[Inpatient Preventative and Rehabilitative Treatment for Informal Caregivers - An Explorative Investigation of Specific Offers in Germany]. / Stationäre Rehabilitation und Vorsorge für pflegende Angehörige - eine Sondierung der Angebote in Deutschland.

INTRODUCTION: In line with a new law in 2012 (Pflege-Neuausrichtungs-Gesetz) a special regard to informal care givers in inpatient rehabilitation and prevention facilities was established. Thus possibilities were created to facilitate care for people requiring nursing within the rehabilitation hospital while the informal caregiver is treated. On behalf of the German Ministry of Health the BQS Institute of Quality and Patient Safety analysed what specific offers for this target group are available in the rehabilitation setting and to what extent the requirements of the new law are already implemented. METHODS: To identify those specific offers for informal caregivers, a nationwide e-mail survey was conducted in 1,167 rehabilitation hospitals in Germany which was complemented with an internet research. Additionally semi-standardised interviews with 28 experts in different specialty fields as well as a literature research were conducted. RESULTS: 31 rehabilitation hospitals were identified, which provide specific measures for informal caregivers and 53 hospitals which provide care for the dependent person, too (overlaps are possible). By providing those offers, the providers are in unchartered waters in regard to concepts. Usually providers are relating to already existing measures in their indication areas and extend those through specific measures. To date, a targeted allocation of informal caregivers to appropriate facilities is not established.

[Quality in prevention and health promotion. Developing a common framework for quality development for members of the Federal Association for Prevention and Health Promotion in Germany]. / Qualität in Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung. Entwicklung eines gemeinsamen Handlungsrahmens in der Qualitätsentwicklung für die Mitglieder der Bundesvereinigung Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung e.V.

Following the principles of participatory health research, a collaborative study was conducted by the German Federal Association for Prevention and Health Promotion (BVPG) and the Institute for Social Health at the Catholic University of Applied Sciences Berlin (KHSB). The purpose of the study was to create a framework for the members of the BVPG for taking joint action on developing the quality of health promotion and prevention measures. The 129 members of the BVPG are mainly nongovernmental organizations responsible for the implementation and coordination of prevention and health promotion interventions at the state and national levels. One of the explicit goals of the BVPG is to support the development of quality in prevention and health promotion. A theoretical sample was drawn of 14 member organizations to participate in individual interviews and a Delphi process to gather data on their current quality development practice, their need for further support, and their ideas for a common framework. Selected results from the interviews and the proposed framework are presented here.