Current Projects
of the iso-Institute
Scientific and Professional Support of Model Measures for Improvements in Long-Term Care
Project Duration: October 2017 – September 2024
The aim of this model programme of the German Federal Ministry of Health is to promote the further development of the German Nursing Care Insurance. It is intended to expand the range of services (including special target groups), to improve the quality of existing services, to enable the use of services and to implement a new definition of the nursing care.
To Read FurtherContinuation of the 'Demografie Netzwerk Saar – DNS' (IV)
Project Duration: July 2022 - December 2028
The Demografie Netzwerk Saar (Demography Network Saar) (DNS) is a cross-sectoral regional network aimed at companies based in the Saarland, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, and craft enterprises.
To Read FurtherContinuing Education Counselling for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in the Saarland (WBB)
Project Duration: July2022 – December 2028
On behalf of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour, Energy and Transport, the iso-Institut is coordinating an outreach and holistic continuing education advisory service for Saarland companies with up to 250 employees.
To Read FurtherVirtual Working Design in a Structurally Weak Region (ViSAAR)
Project Duration: May 2021 - July 2024
The Saarland is particularly affected by structural and demographic changes compared to the rest of Germany. Innovative and sustainable concepts are therefore crucially needed to improve and to increase the competitiveness and the attractiveness of this region as a business location. The focus here lies particularly on digitalisation and virtualisation of the working world as future-oriented structural change requires transferable solutions. To this end, for the individual applications of these new concepts in companies, human-centred and not purely technology-centred scenarios have to be developed and tested for their applicability.
To Read FurtherCross-Sectoral Deployment of Usual Care Workers for Dementia Patients (SEBDem)
Project Duration: June 1, 2023 – May 31, 2026
Dementia patients have a high demand for care, supervision and day structuring. The legislator has reacted to this need in SGB XI with the financing of care services. However, if dementia patients have to undergo a hospital stay and thus come under the legal regulation of SGB V, they cannot currently use care services.
To Read FurtherPfleMeO: Care Facilities – Mentally Encouraging Organizations
Project Duration: June 2022 - October 2024
PfleMeO: Care Facilities – Mentally Encouraging Organizations
To Read FurtherLEDSOL: Clean and Sustainable Water through Intelligent UV/LED Disinfection and Solar Energy Use
Project Duration: May 2022 - April 2025
LEDSOL: Clean and Sustainable Water through Intelligent UV/LED Disinfection and Solar Energy Use
To Read FurtherCompetence Centre for Labour Research: Shaping Transformation in the Saar-Pfalz Corridor of the Future - Value-Oriented Working and Learning in the Circular Economy (KOMATRA)
Project Duration: 2023 – 2027
As part of the project, a centre of excellence for labour research is being established together with 14 industrial and research partners from Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate. The project is funded by the BMBF programme "Innovations for tomorrow's production, services and work" as part of the funding measure "Regional competence centres for labour research".
To Read FurtherEvaluation of the 'Diagnostic Consultation in Nursing Homes through Mobile Geriatric Unit' (DIKOM)
Project Duration: Dec 1, 2023 – Nov 30, 2026
The number of nursing home residents being admitted to hospitals for the assessment of their complaints is high, even though treatment within the nursing home itself could be possible. Hospital stays for this vulnerable group of individuals are particularly prone to complications and are costly. To counteract unnecessary hospital admissions, the project is testing on-site diagnostic assessments through a telemedically connected 'Mobile Geriatric Unit' (MGU). This unit is a vehicle equipped with diagnostic tools aligned with those found in an emergency room.
To Read FurtherEvaluation of the Federal Programme “Local Alliances for People with Dementia“
Project Duration: September 2021 - December 2024
The topic of dementia is increasingly moving into the focus of the general public hence more and more people are directly or indirectly affected by the disease. Considering the decreasing resources on one hand and the time-consuming care of people with dementia on the other hand, an optimisation of the networking of informal as well as professional help is coming into focus. Significant impulses for innovation are expected through a creative linking of such assistance and by promoting cooperation between professionals, relatives and laypersons.
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