Coordinator
Austrian Red Cross
The Austrian Red Cross is responsible for the coordination of the SLIC-project. It is a non-profit organisation based on the ideal of selfless charity. The Austrian Red Cross is active in the field of ambulance services, health and social services, blood programmes, disaster relief, tracing services, education and training, humanitarian law, youth work and first aid. Within the field of health and social services it is also actively involved in home care, visiting services as well as in education and training of older people. The Red Cross has a long tradition of working with volunteers and also strongly promotes the concept of active ageing and volunteering of older people.
Contact:
Charlotte Strümpel
fon: +43 1 589 00-128
fax: +43 1 589 00-129
Cornelia Hackl
fon: +43 1 589 00-122
fax: +43 1 589 00-129
www.roteskreuz.at
charlotte.struempel@roteskreuz.at
cornelia.hackl@roteskreuz.at
Main Partners
Bulgarian Red Cross
The Bulgarian Red Cross is a voluntary organisation, part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. The main areas of activity are:support and participation independently or in cooperation with other formations and specialised services for prevention and reduction of effects of disasters, accidents and calamities/crises; collection and distribution of humanitarian aid and donations from the country and abroad; assistance to vulnerable citizens, social and medical institutions etc., and provision of social and health services; social assistance and organizing health and care activities, social legal and psychological consultations; protecting and improving people’s health, prevention of diseases and traumas through educational programmes and activities; organisation of training courses in first pre-medical aid, first psychological aid, drug addicts’ problems, HIV/AIDS; promotion of non-remunerated blood donation; training, qualifying and re-qualifying of staff members.
Contact:
Evelina Milusheva
Desislava Ilieva
James Boucher Blvd. 76
1407 Sofia
Bulgaria
fon: +359 2 816 47 50
fon: +359 2 816 47 37
www.redcross.bg
e.milusheva@redcross.bg
d.ilieva@redcross.bg
CESIS
CESIS is a non-governmental, independent organisation of researchers from a range of disciplinary backgrounds concerned to promote evidence-based, policy-relevant research at both national and European level. CESIS multi-disciplinary team includes people from different areas of the social sciences, such as sociology, economy, geography, psychology, anthropology and social service. Our research and action-research activities focus on the main following fields: poverty and social exclusion; ageing and older people; gender equality; domestic violence; migrants and cultural minorities; homelessness; children and youth from disadvantaged environments; employment and labour market.
Contact:
Heloísa Perista
Isabel Baptista
Alexandra Silva
CESIS – Centro de Estudos para a Intervenção Social
Rua Rodrigues Sampaio, nº 31 – slja. dta.
1150-278 Lisboa
fon: +351 213 845 560
www.cesis.org
heloisa.perista@cesis.org
isabel.baptista@cesis.org
alexandra.silva@cesis.org
The Research Institute of the Red Cross
The Research Institute of the Red Cross (Forschungsinstitut des Roten Kreuzes) is a national non-profit institution which provides practical research results for the health and social sector. It works in four research fields: (1) rescue and emergency care, (2) labour market, employment and volunteer services, (3) health promotion and prevention, and (4) health care. With its team of sociologists, social workers, pedagogues, and project managers it conducts research projects and develops solutions for pressing societal problems. In the project BtT II it is responsible for coordinating the second work package on research. In this work package national reports were produced in which the national social and health care sectors were screened, thereby focusing on educational offers and awareness raising workshops concerning violence against older women in care relations. Concluding the national reports werde summarized to a European report.
Contact:
Doris Bammer
Projektleiterin und wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
Forschungsinstitut des Roten Kreuzes
Nottendorfer Gasse 21
1030 Wien
fon: +43 1 795 80-5423
fax: +43 1 795 80-9730
doris.bammer@w.roteskreuz.at
Julia Edthofer
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
fon: +43 1 795 80-2427
fax: +43 1 795 80-9730
LACHESIS
LACHESIS is an office of expertise who gives attention to the ageing process of 50+ women and men, by giving educational courses, by organising projects and by conducting research. LACHESIS wants to create equal chances for 50+ women and men and wants to eliminate social discrimination. The main topics are: elderly abuse, position of older women, gender differences, the Sandwich generation, relationships, sexuality and intimacy above 50, social participation in the elderly, a way to a successful pension, the elderly brain and memory training, elderly education. Els Messelis is social worker and social gerontologist. She is director of Lachesis and coordinator Training Senior Consultants in the Higher Institute for Fiscal and Social Sciences – HUB-EHSAL, Brussels.
Contact:
Els Messelis
Lachesis
BTW n° 867 030 144
Verbrandhofstraat 158
8800 Roeselare
West-Flanders
Belgium
fon: +32 478 29 44 64
www.lachesis.be
els.messelis@lachesis.be
Flemish Reporting Point for Elder Abuse
Anyone who is confronted with or is interested in elder abuse in the home situation in Flanders can contact the Flemish Reporting Point for Elder Abuse. One can contact the reporting point through a central telephone number. This reporting point is meant for the whole Dutch speaking part of Belgium. At the Flemish Reporting Point one can pose 4 kinds of questions: information, advise, registration or intervention. When faced with information or advise, people will want to know which steps are to be taken. The Flemish Reporting Point and the detector will try in dialogue to get to a fitting answer. Some detectors will only ask for registration of the case. One will ask for intervention on the spot when the situation is very complex. The Flemish Reporting Point refers to the proper social services.
Contact:
Ann Moreels
Grotenbergestraat 24-26
9620 Zottegem
www.meldpuntouderenmishandeling.be
+32 (0) 78 15 15 70
ann.moreels.shp@skynet.be
Iris De Roeck
+32 (0) 78 15 15 70
iris.deroeck.shp@skynet.be
An Renty
+32 (0) 78 15 15 70
an.renty@cawzuidoostvlaanderen.be
Department of Medical Sociology and Health Economics at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
The Department of Medical Sociology at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf examines medical actions and health behavior in a social context. Its main responsibilities are teaching and research, with the primary field of interest being health care research. Our department offers consulting services for community, state and federal social service providers in the form of expert opinions, expert reports, contract research, serving on advisory boards and continuing education courses. Research activities are divided into seven groups: (1) Social influences on health and health care, (2) Social economics, (3) Social gerontology, (4) Health promotion, (5) Migration and health, (6) Hospital research, (7) Patient orientation and self-help.
Contact:
Hanneli Döhner
Martinistr. 52
20246 Hamburg
fon: +49 40 7410 54528
Susanne Kohler
fon: +49 40 7410 54415
www.uke.de/institute/medizin-soziologie
doehner@uke.de
skohler@uke.de
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Maribor
Faculty of Health Sciences provides an undergraduate study programme in Nursing Care and three post graduate master degree studies in Bioinformatics, Management of social and health organizations, and Nursing care. Faculty of Health Sciences has about 1400 students and numerous international links and performs various projects. To perform its various activities the faculty collaborates with leading world health care universities and enterprises. The faculty has coordinated and cooperated in several EU projects and is currently coordinating two LLP multilateral projects and cooperating in another two. The faculty members are leading expert in research ICT technology, health care informatics, e/m/b -learning, and research methodology.
Contact:
Peter Kokol
University of Maribor
Faculty of Health Sciences
Žitna ulica 15
2000 Maribor
Slovenia
fon: + 386 2 300 47 46
Evaluator
ISIS
ISIS is a private social science research, training and consultancy institute, founded in 1991 and based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. In research ISIS has specialised on issues of population groups threatened or concerned by higher risks of disadvantages, such as older persons, migrants, people with disability or the unemployed. The improvement of their living conditions, equal opportunities and participation in society are a primary topic in work of ISIS, including situation analysis, problem identification as well as the development and testing of solutions. ISIS is experienced in conceptualising and carrying out projects for regional and national authorities and institutions, and for more than 15 years, it is active throughout Europe.
Contact:
Karin Stiehr
Kasseler Straße 1a
60486 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
fon: +49 69 264 86 50
www.isis-sozialforschung.de
stiehr@isis-sozialforschung.de
Associate Partners
AGE Platform Europe
AGE Platform Europe is a European network of around 150 organisations of and for people aged 50+ representing directly over 28 million older people in Europe.The purpose of its work is to voice and promote the interests of the 150 million inhabitants aged 50+ in the European Union and to raise awareness of the issues that concern them most. AGE seeks to give a voice to older and retired people in the EU policy debates, through the active participation of their representative organisations at EU, national, regional and local levels, and provides a European platform for the exchange of experience and best practices. It also aims to inform older people on EU policy making process and on recent EU policy development.”
Contact:
Maude Luherne
111 rue Froissart
B-1040 Etterbeek
Bruxelles
fon: +32 2 234 65 50
maude.luherne@age-platform.eu
Red Cross EU Office
The Red Cross/EU Office represents and promotes the interests of the European Union National Red Cross Societies and of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. The EU Office engages in 1) Advocacy: seeking recognition of the specific mandate of the Red Cross and pooling expertise to form a strong voice on EU issues 2) Partnership building: strengthening collaboration and supporting EU National Societies and the Federation in fundraising and networking with Brussels-based international organisations and NGO networks 3) Supporting EU National Societies and the Federation in developing relations with the EU institutions and providing training. 4) Information sharing: communicating timely and relevant information on EU issues.
Contact:
Eberhard Lueder
Red Cross/EU Office
Rue Belliard 65, bte 7
1040 Brussels
fon: +32 2 235 06 93
www.redcross-eu.net
eberhard.lueder@redcross-eu.net
