Evaluation of the Dionysus project 3.0

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Dionysus was funded from 2010-2017 by the federal authorities under the "Protocol 3" Memorandum of Understanding. The aim of the projects funded by Protocol 3 was to implement alternative care and support for the care of frail older people. The most important result was the postponement of the definitive admission to a nursing (and care) home, MR (S). Like 62 other projects (25 for the second call), Dionysus would have benefited from a scientific evaluation. At the end of the evaluation, the impact of the Protocol 3 interventions on the main outcome of the scientific evaluation, i.e. delaying definitive institutionalization in MR (S), could not be demonstrated [1].
On the other hand, the positive effect on other outcomes (satisfaction of stakeholders, better use of help and care with high added value, reduction of care with low added value, positive impact on the perceived burden of the informal caregiver) informal and, more generally, the largely positive impact on the cost / effectiveness balance) has been well demonstrated in a population of so-called 'frail' elderly of more than 8,000 people.
One of the researchers' hypotheses, cited in the report's conclusion, was that if the impact of Protocol 3 interventions on delaying definitive institutionalization in MR (S) could not be demonstrated, the conditions for the transition towards the MR (S) was greatly improved. The result was that the elderly and their formal and informal entourage experienced life in a nursing (and care home) better.
Despite these numerous demonstrated effects, Protocol 3 projects do not currently receive structural funding from the federal government. As for the Dionysus project, its leaders have decided to stop its activities in 2018, given the persistent uncertainty about the conditions for structural and sustainable financing.
After a few months of shutdown and at the request of Dionysos officials, IRISCARE will fund Dionysos for a year and would need information to estimate the added value of Dionysos for the target audience and the Brussels health system (estimate of coverage and impact). At the same time, IRISCARE should estimate the number of potential candidates that could benefit from an intervention. This should allow IRISCARE to estimate the costs of the structural funding of services such as those offered in the Dionysos device, in case IRISCARE considers extending this offer of support and assistance to the entire population of Brussels.
AcronymANI263
StatusFinished
Effective start/end date1/10/2030/06/21

Keywords

  • alternative care
  • Elderly care

Flemish discipline codes in use since 2023

  • Elderly care

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