Multidisciplinarity in care-process: The mutually aspects explained by “Mutual Caring-from Knowledge to Action” Project

Introduction . The premise of our project was to underline the complexity of care, with the particularities of Romania. We try to understand and transfer all the know-how from the mutual caring process that can provide the basis for an innovative learning approach, in which “mutual care” and “interdependency” should underlie educational topics on disability issues. Methods . The project research work involved medical universities, the General Directorate of Social Assistance and Child Protection Dolj, NGOs involved in patients care from different cultures and countries, and start to underline the challenges and barriers that exist in the care process of the disabled persons. Results . We are presenting the established significant impediments to effective knowledge, care services, education and real inclusion. We tried to systematize the knowledge that concerns and addresses the chronically ill and disabled persons and their paid specialists or unpaid caregivers, the paradigms of care process, since neither “care” nor “dependency” have simple uncontested meanings. When you try to deal with a problem, the most important is to better understand it. The “mutual care approach” emphases on the carer-patient dynamics where is a mutual/reciprocal give-and-take of care between all of which are involved in this process (be they carers or care recipients), in contrast to the conventional approach where care is provided by the carer to cared person. Conclusions . In the care process, professionals from the health area, together with the PRM specialists should acquire a substantial educational component regarding collaboration, cooperation and team care management which shares the roles with the unpaid carers and patients as partners in a multidisciplinary care approach.