The South Danish regional partnership from the EUVECA project held a very successful regional HUB meeting on 3 December. Our regional HUB includes stakeholders from our hospitals, municipalities and educational institutions as well as key policy makers from our regional council, with the objective to work together to ensure a highly skilled workforce in the […]
University of Twente, Saxion University of Applied Sciences, ZGT hospital and Oost NL organized the fifth EUVECA partner meeting in Enschede. The 5th partner meeting of the EUVECA project occurred in Enschede from June 10th to 12th, 2024, gathering all project partners from seven European regions. Launched in 2022, the EUVECA initiative aims to equip
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An article by Silvia Prieto, Gertrudes Fornés, Olga Navarro, Vicente Traver Population ageing is one of the greatest achievements of mankind and at the same time, it is linked to great economic, social, and public health challenges. Polibienestar is addressing these challenges by implementing European projects that aim to enhance social and healthcare services for
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An article by Marija Milavec-Kapun, Matic Kavčič Social home care and community health nursing are integral pillars of Slovenia current long-term care system at home. Anticipated to come into force in 2024 and 2025, the Long Term Care Act seeks to redefine the landscape. Presently, services provided in the health and social sectors provide care
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An article by Silvia Prieto, Gertrudes Fornés, Olga Navarro, Vicente Traver The ITACA Research Institute of Valencia Polytechnic University (UPV) and the Polibienestar Research Institute of the University of Valencia (UV) have developed a regional Hub in the framework of the EUVECA project. This Hub serves as a platform where stakeholders from the social and
An article by Melanie Broens and Marije Hahnen Five healthcare institutions in Twente, The Netherlands are joining forces around the topic of Crew Resource Management (CRM). The initiative originated from the EUVECA project, in which project members from both Ziekenhuisgroep Twente (ZGT) and University of Twente (UT) noted that they increasingly received training requests from
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Our most recent partner meeting took place in Luebeck, Germany, hosted by the Universitaetsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein Akademie (UKSH) and the Universitaet zu Luebeck. Bringing together 20 partner organisations from seven European countries, the meeting served as a forum for updating one another on the progress of our regional and inter-regional activities. Discussions centred on practical steps
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An article by Silvia Prieto, Vicente Traver, Olga Navarro, Sandra Martínez Recently, a team from the Polibienestar Research Institute at the University of Valencia published the book titled ’Strategies for innovative policies in Europe: addressing socio-economic deprivation in the presence of dependent elderly individuals’. The publication was authored by a team of researchers from the
An article by Marija Milavec-Kapun On 24 August 2023 the follow-up meeting between the project partners was an important step towards revolutionising care provider education and marked the beginning of the initiative in Slovenia. The established collaboration aims to address identified needs through comprehensive surveys and stakeholder engagement, laying down the foundation for a
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The EUVECA Baseline Report was published earlier this year with interesting insights, serving as the project scientific foundation. The report encompasses, among others, a comprehensive European policy review, a scoping literature review, and primary empirical data collection to conduct European and regional needs analyses. To understand how to translate the theoretical findings of the report
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The sustainability of the European health care sector has been challenged by 6 mega trends over the last several years. To respond to these trends and achieve maximum care quality, patient safety, efficiency, and economic sustainability, the sector has undergone major changes:
(i) Increased digitalization
(ii) A shift towards patient-centered care
(iii) Greater patient involvement in in co-designing care pathways