DigIDe PRO
Digital Tool for Intellectual disability and dementia: Professionalisation, Resilience, Outstanding care
Project description: Dementia poses an increasing challenge in the care of people with intellectual disabilities, yet specialised training for formal and informal caregivers remains rare. Addressing this issue is crucial to ensuring that individuals with intellectual disabilities and dementia receive high-quality, person-centred care. In our Erasmus+ KA2 Cooperation Partnership (October 2025 – September 2028), we aim to fill this gap by developing professional training for formal caregivers of individuals with intellectual disabilities and dementia, together with partners from Croatia, Greece, the Netherlands, and Italy.
Based on thorough needs analysis and stakeholder collaboration, the project's outputs will be an open-access caregiver toolkit and e-book, as well as a comprehensive MOOC with multilingual materials and interactive modules. The training course will be freely accessible to ensure widespread reach. Combining theory and practice, it will offer participants a comprehensive and actionable learning experience.
The project was based on and named after the earlier projects by Dominik Pendl, Annalisa La Face and Barbara Gasteiger-Klicpera, ‘DigIDe’: ‘Digital tool for intellectual disability and dementia’[link].
'PRO' stands for 'Professionalisation, Resilience, and Outstanding Care' — the core objectives of our project. Through specialised caregiver training, we aim to enhance the quality of life for individuals with intellectual disabilities and dementia, reduce caregiver burnout, and foster a more equitable and compassionate care environment, thereby promoting inclusion.
Project partners:
Stichting Alliade (Netherlands)
Croatian Association of Societies of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities (Croatia)
Estia | ΕΣΤΙΑ Support and social Care Center for people with Intellectual Disability (Greece)
EUTHRIVE | IMPRESA SOCIALE SRL (Italy)
Funding:
This project is co-funded by the European Union under the Erasmus+ Programme, Key Action 2 – Cooperation Partnerships.
