Current Projects

In collaboration with the Center for Curative Gerontology and the Cologne Center for Ethics, Rights, Economics, and Social Sciences of Health (ceres)

• Old age in Germany (D80+)- Financed by the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth.
• Quality of life of the very old in NRW (NRW80+) - Financed by the Ministry for Innovation, Science and Research of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.
  • Follow-Up Study NRW80+ - Financed by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia.
• Living for help - Financed by the City of Cologne. 
• Current projects at the Centre for Curative Gerontology 
  
  

Completed Projects

• Integrate4Care (INGE) - Digital Integrated health and nursing care with IT-supported nursing consultation visit according to §37.3 SGB XI- Financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
• Graduate School GROW "Well-being until old age"- Financed by the Ministry for Innovation, Science and Research of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.
• DINGS - Development of a resource-oriented communication training for caring relatives of people with dementia.
• LEANDER - Longitudinal study "Stress on caring relatives of dementia patients - Financed by the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth.
• PURFAM Potentials und Risiken in der familialen Pflege (PURFAM) - Financed by the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth.
• GfP - Prevention of Elder Abuse - Financed by the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG) and in cooperation with the MDS. 
• DIA-S Development of a new depression screening for use in geriatrics - Financed by the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth.
• The Second World War and nursing care today- An empirical study on the influence of war experiences on current care situations.