Regional centre for deinstitutionalization
European documents bind all EU countries, to the responsibility of developing jobs for the care and help of a community, with which people can stay at home and not be moved into assisted living facilities or retirement homes. It’s known too little that, Slovenia is on the second place by rate of institutionalization in Europe. Despite this, the capacity of assisted living facilities and retirement homes has not decreased, but has increased, with the construction of new ones. The situation in 2020 in connection with the Coronavirus epidemic confirmed to us, that the least protected, most vulnerable and people most prone to bad outcomes are the ones that are institutionalized.
Purpose
To overcome the circumstances in Slovenia, we’re developing a Regional centre for deinstitutionalization in the Cmurek Castle in Trate. In the first years we will deal mainly with people from the municipalities of Šentilj, Apače, and Sveta Ana.
Our goal is to in one year research and recognize, what are the needs for help and assistance that the locals in the area need at home. We want to find out what forms of help and assistance the locals of the area need in order to live a quality life at home, even when they find themselves in a situation where they’re reliant on the help of other people. We will make these findings through special personalized plans of help and assistance, carried out by an experienced social worker.
What are we trying to establish?
On the basis of our findings, we want to establish the type of help and assistance that will allow you to stay at home, in your home, while at the same time receiving the help and support that you need.
Who do we want to help?
The project is designed to help people with problems with their mental health, people with different types of disabilities(physical and mental). Special attention will be paid to older people, that need assistance in order to stay at home, instead of being institutionalized at a retirement home. In short, the project is designed to help all of you that because of whatever limitations need the help of other people, the scope of assistance can of course be different, as well as the content of the assistance.
Who will we be working with?
In the first year, the project will be revolving around the area of municipalities Šentilj, Sveta Ana and Apače.
We will collaborate with locals, as well as of course with the administration of the municipalities, mayors, everyone that is responsible for development in these municipalities. We will collaborate with different organizations in the region, public as well as private associations, in order to build a web of people that can work with us.
Project Monograph
O skupnosti in dezinstitucionalizaciji onkraj obstoječih vrtov in vrtičkov [Elektronski vir] = on community and deinstitutionalisation beyond gardens and enclosures : zbornik / [uredila Sonja Bezjak]. - E-zbornik. - Trate : Muzej norosti, 2022
Sodelavci
- Simona Ratajc, social worker
- dr. Sonja Bezjak, director of Museum of madness
- Darja Farasin, mag. medn. in dipl. stud., associate of Museum of madness
- prof. dr. Vito Flaker, advisor
Financier
Civic Europe, performed by MitOst and Sofia Platforms, funded by Stiftung Mercator
Current announcements
Wine evening at Cmurek Castle, 7. September 2024
We invite you to Cmurek Castle for an unforgettable late summer evening. In the shelter of the castle walls, in one of the most beautiful Renaissance courtyards in Slovenia, a tasting of excellent wines from selected winemakers of Štajerska region will take place. We will enrich the event with an interesting cultural program.
Simon Chang exhibition opening
Simon Chang is a photographer who started photographing patients in psychiatric institutions in 2004 in Prague, where he photographed the Bohnice institution for several years. Between 2018 and 2019, he photographed the Hawler Psychiatric Hospital in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, whose cells are mainly filled with patients suffering from the effects of the recent war devastation. This time, the series of photographs is presented in Cmurek Castle, which operated as a State Asylum for the Mentally and Neurologically Ill between 1956 and 2004.
Revitalisation of Difficult Cultural Heritage (video)
On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Museum of Madness, we hosted two events on June 24, 2023 at Cmurek Castle in Trate. The talks aimed at reflecting on the challenges and importance of preserving and revitalizing cultural heritage. Recordings of the talks can now be viewed on our YouTube channel.
EMPACT Workshop / Empathy for Nature
You are kindly invited to attend the two-day art embroidery workshop at the Museum of Madness Trate on Monday and Tues