We are currently in work package 1 (WP1) and are adapting the INTERCARE core components as well as the implementation strategies of INTERCARE.<\/p>\n[\/boxed_content] [impact_text include_button=”no” button_style=”standard” title=”Arbeitspaket 1″ color=”purple” target=”_self” position=”cta_align_right” alt_background=”none” width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first last”]\n
In work package 1 (WP1) the INTERCARE model will be reviewed and tailored based on the experiences collected during the first project (e.g., adaptation to the INTERCARE nurses\u2019 curriculum based on new evidence). Also, less resource-intensive implementation strategies compared with the strategies used for INTERCARE will be developed to be tested in work package 2 (WP2). This may involve, for example, changing the duration, frequency or form, or omitting strategies and replacing them with less burdensome ones. The development will build on a theory-driven contextual analysis that updates factors already identified in the first INTERCARE study that hinder and promote implementation.<\/p>\n
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The update and development are done in a participatory approach with a group of residential LTC facilities and a stakeholder group. For the LTC facility group, both facilities from the first round and facilities with interest in INTERSCALE will be invited, with the goal of identifying their needs and updating these, or developing, both the INTERCARE model and implementation strategies appropriate to the context. A stakeholder group will be formed by inviting those who participated in the first study and further external stakeholders as needed (e.g., representatives from policy, government, providers, professional groups, resident groups).<\/p>\n[\/impact_text] [blank_spacer height=”30px” width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first last”] [impact_text include_button=”no” button_style=”standard” title=”Arbeitspaket 1″ color=”accent” target=”_self” position=”cta_align_right” alt_background=”none” width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first last”]\n
In work package 2 (WP2), INTERCARE will be implemented in a cluster-randomized controlled trial in approximately 40 residential LTC facilities in German-speaking Switzerland. The participating LTC facilities will be randomly assigned to two study groups: Both groups will receive the INTERCARE intervention; LTC facilities in the first group will use implementation strategies analogous to the first run of INTERCARE, but a less costly variant of implementation strategies will be implemented in the second group. The study will start in 2024 and the intervention period will last 12 months per LTC facility (staggered start).<\/p>\n
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