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Geriatric Care Prize 2025: Good practical projects from MV wanted!
Awarding of the Geriatric Care Prize 2025 in MV: Submit projects to improve care by June 30th. Prize money 5,000 euros.
Geriatric Care Prize 2025: Good practical projects from MV wanted!
In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the 2025 Geriatric Care Prize will be awarded on June 24, 2025, an initiative that recognizes outstanding achievements in nursing. Minister of Social Affairs Stefanie Drese calls on all outpatient care services, day-care and inpatient facilities as well as educational institutions to submit their innovative projects. The aim of the competition is to shed light on the social significance and the various facets of care the government of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania reported.
Prize money totaling 5,000 euros is available for the award-winning projects. The application deadline ends on June 30, 2025, so interested groups and institutions should not hesitate for long. Drese emphasizes that it is necessary to give greater social recognition to nursing services. The “Care Quality Atlas” illustrates the positive situation in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, where the quality of care is above the national average.
Invitation to participate
All geriatric care facilities and services that represent the best examples of innovative approaches to care are eligible to participate. Individuals are excluded from applying. Projects can relate to various subject areas, including:
- Neue Versorgungs- oder Organisationsstrukturen
- Innovative Kooperationsformen
- Verzahnung von Ausbildung und Praxis
- Fortschritte in der Digitalisierung der Pflege
- Schulungen und Beratungen für Angehörige
- Strategien zur Personalgewinnung
- Integration ehrenamtlicher Kräfte
- Maßnahmen zur betrieblichen Gesundheitsförderung
- Präventive Ansätze in der Altenpflege
It is important that all proposals can be submitted by the application deadline, be it by email or by post. The evaluation is carried out by a jury made up of representatives from the Ministry of Social Affairs and the State Nursing Committee.
Promote innovation in care
The minister not only calls for participation, but also emphasizes the need to make good practice in nursing visible. This is crucial to counteract the often bleak image conveyed in coverage of care. There are many positive developments and examples that give hope the nursing home emphasized.
Committed people in the industry, such as facility managers and nursing staff, are constantly looking for new ways to improve the quality of care. Innovative approaches such as modern work organization, individual case management and technological advances are key to this. Particular mention should be made of concepts from countries such as the Netherlands and Denmark, which demonstrate excellent handling of social and technological innovations in care the Bertelsmann Foundation.
The Geriatric Care Prize 2025 is therefore not just an award, but also an important step towards sustainable care that can meet the challenges of today. It remains to be hoped that many institutions will take part and present their innovative ideas!