Development and trial of a tool to determine qualification-oriented staffing ratios using a new scientifically based procedure for standardizing staffing requirements. Pilot programme in accordance with Paragraph 8, Section 3b of the German Social Code, Vol. 11 on behalf of the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Funds (GKV-Spitzenverband)

Development and trial of a tool to determine qualification-oriented staffing ratios using a new scientifically based procedure for standardizing staffing requirements. Pilot programme in accordance with Paragraph 8, Section 3b of the German Social Code, Vol. 11 on behalf of the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Funds (GKV-Spitzenverband) - PeBeM3

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00031773

Enrollment

1800

Registered

2023-11-09

Start date

2023-08-21

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-03-02

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Group 1: Intervention group: In the 10 nursing homes of the intervention group there will be an augmentation of the staffing ratio in one of the living areas (based on Algorithm 1.0) supplemented by m

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Principally: voluntary praticipation. - nursing homes: All nursing homes in Germany that have stated their interest. The election resides with the GKV-SV. - nursing home employees: i) survey: all nursing home thaff that is integrated into the care of the care dependents. ii) shadowing: all employees that work on the shadowed living area (only in the intervention group). iii) focus groups: staff of the nursing homes in the intervention group with and without managerial responsibility that are employed in the respective nursing home since the beginning of the intervention. iiii) analysis of competencies: all employees that work on the shadowed living area (only in the intervention group). - care dependents: i) survey: all care dependents that are capable to fill in the questionnaire alone or with assistance, according to the caregivers. For care dependents with cognitive decline a proxy survey will be applied. ii) shadowing: all care dependents living in the shadowed living area. - shadower: i) shadowing: qualification as a care giver, participation on the training ii) survey: none

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - care dependents: terminal patients, living in the respecting nursing home less than 4 weeks - nursing home employees: survey: employment starts within the survey period.

Design outcomes

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Initial concept, further development to typed concepts, their trial and evaluation (quality of care, employee satisfaction, efficiency effects)	—

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Strategy for the nationwide implementation of the concept of qualification-oriented labour-organization using a new scientifically based procedure for the standardized calculation of staffing requirements in long-term care	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactHeinz Rothgang

Universität Bremen

rothgang@uni-bremen.de+49 421 218-58557

Outcome results