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Master's programme „Community work in ageing society“

The first group of 20 students started in September 2023 at the regional Haapsalu College of Tallinn University. The application of the new master's programme was supported by the Committee of Social Affairs in the Parliament, Ministry of Social Affairs, and Tartu City Government.

Study program objectives: Create opportunities to acquire broad-based theoretical knowledge for evidence-based development of healthy aging and age-friendly environment in the community and ensure professional skills for organizing ethical involvement of older people.
 

Main fields of study and subjects:

The module 1. Community Work that Integrates Generations for 32 credit points
Culture and Philosophy of Aging  6
Reducing Age Discrimination  4
Policy Design and Co-Creation at the Local Level  6
Intergenerational Cooperation in the Community and Organization I  6
Intergenerational Cooperation in the Community and Organization II  4
Research Seminar  6

The module 2. Health and Ageing for 24 credit points
Cognitive and Physiological Changes of Aging  4
Mental Health and the Organization of Prevention Work  4
Maintenance of Movement and Activity Capacity and Nutrition of the Elderly  9
Designing a Health Environment in the Community and Workplace  4
Solution-oriented Principles in Self-management and Counseling  3

Electives for 16 credit points
Use of Digital Tools in Learning and Engagement  4
Digimentors of the Community  4
Universal Design  4
Traineeship Abroad  9
Ageing Services  4
Products and Services for Health I  4
Products and Services for Health II  6
Social Innovation and Governance of Responsible Innovation  6
Fundamentals  of Organizational Management  4

Practice  6 
Optional Courses  6
University-Wide Courses 6 credit points 
Specialized Foreign Language 6 credit points
Master Thesis  24 

NGO 65B has created video exercises for ELLL2023

Older people's memory trainers from the NGO 65b created short video clips on recreational gymnastics for the „Educating and Learning Across the Lifespan“ conference organised on 8.-11.2023 by Tallinn University.
 

NGO 65B exercises 01 The Hunter and the rabbit (sitting)

NGO 65B exercises 02 The carpet beat (standing)

NGO 65B exercises 04 Chair gymnastics (sitting)

NGO 65B exercises 05 Chair gymnastics (mainly feet)

NGO 65B exercises 05 fingerwork (sitting)

NGO 65B unites older people memory trainers from all over Estonia! 

NGO 65B has published a series of workbooks that contain brain exercises to be done by older people with their adult children. NGO 65B holds the trademark Särts (a sizzle). Three volumes have been created in cooperation with the Estonian Rescue Board.

NGO 65B organises annual meetings for mutual learning. One of the members hosts the meeting and there are also invited local quests, e.g. instructor of a chair dance, a band play, cajon play, etc. We have had meetings in Leevi, Imavere, Saku, Pärnu, Väike-Maarja, Elva, Äksi, Kuressaare, Helsingi, and Tapa.

NGO 65B has been a strategic partner for the Ministry of Social Affairs through the partnership with NGO Kuldne Liiga. The 65B belongs to the Estonian Network NOVA led by Kuldne Liiga.

There are several international projects in which 65B has been a project leader of a partner. In those projects, we have created training courses on older people's memory training, dance movement lessons for seniors, and lectures about normal ageing. In the Nordplus project „Age is not an obstacle II” the following online courses were developed: „Why we need memory training“, „Isometric exercises, the importance of physiotherapy in old age”, „Discovering your hometown with a map” (https://vanuseioletakistuseks.ee/et/vanus-ei-ole-takistuseks-ii-0)

The newsletter Seinaleht, an overview of the senior dance  movement, and all other material are available on the website www.65b.ee (mainly in Estonian).

What pictures are there on the conference badges and website?

These are pieces of outsider art from the Kondas Centre.

In 2017, the art museum Kondas started visiting Estonian special care institutions with the aim of finding works of art. In 2018, they made an exhibition of these findings dedicated to the 100th birthday of Estonia.

Since then Kondas Centre has steadily continued with field work. Buying works of art for our collection is only one part of the activities (at the moment there are somewhere around 500 works of outsider art), in addition, we have interviewed artists and activity supervisors in the special care institutions.

The centre is involved in several international projects, the largest of which is the outsider art project in the main program of Tartu2024, during which they map the outsider art of Eastern European countries.

They have managed to organize residencies of professional artists in some special care institutions. In 2022, a show with three artists from Estonian Broadcast’s series " How little is needed for happiness " was completed with their participation. Hopefully, they will be able to create a permanent exhibition of outsider art in Kondas in the near future.

Kondas Centre is a municipal art museum in Viljandi, founded in 2003. Its main area of activity is naive art and outsider art, the Centre is dedicated to one of Estonia’s best-known naivists - Paul Kondas.
 

Ingrid Kivimeister, Triibuline (Striped)

Meelis Kosemäe, Küülikud (Rabbits)

Tambet Tamm, Puu langetamine (Felling a Tree)

The senior dance group "Päripidi" from South Estonia, Kanepi village

Senior dance is practiced all over Estonia, but there are only two of about thirty groups where men also dance.

The dance group Päripidi has been developing and introducing senior dance for 16 years, the leader of the group, creator of dances and one of the dancers is 86-year-old Maria Drenkhan.

For the last ten years, Maria Drenkhan has organized the international senior dance festival in Kanep. Around 150 senior dancers who have traveled to Kanepi from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Finland glide and step in one rhythm in the hall of Estonia's oldest community house.

Why do senior dancers come to the ELLL research conference? Because educational gerontologists know - dance is the best way to keep your brain working even at an advanced age. If you only have time for one hobby and you have to choose between reading, solving crosswords, practicing an instrument, playing board games or dancing, then you have to choose dance. This activity offers five possibilities in one - thinking, moving, communicating, being creative and positive emotions.

Kanepi dancers are already familiar to the members of ELOA, as in 2019 they were the only foreign performers at the ELOA network conference in Ljubljana. If you're interested in learning more about their trip to Ljubljana, then here is the link to a short video.

Singing group Vanaisad (Grandfathers)

The ensemble Vanaisad has been performing in Tallinn Central Social Center since 2002. So last year they celebrated their 20th anniversary. Vaike Sarn has been guiding the ensemble since the beginning.

There is one singer from the beginning of the group - Artur Kukk - who is 90 years old. The average age of the singers is 82.5 years. In 2014, they also recorded a CD with 20 songs.

They practice twice a week. There have been 30-35 performances a year. This year in the ELLL conference at Tallinn University, this is the 18th concert for Grandfathers.

Some of the ELLL conference guests may know with Grandfathers. Ten years ago, in 2013, they performed in Tallinn Central Social Center for the members of the "Old guys" project from Malta, Portugal, Slovenia and Estonia.