Help children with serious diagnoses fulfill their greatest wishes, care for people affected by multiple sclerosis who have more limitations and barriers in their homes, encourage skin-to-skin contact for premature babies when their families cannot offer them a warm hug, or transform pediatric intensive care units with fantasy and music It carries you to full worlds. They achieve this every day. Four projects from the Community of Madrid were awarded in the eighth edition of the Teva Humanitarian Healthcare Awards.
The award ceremony was held this Monday. Rafael del Pino Auditorium They were in Madrid and recognized a total of 11 projects on national territory, from more than 100 offers presented in this edition.
Teva Humanization of Healthcare Awards 2023 They are focused on recognizing projects and initiatives that contribute to improving patients’ and their families’ experiences in the healthcare environment. These awards highlight work that provides added value through the humanization of healthcare; The aim is to eliminate fears, provide psychological support and create a more pleasant and safe environment for patients.
In the words of Juan Carlos Conde, Teva’s general manager in Spain and Portugal, “humanize health Improve Quality of Life patients, family members and their environment; empathize with the person who is having the worst time and Give your hand In those difficult moments.”
These awards References in the healthcare industrythey aim recognize the work and make it visible The “presentation” of initiatives that make this humanization possible chance to different power units keep moving forward in his projects,” adds Juan Carlos Conde.
This year, award-winning projects came from Turkey. Community of Madrid, Aragon, Andalusia, Valencian Community and Galicia and they:
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‘Therapeutic and sensory garden for patients with Alzheimer’s and other dementias – Zaragoza Association of Relatives of Alzheimer’s Patients (Adefaz)
This project consists of a use therapeutic and sensory garden For Alzheimer’s patients. A natural environment that can help them on both a cognitive level (e.g. the scents of aromatic plants) and a physical level, as they can carry out activities related to gardening. It also contributes to their social level. emotional well-beingbecause several people participate and relate to each other.
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‘‘A hospital with a soul’ – Andrés Olivares Foundation
This initiative aims to provide you with:n Comprehensive support for families of children and adolescents with cancer between the ages of 0 and 21 through different activities and services at the foundation headquarters and at the Malaga Maternity and Children’s Hospital. The aim is to ensure that children with cancer remain children, and through comprehensive support, to ensure that families and children who discover childhood cancer overcome this situation and become better people.
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‘‘Carer Thursday’ – Huelva Alzheimer’s Patients Association (AFA)
This project aims to help family members and especially the main caregivers of people affected by the disease. Alzheimer’s anyone dementia They take good care of themselves, are healthy, and can continue to do their job as caregivers under the best conditions for both the people they care for and themselves. Activities are being carried out for this informative, playful And cultural.
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‘Fantasy in vein’ – Music Association in Vena
This project is carried out Music tours of pediatric intensive care units and children’s hospitals of the Community of Madrid. Once a month in each health center. Singers dress up as characters from stories, cartoons or children’s movies to attract children’s attention. These are female volunteers with proven experience, who can empathize with patients and have high artistic quality.
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‘‘Make a wish’ – Little Wish Foundation
In children diagnosed with serious illnesses, the fulfillment of a wish creates positive emotions. They have major impacts on your health and quality of life. We work hand in hand with medical staff in 35 Spanish hospitals. With them and the parents’ complicity, they discover that the little one’s biggest dream is to come true. More than 400 children see their dreams come true Every year, thanks to the work of the Pequeno Deseo Foundation.
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‘Musical wings – Asociación Somos Música
Through weekly concerts, the association accompanies patients by experiencing moments of excitement and escape with their families and caregivers, thus improving the emotional state of patients, promoting their recovery and humanizing their situation. The project is a volunteer program for young music students people who collaborate with patients. More than 48 sessions were held for more than 1,200 patients and family members.
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‘‘Casa Joan is another special way to show interest’ – Cudeca Foundation
This initiative Improving the quality of life of the child and his familyIt offers an active, functional and creative rehabilitation treatment. The aim of this is to support the autonomy, self-esteem, self-esteem and dignity of sick children, adolescents and their families. In this project, classical therapies such as hydrotherapy, music therapy or animal therapy are also included in other complementary treatments that make it easier for children to work and adapt to their disease states, with the participation of the whole family.
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‘Contact: skin to skin with premature babies – Madrid Association of Premature Parents and Children (Aprem)
This project consists of two actions. Kangaroo godmothers and godfathers are a voluntary support service in neonatology units/services for babies whose families or relatives cannot make skin-to-skin contact with their premature babies. Babies of families with social sensitivity after discharge from the unit, Professional support in the first year of lifemeeting and monitoring special needs.
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‘‘Beautification of pediatric hospital areas’ – Andrea Foundation
The aim is to make the stay more pleasant and bearable for children and their families admitted to Galicia hospitals. Waiting rooms, common areas in the pediatric ward, rooms connected to intensive care units and emergency rooms are some of the more than 30 rooms currently under precaution. It has been renewed with furniture, entertainment materials, books, toys, technological or audio-visual equipment according to its usage areas. The walls have also been transformed with murals or vinyls.
A more effective, closer and humane treatment
Each of these 11 startups awarded with Teva Awards will receive 3,000 Euros so they can contribute by continuing to develop their projects. ethical value to the healthcare systemOne around and one more emotional, close and humane treatment patients who cause this condition in the long term improving the quality of healthcare.
With this eighth edition 88 award-winning projects With a total donation of 264,000 euros.
HE Concept of humanization of healthcare In recent years, it has begun to gain importance within the Spanish healthcare system. That’s because it’s perfect The work and quality of professionals in the healthcare sectorAlways trying to offer innovative solutions that improve patients’ quality of lifeand also his work patient and family associations.
Teva, a pharmaceutical company serving 200 million people a day
Teva is one of the companies that produces the most drugs and treats the most patients in the world. 200 million people per day. The distinctive element is its participation in the entire drug cycle: sustainability, accessibility and innovation.
It achieves all this by producing and developing. affordable drugs from beginning to end high quality processesas well as special and innovative medicines and active pharmaceutical ingredients. By putting the patient at the center of everything Teva does, a significant portion of its global production is carried out in Europe, with a solid, transparent and ethical commitment to society and the environment.