New NHMRC-EU Collaborative Research Grant awarded

Supporting resilience and wellbeing in aged care

Dr Louise Ellis, Professor Jeffrey Braithwaite and Professor Robyn Clay-Williams from the Australian Institute for Health Innovation (AIHI) have been awarded $499,225 by the NHMRC-EU Collaborative Research Grant Scheme for a four-year project titled, ‘Strengthening resilience and mental wellbeing through the Support4Resilience (S4R) toolbox for leaders in elderly care’.

Working with aged care leaders and informal carers in Australia and six European countries, the project team will develop, implement, and evaluate a research-based toolbox to support leaders in improving the resilience and mental wellbeing of workers and caregivers across the sector. The toolbox will be adapted for suitability to the Australian context, and will be implemented and evaluated in aged care homes across Australia.

The Australian project team includes researchers from Macquarie University, University of Queensland, University of NSW and Australian National University and recognises the importance of providing the aged care sector with robust research evidence to meet challenges.

This project is part of the prestigious six million euros Horizon Europe grant led by Professor Siri Wiig, University Stavanger, Norway, partnering with six EU countries as well as Australia through AIHI.

S4R provides policymakers, decisions-makers and leaders with solutions for taking action to solve specific risks for healthcare workers’ and informal caregivers’ resilience and mental wellbeing. S4R will support the development of resilient health systems in European elderly care through improved leadership capabilities, governance structures, and adaptive capacities.

The Support4Resilience Partners:

1. University of Stavanger (Norway)
2. European Forum for Primary Care (The Netherlands)
3. Universitatea Stefan Cel Mare Din Suceava (Romania)
4. Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (The Netherlands)
5. International Society for Quality in Health Care CLG (Ireland)
6. Ita-Suomen Yliopisto (Finland)
7. Universitat Jaume I De Castellon (Spain)
8. Fundacion Universitat Jaume I-Empresa (Spain)
9. Turun Ammattikorkeakoulu Oy (Finland)
10. Fondazione Casa Cardinale Maffi Onlus (Italy)
11. University of Cyprus (Cyprus)
12. Scuola Superiore Di Studi Universitari E Di Perfezio (Italy)
13. NTNU: Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norway)
14. Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University (Australia)

Caption: Dr Louise Ellis, Professor Robyn Clay-William and Professor Jeffrey Braithwaite.

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