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Interview with Heidrun Gattinger, Head of the Institute of Applied Nursing Science at the Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences

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…

HEROES in the focus of the IARA research colloquium

On Wed, March 16, 2022, our Austrian project partner, the Institute for Applied Research on Ageing IARA at Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, dedicated its online research colloquium to the introduction into the HEROES project and a country comparison on employment, volunteering and health in old age in Austria, Romania and Switzerland. Two presentations were…

Reflecting the third round of Co-Creation Workshops

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

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…

Co-creating age inclusive products

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.