Evaluating Practices That Foster Care Partnerships and Wellbeing Among Informal Carers and Long-term Care Workers (WELLCARE)
2026年7月13日 更新者：Ludo Glimmerveen、VU University of Amsterdam
WELL CARE - Implementation and Evaluation Phase
WELL CARE aims to strengthen the supports available to informal carers and long-term care (LTC) workers for improving their resilience and mental wellbeing through care partnerships. The project consortium, lead by prof. Elizabeth Hanson (Linnaeus University) and consisting of six research organizations and nine national and European advocacy organizations, identifies good practices able to prevent or mitigate both occupational and non-occupational risks for informal carers' and LTC workers' resilience and mental wellbeing. On this basis, and under its Grant Agreement with the European Commission, the project team develops innovative solution prototypes, which will be transferable across different countries and contexts and guide stakeholders into the actual implementation in 5 European Union (EU) countries (Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Slovenia, Sweden), where the LTC sector presents dissimilar characteristics. Finally, the investigators will exploit the data and evidence collected and generated by WELL CARE to analyze related EU and national policies, and to formulate action-oriented recommendations for policy makers and stakeholders.
The current study protocol concerns the research activities within Work Package 3 of the project, particularly the activities during the Implementation and Evaluation Phase that runs from September 2026 until the end of 2027. During this phase the project team studies the results of local implementation partners' efforts who - building on the solution prototypes developed earlier in the WELL CARE project - develop and implement new supportive work and care practices. The investigators study the effects that implementing these practices brings about among participating caregivers in terms of mental wellbeing, resilience and care partnership dynamics, while also studying the implementation process itself to capture the processes, conditions and (organizational) contexts favorable to fostering care partnerships.
研究概览
地位
尚未招聘
条件
研究类型
介入性
注册 (估计的)
450
阶段
- 不适用
联系人和位置
本节提供了进行研究的人员的详细联系信息，以及有关进行该研究的地点的信息。
学习联系方式
- 姓名：Ludo M Glimmerveen, PhD
- 电话号码：+31616824480
- 邮箱：l.m.glimmerveen@vu.nl
学习地点
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Zittau、德国
- Hochschule Zittau/Görlitz
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接触：
- Andreas Hoff
- 电话号码：+49 3583 612-0
- 邮箱：A.Hoff@hszg.de
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Ancona、意大利
- INRCA
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接触：
- Marco Socci
- 电话号码：+39 071 8004786
- 邮箱：M.Socci@inrca.it
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Ljubljana、斯洛文尼亚
- University of Ljubljana
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接触：
- Valentina Hlebec
- 电话号码：+386 1 58 05 248
- 邮箱：Valentina.Hlebec@fdv.uni-lj.si
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Kalmar、瑞典
- Linneaus University
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接触：
- Elizabeth Hanson
- 电话号码：+46 703614846
- 邮箱：elizabeth.hanson@lnu.se
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Amsterdam、荷兰
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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接触：
- Ludo Glimmerveen
- 电话号码：+31616824480
- 邮箱：l.m.glimmerveen@vu.nl
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参与标准
研究人员寻找符合特定描述的人，称为资格标准。这些标准的一些例子是一个人的一般健康状况或先前的治疗。
资格标准
适合学习的年龄
- 成人
- 年长者
接受健康志愿者
是的
描述
Inclusion criteria for recruiting participants will be...
For informal caregivers:
o currently providing - or having provided within the last 6 months - unpaid care or support to a family member, partner, or friend receiving long-term care services;
For long-term care workers:
- employed in a long-term care setting at one of the participating research sites;
- directly involved in care provision or implementation of the new practices under study;
For care recipients:
- currently receiving care from long-term care workers and/or informal caregivers;
- requiring support with everyday personal care and/or more complex daily tasks due to ageing, chronic illness, disability or frailty;
living in the community or in a long-term care setting included in the study;
- for other stakeholders:
- involved directly or indirectly in the planning, management, or implementation of the newly adopted practices at the research site;
For all participants:
- aged 18 years or older;
- able to provide informed consent;
- sufficient proficiency in the local language to complete the questionnaire and/or participate in an interview;
The exclusion criteria for recruiting participants will be...
- having a (permanent or temporary) psychiatric disorder or mental illness which makes the person unable to understand instructions and participate in the study activities;
- experiencing circumstances that would make participation unduly burdensome (e.g., acute stress or illness);
- providing care for fewer than the minimum number of hours required for inclusion; the threshold will be defined per country in a context-sensitive way, reflecting national differences and the characteristics of the implemented practices and their target populations;
- only being involved in the provision or receiving of short-term or acute care (i.e., not long-term care);
学习计划
本节提供研究计划的详细信息，包括研究的设计方式和研究的衡量标准。
研究是如何设计的？
设计细节
- 主要用途：卫生服务研究
- 分配：非随机化
- 介入模型：并行分配
- 屏蔽：无（打开标签）
武器和干预
参与者组/臂 |
干预/治疗 |
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其他：Informal carers
adults (≥18 years), providing- usually- unpaid care to someone (relatives or friends) with a chronic illness, disability and/or other long lasting health and/or care need, outside a professional or formal framework
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Project partners are developing a digital educational program for informal carers, covering different phases of caregiving.
In addition, a peer-to-peer support program will be developed following a train-the-trainer format.
Activities also focus on securing structural funding and enabling broader rollout across the country.
Project partners are collaborating with a large long-term care provider to develop a process for the co-creation of care plans with informal carers.
In addition, a mindfulness-based stress reduction intervention is being developed in which informal carers and long-term care workers can participate jointly.
These activities aim to improve communication and foster trusting relationships between these groups.
Project partners will work with the management of formal care institutions to provide leadership training focused on supporting informal carers' well-being and strengthening collaboration with them.
In addition, workshops will be organized to enhance carers' skills, knowledge and self-care practices, alongside joint events to promote mutual understanding and collaboration between formal and informal carers.
Community-level activities will also be implemented to increase recognition of carers and the value of care.
Project partners are working across three sites with distinct areas of focus: (1) within respite care homes, fostering mutual support between informal carers and long-term care workers during the palliative phase and post-bereavement period; (2) within group homes for people living with disabilities, developing a person-centered model to strengthen mutual support and communication between informal carers and long-term care workers; and (3) strengthening support for informal carers during the waiting period for nursing home admission to reduce frustration, anxiety and stress.
Project partners will work across two sites with distinct areas of focus: (1) in collaboration with a disability care provider, improving relationships, communication and coordination between informal carers and long-term care workers in group home settings; and (2) in collaboration with a long-term care provider and an umbrella organization of local citizen-led initiatives, exploring ways to improve coordination and mutual support around initiatives that support ageing in place and strengthen the supportive capacity of local communities for care recipients and their informal carers.
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其他：Long-term care workers
adults (≥18 years), working in home and/or residential care settings with people with LTC needs
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Project partners are collaborating with a large long-term care provider to develop a process for the co-creation of care plans with informal carers.
In addition, a mindfulness-based stress reduction intervention is being developed in which informal carers and long-term care workers can participate jointly.
These activities aim to improve communication and foster trusting relationships between these groups.
Project partners will work with the management of formal care institutions to provide leadership training focused on supporting informal carers' well-being and strengthening collaboration with them.
In addition, workshops will be organized to enhance carers' skills, knowledge and self-care practices, alongside joint events to promote mutual understanding and collaboration between formal and informal carers.
Community-level activities will also be implemented to increase recognition of carers and the value of care.
Project partners are working across three sites with distinct areas of focus: (1) within respite care homes, fostering mutual support between informal carers and long-term care workers during the palliative phase and post-bereavement period; (2) within group homes for people living with disabilities, developing a person-centered model to strengthen mutual support and communication between informal carers and long-term care workers; and (3) strengthening support for informal carers during the waiting period for nursing home admission to reduce frustration, anxiety and stress.
Project partners will work across two sites with distinct areas of focus: (1) in collaboration with a disability care provider, improving relationships, communication and coordination between informal carers and long-term care workers in group home settings; and (2) in collaboration with a long-term care provider and an umbrella organization of local citizen-led initiatives, exploring ways to improve coordination and mutual support around initiatives that support ageing in place and strengthen the supportive capacity of local communities for care recipients and their informal carers.
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其他：Care recipients
will be included in the study if their participation is not unduly burdensome.
Care recipients in this study are individuals who require support with everyday personal care and/or more complex daily tasks due to ageing, chronic illness, disability or frailty.
These needs are increasingly complex, frequently involving multimorbidity and requiring coordinated input from both formal long-term care services and informal carers.
The characteristics and needs of care recipients are closely linked to caregiver burden, wellbeing and care intensity, and are therefore an important contextual factor in this study.
Moreover, care partnerships dynamics may improve the quality of care that care recipients experience.
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Project partners are collaborating with a large long-term care provider to develop a process for the co-creation of care plans with informal carers.
In addition, a mindfulness-based stress reduction intervention is being developed in which informal carers and long-term care workers can participate jointly.
These activities aim to improve communication and foster trusting relationships between these groups.
Project partners will work with the management of formal care institutions to provide leadership training focused on supporting informal carers' well-being and strengthening collaboration with them.
In addition, workshops will be organized to enhance carers' skills, knowledge and self-care practices, alongside joint events to promote mutual understanding and collaboration between formal and informal carers.
Community-level activities will also be implemented to increase recognition of carers and the value of care.
Project partners are working across three sites with distinct areas of focus: (1) within respite care homes, fostering mutual support between informal carers and long-term care workers during the palliative phase and post-bereavement period; (2) within group homes for people living with disabilities, developing a person-centered model to strengthen mutual support and communication between informal carers and long-term care workers; and (3) strengthening support for informal carers during the waiting period for nursing home admission to reduce frustration, anxiety and stress.
Project partners will work across two sites with distinct areas of focus: (1) in collaboration with a disability care provider, improving relationships, communication and coordination between informal carers and long-term care workers in group home settings; and (2) in collaboration with a long-term care provider and an umbrella organization of local citizen-led initiatives, exploring ways to improve coordination and mutual support around initiatives that support ageing in place and strengthen the supportive capacity of local communities for care recipients and their informal carers.
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其他：Other stakeholders
The characteristics of other stakeholders included in the study may differ per research site, depending on the characteristics of the implemented practices and the context in which implementation is done.
This group of respondents will include managers, planners, policy makers, organizational officials or care professionals who are not engaged in the caregiving process itself, but whose work is directly affected by the implemented practices at the research site, and/or whose work may either promote or hamper successful and sustainable implementation.
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Project partners are developing a digital educational program for informal carers, covering different phases of caregiving.
In addition, a peer-to-peer support program will be developed following a train-the-trainer format.
Activities also focus on securing structural funding and enabling broader rollout across the country.
Project partners are collaborating with a large long-term care provider to develop a process for the co-creation of care plans with informal carers.
In addition, a mindfulness-based stress reduction intervention is being developed in which informal carers and long-term care workers can participate jointly.
These activities aim to improve communication and foster trusting relationships between these groups.
Project partners will work with the management of formal care institutions to provide leadership training focused on supporting informal carers' well-being and strengthening collaboration with them.
In addition, workshops will be organized to enhance carers' skills, knowledge and self-care practices, alongside joint events to promote mutual understanding and collaboration between formal and informal carers.
Community-level activities will also be implemented to increase recognition of carers and the value of care.
Project partners are working across three sites with distinct areas of focus: (1) within respite care homes, fostering mutual support between informal carers and long-term care workers during the palliative phase and post-bereavement period; (2) within group homes for people living with disabilities, developing a person-centered model to strengthen mutual support and communication between informal carers and long-term care workers; and (3) strengthening support for informal carers during the waiting period for nursing home admission to reduce frustration, anxiety and stress.
Project partners will work across two sites with distinct areas of focus: (1) in collaboration with a disability care provider, improving relationships, communication and coordination between informal carers and long-term care workers in group home settings; and (2) in collaboration with a long-term care provider and an umbrella organization of local citizen-led initiatives, exploring ways to improve coordination and mutual support around initiatives that support ageing in place and strengthen the supportive capacity of local communities for care recipients and their informal carers.
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研究衡量的是什么？
主要结果指标
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Resilience
大体时间：Baseline (within 1 month before the intervention) and follow-up (within 1 month after completion of the intervention).
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Measured using the 2-item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC-2).
Items are scored on a 5-point Likert scale (0 = "not true at all" to 4 = "true nearly all of the time").
Scoring: sum of items (range 0-8); higher scores indicate greater resilience.
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Baseline (within 1 month before the intervention) and follow-up (within 1 month after completion of the intervention).
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Mental wellbeing
大体时间：Baseline (within 1 month before the intervention) and follow-up (within 1 month after completion of the intervention).
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Measured using the 7-item Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (SWEMWBS).
Items are scored on a 5-point Likert scale (1 = "none of the time" to 5 = "all of the time", looking at the past two weeks).
Scoring: sum items (range 7-35); higher scores indicate better mental wellbeing.
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Baseline (within 1 month before the intervention) and follow-up (within 1 month after completion of the intervention).
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合作者和调查者
在这里您可以找到参与这项研究的人员和组织。
合作者
调查人员
- 首席研究员：Elizabeth J Hanson, PhD、Linnaeus University
出版物和有用的链接
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研究记录日期
这些日期跟踪向 ClinicalTrials.gov 提交研究记录和摘要结果的进度。研究记录和报告的结果由国家医学图书馆 (NLM) 审查，以确保它们在发布到公共网站之前符合特定的质量控制标准。
研究主要日期
学习开始 (估计的)
2027年1月1日
初级完成 (估计的)
2027年9月1日
研究完成 (估计的)
2027年9月30日
研究注册日期
首次提交
2026年6月25日
首先提交符合 QC 标准的
2026年7月13日
首次发布 (实际的)
2026年7月16日
研究记录更新
最后更新发布 (实际的)
2026年7月16日
上次提交的符合 QC 标准的更新
2026年7月13日
最后验证
2026年7月1日
更多信息
与本研究相关的术语
其他研究编号
- WELLCARE-WP3-Study
计划个人参与者数据 (IPD)
计划共享个人参与者数据 (IPD)？
是的
IPD 计划说明
De-identified individual participant data underlying the results reported in publications arising from this study (including questionnaire data collected at baseline and follow-up) will be made available under controlled access.
Direct identifiers will not be shared.
Qualitative interview and focus group data will generally not be shared because complete de-identification cannot be guaranteed and disclosure may compromise participant confidentiality.
IPD 共享时间框架
De-identified individual participant data and supporting documentation will become available following publication of the primary study results.
Data will remain available for at least 10 years, subject to the policies of the hosting repository and applicable legal and ethical requirements.
IPD 共享访问标准
De-identified individual participant data and supporting documentation will be available to qualified researchers for scientifically sound research purposes.
Data will be deposited in Zenodo.
Access to individual participant data will be provided under controlled access following review of a data access request and, where applicable, a data sharing agreement, in accordance with participants' informed consent, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and applicable national data protection legislation.
IPD 共享支持信息类型
- 研究方案
- 树液
药物和器械信息、研究文件
研究美国 FDA 监管的药品
不
研究美国 FDA 监管的设备产品
不
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