The Renaissance Savoie apartment was inaugurated on November 24, 2017, in the premises of the Hôtel Dieu of the Métropole Savoie hospital center. This is a 60 m² show apartment, the specifications of which were designed in collaboration between occupational therapists and health professionals and building craftsmen, labeled Handibat® * who carried out the work.
Its vocation is threefold:
- Serve as a witness apartment for people who want to familiarize themselves with the equipment adapted to the loss of autonomy. It also helps raise awareness among families and affected users,
- Be used by occupational therapists for hospital patients before they return home.
- To serve as a showcase for the materials and techniques used and for training for the professionals concerned (building craftsmen wishing to acquire the Handibat® * label, carers and paramedics ...).
By visiting the apartment, people with disabilities and their families will be able to experience in concrete terms the possible arrangements of their home. "Patients will be able to make appropriate accommodation choices when they return home with the support and advice of occupational therapists," explains Guy-Pierre MARTIN, director of the CHMS. On the CAPEB Savoie side, we also point to the commitment of Handibat® * professionals who wished to go beyond simply carrying out a technical service.
For Joëlle SAFRAND-LOUP, general secretary of CAPEB Savoie "They wanted to go beyond simple compliance with the regulations and move towards greater user comfort, systematically thinking about the continuity of the travel chain and offering beautiful (Built Eco Accessible Universel) with aesthetic technical works and solutions. "
The project is inspired by a similar experience initiated by the Evreux hospital in collaboration with the CAPEB of the EURE in 2006 and deployed since in several regions. In Savoie, this project, whose cost amounts to € 90.000, is supported by:
- CAPEB Savoie (confederation of crafts and small construction companies)
- the Métropole Savoie hospital center,
- the Renaissance association
- the Savoie Departmental Council representing the Conference of Financers for the Prevention of Loss of Autonomy, with the support of the CNSA (National Solidarity Fund for Autonomy)
This apartment was able to see the light of day thanks to the participation of many partners who financially supported the project and to the collaboration established between the hospital, the artisans of CAPEB, associations, manufacturers and suppliers who through their interventions, advice or donated equipment made it possible.
* The Handibat label aims to provide reliable, consistent and objective information on the skills of building professionals, in terms of work and development related to accessibility.
