Sustainable Improvement of INTERprofessional care for better resident outcomes: SCAling up an Evidence-based care model for Residential Long-Term Care Facilities (INTERSCALE)

INTERSCALE is a research project funded by the Nursing Science Foundation Switzerland (Stiftung Pflegewissenschaft), the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), and the Ebnet Foundation (Ebnet Stiftung). In INTERSCALE, the nurse-led care model INTERCARE is being implemented in additional German-speaking Swiss long-term care facilities (LTCFs).

To this end, the INTERCARE model was reviewed and updated based on the experience gained from its initial implementation. A less cost-intensive variant to support long-term care facilities during the rollout was developed and is currently being evaluated.

The aim is to investigate

• whether implementation strategies that are less extensive than those developed for the original INTERCARE project can provide LTCFs with an equivalent level of support
• whether the less extensive implementation strategies lead equally to a successful reduction in unplanned hospital transfers
• The cost-effectiveness of the implementation strategies
• How to ensure a sustainable implementation of INTERCARE.