Innovations in domestic care
Saxon State Ministry for Social Affairs and Social Cohesion
2025
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 evaluated the implementation of the Buurtzorg approach - an organisational and working model for domestic care originating from the Netherlands. For this purpose, Prognos conducted a retrospective evaluation of a domestic care service in Leipzig.
The aim was 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 carried out literature and document analysis, conducted expert discussions and (online) surveys. The Prognos team was supported with scientific advice from care expert Prof. Andreas Büscher from the Hochschule Osnabrück.
Project team: Dr Oliver Ehrentraut, Gwendolyn Huschik, Laura Sulzer
Latest update: 25.08.2025
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