Projects

Projects of PARTICIPATE

The research focus is on developing, implementing and evaluating projects on life situations that change due to the need for care. Participation and interprofessionalism are fundamental to making decisions in these situations and ensuring the optimal quality of care. These fundamental principles are also applied to the development of project topics within the research focus.

Current projects of PARTICIPATE

PARTICIPATE-NH

The first model project PARTICIPATE-NH in our research focus focuses on the transition from home to nursing home. In the first step, we examined the challenges and existing care strategies in these transition processes. A systematic literature review was created for this purpose, which you can access free of charge via the following link: https://bmcnurs.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12912-022-01139-y.

By analyzing the literature and conducting interviews with employees of outpatient care services and nursing homes, relatives and nursing home residents, supplemented by two expert workshops, we were able to develop a structured consulting approach that is intended to improve the transition to a nursing home. This approach is currently being tested for feasibility and acceptance in a pilot study in southeast Bavaria in collaboration with outpatient care services and nursing homes.

In the next step, we plan to evaluate the questionnaires and interviews that were carried out during the study period as well as the publication of the interview results, the development process and the evaluation of acceptance and feasibility.

Contact persons for PARTICIPATE-NH:

Stefanie Skudlik (M.Sc.) Tel.: 08031 805-4522, stefanie.skudlik@th-rosenheim.de

Melina Zaglacher (B.Sc.) Tel.: 08031 805-2988, melina.zaglacher@th-rosenheim.de

PARTICIPATE-MOB

The PARICIPATE-MOB project investigates interprofessional outpatient diagnostics of gait-related participation in people after a stroke. Stroke is the most common neurological disease in Germany. Only a third of those who are discharged from the hospital as “ambulatory” leave the house in everyday life. The aim of outpatient follow-up care is to improve people's participation after a stroke.

To achieve this, the various professional groups should work well together. Last year we conducted a literature search. We then discussed our experiences regarding the diagnosis of gait-related participation in outpatient care in five focus groups with people after a stroke, members of the health professions and health professionals in Rosenheim and Munich.

The procedure is described as a study protocol, which was published in English and can be accessed free of charge at the link https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-084316.

The next step is a future workshop. We invite you as those affected, relatives, health professionals and proven experts on your own behalf to contribute your ideas and experiences to a future workshop and thereby help shape and improve the future of stroke aftercare.

Contact persons for PARTICIPATE-MOB:

Claudia Pott (M.Sc.), research assistant Tel.: 08031-805-2932; claudia.pott@th-rosenheim.de

Denise Leonhardt (M.Sc.), research assistant Tel: 08031-805-2695; denise.leonhardt@th-rosenheim.de

Marlene Fegl (B.Sc.), study assistant Tel.: 08031-805-2874; marlene.fegl@th-rosenheim.de (Availability: Thursdays and Fridays)