Careum Hochschule Gesundheit is privately owned and fully accredited by the Swiss federal government. The university operates throughout Switzerland with its three departments economics, health and music. The Department of Health of the Kalaidos University of Applied Sciences offers modular education and training programmes at the Careum Campus in Zurich which can be pursued in tandem with working life. In consultation with students, lecturers, and partners in the field, these are consistently aligned to the current and future requirements of healthcare practitioners. Vocational transfer tasks and self-directed learning bring benefits both to students and their place of work. Careum Research, as the research institute of the Kalaidos University of Applied Sciences pursues research and development into innovative forms of care and usercentric approaches to healthcare provision, with the aim of giving impetus to home- and community-based healthcare services.