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Caregivers: a day to get informed, exchange, and discover respite solutions
Caring for a loved one is a profoundly human mission that deserves its own moments of relief and support. Join this special gathering to connect with dedicated professionals and discover practical respite solutions that can truly lighten your daily burden. It is a vital chance to find both clarity and comfort among peers who understand exactly what you are going through.
Boom Boom Villette (Paris 19th)
About
Do you look after an elderly parent, a sick person, someone with a disability, or someone losing their autonomy on a daily basis? Are you a caregiver or a professional in the care sector and would like to learn more about the existing support and respite solutions?
The Federation of Respite Platforms invites you to Boom Boom Villette for a day of information, meetings, and discussions dedicated to caregivers.
The morning, open to all, will allow you to discover existing support mechanisms, meet respite actors, and attend discussion sessions on the challenges of supporting caregivers.
The afternoon will be devoted to reflection and experience-sharing workshops for care professionals, by registration.
Free and open to all, this day is an opportunity for caregivers to learn more about their rights, discover existing support and respite solutions, and exchange with others facing the same realities. Professionals will also be able to deepen their knowledge to better guide and support caregivers in their journey.
Program
The day is organized into two parallel tracks: a track dedicated to professionals by registration and a track open to all caregivers.
The afternoon is devoted to participatory workshops for professionals.
Caregiver Forum: 9:30 AM - 1:00 PM
A morning to get informed, meet professionals, and discover existing support and respite mechanisms.
Free participation without registration
Ketchup Room • Level 0
Information and orientation booths
Visitors will be able to discuss:
Information and rights
- Prévention Retraite Île-de-France (PRIF)
- Assurance retraite Île-de-France
- Agirc-Arrco
- Ma Boussole Aidants (MBA)
- Centr'aider
- Lawyer from the Federation of Respite Platforms
- City of Paris Solidarity Department (DSol)
- Senior and Caregiver Centers - Coordination Support Mechanism (M2A-DAC)
- Departmental Union of Family Associations of Paris (UDAF)
Taking a break and finding respite
- Vacances Répit en Famille (VRF)
- France Répit Foundation
- Nouveau Souffle
- Pause Brindille
- Aide & vous Mechanism
- Respite Platform
- Baluchon France
- Bulle d'Air
- Home help services and day care (SAD-CAJ)
- Unis-Cité
Disability and specific illnesses
- Association of Caregivers and Patients with Lewy Body Dementia (A2MCL)
- Autism Resource Center Île-de-France (CRAIF)
- Community 360
- DAPV 75 and 93 (Life Project Assistance Mechanism)
Bookstore area
- Meetings with invited authors
Mini-conference program
9:45 AM: Official opening
Welcome address by the City of Paris.
10:00 AM: Caregivers' rights
With Clément Sudry, lawyer
Presentation of the rights, aid, and mechanisms that caregivers are entitled to and the steps to assert them.
10:40 AM: Preventing burnout
With Marie-Élisabeth Piussan, psychologist, speaker, and author of Quand aimer devient aider.
This session will address signs of fatigue and resources allowing caregivers to take care of their physical and psychological balance.
11:15 AM: Taking care of your health
With Assurance retraite Île-de-France and the Agirc-Arrco Healthy Aging Prevention Center
Advice and resources to preserve your health when looking after a loved one daily.
12:10 PM: Active caregivers
With Sigrid Jaud, co-founder of "Aidant et bien plus"
Discussion on the challenges faced by people balancing professional life and the role of caregiver.
12:45 PM: Equipping caregivers
With Claudia Rouleau, speaker and author of Grandir comme proche aidant
Presentation of tools, resources, and concrete paths to better live out one's role as a caregiver.
For professionals
The role of respite platforms in the caregiver respite journey
Free by registration (limited seats)
Ciné Pathé • Room 15 • Level 2
Plenary morning
9:00 AM: Opening - City of Paris
Official opening of the day.
9:15 AM: Introduction
Framework of commitments for caregivers
Presentation of the challenges and context of policies supporting caregivers.
10:00 AM: Round Table #1
How to propose support towards respite?
Time for exchange dedicated to identifying caregivers, guiding them to existing mechanisms, and the conditions favoring access to respite.
11:15 AM: Round Table #2
Access criteria for respite: for whom, why, when?
Collective reflection on the conditions of access to respite solutions and their adaptation to the needs of different caregiver audiences.
Afternoon: participatory workshops
2:00 PM: Workshops of your choice
Workshop 1
Adapting your response to different caregiver audiences
How to better account for the diversity of profiles, journeys, and needs of caregivers.
Workshop 2
Towards a model for respite?
Reflection on practices, common benchmarks, and modalities of support towards respite.
Workshop 3
The limit of interventions: how to deal with situations where there is no respite offer?
Discussions on possible responses when existing mechanisms do not meet the expressed needs.
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM: Restitution and conclusion
Presentation of the main lessons from the workshops and closing of the day.
