CaRe­BOOST project advances dig­i­tal restora­tive care in ser­vices for old­er adults

Launch­ing in May 2026, the CaRe­BOOST project aims to enhance the com­pe­ten­cies of social and health­care pro­fes­sion­als and stu­dents in dig­i­tal restora­tive care, while also sup­port­ing the adop­tion of effec­tive dig­i­tal solu­tions in hous­ing ser­vices for old­er adults and in assess­ment and reha­bil­i­ta­tion units.

The project focus­es on strength­en­ing pro­fes­sion­al com­pe­tence, estab­lish­ing a region­al part­ner­ship net­work for dig­i­tal restora­tive care in North­ern Ostro­both­nia, and devel­op­ing an oper­a­tional mod­el for the effec­tive use of dig­i­tal solu­tions in care prac­tices.

Edu­ca­tion providers, elder­ly care ser­vice providers, pro­fes­sion­als in the field, and com­pa­nies devel­op­ing dig­i­tal solu­tions relat­ed to reha­bil­i­ta­tion are invit­ed to par­tic­i­pate in the joint devel­op­ment work. The objec­tive is to increase col­lab­o­ra­tion, sup­port hands-on exper­i­men­ta­tion, and pro­mote sus­tain­able changes in prac­tice.

As project out­comes, CaRe­BOOST will deliv­er con­crete results such as a struc­tured train­ing pro­gramme, an oper­a­tional mod­el, and prac­ti­cal rec­om­men­da­tions for imple­ment­ing dig­i­tal restora­tive care. In addi­tion, the project will host open webi­na­rs and events dur­ing its imple­men­ta­tion.

The three-year CaRe­BOOST project is coor­di­nat­ed by the GeroNurs­ing Cen­tre at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu, with Oulu Uni­ver­si­ty of Applied Sci­ences and the Dia­co­nia Col­lege of Fin­land as part­ner organ­i­sa­tions. The project is par­tial­ly fund­ed by the Euro­pean Social Fund Plus (ESF+).

Con­tact per­son

Saara Kukko­hovi
Project Man­ag­er
GeroNurs­ing Cen­tre, Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu
saara.kukkohovi@oulu.fi

Source (text and image): GeroNurs­ing Cen­tre