The Red Cross of the Republic of North Macedonia (RCNM) implemented a pilot intervention focusing on an innovative community-based approach. The core element of the pilot intervention was the integration of an Emergency Button Service within its home care package…
This report indicates the importance of innovations in the overall strategy of development of formal Long-term care in the country. Despite the enabling legal framework, ensuring sustainability and scaling-up of innovation can be challenging as it usually demands further legal…
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…
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…
On February 3rd 2022, Vilans organized a special train-the-trainer meeting on community and user involvement strategies for long-term care providers. In this session, representatives from InCARE national partners closely involved with the implementation of social innovation pilots had the opportunity…
The InCARE team will soon launch an online survey on attitudes, experiences and expectations on long-term care. The aim of the survey is to understand how people view care for older people and how they assess long-term care systems, in…