Ageing with Confidence:
Ageing with Confidence is a group programme specially designed with older people in mind. The aims of the eight-session programme are to assist and facilitate people to explore their own ageing and provide information on physical, psychological and social aspects of growing older, all of which increase self-confidence. The programme is delivered by two facilitators trained by Age & Opportunity.
Would you like to become an Ageing with Confidence facilitator?
Galway City Partnership, Galway Rural Development Company, the Irish Centre for Social Gerontology NUIG and Age & Opportunity invite applications for the Ageing with Confidence Facilitator Training Course. The training course aims to train facilitators to deliver the programme in Galway City and County.
The Facilitator Training Course will include:
Skills development, information on demographics, and the physical, social and psychological aspects of ageing.
Applicants should have:
- Good facilitation skills and the motivation to deliver a high quality programme
- An interest in and knowledge of ageing issues
- Availability to deliver the programme in Galway City and County from Autumn 2009
- Availability and commitment to attend 6 full training days in September 2009
Further information and an application form are available from;
Maeve Murray,
Galway City Partnership,
3 The Plaza Offices,
Headford Road,
Galway. Tel: 091 – 773466 or maeve@gcp.ie,
or from the Age & Opportunity website www.olderinireland.ie
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Closing date for receipt of applications is 2pm on Friday 5th June 2009.
Ageing with Confidence:
Background;
The Ageing with Confidence Group Programme is a holistic approach to health promotion for older people. It aims to enhance their development by providing education for health, by developing life skills and by promoting positive mental health and self-confidence thus leading to a better quality of life. It was developed for both men and women who are in middle, or more likely, later life and living in the community.
The objectives of the programme are to:
- Assist and facilitate people to explore their own ageing
- Challenge the myths and stereotyping that lead to ageism
- Provide information on physical, psychological and social aspects of growing older
The Group Programme consists of 8 weekly two and a half hour sessions Each session of the programme is a combination of information on aspects of ageing or self-confidence with opportunities for self-reflection and sharing of experiences by group members. It is a psycho-educational programme and not a therapeutic one.
The Group Programme is delivered by two facilitators trained by Age & Opportunity.
Facilitator Training:
The training consists of six full day workshops and one assessment day. The aim of the training is to provide participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to deliver the programme to groups of older people.
The objectives of the facilitator training course are:
- To increase the facilitators awareness and knowledge of the physical, psychological and social aspects of ageing
- To assist facilitators to examine their own attitudes to ageing and the consequences of stereotyping
- To develop an understanding of self confidence on how low self esteem can impact on the health and quality of life of older people.
- To provide participants with an opportunity to develop/enhance the skills necessary to deliver the psycho educational programme.
- To enable facilitators to become more aware of the appropriate sources of information and health care for older people.
- To provide participants with information on demographics of older people in Ireland.
A Training Manual ‘Ageing with Confidence: Group Programme Manual’ was published in order to facilitate the development of the Programme on a national basis.
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