We talk about innovation

We talk about the assumptions and goals of innovation to reach a wide audience. During the first year of testing innovation, starting with the ceremonial inauguration at the Marshal’s Office of the Podlaskie Voivodeship, a number of interviews, reportages and films were published about the situation of seniors requiring long-term care, the idea of ​​networking

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We recap the project activities Q2 2022 – report from Ms. Coordinator

April 2022 In April 2022, I visited our wards and their home carers 36 times. In collaboration with the support network, I undertook the following activities: In cooperation with Social Welfare Home in Jałówka, firewood was delivered to our wards. I helped to apply to the district family assistance center (PCPR) for a disability certificate

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Tailored help

We encourage you to watch the film which tells about how we work on a daily basis to provide tailor-made help to our wards who require long-term help.  

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Summary of the first year of innovation testing

The partners of the suport network met again on June 13 and 20, 2022. The meetings were attended, among others, by the representatives of the local government authorities and the director of the Regional Center for Social Policy. The project team summarized the effects of joint work in the project for the benefit of dependents

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Mrs Irena – retired teacher

Mrs Irena spent her whole life with children, because she worked as a teacher. She loved children and the time she spent with them. She usually taught the youngest, i.e. grades 1-4. She was born and has always lived in Podlewkowie. After graduating from secondary school, which was the Pedagogical Secondary School in Bielsk Podlaski,

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PolSenior 2 is the largest study in Poland dedicated to senior citizens.

More information about the study and the results under the link: https://polsenior2.mug.edu.pl/

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Mr Józef and Mrs Helenka – the story of their lives

The main character of our story is Mr Józef. However, it is difficult not to mention the figure of his wife –  Mrs Helenka, a very nice person who is always very happy about our visit. This tiny, fragile woman bravely takes care of her husband, with whom she has lived together for 65 years.

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Highlander in Podlasie.

From the mountain peaks to the plains of Podlasie … Today we will tell you about our next patient. Mr Marian, originating from the Żywiec highlanders, and since he married a lady from Białystok, he became an inhabitant of Podlasie. But let’s start his story from the beginning. Mr Marian was born in Żywiec. However,

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After the war, deported, but returned to Poland …

Mr Arkadiusz was born in Michałowo, but after the war, as a little boy, he had to leave his hometown with his mother (his father died). As a result of the resettlement of the Polish population from the eastern territories of the Republic of Poland, the so-called repatriated, the family was taken to Odessa. There,

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A new profession – the care coordinator of dependent people (KOOZ). KOOZ speeks.

In the month of January 2022 I visited our patients and their home carers in 5 communes, getting to know their medical and non-medical needs. In 3 cases, after consulting our hospice physician and writing down a note about the visite, a decision was made that these patients did not require our home hospice care

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