Siloe Ostrava

Siloe Ostrava

Siloe Ostrava

Siloe Ostrava

The Centre is for: Elderly people with memory disorders

Address: Rolnická 55/360, 709 00 Ostrava – Nová Ves

Duration: 1st September - 31st August

Webpage:  SILOE OSTRAVA

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The mission of the placement:

The mission of Siloe is to provide housing & social services to people above the age of 50 with memory disorders and who have lowered self-sufficiency and can no longer stay at home environment. Siloe provides support and care in nursing and social areas.

Through the eyes of our volunteers:

"Days with" of Rafael and Bulut

"Days with" of Rafael and Bulut

How Bulut and Rafael enjoyed "days with"? Let's read... Rafael: Hello, my name is Rafael Miranda. I am a volunteer from Portugal volunteering in the Czech Republic within Slezska Diakonie…

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Place of good people and beautiful memories

Place of good people and beautiful memories

Let's read about Buse's final miniproject at Siloe... "For my last project in Siloe I was thinking about the ideas and with the help of my co-worker Mirek we decided to decorate the garden. We…

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"Day with" in Siloe

"Day with" in Siloe

Mirka: Gvantsa and Mari, how was your "Day with" in Ostrava? Did you enjoy? Gvantsa and Mari:We decided to visit SILOE in Ostrava where Buse works. I was extremely looking forward to…

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Activities:

Your main activity will be the direct work with centre users either during individual or group activities. The users often have varying degrees of disorientation in person, time and space, they may have difficulty moving, some are completely immobile, and they also may suffer vision problems or hearing loss. From the very first time you need to start establishing contacts and relationships of trust. Also, you will assist the centre users during various activities - listening, individual reading, solving crossword puzzles and working with spontaneous interactions.

You will accompany clients during walks and assist with moving them, short-term escort duty and helping with dining. You will also participate in activities such as simple exercises, board games or organising one-off events within the centre (thematic cooking, art exhibition, morning warm-up with clients) or out of the centre (social events like visiting a museum).

Preferred personal traits:

  • Being proactive in the work with people as well as in learning Czech (which is a high priority)
  • Independence, but also be able to work in a team
  • Flexibility
  • Good timekeeping
  • Awareness of Alzheimer’s or vascular dementia would be helpful
  • Empathetic approach, without prejudice
  • It would be an advantage if you have previous experience working with seniors

Events throughout the year:

Events throughout the year are organised according to the seasons - Spring, Christmas, Easter, Autumn etc. Staff try to take the clients on various trips – to museums, churches, the zoo, exhibitions etc. Once in a while we host a travelling café called ‘Kavárna u Lidušky’ when you can assist with serving coffee to the clients.

Growing through challenges:

The challenges you may face and grow through them are:

  • Working with a difficult group of seniors who are often disoriented  by time, space and often by people - you will learn how to manage communication and support them.
  • You may encounter a non-cooperative or aggressive person - you will learn how to act in such situations
  • Challenges can be dealt with verbal communication in Czech language therefore you will have to learn Czech ‘on the go’ yourself, as well as in Czech lessons
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