Human rights in older persons everyday live
The ENIEC Annual Meeting 2024 will dive into older people’s everyday lives from the perspective of human rights.
The organizing committee has put together an interesting program in Helsinki, to have the opportunity to meet, learn, discuss, share and exchange experiences, ideas and good practices.
Wednesday 17th of April
14.00-15.15 Welcome to the Hotel Helga (check-in to the hotel at 15.00)
15.15-15.45 Walking together from the hotel to the City Hall
15.00-16.00 Registration at the City Hall
16.00-18.00 Welcome Reception to the Annual Meeting 2024 at the Helsinki City Hall
- Welcome by the ENIEC Board
- Welcome by the City of Helsinki, Mayor Juhana Vartiainen
- Welcome by the Chairperson of the Helsinki Elderly Citizens Council Auni-Marja Vilavaara
- Introduction to the Theme of the Annual Meeting
- Get to know the Organizing committee
- Social Dynamics & Drinks, Snacks
18.00 Voluntary Night Life in Helsinki Centre
Thursday 18th of April
7.00-8.30 Breakfast at the hotel
8.40 Walking from hotel to Eurooppa-sali
9.00 Human rights perspective on older people’s lives
- Opening words by Organizing Committee
- Social dynamics
- Brief Overview about Human Rights and the Report of UN Independent Expert Claudia Mahler of the Older People’s Rights Situation in Finland, by Specialist Sanna Ahola
9.40 Group discussion: Older people’s everyday life & Human rights
10.30 Coffee break
11.00 Diving into digitalization – Overview and workshop
- Ulla Buchert, Social and Public Policy, University of Helsinki
- Sari Heikkinen & Hanna Rantala, Laurea University of Applied Sciences
12.30 Notions of Human Rights by Sanna Ahola
12.45 Walking to lunch
13.00 Lunch
14.30 – 17.30 Annual meeting at Eurooppa-sali
18.30 Walking from hotel to Hietsun Paviljonki
19.00 – 22.00 Dinner party at Hietsun Paviljonki
Friday 19th of April
8.20 Metro from hotel to Myllypuro Metropolia campus
9.00 Hymy-village visit
9.45 Introduction to workshops, Showroom MPC1001
10.00 Workshop round 1
Participants can choose 2 from 4 different workshops
10.45 Coffee break, Showroom MPC1001
11.15 Workshop round 2
12.00 Conclusions and discussion, Showroom MPC1001
12.45 – Closing the AM with lunch,
14.00
Workshops
1.Developing suitable memory training for the future
The workshop aims to encourage participants to benefit from memory training techniques. Integrate techniques with daily life and motivate to create hope and future dreams for foreign-born older people. Results could be integrated into daily hidden exercises or conversations. /by Siiri & Ann-Ly, The Finnish Centre for Cultural Diversity and Memory, MUKES
2. OHOI-workshop model, MPB1045
This model brings together drama methods and service design to involve both clients and authorities etc. to develope the social services and to improve on the shared understanding. The workshop is led by Tuulikki & Farzaneh, The Association for Carers in Helsinki and Vantaa & Jouni Piekkari, Metropolia University of Applied Sciences
3. Digi-game, C4011
At this workshop we will try out how the game-based method can encourage the elderly to use smartphones and other digital devices. The Digitaidot card game was developed by Hanna Rantala at the Suomen Kuuloliito and we have used it with Russian-speaking elderly people to develop their digital skills. The workshop is led by Evgeniya Mazurova and Eva Rönkkö, Eläkeläiset/Pensioners
4. Service counseling and Older people’s rights cases
Participants will work on real life situations of older persons with migrant background and look at the cases through Human Rights perspective. Which older persons rights are not met in the situation and what we can do to change it? The workshop is led by Susanna Lehtovaara, Katja Ikonen and Miina Inkilä, Jade yhteisö
