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Occupational Health Management in Nursing

A quarter of people in need of care in Germany currently live in full-time residential long-term care facilities (Federal Statistical Office 2018). The continuously increasing number of people requiring care contrasts with a nationwide shortage of qualified professionals and specialists in elderly care. Studies on working conditions show that employees in the care sector face a large number of above-average demands (e.g., time pressure, work intensification, heavy physical work, or atypical working hours). Workplace health promotion for staff, as well as prevention and health promotion for residents in residential long-term care facilities, can help to reduce health risks and burdens related to workplace and institutional conditions and to promote or restore the health of staff and residents. The project “BGF Pflege” is an important building block in the health promotion and organizational development process for residential long-term care facilities. Objective of the BGF Pflege study: The aim of the project is to develop an assessment tool for residents and a self-evaluation tool for staff, which, based on digitally collected information, identifies resources and burdens from the perspective of the target groups. The instruments developed in this context enable a comprehensive documentation of the prevention and health promotion needs of residents and staff. They thus form the basis for targeted counseling and planning of measures in long-term care facilities, taking into account already successfully implemented occupational health management offers. In addition, they enable health insurance providers to fulfill their tasks of advising and supporting care facilities in workplace health promotion and prevention, following the premise of the setting-based approach.

  • Funders AOK Nordost
  • Duration 01/01/2020 - 12/31/2021

Partners

Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Stationäre Langzeitpflegeeinrichtungen in Berlin, Brandenburg und Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Johanniter-Stift Berlin-Johannisthal

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