WeDO (Wellbeing and Dignity of Older people) is a European project (2010-2012) involving 18 partners from 12 countries. It is coordinated by AGE Platform Europe and cofinanced by the European Commission, Directorate General for Employment and Social affairs. Our objective is to develop a lasting and growing partnership of organisations at all levels to promote the wellbeing and dignity of vulnerable and disabled older people and prevent elder abuse at all levels and in all settings through the promotion of quality long-term care. The project seeks especially to develop a European Partnership Guide including a set of fundamental principles (the Quality framework).

The project is the continuity of the EUSTACEA project (2008-2010), cofinanced by DG Justice and the Daphne programme, which developed a European Charter of the rights and responsibilities of older people in need of long-term care and assistance and its accompanying guide. Both documents are available in 9 different languages. More information on the EUSTACEA project is available here: www.age-platform.eu/en/daphne.

The Partnership

The WeDO project aims at developing a lasting and growing transnational partnership of stakeholders committed to working together to promote the wellbeing and dignity of vulnerable and disabled older people and prevent elder abuse at all levels and in all settings through the promotion of quality long-term care.
This partnership is made of 18 partners from 12 different countries. Each partner is in charge of leading a national coalition. AGE and EDE are also in charge of leading an EU coalition.
The partnership is a space available to exchange good practices, receive and disseminate information, and receive support to improve quality of life of older people in need of care and assistance.

Contribute!

The WeDO project needs your feedback and your participation to the project to ensure its success!
You can contribute by:

  • Send one or several good practices that could help us to achieve the project overall objectives

  • Register to the newsletter and be kept informed on the project developments and the events

  • Contact or create your national coalition!

    • If your country is represented in the project: contact the responsible partner in your country here

    • If your country is not involved in the project, advertise the WeDO project in your country and contact relevant organisations who would be interested to work on this issue

  • Interested to provide feedback on the draft of the European Partnership guide that is being discussed among the partnership? Contact Maude at maude.luherne [at] age-platform.eu.

For more information on the project, please contact:

Maude Luherne, Project coordinator

maude.luherne [at] age-platform.eu

AGE Platform Europe

Rue Froissart, 111

B- 1040 Bruxelles

www.age-platform.eu

Contact the partners here

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