Participation in long-term care
An ethnographic study on residential care (EPICENTRE), home-based care and assisted living (PARTICIPATIO) in the cantons of Basel-Stadt and Basel-Landschaft
About EPICENTRE-PARTICIPATIO
The aim of the EPICENTRE-PARTICIPATIO project is to use ethnographic research to gain insights into decision-making in residential and home-based long-term care. This will help to understand how decisions that directly affect residents or patients are approached and made in order to better understand how participation and equality are understood and practiced by older people who are dependent on residential or home-based long-term care. The knowledge gained will be used to develop instruments to promote participation and equal opportunities for people who receive professional long-term care and to implement them in a sustainable manner with scientific support.
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Caring City – a city for everyone?
Public Inaugural Lecture by Prof. Dr. Sandra Staudacher
Monday, 26 October 2026, 5:30–6:30 p.m.
FHNW Muttenz Campus
Lecture in German
Registration until 20 October 2026: here
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Thinking about long-term care and caring cities together
Wie können ältere Menschen auch dann mitbestimmen und teilhaben, wenn sie Pflege und Unterstützung benötigen? EPICENTRE-PARTICIPATIO untersucht Partizipation in Pflegeheimen, im betreuten Wohnen und in