WELL CARE

The WELL CARE project aims to strengthen supports available to long-term care workers and informal carers to improve their resilience and mental well-being through care partnerships.

The WELL CARE project will positively impact long-term care workers’ and informal carers’ mental health and productivity, as well as providing long-term care providers with new solutions and tools for effective, efficient and sustainable support and retainment of the care workforce and new data and recommendations for policy makers and stakeholders.

Aim

The WELL CARE project aims to strengthen supports available to long-term care (LTC) workers and informal carers for improving their resilience and mental well-being through care partnerships.

Main Target Groups

Long-term care workers
Informal carers
Local and national authorities
Policymakers

Activities

To achieve its objectives the WELL CARE proejct will:

1) Review, organise and make available evidence and data (with a focus on gender, inclusion, occupation and non-occupation specific factors) on how to best support resilience and mental well-being by analysing good practices and performing in-depth case studies;

2) Identify, evaluate and promote the adoption of innovative solutions and prototypes by developing 5-8 general solution prototypes, which will be implemented and tested with interested stakeholders (e.g., LTC providers and employers) in five European Union countries (Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Slovenia, Sweden). The project will provide resources, guidance and a helpdesk to sustain implementation and the creation of favourable local, regional and national ecosystems;

3) Develop and foster evidence-based and action-oriented recommendations for policy makers and stakeholders: the project will analyse the policy, legislative, service and financing frameworks, also elaborating recommendations on the basis of data and evidence generated by the project;

4) Develop, implement and sustain a continuous process of research and co-design activities with end-users and stakeholders at national level: the project will set up and implement Blended Learning Networks, establishing a participatory research design and addressing real needs and perspectives from the target groups.