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Invitation to participate in an eDelphi study exploring additional quality indicators for residential long-term care homes in Switzerland

Invitation to participate in an eDelphi study exploring additional quality indicators for residential long-term care homes in Switzerland

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Published:
28 Nov 2024

A team from the Competence Centre on Ageing at the University of Applied Sciences & Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI) is currently inviting researchers, care professionals, and LTC system leaders for an eDelphi study exploring additional quality indicators for residential long-term care homes in Switzerland.

They are looking for insights to help them prioritize quality indicators to recommend to the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health.

You can participate by clicking on this link:  Swiss quality indicators eDelphi round1 .

Please feel free to share this with colleagues who are involved in long term care and quality of care.

What is the goal?
The purpose of this eDelphi is to evaluate the importance, feasibility and actionability of a set of proposed quality indicators. The final objective is to provide recommendations to the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health on further quality indicators for implementation that incorporate the concepts of quality of life and quality of care.

What does participation involve?
Participation involves completing two rounds of an online questionnaire and participation in a virtual panel meeting.
The first round will be held in November 2024, and the virtual meeting and second and final round are planned for April 2025.

More about this study?
This eDelphi is part of the National Implementation Programme:

Strengthening quality of care in partnership with residential long-term care facilities for older people (NIP-Q-UPGRADE).
Commissioned by the Swiss Federal Quality Commission (FQC), the programme is led by ARTISET with the industry association CURAVIVA, and senesuisse—two national associations representing public and private long-term care homes.

This research is carried out by a consortium of Swiss universities (Institute of Nursing Science, University of Basel, La Source Institute and School of Nursing, and the Competence Centre on Ageing at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland).

The indicators presented in the e-Delphi were derived from the findings of three rapid literature reviews and interviews with Swiss experts.

If you have any questions or need further clarification, please email: nip@supsi.ch

Thanks in advance for your participation!