Schmidt, Stefan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2450-9795
Neumann, Alexandra
Muller, Julie
Schweitzer, Anja
Gölly, Katharina Ingrid
Brandl, Julio
Funding for this research was provided by:
German National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Funds
Hochschule Neubrandenburg
Article History
Received: 17 August 2022
Accepted: 26 June 2023
First Online: 5 July 2023
Declarations
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: This study is performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and is approved by the Ethics Committee of the University of Applied Sciences Neubrandenburg (HSNB/190/22). All participants will provide written informed consent and all study personnel have received training in the ethical conduct of human subject research.
: Not applicable.
: STS, AN, JM, AS, KG, JB state that there are no conflicts of interest. AS and KG are employees and JB is CEO of AssistMe GmbH.The nursing homes involved and AssistMe GmbH are independent companies. Brunnenhof Seniorenresidenzen und Pflegeheime Haus Steglitz GmbH as well as the facilities of Alpenland Pflegeheime Berlin GmbH belong to the Alpenland Group Berlin, a company founded and managed by the Conle family.Robert Conle, one of the managing directors of the Alpenland Group Berlin, holds a 3.5 percent stake in AssistMe GmbH and therefore does not have any controlling influence on AssistMe GmbH's corporate decisions. However, he provides low-threshold access to the care facilities participating in the model project.