Background:

In view of the ageing of the population, issues relating to ageing policy are also becoming increasingly important in Switzerland. The aim is to promote autonomy and self-determination and to support individual needs in old age. Residencies for the elderly support this goal by enabling older people to live independently in their familiar surroundings for longer. However, successful living in such residencies requires personal and social resources and skills that enable people to manage their own living situation as autonomously and self-determinedly as possible. Providers of residencies for the elderly must therefore decide whether a stable and secure living situation is possible.

Aims:

Development of a decision-making tool to help providers of residencies for the elderly assess the stability of living situations

Method:

A participatory approach will be used, in which the decision-making tool is developed in several steps and in close cooperation with the practice partner 'gaiwo - Genossenschaft für Alters- und Invalidenwohnungen'. Based on a qualitative explorative study, in which individual interviews and a workshop are conducted with staff and managers of gaiwo, a first version of the decision-making tool will be developed. This will be tested in a six-month pilot phase at gaiwo. The decision-making tool will then be validated and further developed using written evaluation forms, a workshop with gaiwo staff and managers, and a workshop with the project's sounding board and other experts.

Expected Results:

A decision-making tool to help providers of residencies for the elderly assess the stability of living situations will be the result of this study. Based on the assessment, measures can be introduced to accompany and support unstable living situations or to find follow-up solutions.