At the Research Institute "Health, Ageing, Work, Technology" (GAT), another BMBF-funded research project has started its work under the joint project management of deputy professor Dr. Cordula Endter and Prof. Dr. Andreas Hoff and with the collaboration of Saskia Joos (M.A.): https://gat.hszg.de/projekte-publikationen/pitips. This strengthens the GAT's research profile on participative and co-creative work processes, which will also play an increasingly important role in the care communities for older people in the future.
This is also where the Master's degree course in Social Gerontology comes in: https://www.hszg.de/studium/unsere-studiengaenge/master/soziale-gerontologie and https://f-s.hszg.de/studienangebot/master-soziale-gerontologie. Since 2022, the new curriculum has included a module on 'Quality of life in caring communities in urban and rural neighbourhoods' and another on 'Innovation and digitalization in old age'. Participatory learning processes will be deepened, particularly in the new research internship. The next intake of students will begin their part-time studies in Social Gerontology in March 2023. The application period begins in mid-December 2022 and ends on January 31, 2023. We look forward to receiving your application and will be happy to answer your questions in advance!
Prof. Dr. Andreas Hoff
a.hoff(at)hszg.de
Book recommendation from the Social Gerontology study program
Title:
Ways out of social isolation for older people in the context of new media. Connect-Ed- A project to improve social participation.
Authors:
Börm, Sonja; Dettmers, Stephan; Köchling-Farahwaran, Juliane; Thege, Britta.
Publisher:
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH
Contents:
This book presents the CONNECT-ED encounter project, which originates from the practice of working with senior citizens. Its primary aim is to teach media skills and secondarily to network participants in "real" life in order to combat social isolation and digital exclusion among older people.
The low-threshold tablet training program for senior citizens is being evaluated through accompanying research in order to generate empirical data on social participation. Finally, the research results show how suitable CONNECT-ED is for ensuring the social participation of older people.
Why should you read the book?
Within the literature, various topics relevant to the study of social gerontology are linked together.
The term "old age" is discussed, which you should already be familiar with from the first semester.
Within the literature, you will be introduced to a project that includes the topic of digitalization. In addition, qualitative and quantitative research methods are applied within the evaluation.
Both topics are important for the upcoming second semester of the course.
Enjoy reading!
Dr. Cordula Endter, deputy professor for social gerontology and head of degree program
We would like to draw your attention to the symposium "Kulturgerontologie - Perspektiven auf das Alter(n)" of the German Sociological Association, Section Alter(n) und Gesellschaft, which will take place from June 23-25 at the Karl Landsteiner Private University for Health Sciences in Krems, Austria. The program of the conference can be found here.
Cultural gerontology has established itself as a sub-field of gerontology over the last few decades and expands its thematic horizon by focusing on life-world orientation.
If you would like to delve deeper into the topic of "cultural gerontology", please refer to the book "Kulturgerontologie - Konstellationen, Relationen und Distiktionen", which will be published by Springer Verlag in 2021. Dr. Endter contributed the chapter "The co-constitution of age(ing) in the development of an intelligent memory portal for older users" to this book.
Social Gerontology welcomes its new students! We are delighted to welcome nine students to our university for the part-time Master's degree course in Social Gerontology in the summer semester of 2022. Our course has been offered since 2011 and has been growing in popularity ever since. In their first week of teaching, the new students were able to delve into many gerontological topics. These included images and stereotypes of ageing, gerontopsychological clinical pictures and treatment approaches, as well as studies and surveys on ageing and ethical issues in dealing with older people. In addition, the students were able to discover the campus with its canteen and library and the beautiful city of Görlitz. We wish them lots of fun and exciting courses for the next five semesters! If you would also like to study Social Gerontology, please contact us
Dr. Cordula Endter, deputy professor for Social Gerontology and course director
In the summer semester, the lecture series "Life at the border" takes place every 14 days on Thursdays from 19:00 to 20:30. Every second lecture is dedicated to an age-specific topic. Prof. Dr. Irene Götz, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, has been invited to speak. Prof. Götz will speak on May 05, 2022 on the topic of poverty in old age. On June 2, 2022, Prof. Dr. Alexandra Retkowski, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus, will speak about the potential of social services in the care of older people in Lusatia. The lecture will conclude on 30 June 2022 with Dr. Anna Richter, who will report on conflicts of recognition in the biographies of East German women.
The lecture series is open to the public. You are cordially invited! Further information can be found here.
Dear interested parties,
if you would like to follow our first lecture from the lecture series "Leben an der Grenze", you are cordially invited to do so via the link www.edudip.com/de/webinar-aufzeichnung/f8bc9303-e7b3-4e45-8791-28c3934d6811.
In this first event, Dr. Cordula Endter introduced the topic of borders in our lives and gave an overview of the upcoming lectures.
Prof. Dr. Andreas Hoff in an interview
"Prof. Dr. Andreas Hoff, Deputy Chairman of the Independent Advisory Board on the Compatibility of Care and Work, was confident that a wage replacement benefit similar to parental allowance for family carers could be implemented. But then came the coronavirus pandemic."
You can read the full interview with Britta Waldmann (Bibliomed Medizinische Verlagsgesellschaft mbH) here.
Watch the interview with Dr. Cordula Endter here.
Digitalization as an opportunity for older people in the corona pandemic? -Interview with Dr Cordula Endter
How has digitalization changed the lives of older people during the coronavirus pandemic? What does it take for digital technology to contribute to a good life in old age? And what role does technology development play here? Dr. Cordula Endter explores these questions in an interview with the German Association for Public and Private Welfare.
To the interview: www.deutscher-verein.de/de/presse-newsletter-artikel-newsletter-aktuelle-ausgabe-schwerpunktthema-2491.html
Dr. Cordula Endter awarded the Cäcilia Schwarz Prize for Innovation in German Elderly Care by the German Association for Public and Private Welfare
Dr. Cordula Endter, Deputy Professor of Social Gerontology, has been awarded the prestigious Cäcilia Schwarz Prize for Innovation in Elderly Care by the German Association. The award recognizes her dissertation "Assisted ageing. The development of digital technologies for and with older people", in which Dr Endter shows how digitalization can contribute to a good life in old age. According to Dr. Endter, it is essential that those responsible for development are made aware of the needs of older people and their living environment, as well as the participation of older people in the context of technology development. The degree program congratulates Dr. Cordula Endter on the award.
Book publication: "Assisted ageing. The development of digital technologies for and with older people"
The dissertation by Dr. Cordula Endter, deputy professor of social gerontology, has been published in the series Altern & Gesellschaft by Springer VS Verlag.
Digital assistance technologies are intended to help older people to live independently for as long as possible, even in the event of age-related limitations. But how are these technologies developed? What ideas of age(ing) play a role in this? How are older people involved in technology development? And what goals are policymakers, technology developers and society pursuing with the development of digital assistance technologies? Based on several years of field research, Dr. Endter shows how images of age and perceptions of age(ing) in funding policy, technology development and among older users themselves affect the development and use of digital technologies and what conditions must be created in research and development to ensure that digital technologies meet the needs of older people. Based on his own research experience, Dr. Endter also examines the role of ethnographic research in the areas of technology development and innovation and reflects on its integration into technology-oriented innovation contexts.
Further information can be found here: www.springer.com/de/book/9783658346553