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H2020Doctoral network2018–2023

TRANS-SENIOR · Transitional Care Innovation in Senior Citizens

Horizon 2020 — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Duration
2018-10-01 → 2023-09-30
EU contribution
€3,209,022
Participants
8
Scheme
MSCA-ITN

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Results in brief

Transitional Care Innovation in Senior Citizens

The TRANS-SENIOR EJD-network was developed to build capacity for tackling a major challenge facing European long-term care systems: the need to improve care for an increasing number of care-dependent senior citizens. Its specific focus is on avoiding care transitions (hospitalisations, nursing home admissions etc.) that are not necessary, and on optimising care transitions that really are needed. This is important as research and practice show that unnecessary or poorly managed care transitions in senior citizens lead to negative health and well-being consequences and high costs for society. RESEARCH objectives of TRANS-SENIOR were: 1) to generate evidence on when and where avoiding care transitions is possible; 2) to generate evidence on the benefits of innovative transitional care models; and 3) to generate evidence on methods for involving senior citizens and informal caregivers, and sustainable implementation of new care models. TRANS-SENIOR was designed to train HEALTH CARE INNOVATORS. Its multi-disciplinary, multi-sectoral group of supervisors teamed up to give the doctoral candidates the knowledge, research expertise and transferable skills needed to lead improvements in real-world care settings. TRANS-SENIOR's health care innovators will be able to operate on the cutting edges of practice, science, policy and innovation.

Data: CORDIS, © European Union

Project objective

The TRANS-SENIOR EJD-network builds capacity for tackling a major challenge facing European long-term care systems: the need to improve care for an increasing number of care-dependent senior citizens. Its specific focus is on avoiding care transitions (hospitalisations, nursing home admissions etc.) that are not necessary and on optimising care transitions that are really needed. This is important as research and practice show that unnecessary or poorly managed care transitions in senior citizens lead to negative health and well-being consequences and high costs for society. RESEARCH objectives of TRANS-SENIOR are generate evidence on 1) when and where avoiding care transitions is possible, 2) the benefits of innovative transitional care models, and 3) methods for involving senior citizens and informal caregivers, and sustainable implementation of new care models. TRANS-SENIOR PRODUCTS are: tools to support senior citizens and informal care givers in decision making and preparing for transitions; guidance for professionals' triage, citizen empowerment and decision making; protocols for the effective delivery of transitional care models; a toolbox for the implementation of these care models; an assessment tool for evaluating the financing of long-term care; policy briefs to inform future long-term care policy and processes; and a training syllabus to inform future doctoral training in Europe.TRANS-SENIOR will train HEALTH CARE INNOVATORS. Our multi-disciplinary, multi-sectoral team will give the ESRs the knowledge, research expertise and transferable skills needed to lead improvements in real-world care settings. TRANS-SENIOR's health care innovators will be able to operate on the cutting edges of practice, science, policy and innovation.

Original text from CORDIS.

Participants

  • KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN · LeuvenCoordinatorBelgium
  • BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV · Beer ShevaIsrael
  • FEDERATIE VAN WIT GELE KRUISVERENIGINGEN VAN VLAANDEREN · Bruxelles / BrusselBelgium
  • LANDESFACHHOCHSCHULE FUR GESUNDHEITSBERUFE CLAUDIANA · BozenCity levelItaly
  • MARTIN-LUTHER-UNIVERSITAT HALLE-WITTENBERG · HalleGermany
  • UNIVERSITAT BASEL · BaselSwitzerland
  • UNIVERSITEIT MAASTRICHT · MaastrichtNetherlands
  • UNIWERSYTET JAGIELLONSKI · KrakowPoland

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Data: CORDIS, © European Union