STUDENT PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Theme:“DO THE MENTALLY ILL HAVE EQUAL

OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY?”

By:STINE MOSE AND MARIE KAAS

DENMARK, CVU-LILLBAELT OCTOBER 200713Th meeting of ENOTHE

October 2007In Cork

EQUALITY IN DENMARK:EQUALITY IN DENMARK:

““Democratic principles of equality and freedom for all allow individuals Democratic principles of equality and freedom for all allow individuals and their families to create the life that suits them best. But these and their families to create the life that suits them best. But these democratic principles also set certain limitations on the individual’s democratic principles also set certain limitations on the individual’s freedom of action. The purpose of these limitations is to ensure that no freedom of action. The purpose of these limitations is to ensure that no one suffers injustice or is harmed in any way.one suffers injustice or is harmed in any way.

Thus, Danish society does not accept discrimination against anyone on Thus, Danish society does not accept discrimination against anyone on grounds of gender, ethnic origin, colour, religious or political persuasion, grounds of gender, ethnic origin, colour, religious or political persuasion, sexual orientation or disability; nor does it accept anyone being subjected sexual orientation or disability; nor does it accept anyone being subjected to violence or mutilating circumcision. Mutual respect and understanding to violence or mutilating circumcision. Mutual respect and understanding between people and groups of people is a fundamental principle of between people and groups of people is a fundamental principle of Danish society”.Danish society”.

OUR PROJECTOUR PROJECT

interview with a 46-year-old schizophrenic womaninterview with a 46-year-old schizophrenic woman

has been in the psychiatric system since she was 25-has been in the psychiatric system since she was 25-years-oldyears-old

is currently going to a daycentre for people with is currently going to a daycentre for people with psychiatric inconveniences and are receiving an psychiatric inconveniences and are receiving an early retirement pensionearly retirement pension

She told us how she sees equality coming to justice She told us how she sees equality coming to justice at her current daycentre and how she feels that at her current daycentre and how she feels that people regard other people with a mental illnesspeople regard other people with a mental illness

THE DAY-CENTRETHE DAY-CENTRE the users have a council were they take decisions and have the users have a council were they take decisions and have

influence on several important thingsinfluence on several important things

people can come as they wish and there is no need to be in a good people can come as they wish and there is no need to be in a good mood all the timemood all the time

the users can come for advice, support or coffee and a chatthe users can come for advice, support or coffee and a chat

a new approach is to have the users take an evening-shift with an a new approach is to have the users take an evening-shift with an employeeemployee

there are some keywords that everyone finds important - like there are some keywords that everyone finds important - like respect, responsibility, influence, tolerance and to be seen as an respect, responsibility, influence, tolerance and to be seen as an equal individualequal individual

CLIENT-CENTERED PRACTICECLIENT-CENTERED PRACTICE

MOHO-based practise requires a client-therapist MOHO-based practise requires a client-therapist relationship in which the therapist must understand, relationship in which the therapist must understand, respect, and support client choices, actions, and respect, and support client choices, actions, and experiences (Kielhofner, 2002)experiences (Kielhofner, 2002)

create a satisfactory and advancing environment where create a satisfactory and advancing environment where there is optimal opportunities to reach maximum there is optimal opportunities to reach maximum capacity for the userscapacity for the users

HOW DO PEOPLE LOOK UPON PEOPLE WITH A HOW DO PEOPLE LOOK UPON PEOPLE WITH A MENTAL ILNESS?MENTAL ILNESS?

so what do you do?so what do you do?

the medias effect on peoplethe medias effect on people

PROJECT TO IMPROVE EQUAL OPPORTUNITIESPROJECT TO IMPROVE EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES

educational work educational work

students in the health sectorstudents in the health sector

the students will have the the students will have the opportunity to meet and see opportunity to meet and see how well these people can how well these people can managemanage

CONCLUSIONCONCLUSION

the daycentre we visited there were the daycentre we visited there were definitely equal opportunities for alldefinitely equal opportunities for all

users influence and the respect of who users influence and the respect of who they are as an individual which gives they are as an individual which gives them many opportunities to develop them many opportunities to develop themselvesthemselves

human beings with individual resources human beings with individual resources instead of just patientsinstead of just patients