Table 13 Service activities and achievements
| Â | SOS Caregivers | ||
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Organizational structure | Health consumers’ management board Number of activities: 3 meetings Average number of participants per meeting: 7 caregivers, 2 ATSP representatives, 2 researchers | ||
Service activities | Training programme Total participants: 39 | Peer-to-peer meetings Total participants: 29 | Project and service information |
Number of activities between April 2019–February 2020: | 5 training sessions (+  1 postponed): 1. Helping relatives with swallowing 2. Supporting relatives in routine activities 3. Dealing with stressful situations 4. Preventing falls and managing medications 5. Implementing sanitary best practices | 5 group meetings (+  1 postponed): 1. The role of caregivers 2. Managing caregivers’ private life 3. Cultural and culinary habits of Vallecamonica 4. Memories related to family life 5. Difficulties of living in remote and rural areas | 1. Project website and Facebook page 2. Brochures about the service 3. ATSP website – news section 4. WhatsApp group coordinated by ATSP 5. Report summarizing service information for relatives in Vallecamonica |
Number of online activities between October–November 2020 | 2 online training sessions 1. Helping relatives with swallowing 2. Dealing with relatives during the Covid-19 pandemic | 2 online group meetings: 1. The effects of Covid-19 in daily life 2. How to deal with more complex and stressful situations | Two online recordings of training sessions; |
Average number of participants per session/meeting | 7 caregivers 1 formal teacher 1 ATSP representative | 6 caregivers 1 psychologist | 83 Facebook page followers >  130 visitors to the project website |
Average satisfaction | 98% | 86% |
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