An interview with Harry Stehrenberger was conducted to learn more about working at an older age from the perspective of seniors@work and his personal view on the topic. How does this relate to HEROES? Can you briefly introduce yourself and seniors@work? Seniors@work is a recruitment platform for people shortly before and after retirement. The platform…
What are your specific tasks and responsibilities in the social service area? As a city councilor of Rorschach, I am responsible for the area of “social affairs”. I introduce associated topics to the city council and/or provide new information about this area. Close cooperation with all important players in this field is essential. For example,…
When looking for a caregiver, what is important to you? Little things like personal introductions, greetings and communication are important to me. For example, when a caregiver meets me for the first time, they inform themself about my health condition and needs by talking to me and through my medical history. How do you usually…
To gain a better insight into the perspective of care receivers, a further interview was conducted. We interviewed a 72-year-old person who was recently professionally cared for at home by Spitex, a Swiss home care service . What are your expectations of a carer? Based on my experience as someone who was in the care…
When looking for a carer, what is important to you? A caregiver should be punctual and have your best interests in mind. I want to know that he or she is someone I can trust and with whom I will be able to form a long-term relationship. I don’t want to see another person wandering…
For the HEROES project, it is particularly important to understand and know the country-specific framework conditions and challenges in recruiting nursing and care staff. Katharina Molterer, research associate at the Institute for Ageing Research at the Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences, conducted an interview with Edith Wohlfender, Director of the Swiss Nursing Association in…
Katharina Molterer conducted another interview on the framework conditions for recruiting nursing and care professionals in Switzerland on 12.07.2022 with Heidrun Gattinger, Head of the Institute of Applied Nursing Science at the Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences. Recommendations for the recruitment of nurses As an employer, you must be very clear about the competence you need…
In Switzerland co-creation workshops have also taken place in recent months. In this blog post, we -the Institute for Aging Research (IAF) of the University of Applied Sciences of Eastern Switzerland (OST) – report and reflect our experiences with the third round of workshops, which took place at the end of November/beginning of December 2021…
HEROES Co-Creation Workshops in Austria – held by rapid user feedback As for many different organizations, institutions and research projects all over the world, the Covid-19 pandemic had an impact on how we are working together in teams and also how we bring different people together for workshops, meetings and other business gatherings. Although gatherings…
Engaging your users early on, starting from the design phase, is a key step for developing inclusive products or services. Find out bellow more about what co-creation means and how we use it to develop HEROES platform for recruiting caregivers.
