Family Traditions for Healthy Aging: A Lifelong Learning Project

1. European Union Education and Culture Lifelong Learning Programme, Grundtvig Project "Family Traditions Protection of the elderly residents to be acquired by an intermediary

2. Aim of our project • Grandparents at their children and grandchildren by teaching period, natural and healthy food, to family members that they are experienced and their awareness of how precious and reintegration of both healthy dishes, family relationships and strengthen communications, liberation lonely elderly people

3. FAMILY • Holds an important place in the individual life, nutrition, care and love needs, emotional and psychological development, education and cultural values ​​of the gain, the primary institution that meets their basic needs such as maintaining a healthy mental development.

4. Our Role in the project • Supporting the traditional family dishes cooked, allow elderly people to participate in family life to improve special education and learning methods • These activities, family elders / elderly people to integrate them the family and encourage them to life

5. METHODS USED • seeing, touching, having fun, feeling, by making learning and living

6. Project slogans • "Life masters""Elders treasure chests""Tasting and salt common""The flavor from the Past""Healthy eating means success"

7. Activities we perform

8. ASHURE • The people of the village lived together for many years Karatepe, so the continued strengthening of cultural values ​​and relationship relations. Examples of this culture of Ashura • Ashura, a type of material, at least 12 kinds of sweet. Ashura is cooked at home a lot, all the family, relatives and neighbors are consumed together • Location: Village Karatepe connected to the city center of Antalya, Yilmaz family houseDate: December 9, 2011Family: four generations of their family bond with the family of the 22 relatives of Yilmaz • Participants: Yilmaz family, relatives, neighbors and members of the project (approximately 100 people

9. LOCAL FOOD IN THE ORMANA • Antalya, 170 km away from the town of İbradı. İbradı snowdrops grown in in the nearby mountains, the snow to melt under the a precious flower that grows and is under protection by the state. Snowdrops district İbradı Festival is held every year in spring to protect • Date of the Ormana District of the town houses feature İbradı are protected under the button. With the ormana Town, silk weaving and natural foods is of particular importance • Ormana‘s regional dishes, ekşili tarhana ,haluçka, yahni, sütlü dövme çorba, sarma, etli dolma, keskek, un tarhana, tatlı tarhana , sütlü bulgur, kabuklu kuru fasulye, mısır kömbesi,yağlı ekmek un helva, baklava etc. • A combination of two different families of three generations of Ormana 250 people, with local house dinner yahni, keskek, nohutlu pilav, and un helva • Location: Forest DistrictDate: April 7, 2012Cooperating agencies: the Ormana MunicipalityParticipants: three generations of two families, local people, Snowdrop festival guests who participated in Antalya, with members of two different non-governmental organization (250 people

10. Minikayaklar Creche child-mother-grandmother-in-one • Minik ayaklar Creche’s children, mothers and with grandmothers made ​​with yogurt, soup and meat balls.Belonging to different regions at the same time it was made meals, eating a combination of families have learned to cook new dishes from each other. Meals are prepared in other family members came and ate together at the same table as a large family • Location: Minikayaklar Creche • Date: April 29, 2012 • Participants: Two members of three generations of the family, nursery owners and project members of his family (18 people)

11. Orange Jam • Yasargil Canan 90-year-old master of life, families and young people taught to jam in orange is the symbol of Antalya.After graduating from the university as a profession will take care of the elderly to college students, these activities have taken significant experience in the social rehabilitation of the elderly. How to find an elderly person the opportunity to see the wealth of experience and have learned our content. • Prepared with orange jam,with older woman were cheerful chats, sang songs, cooked and ate with them and took jams.Location: The association centerDate: March 21, 2012Participants: Two members of three generations of a family, part of the university students aged care technician, association members, other guests (34 people

12. Survey of young people • Young people and their parents to remind their meals, and creating an awareness about the questionnaires • Small pamphlets explaining the value and importance of family elders created a natural dietYoung people's relationships with their parents, they learn from them meals, cooked meals for themselves what is their one-page questionnaire was prepared to learn Between 15 to 18 April 2012 date, Antalya Konyaaltı high school Akev College and prepared each of questionaire and brochures were distributed to 210 young people.Continued assessment of a questionnaire

13. Settlers • Immigrants from Antalya province of Sirnak, shanty town, a combination of three generations of family living were interviewed at home • Family history of migration, neighborhood and relationship relations, information about food cultures were taken with the labors of handcraft • Location: Dam districtDate: April 25, 2012Participants: Four members of the family, neighbors and relatives, the project members (10 people) common

14. Generalization • * The newspaper news (four different newspaper articles)* TRT radio interview* Brochures,* The association meetings to provide information about the project ...* Published on our web page

15. In the future we'll do our • Konyaaltı municipality in September 2012, "the dinner, Racing, at the table of Peace" with the name, I learned from parents and family members eat meals themed contest be organized • Kemaliyelis association founded in Antalya Kemaliyelis members came together in October 2012, local sweets and maintain the oricik to teach the new generations will cook • Ongoing efforts towards activities

16. Project Team • Ibrahim Keser Project Managerınst.Güngör Çabuk Project ManagerAssistant Professor Zeliha YazıcıInst. Ilkay KeserTeacher. Ismail UnalSocial Hiz.Uzm.Yusuf ErdemirChild Development and edu.Gülizar Manav Teacher. Gülsen Kaymaz Ercanlı