Promote the emotional, cognitive and social well -being of young patients, transforming the time of care into a space of creativity, relationship and discovery. This is the objective of “Libera-Me”, the project conceived and coordinated by Dr. Giuseppe Raiola, director of the maternal infantile department of the Hospital-University “Renato Dulbecco” directed by the extraordinary commissioner, Dr. Simona Carbone.
Dr. Raiola is the scientific manager of the project that will see the collaboration of professionals such as Dr. Maria Concetta Galati, director of the Department of Oncohematology; of the psychologist Ilenia Saturday and the philologist Noemi Doria.
The program was designed to offer children and teenagers followed in the specialist departments a structured path of educational, artistic and relational activities, aimed at strengthening resilience, overcoming moments of fragility and promoting inclusion.
“Libera-Messo” combines clinical-psychological interviews, creative workshops, guided readings and multimedia projects, such as the realization of a podcast conceived and produced by the boys themselves. Through tools such as Role Playing, storytelling and creative writing, young patients will have the opportunity to tell each other, to confront equal and share experiences and emotions.
There will be initiatives of artistic enhancement, such as the photographic exhibition “The beauty of the imperfection”, created by teenagers of the pediatric hematoncology department, or the art gallery “elsewhere: traveling with art”, which will exhibit patients’ works and texts. Moments of leisure and sharing will also be guaranteed by the film festival “A film to dream” and by thematic workshops on the occasion of international days and anniversaries.
The project develops throughout the year with a calendar of thematic celebrations (from the European Language Day to the International Day of the Rights of the Child) and appointments with the expert, in which patients who have experienced certain experiences will tell their path to peers, also with the support of specialists.
“The idea of” liberally “-explains Dr. Giuseppe Raiola-was born from the desire to go beyond the strictly clinical aspect of the treatment. In the hospital, children and young people must continue to feel people, with dreams, interests and relationships. We want to offer them a context where listening, creativity and sharing become an integral part of the healing path “.
The extraordinary commissioner of the university hospital “Renato Dulbecco”, Simona Carbone, underlines the importance of the project: “” Libera-Me “represents a concrete example of how the hospital can also be a place of growth and well-being, not only of care. This project enhances the professional skills of our staff and focuses on the patient as a person, favoring inclusion, expression and resilience. It is a step forward in our mission to look at the centrality of the person in the cure ».
With “Libera-Me”, the cure is enriched with spaces of play, culture and creativity, transforming the hospital experience into a path of discovery and inner strength.