1. European Network on Intercultural Elderly Care www.eniec.eu
Lola Casal-Sanchez
Chair of ENIEC
Working with Acculturation Process
Age Friendly City. The Hague

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Founded in 2007
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ENIEC is a non-profit membership association
Professionals engaged in (social)care for elderly migrants and minorities in Europe.
An informal platform of exchanging ideas and experiences cross borders in today’s Europe.
In ENIEC members will develop new practices in care of elderly migrants and elderly from minorities, in their welfare in general and in the area of preventive initiatives.
Annual fee 147€

3. How are the members Countries:
The Netherlands, Germany, Belgium ,Denmark, Sweden ,Norway, Finland, Spain, Austria, Italy, Estonia, Hungary, Ireland, Turkey.
Professionals
nursing homes, home care, in day activities, in municipal administrations , universities, as advisors or consultants , directors , volunteers, others with a special interest in elderly migrants are welcome as members

4. Het doel is niets, de beweging is alles ________________________ The movement is everything, the final goal is nothing
Eduard Bernstein

5. We all agree on the person-centred approach, on basing care for elderly migrants upon their needs, dreams, wishes and cultural background Integration / Acculturation Process. Changing values, behaviors, and competence to integrate to the new culture not to assimilate the host culture
How we work

6. Communication Annual meetings Newsletters Informal contacts
visits cross borders
Website.
Facebook
Internal working groups

7. The power of the Network
Finland- The Netherlands. 2016
“Unohtamista kaikilla kielillä” (Forgetting in all the languages)
Eva Ronkko, Ruth Franco, Susanna Lethovara, Jennifer van den Broeke, Siiri, Alina Ahtamo
Seminar on Cross Cultural Dementia Screening
How to strengthen the relationship between informal cares and professionals used the screening tool developed by Alzheimer Nederland

8. The power of the network
Belgium
Kotosa film
Es Nolf – Kennis Centrum Belgium
SubSaharan elderly in Brussels, Belgium.
Kotosa means ‘to respect’ in Lingala, the official language in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Website

9. The power of the network
Germany – Finland. 2016
Frederic Lauscher, Hanna Rantala, Ruth Franco, Alina Ahtama, Siiri, Sari Heikken and Eva Ronkko
Seminar series on diversity in elderly care in Finland. One was LGBT elderly in Finland.
Share practical experience of building a diverse elderly home in Frankfurt.

10. The power of the network
Denmark - The first Multicultural Nursing Home in Denmark. 2015
Ana Lennora
The kitchen staff obtained extra education and training in cooking global food.
All staff members went through education in cultural competences and cultural understanding,
Study trip to the Dutch institution De Schilderhoek in Haag. Experiences such as the bank of knowledge and languages.

11. The power of the Network
The Netherlands – Belgium. 2017
Jennifer vd Broeke and Saloua Berdai
Exchange ideas and experiences concerning dementia and migrant elderly between Belgian and Dutch colleagues.
Workshops at Pharos and Sefkat in Boxtel.
Develop a network

12. The power of the network
Finland – Estonia – Hungary.
ETNIMU project
The aim of the project has been to promote the brain health of the elderly from different ethnic backgrounds in Finland. One group was the Roma people,
From the beginning, cultural sensitivity was a cornerstone of our work in the project.
Currently, collaboration with members from Hungary

13. The power of the network
The Netherlands – Germany – China
Jan Booij, Frederic Laushcer , Ute Bychowski
Suzhou Social Welfare Institute.
Cooperation with a Chinese nursing home
Interchange learning process – Consultant process

14. The power of the network
Booklet. From Home to Home
10th anniversary ENIEC
Topic of older migrants on the agenda of local authorities and care, welfare and housing organisations
Stories of 10 older migrants who currently face the challenges of getting old in Europe.
It depict the diversity, variety and similarities of getting older in Europe being immigrant.
Support of the City of The Hague
Version online

15. Diversity in ENIEC
Knowledge
Professsional fields
Countries
Topics
Projects and initiatives
Outcomes

16. Questions.
What are the opportunities of diversity?
What are the opportunities of networks as ENIEC or Divers Den Haag to develop join actions?

17. “Diversity: the art of thinking independently together.”
Malcolm Forbes
Bedank! - Thank you! - ¡Muchas Gracias!
Lola Casal-Sanchez
Chair of ENIEC