About to show 101, Milagros Castellá is making certainly one of her desires come true: changing into a podcaster and doing radio for a really particular viewers from the nursing residence in Valencia the place she lives.
With her podcasts, Milagros addresses all of the grandchildren who need to hear recommendation “to know how one can give life to the years.” And additionally to his colleagues on the heart, “to whom he instills optimism and the will to inform their life tales.”
Like that of “Diamantino” as that’s what Pedro Armando Fornes calls himself on social networks, 94 years previous and fellow resident and radio program. “You have to provide the aged a voice, society can’t put apart the legacy or the expertise we go away behind, we would like them to ask us… although our viewers could be very restricted however very trustworthy”, they each confess on the finish of every podcast that they’re in control of enhancing every week on a mixing desk along with an expert from the residence.
Strengthens consideration, studying and reminiscence
The initiative for this audiovisual undertaking in a residence arose when professionals verified the advantages of “caring primarily based on life historical past”. The private satisfaction, the conceit that’s generated within the resident by giving which means and relevance to their social and work growth (physician, vintner, seamstress, painter…) can also be reaching: avoiding isolation, selling social and intergenerational relationships with grandchildren, kids, nephews…
“One of the goals with the radio-podcast workshops is to strengthen the eye, studying and reminiscence of the aged contributors, serving to them to remain mentally energetic, and stimulate their short-term reminiscence”, appreciates Javier Simarro, sociocultural animation technician on the Ballesol Patacona residence.
The content material of the podcast, the length, the visitors, even the music that’s chosen, corresponds to the residents who take part within the radio workshop, a minimum of as soon as per week.
“I do really feel prefer it”
The title of the primary podcast that Milagros selected was fairly a declaration of intent. “I do really feel prefer it,” this centenarian known as him to talk with out complexes about “the unhappy widespread thought of two buddies who thought that having misplaced their youth took away their need to reside.”
Without hesitation, he stood in entrance of the microphone and with out papers shared “how one can attain 100 years with dignity and hope, stopping fascinated about what we have been to be extra goal and search optimism in what surrounds us.”
With his tone of voice, naturalness and ease with phrases, he has gained over all the residency that they see in every podcast “the perfect drugs for wholesome ageing”.
Another of the contributors within the radio workshop is Pedro Armando Fornes. “Diamantino”, as he calls himself on social networks during which he shares a weblog of “reflections of an older man”. This radio undertaking is managing to enhance their shallowness and social relationships.
The final podcast-advice that he has edited, “Nostalgia”, is without doubt one of the most listened to. In it he leaves a most reflective audio: “I realized that you could know an individual nicely by the way in which they react to 3 issues: a wet day, misplaced baggage and the beams of lights from a Christmas tree…” introduction chosen to speak about relationships with dad and mom, grandparents or grandchildren.
Podcast in opposition to “Ageism”
The dedication to create an Active Radio Classroom on this residence is carefully linked to the advantages that the Psychology and Sociocultural Animation professionals of the middle have verified, who contemplate radio as a “heat and human medium linked to the emotional side that allows the sensation of firm and participation” among the many aged.
This undertaking to create a Podcast has a direct impression on “Ageism”, a time period that refers back to the stereotypes, prejudices and discrimination that some folks train over others attributable to their age, making it potential to get rid of these false beliefs, favoring the worth of older folks, their issues, illusions, challenges of every certainly one of them “establishing an integrating issue, selling interplay with different folks, with the ability to specific themselves and be heard”, the professionals of Ballesol confirm within the radio workshops
Senior Benefits
With the creation of a radio channel within the residence, the event and upkeep of lots of the useful capacities of the residents is being made potential, permitting them to proceed finishing up the actions that curiosity them.
This program works on consideration, understanding of ideas, language, for instance by way of debates on present points, memory…
They additionally serve to worth by way of the radio medium, tradition and traditions, music, crafts, in addition to varied subjects of curiosity and the life expertise of every of the taking part folks. In addition, it permits them to study to make use of the technological means associated to a radio station, streaming and podcast.
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