MANUALS AND OTHER MATERIALS
Author: Jože Ramovš
96 pages, published in 2017
The manual is a working tool, used within seminars for business leaders. It brings together modern knowledge on aging in the workplace, presents problems and opportunities that are brought by the demographic crisis, and guidelines for managing companies with an increased share of older employees. Leaders get to know the resources for better cooperation between older and younger workers, learn communication skills, connect the new knowledge of the younger with the life experiences of the elderly and learn from their own good and bad experiences.
SAFE AGEING
Authors: Veronika Mravljak Andoljšek, Tjaša Mlakar, Ana Vujović
96 pages, published in 2016
Manual Safe ageing is used by goup members, that are part of the program Ageing without violence. During the meetings, members get to know the risk factors for violence and neglect, and strenghten the protective factors - good communication, good physical fitness, solidarity, home and street security ... Special attention is also given to the efficient and timely management of property matters.
LIFE WITH ROSARY
Author: Jože Ramovš
144 pages, published in 2016
The manual “Life with Rosary” is dedicated to the members of parish intergenerational groups for quality ageing, focusing on 20 religious secrets of the Rosary. At each meeting the group members try to find connections between religious secret and one of their life experiences thus strengthening and deepening their spirituality and religion.
READING DIARY
Author: Jože Ramovš
200 pages, published in 2015
Biblioeducation is one of the regular activities in most of the intergenerational groups. It includes reading, writing and talking about the text read. It is the main activity in the reading groups. “Reading diary” helps the group members learning about reading culture, communication and good intergenerational relations in family, at job and in community. It is also a useful tool for the members to write about their experiences, important insights and thoughts.
PREVENTION OF FALLS IN ELDERLY
Authors: Ksenija Ramovš, Jože Ramovš, Božidar Voljč, Blaž Švab, Tina Lipar, Ana Ramovš
88 pages, published in 2013
Manual is used by group members of the Anton Trstenjak Institute’s program Prevention of falls in elderly. It contains materials for 14 group meetings, description of exercises for strengthening balance and fall prevention and calendar for recording the everyday workout.
VOLUNTEER’S JOURNAL
Author: Jože Ramovš
240 pages, published in 2013
The first part of the journal (82 pages) introduces knowledge of modern volunteering, the methodology and organisation of personal volunteering with older people. The remaining 158 pages is a personal diary for volunteers to write down their volunteer experiences, reading records and any other issues they want to remember or discuss with other volunteers. Volunteer diary has in practice proved to be an excellent textbook for the training of volunteers.
Authors: Ksenija Ramovš, Božidar Voljč in Jože Ramovš
80 pages, published in 2012
Manual is used by group members of the Anton Trstenjak Institute’s program Managing high blood pressure. It contains 16 teaching contents for 16 group meetings. The manual offers group members to get to know the mayor risk factors and also the protective factors for high blood pressure.
GETTING OLD SOBERLY
Authors: Ksenija Ramovš, Jože Ramovš
120 pages, published in 2012
The manual is used by group members who attend the Anton Trstenjak Institute’s program Getting old soberly. It contains 22 teaching contents and guidelines for group meetings. Themes of group meeting and different; active aging, meaningful work, human relations, prevention of different addictions, taking care of yourself…
FAMILLY CARE OF AN ELDERLY RELATIVE
Jože Ramovš, Ksenija Ramovš
192 pages, published in 2012
The manual is used by family carers who attend the Anton Trstenjak Institute’s course for family carers. It contains 9 teaching contents for 9 meetings: family member from a family carers’ perspective, communication; trouble making older family member; taking care of elderly with dementia; taking care of caregivers’ health; physiotherapy in relation to family care; taking care of elderly relative at home; older relative cannot be cared at home; transcience of life; preprations for club of family carers.
Authors: Ksenija Ramovš, Božidar Voljč, Jože Ramovš
52 pages, published in 2011
Within the project SoGraP - Social Gradient Potential in Reducing Health Inequalities in the Elderly the manual, called Journal for healthy and active living with high blood pressure was published. The manual was used by members of discussion groups in Maribor, Loški Potok and Belgrade. It presents a variety of topics related to high blood pressure and healthy lifestyle. It includes instructions and materials for 10 meetings of discussion groups, tables and diagrams that allow monitoring and recording blood pressure, dietary habits and eight health indicators.