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Priority

Quality and attractiveness of VET

Projects that did it!

Leonardo da VinciTransfer of Innovation - European

Priorities1. Project code: A/04/B/F/PP-158.100

(Pilot project 2004 – 2007)

2. Project title: E-Qalin® European quality-improving, innovative learning in residential care homes for the elderly

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3. Why the project was necessary?(needs addressed - problems solved):

Main project goals: • Higher quality within care for the elderly.• Better image of residential care & nursing homes;

higher satisfaction of residents & staff Development of international quality standards for

comparison of achievements among different homes in Europe.

Development, evaluation & implementation of extensive training concept.

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4. How did the project do this? (process – implementation):

• Strong integration of target groups during development phase.

• All partners have: – Worked with marketing instruments & direct access

to target groups– Strong interest in use of results > Integration in

their educational programmes.

• Early discussions about sustainability

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5. Who implemented the project? (actors):

• Contractor: The Austrian Province of the Camillians (Order of St. Camillus).

• Co-ordinator: IBG — Institute for Training in the Medicare

• 29 partners: specialists in quality management, social services & homes for elderly, net workers

• 7 countries: AT, DE, IT, LU, NL, SI, CZ.

Leonardo da VinciTransfer of Innovation - European

Priorities6. What did the project achieve?

(results with regard to European priority):

E-Qalin®• Is a user-friendly model of excellence oriented towards practice >

needs & expectations of residents, their families & all those working with / for them in residential care.

• Helps assess the whole range of provisions, processes & results, respectively, in terms of stakeholders’ satisfaction in a structured & objective-oriented way.

• Promotes & necessitates organizational learning by means of a self-assessment process, thus triggering innovative potentials for improvement & organizational development.

• Mirrors both performance & results on an equal footing to bring about continuous improvement that can be observed and empirically confirmed in daily practice.