Have you ever thought about putting your whole story down on paper? To recount all the events you have experienced, from your birth to today, your regrets, your sorrows but also, and above all, your pride and successes. “Thanks to Passeur de mots, passeur d’histoires, it’s possible,” says Valéria Milewski, hospital biographer and founder of the association.
Since 2007, at the Louis-Pasteur hospital, in Coudray, the association Passeur de mots, passer d’histoires, has joined the team of caregivers, nurses, doctors and surgeons of the oncology hematology department, to help with words and through speech, the seriously ill.
Regional Award Winner
“We offer them or they ask us to produce an accompanied autobiography”, begins Claire Ligre, hospital biographer at the association, since January.
“We usually follow a form of chronology. People tell us what they want but our role is to encourage them to remember and invite them to dig deeper or discuss this or that subject. They sometimes need to take breaks, to take the time to digest. This moment can also be an opportunity to dive back into the beautiful periods of one’s life, to dream and above all, to find one’s pillars and therefore strength. The biography is then written by Valéria and me, bound and offered to the families. »
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On June 24, thanks to this wonderful project, Passeur de mots, passeur d’histoires received €4,000 from the Crédit Coopératif foundation. “We responded to the call for projects launched by the foundation for their 2022 edition of the social and solidarity economy (ESS) prize. It aims to reward committed and inspired actors who implement useful and socially remarkable projects in the Centre-Val de Loire region,” explains the founder of the association.
She puts words on the lives of patients: Valéria Milewski is a hospital biographer in Chartres
A profession not yet recognized
Out of thirty-seven applications, three winners were rewarded. “We finished first, which is great. This money will be used to develop the project everywhere in France, even abroad. “In fifteen years, the association has evolved and developed in other departments: “Currently, we are present in nine regions and in forty-six hospital departments. For Valéria Milewski and Claire Ligre, “the association must continue to establish itself where it is not present and to do this, the profession must be recognized. »
The profession of hospital biographer is not yet recognized as a medical profession. In the future, the founder of the association would like the State to recognize the profession as “support care. Our salaries would be covered by the state, as for other health personnel. »
Pierre Best, the director of the Chartres hospital, hopes that the partial closure of the emergency room will be the “shortest possible”
To defend her project and move things forward, Valéria Milewski was received at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva (Switzerland) and at the Ministry of Health.
Practice. Find the association Passeur de mots, passeur d’histoires on its website: passeur-de-mots.fr
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