Three years ago, the InCARE project set out to experiment with social innovations in long-term care. We had very bold objectives, namely the empowerment of local communities, of older people with care needs, and of their carers through their involvement…
The InCARE pilot developed in Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, is based on the SENDIAN (which means ‘family’, in Basque), a programme established in 2008 by the Provincial Council to support informal carers of people with dementia. The programme provides psychological support…
For Austria, the pilot was implemented in the region of Styria, where the InCARE team of Chance B focused on improving integrated care. One important aspect was to create networking opportunities for individuals in the field: professionals, users, informal carers,…
During the InCARE final conference, partners from North Macedonia were proud to share that, after almost three years of designing, planning, and implementation, the pilot service successfully met the objective envisioned initially. Concretely: 57 old persons tested the emergency button…
The continuation and expansion of the InCARE pilots were at the core of discussions during the InCARE final conference held in Vienna on the 28th of September 2023. A dedicated workshop, analysing each pilot from a unique perspective, brought to…
Partners and external guests had the opportunity to reflect on challenges and opportunities for reforming long-term care systems during a specific mutual learning session of the final conference. Person-Centered Care (PCC) promotion, developing training, and enhancing the quality of services…
The pilots have now entered the final stages of the InCARE project. An impressive trajectory in which various ways of data collection have been performed. All the pilots collected data through an initial online survey on attitudes, experiences, and expectations…
As a key part of the formative research within the InCARE project, we have built simulation models that project the future demand for care in the three countries. These models can estimate the resources that would be needed to deliver…
As the InCARE project nears its end, the evaluation and monitoring activities of the team are still ongoing as discussed in the panel at the InCARE Final Conference. Since the inception stage of the interventions in three pilot country cases,…