Because of many ventures for long-term care there was a need to establish a separate department concentrated on educational issues concerning conferences, workshops and courses for professional carers, therapists, rehabilitation specialists, nurses and managers of long-term care institutions. In 2000 Medical Information Centre was established, which now works under the name European Long-Term Care Centre (ELTCC).
ELTCC carries out activities in several areas:
We organize trainings and courses improving competences of health services workers. The participants of those trainings gain knowledge concerning law, nursing, care and medical issues. We cooperate with specialists, experts and people who have a vast experience and are known and respected by people engaged in long-term care.
Since 1998 we have organized Torun Long-Term Care Days – the most important and the biggest educational event devoted to this field in Poland including International Long-Term Care Conference, Symposium focusing on various themes and workshops for medical staff. Every year 1 000 people come to Torun to discus long-term care issues on an international level.
More about Torun Long-Term Care Days
We also publish the only magazine in Poland for managers, professional carers, therapists, rehabilitation specialists and other people working in long-term care institutions. It is a quarterly MEDI Long-Term Care Forum bringing up such topics as e.g. old age diseases, problems of disabled people, care standards, economic and legal issues.
More about MEDI
Since 2000 we have organized International Football League for Disabled People for those who live in care institutions, far apart from their relatives. There aren’t so many initiatives for this group of people, although they have the same right to live a good life as we all have. They have passions and dreams to follow and we’d like to motivate them to do it.
More about SENI Cup