"RENE-project is set to improve and unify the patient handling education in health care sector. At the moment in Europe the patient handling skills are included into students’ curricula in various other topics which may cause poor quality and inefficient learning outcomes. The workplace safety issues and the use of risk management tools, the proper communication with the patient and the knowhow and skills on right handling techniques are central in managing patient handling in changing environments and situations. According to national and international statistics, the healthcare staff have a very high risk of musculoskeletal disorders, derived mainly from poor manual patient handling practices. Most back injuries of health care workers happened during manual patient handling. This highlights the need for proper focus on patient handling already in Bachelor level studies. RENE-project develops 5 ECT international course of patient handling in safe and rehabilitating way for health care students in European HEIs participating RENE. The European project consortium, altogether with seven higher education institutions (HEI’s) and two institutions of expertise on this field, the The Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH) and Ergosolutions Ltd. aim at increasing patient handling skills in safe and rehabilitating way of HEI staff and health care students in all participating countries. Project aims to develop and standardize an international course on patient handling and promotes internationalization of health care students. One of the aims is also to raise awareness of patient handling in safe and rehabilitating way in field of health care. The RENE project is based on three phases which form three Intellectual Outputs (IO). The first phase, “Analysing the conditions”, IO 1, will work as a basis for the second phase “Developing the SAPHA-course"" (SAPHA-Patient handling in safe and rehabilitating way), IO 2. The third phase is the “Handbook”, IO3, which will be designed to support the practical implementation of the developed course and is directed to teachers. The Handbook (printed and especially e-version) will act as a tool for sustainability ensuring that the project’s results remain available after the project has ended. The project will strengthen the skills and knowledge of the students and HEI staff in the field of ergonomics and increase the skills in patient handling in safe and rehabilitating way by workshops, intensive weeks for students and teachers as well as in work-life projects. It will raise the quality of patient handling and ergonomics education in health care and introduce novel pedagogic solutions to the health care education."

"The current demographic evolution in Europe has led to an increased interest in taking into account and supporting people at home. According to data published in 2016 by the Regional Health Agency, people over 75 years of age living in institutions represent only 9.7% of all people over 75 years of age. More than 90% of the population over 75 years of age live at home. There is a growing demand and a need to expand the range of home services. Maintaining the quality of life at home is a major generational issue for EU countries. This approach can only be carried out at territorial level and must therefore involve a large number of actors, particularly in the field of training and research, which must be able to prepare future professionals for the challenges of European territories. Thus, only a networking and partnership approach can respond to this network of issues. The common thread of the QAVAD project therefore focuses on the quality of life of IPs at home. This commitment involves strong actions to promote the link between longevity of life expectancy and quality of life, and then to ensure concrete improvements in the support of people in maintaining their autonomy, in the support of carers and professionals working at home, as well as in the coordination of the actors who gravitate around the home. Thus, how can we articulate quality of life and quality of services towards the emergence of an individualized support project that meets the needs and wishes of users?Project QAVAD aims to promote the development or maintenance of cognitive, motor and social skills, essential to the quality of life of users, in coordination with health workers and in collaboration with caregivers. It is therefore on the basis of these local or national practices that QAVAD intends to rely on to enable the share/transfer of experiences towards the emergence of a shared formative and technical methodology, at European level, in terms of a living and evolving vocational training, meeting the needs of its actors, beneficiaries and their families.The objectives of the project:- Prevent the isolation of people and their family in vulnerable situations at home- Improve and diversify the offer of training courses that is approching private homes a resources point in territory related to quality of life - Promote the coordination of the actors of the territory who work around the person in private homes - Support the emergence of good partnership practices between the ""all"" institution and the ""all"" homeLed by Etcharry Formation Developpement (EFD), a social work training organisation working at the heart of professional networks in the Pyrénées Atlantiques and Landes (France), the QAVAD project combines: :- Laguntza Etxerat- Home help service in the same region (France);- l’Association Gaves et Bidouze (France) ;- CEFAL, a professional training organisation based in Bologna (Italy);- Solco Insieme: cooperative operating for PA services at home- The Department of Educational Sciences of the University of Bologna (Italy);- Randers Social- og Sundhedsskole: Training Centre (Denmark)- The MATIA Foundation and its research institute, which developed the model of a person-centred approach (Spain);- The Nazaret Zentroa vocational training centre, (Spain);Organized from September 2019 to August 2022, the QAVAD project foresees 3 main productions:1 - An ""Inventory and analysis of training and innovative field experiences"", developed during the first 8 months of the project.2 - A ""Training booklet on quality of life at home"", implemented in 3 successive stages: production of an initial training programme, testing of professionals and students, adaptation and formalization of the final programme.This booklet will be intended to be used in the various social work training courses at different levels (2 and 5 in France) and in the health sector.3 - A technical guide that will propose proven activities and tools, directly associated with the formative principles developed within the framework of the training.These tools will be presented in the form of freely downloadable files (creative commons license) from a dedicated website.The consortium will organize 9 international meetings to give researchers and professionals optimal joint working time to ensure real shared production. A working relationship via a collaborative platform and videoconference meetings will complete the tools.The dissemination will take place through 3 events (one in each territory-project) but also through local Technical Committees which will associate all the professional structures of these same territories.Finally, support from the public authorities in charge of social affairs is already being sought, through contacts made with the Emilia Romagna Health and Social Agency, the Bordeaux Regional Health Agency, the Pyrénées-Atlantiques Department, the Diputación de Gipuzkoa, the Jutland Central region etc."