Innovations in domestic care
Saxon State Ministry for Social Affairs and Social Cohesion
ongoing
Prof. Dr. Andreas Büscher
Increasing numbers of people requiring care services and the simultaneously worsening of the skilled labour shortage in the care sector leaves domestic care in Germany under stress. In this context, innovative organisational and working models for domestic care, which as well as offering high-quality care also promise improved working conditions, are gaining in significance.
On behalf of the Saxon State Ministry for Social Affairs and Social Cohesion, Prognos evaluates the implementation of the Buurtzorg approach - an organisational and working model for domestic care originating from the Netherlands. For this purpose, Prognos will be conducting a retrospective evaluation of a domestic care service in Leipzig.
The aim is to acquire a detailed overview of the applications and effectiveness of this domestic care approach and in the process, to identify conditions for success as well as potential obstacles. The evaluation contributes to the wider goal of establishing innovative domestic care models in Saxony, in a sustainable way.
For the retrospective evaluation, the project team will carry out literature and document analysis, participate in expert discussions and conduct (online) surveys. The Prognos team was supported with scientific advice from care expert Prof. Andreas Büscher from the Hochschule Osnabrück. A final workshop is planned for the end of the project, which will assemble representatives from domestic care services, medical insurance companies and long-term care companies.
Project team: Dr Oliver Ehrentraut, Gwendolyn Huschik, Laura Sulzer
Latest update: 19.1.2024
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