{"id":2783,"date":"2025-10-25T15:46:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T15:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intercare.uwebdev.ch\/?page_id=2783"},"modified":"2026-08-12T11:53:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T11:53:06","slug":"intercare-study","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/intercare.nursing.unibas.ch\/en\/intercare-study\/","title":{"rendered":"INTERCARE Study"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2783\" class=\"elementor elementor-2783 elementor-1483\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-311063a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"311063a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87e764b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"87e764b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">INTERCARE Study<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64011a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"64011a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">INTERCARE \u2013 Strengthening Care, Ensuring Quality<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aad9bec elementor-widget-theme-post-content elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aad9bec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>LTCFs are under pressure: a shortage of skilled staff, tight budgets, and a lack of geriatric expertise represent a challenge to providing high-quality care. New approaches are needed.<\/p><p><strong>INTERCARE <\/strong>is a nurse-led care model that demonstrates how this can be achieved: INTERCARE nurses with in-depth geriatric expertise take on expanded roles, coach teams, contribute specialized knowledge, and foster interprofessional collaboration.<\/p><p>During the INTERCARE study (2017\u20132020), the model was developed and successfully tested in 11 LTCFs in German-speaking Switzerland \u2014with measurable success: <strong>fewer hospital admissions, high acceptance, and sustainable implementation.<\/strong><\/p><p>INTERCARE demonstrates that nurse-led care models strengthen on-site nursing care and are an effective response to current challenges.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b8fa6b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"6b8fa6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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