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Karin-Wolf-Ostermann
Prof. Karin Wolf-Ostermann
  • Department: Faculty 11 - Human and Health Sciences
  • Subject area: Nursing Science Research
  • Office: Grazer Straße 4 (Room 2040)

Further information:

Institute for Public Health and Nursing Research(IPP) , Health Sciences Bremen

Memberships:

  • German Society for Gerontology and Geriatrics e.V.
  • German Society for Nursing Science e.V. (Board of Directors until 2018)
  • Deputy Chairwoman of the Ethics Commission of the German Society for Nursing Science e.V.
  • German Network for Health Services Research
  • Gerontological Society of America
  • Interdem (pan-European network of researchers collaborating in research on and dissemination of early, timely and quality psychosocial interventions in dementia)
  • International Biometric Society - German Region
  • Leibniz Science Campus “Digital Public Health”
  • Scientific focus on health sciences - Spokesperson

Awards:

  • Appointed Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America (2016)

Roles:

  • Deputy Chairwoman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Center for Quality in Nursing (ZQP) e.V.
  • Jury member of the "Wilfried Lorenz Care Research Prize"
  • Scientific advisory board for the model program for the further development of long-term care insurance in accordance with § 8 (3) SGB XI
  • Journal for Evidence, Training and Quality in Healthcare (Editorial Team & Section Editor)
  • Journal Frontiers in Psychiatry (Editorial Team & Review Editor)

Ecosystem

Member of the research focus "Minds, Media, Machines"
Co-speaker of the scientific focus area "Health Sciences"
Co-speaker of the research cluster "Evaluation" of the Leibniz Science Campus "Digital Public Health"
Head of the "Health Care Research" department at the Institute for Public Health and Nursing Research (IPP)
Member of the Hearable Centered Assistance Research Training Group (HEARAZ)
Deputy Chairwoman of the Ethics Committee of the German Society for Nursing Science
Publications
2015 // Journal article

Family visits in shared-housing arrangements for residents with dementia - A cross-sectional study on the impact on residents' quality of life

BMC Geriatrics

Gräske, J.; Meyer, S.; Worch, A.; Wolf-Ostermann, K.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-015-0012-5
2015 // Journal article

Nonpharmacological therapies and provision of aids in outpatient dementia networks in Germany: Utilization rates and associated factors

Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare

Wübbeler, M.; Thyrian, J.R.; Michalowsky, B.; Hertel, J.; Uribe, F.L.; Wolf-Ostermann, K.; Schäfer-Walkmann, S.; Hoffmann, W.
https://doi.org/10.2147/JMDH.S80560
2015 // Journal article

Nutritional status of care-dependent people with dementia in shared-housing arrangements - a one-year follow-up

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Meyer, S.; Gräske, J.; Worch, A.; Wolf-Ostermann, K.
https://doi.org/10.1111/scs.12210
2015 // Journal article

Physical and Psychosocial Outcomes of People with Dementia in Shared Housing Arrangements - A Cluster-Randomized Study on Long-Term Progression

J J Geronto

2015 // Journal article

Networked care for people with dementia - the DemNet-D study

Health Berlin-Brandenburg

2015 // Journal article

Healthcare research: shedding light on the darkness - but not just with individual lighthouses

Journal for Evidence, Training and Quality in Healthcare

Hoffmann, F.; Wolf-Ostermann, K.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zefq.2015.10.005
2014 // Journal article

[Comparison of the nutritional status of residents in shared-housing arrangements and nursing homes: a secondary data analysis]. | Comparison of the nutritional status of residents in shared-housing arrangements and nursing homes: a secondary data analysis].

Care magazine

Meyer, S.; Fleischer-Schlechtiger, N.; Gräske, J.; Worch, A.; Wolf-Ostermann, K.
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84902194704&partnerID=MN8TOARS
2014 // Journal article

[Nursing science and nursing research in Germany profit from international contacts. Looking at the big picture]. | Nursing science and nursing research in Germany profit from international contacts. Thinking outside the box.

Care magazine

Wolf-Ostermann, K.; Meyer, S.; Gräske, J.
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84903315973&partnerID=MN8TOARS
2014 // Journal article

Housing project 'living independently with intensive support (WmI)': The scientific evaluation | Housing project 'living independently with intensive support (WmI): The scientific evaluation

Rehabilitation (Germany)

Wolf-Ostermann, K.; Naber, S.; Gräske, J.
https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0033-1363203
2014 // Journal article

How to measure quality of life in shared-housing arrangements? A comparison of dementia-specific instruments

Quality of Life Research

Gräske, J.; Verbeek, H.; Gellert, P.; Fischer, T.; Kuhlmey, A.; Wolf-Ostermann, K.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-013-0504-8
2014 // Journal article

INDIKAtion-specific, regionally coordinated post-inpatient long-term care for people with stroke and people with dementia after stroke in Berlin Pankow - this is what the acronym INDIKA stands for

Alice

2014 // Journal article

Influence of living situation on vulnerable elderly: Focus on nutritional status

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Strupeit, S.; Meyer, S.; Buss, A.; Gräske, J.; Worch, A.; Wolf-Ostermann, K.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12603-014-0550-0
2014 // Journal article

Living independently with intensive support (wmi): long-term results of a new housing project for people with severe disabilities in Germany

European Journal of Neurology

2014 // Journal article

Mobility and quality of life after discharge from a clinical geriatric setting focused on gender and age

Rehabilitation Nursing

Strupeit, S.; Wolf-Ostermann, K.; Buss, A.; Dassen, T.
https://doi.org/10.1002/rnj.117
2014 // Journal article

Quality assurance in alternative living arrangements | Quality assurance in alternative living arrangements

Public Health Forum

Wolf-Ostermann, K.; Meyer, S.; Worch, A.; Gräske, J.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phf.2014.03.012
2014 // Journal article

Quality of Care and Its Impact on Quality of Life for Care-Dependent Persons With Dementia in Shared-Housing Arrangements: Results of the Berlin WGQual-Study

Applied Nursing Research

Wolf-Ostermann, K.; Worch, A.; Meyer, S.; Gräske, J.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apnr.2013.11.002
2014 // Journal article

Quality of life ratings in dementia care - a cross-sectional study to identify factors associated with proxy-ratings

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Gräske, J.; Meyer, S.; Wolf-Ostermann, K.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-014-0177-1
2014 // Journal article

Health services research--a topic for nursing care?!

Care

2013 // Book

Outpatient assisted living communities - practical guide to quality development

Kohlhammer, Stuttgart

2013 // Journal article

Effectiveness of a nursing consultation intervention for older people with functional mobility impairments: A prospective, longitudinal study

Journal of Nursing Research

Strupeit, S.; Wolf-Ostermann, K.; Buß, A.; Dassen, T.
https://doi.org/10.1097/jnr.0000000000000001
2013 // Book chapter

Recommendations

Outpatient assisted living communities - practical guide to quality development

2013 // Book chapter

Development and evaluation of quality indicators

Outpatient assisted living communities - practical guide to quality development

2013 // Book chapter

Conclusion

Outpatient assisted living communities - practical guide to quality development

2013 // Book chapter

Background

Outpatient assisted living communities - practical guide to quality development

2013 // Conference paper

LOCAL DEMENTIA CARE NETWORKS IN GERMANY-TYPES AND GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES

GERONTOLOGIST