In 2006 and 2007 six European countries (Lithuania, Czech Republic, Hungary, Greece, Cyprus and The Netherlands) took part in a project carried out with the support of the European Community in the framework of the Socrates/Grundtvig II program. This project is focusing on the voluntary palliative assistance of senior to elderly people. The main idea of the project is to improve and encourage through non-formal learning the participation of senior people in the voluntary activities of NGO’s, local communities and social work services, in providing moral and social palliative assistance required by elderly people. The project would also stimulate social participation of senior and elderly people thus improving their active quality of life on the basis of the principle “Senior for Elderly”.

In the first stage of the project "Voluntary Palliative Assistance of Senior to Elderly People" the partners from the 6 countries collected and presented data about the situation of senior and elderly people in the society, focusing on social, demographical, medical aspects and voluntary activity.  The material was summarized and illustrated with photos made during the project meetings to prepare the final version of the report 2006-2007 “We are on this earth to be at home somewhere”.

In 2009 the brochure “The art to add quality to care in the last phase of life” has been published. This report contains an international training concept for new volunteers with a basic explanation of methods, which can be developed further by trainers.

To download both reports go to 'Producten / Grundtvig'