How do we measure resilience in healthcare?
Our new study introduces the RHCA — a validated survey tool to assess resilience capacities across teams and organisations, linked to staff wellbeing and patient safety.
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#Resilience #Healthcare
Proud to join the Annual Meeting of @support4resilience.bsky.social, a EU project advancing digital tools to support resilience and mental well-being in healthcare. As WP5 Com&Dis leaders, we shared key KPIs, qualitative insights, and a renewed strategy to boost impact.
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We closed the day with WP4, which focuses on implementing and evaluating the S4R Toolbox in elderly care across six European countries. Today’s session covered intervention design, pilot feedback from Norway, and a 10-minute round for partners to share progress. 🔍
💡As a reminder, the objective of WP3 is to develop content and IT infrastructure for the S4R Toolbox, design interventions, and perform pilot testing to make sure the Toolbox is practical, effective, and ready for real-world use.
Kicking off the Support4Resilience annual meeting in Turku, Finland! 🙌
We began the session by focusing on WP3. Teams participated in a hands-on workshop simulating real-life use of the S4RToolbox, sparking discussions on improvements and evaluating its current status.
What supports resilient performance and mental well-being in home care settings? 🏡
Discover how team collaboration, accessible leadership, clear roles, and organizational support help healthcare professionals thrive under pressure.
🧐Read more: support4resilience.eu/resilient-pe...
Curious about the progress of Support4Resilience? 👀
Our deliverables offer insight into the project’s journey and the work of our consortium to support resilience and wellbeing in elderly care.
Explore all deliverables here:
🔗 support4resilience.eu/deliverables/
What is care work really like behind the scenes?
Our new blog shares insights from frontline workers in long-term elderly care, highlighting teamwork, emotional labour, and collective #resilience.
👉 Read the full blog here: support4resilience.eu/insights-fro...
#HorizonEurope #Healthcare #EU
Want to learn more about the different Work Packages behind Support4Resilience?
You can find an overview of how the project is structured and what each WP focuses on here: support4resilience.eu/the-project/
A bit of context: this work is part of WP3, focused on the development of the S4R Toolbox
WP3 brings together research, practical experience and feedback to build a tool that is genuinely useful for leaders in elderly care. Step by step, and always grounded in real needs
#HorizonEU #EU #Resilience
We wrap up three intense days working on the S4R Toolbox together with colleagues from UCY, UiS and NTNU, hosted by the @eurofue-uji.bsky.social (FUE–UJI) team in Spain.
Lots of collaboration, shared learning and valuable feedback.
🙌Thanks to everyone involved!!
Anonymity is essential for healthcare resilience. Workers must feel safe to respond truthfully.
The S4R Toolbox implements strict technical safeguards:
🔒 No logins.
⏱️ No shared timestamps.
🚫 No open-text responses.
Read more in our latest blog post!
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We’ve started the S4R Toolbox pilot in Norway 🙌
Last week, the NTNU team led the first workshop with healthcare leaders, with support from @unistavanger.bsky.social. The group quickly adapted to the toolbox and found it useful.
Here’s a glimpse of the session!
Who actually holds up the long-term care system?
Middle managers.
Our analysis across 7 countries shows they are stuck in the "multiple middle" mediating between:
- Regulatory frameworks
- Workforce strategies
- The reality of daily care
Read the full post 👇
support4resilience.eu/managers-rol...
We’ve just closed three intense days of work in Stavanger 🇳🇴, where the Support4Resilience team gathered for the kick-off of WP4!
Thank you to the whole team for these days of shared effort — now on to the next steps.
At #HCAC2025 in Amman, Carsten Engel (CEO of @isqua.org) presented Support4Resilience, our EU-funded project creating a toolbox to help healthcare leaders strengthen resilience and support caregivers’ wellbeing.
👉 If you want to know more, visit: support4resilience.eu
Last week we joined the National Patient Safety Conference in Norway, where Cecilie Haraldseid shared insights on resilient health systems and on what it takes to recruit and maintain a strong healthcare workforce.
Thanks to I trygge hender 24-7 for the great organization.
In our new blog post, authors Eila Kankaanpää and Anna-Kaisa Vartiainen discuss why we need research that listens to staff and addresses organizational realities, not just individual coping.
👇Read the full reflection here: support4resilience.eu/closing-the-...
What happens when support focuses on symptoms, not systems?
While informal carers often get counseling, our systematic review found that interventions for elderly care workers are often limited to relaxation techniques.
Breathing exercises don't fix shift stability or workload.
Want to learn more about the Support4Resilience project and our work on resilience in elderly care?
👉 support4resilience.eu
A key insight: middle managers play a central role in turning policies into daily practice and supporting workers’ wellbeing. Strengthening their capacity is essential for resilient LTC systems.
The study compares LTC systems in Norway, Finland, the Netherlands, Romania, Spain, Italy and Australia. Despite different structures, all rely on similar strategies like ageing in place, digital tools and task shifting.
What do the long-term care systems of seven countries have in common?
Our latest article explores this question and reveals the common challenges in caring for older people, especially labour shortages.
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Join our community of researchers, healthcare professionals & policymakers improving #Resilience and #MentalWellbeing in elderly care.
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What really shapes the mental wellbeing of aged care workers?
We reviewed 89 studies and mapped 64 key factors that influence staff wellbeing.
Here’s our new infographic with the main insights 👇
#Support4Resilience #Healthcare #Resilience #MentalHealth #ElderlyCare
Based on data collected in six European countries, the S4R Toolbox responds to a clear need: resilience isn’t about coping harder but about redesigning systems that protect wellbeing, sustain care quality and prepare organisations to adapt to change.
👉Learn more at support4resilience.eu
Caring for the elderly means caring for those who care.
At EU-Safety 2025, Dr. Nektaria Pedioti presented how the S4R Toolbox helps care leaders reflect, reorganise and strengthen resilience across their teams to ensure safer, more supportive workplaces.
Join our community of researchers, healthcare professionals & policymakers improving #Resilience and #MentalWellbeing in elderly care.
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São Paulo, done✅
This week we joined the 41st ISQua International Conference, sharing what S4R is all about — practical tools, real findings, and conversations on how leaders can make care workplaces healthier and more resilient.
Grateful for the exchange and the energy!
Key findings: organisational and managerial interventions are scarce.
For workers, only a few approaches helped (mindfulness, breathing, ACT).
For informal caregivers, support or counselling and skills training showed more consistent gains.
