Social Support of the Elderly Program «160 Plus»
Exclusively with the donation by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, “Nestor” Psychogeriatric Association, provided the Social Support Program of the Elderly Program “160 Plus,” which began operating in February 2016 and was concluded in June 2020.
The goal was to benefit 160 and more families of the municipality of Athens from a wide spectrum of services by the multidisciplinary intervention team, which offered free of charge, complete and expert treatment of Alzheimer Disease and its effects on the patient and the caregiver at home.
The Social Support Program of the Elderly Program “160 Plus” facilitated assistance to:
- Lonely elders or elderly couples facing multiple social issues
- The elderly who look after underage children
- The elderly who look after people with dementia or the elderly who suffer from dementia
Participants of the program included:
Program Services:
Monthly visits at the household took place by 2 volunteers. The aim of the visit was to offer psychological support, company and to record further needs. The program volunteers would inform “Nestor’s” social service through monthly reports on the needs and the efforts to respond to them through collaborations with other communal services. Regular telephone contact was made with the households by the volunteers.
The volunteers were under constant supervision by “Nestor’s” healthcare professionals.
All households would receive monthly, 3 parcels of food, cleaning supplies and personal hygiene supplies through home delivery by the association’s van. The food parcels consisted of frozen and long shelf life products. The aid was always adjusted to the needs of each household. The monthly parcels included all necessary food items for the month for each household, in coordination with the volunteers.
Main Purpose
The program depended on the philanthropic foundations as well as the product donations of companies and donations of ordinary citizens.