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7. Domestic Situation
Working with Older Volunteers in Manual Intergenerational Projects
Problems and obstacles
• Indispensability of older participants due to their domestic situation
Information
• Mobility of the elderly depends highly on their domestic situation.
• Since quite a few look after older relatives or their grandchildren or they
do not want to be separated from their partners over a period of time, they
are effectively homebound.
Recommendations
• For older people who are restricted by the obligations of care, information
on support (care leave) can be helpful.
• Since many older people look after their grandchildren during school holidays,
the project should not be scheduled then.
• Before the start of the project participants should be reminded to leave
hotel addresses and telephone numbers or mobile phone numbers with
their families, so that they can get in touch any time.
• Participants often want to bring their partners, since they like spending as
much time with their relatives as possible.
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