Evaluating Practices That Foster Care Partnerships and Wellbeing Among Informal Carers and Long-term Care Workers

Inclusion criteria

for recruiting participants will be...

For informal caregivers:

o currently providing - or having provided within the last 6 months - unpaid care or support to a family member, partner, or friend receiving long-term care services;

For long-term care workers:

• employed in a long-term care setting at one of the participating research sites;
• directly involved in care provision or implementation of the new practices under study;

For care recipients:

• currently receiving care from long-term care workers and/or informal caregivers;
• requiring support with everyday personal care and/or more complex daily tasks due to ageing, chronic illness, disability or frailty;
• living in the community or in a long-term care setting included in the study;

• for other stakeholders:
• involved directly or indirectly in the planning, management, or implementation of the newly adopted practices at the research site;

For all participants:

• aged 18 years or older;
• able to provide informed consent;
• sufficient proficiency in the local language to complete the questionnaire and/or participate in an interview;

The exclusion criteria for recruiting participants will be...

• having a (permanent or temporary) psychiatric disorder or mental illness which makes the person unable to understand instructions and participate in the study activities;
• experiencing circumstances that would make participation unduly burdensome (e.g., acute stress or illness);
• providing care for fewer than the minimum number of hours required for inclusion; the threshold will be defined per country in a context-sensitive way, reflecting national differences and the characteristics of the implemented practices and their target populations;
• only being involved in the provision or receiving of short-term or acute care (i.e., not long-term care);