Pilot: Peer supporters in dementia care

Project leader: Roger Santokhie The relatives of people with dementia gain a unique competence that is difficult to get in other ways. In this project, we have hired 4 (former) relatives to persons with dementia as Peer Support Workers, in the municipalities Frøya and Indre Fosen. In this project, we seek to prevent loneliness, and…

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The CHIME project

Project Team Managers: Dagfinn Bjørgen og Anne Hirrich Main goal: to improve knowledge about recovery at the system level, how to implement, organize, and operate recovery-oriented services in Norway. Pilot project This was a pilot projcet, and have lead to a new project, CHIME 2.0 (Recovery-oriented Training Courses). In this research project we aim to…

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Guidance for Peer Supporters

Project Team Members: Dagfinn Bjørgen, Katie Wikstrøm and Anne Hirrich    About  the guidance The last years, the profession of peer supporters in Norway has grown. Several peer supporters are employed in the municipalities, although there is room for more as we see it. Peer supporters reports that there are some challenges working in a…

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