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Studyprotocol by the „PROCARE - Prevention in nursing homes“ project published

The PROCARE programme includes the objectives of promoting health potential and mobility, expanding the resources of multimorbid persons, implementing the setting approach and focusing on caregivers through the participation of all stakeholders. These objectives are to be implemented in six care facilities with a setting in various districts of Chemnitz and the surrounding rural areas. The project, which is funded by the Techniker Krankenkasse, has now published the study protocol. The project under the regional management of Dr. Julian Rudisch (University of Münster, Department of Neuromotor Behavior and Exercise) and Katharina Zwingmann (University of Chemnitz) includes a cooperation with the following departments:
• Department of Human Movement Science, University of Hamburg
• Institute of Medical Physics, Friedrich-Alexander, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
• Department of Sports and Exercise Science, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
• Institute of Human Movement Science and Health, Chemnitz University of Technology
• Institute of Sports and Sports Science, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
• Department of Sport & Health Sciences, University of Paderborn
• Institute of Sports Sciences, Goethe-University Frankfurt
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