of best practice in the area of APA for elderly. Each movie shows activities performed by elderly and elderly disabled in three main categories (settings): outdoor activities, indoor activities and water activities. The DVD is available in 18 European languages (English, French, German, Bulgarian, Czech, Dutch, Estonian, Finish, Greek, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian and Spanish).
• Resource cards “Active Ageing Activity Cards” for instructors: They present examples of easy to perform activities that can be beneficial for elderly with different disabilities. Each card contains the name and the explanation of the activity, its main goal, materials needed to perform it, safety considerations, possible adaptations according to the performance level of the participants, and ideas to make the game/activity more attractive. The resource cards are available in English, as in the planning for the dissemination year will be to translate them into many other European languages.

The THENAPA II website was developed during the 3 years of the project and constantly updated with national databases, information, newsletters and network documents and on-line products. All the information about the project is available together with the downloadable versions of different products, plus a short clip, advertising the DVD.