Transitional Care Innovation in Senior Citizens

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.

Programme(s)

• H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
• H2020-EU.1.3.1. - Fostering new skills by means of excellent initial training of researchers

Topic(s)

• MSCA-ITN-2018 - Innovative Training Networks

Call for proposal

H2020-MSCA-ITN-2018
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Funding Scheme

MSCA-ITN-EJD - European Joint Doctorates

Coordinator

KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN

Address

Oude Markt 13
3000 Leuven
Belgium

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

EU contribution

€ 512 640

Participants (7)

UNIVERSITAT BASEL

Switzerland

EU contribution

€ 562 553,28

Address

Petersplatz 1
4051 Basel

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

LANDESFACHHOCHSCHULE FUR GESUNDHEITSBERUFE CLAUDIANA

Participation ended

Italy

EU contribution

€ 0

Address

Lorenz-boehler-strasse 13
39100 Bozen

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

MARTIN-LUTHER-UNIVERSITAT HALLE-WITTENBERG

Germany

EU contribution

€ 505 576,80

Address

Universitatsplatz 10
6108 Halle

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

UNIVERSITEIT MAASTRICHT

Netherlands

EU contribution

€ 792 432,64

Address

Minderbroedersberg 4
6200 MD Maastricht

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

UNIWERSYTET JAGIELLONSKI

Poland

EU contribution

€ 227 478,60

Address

Ul. Golebia 24
31007 Krakow

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV

Israel

EU contribution

€ 527 001,84

Address

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84105 Beer Sheva

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

FEDERATIE VAN WIT GELE KRUISVERENIGINGEN VAN VLAANDEREN

Belgium

EU contribution

€ 256 320

Address

Rue Du Frontispice 8 Boite 1-2
1000 Bruxelles

Activity type

Other