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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
2012 // conference-paper

Outpatient rather than inpatient: results of a new housing project for people with severe neurological disabilities in Germany

JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY

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2012 // book

Invisible and unseen - homeless women with underage children in Berlin

Schibri, Berlin

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2012 // book

Outpatient assisted living communities for people with dementia: development, structure and care outcomes

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2011 // conference-paper

Older Adults with Dementia Living in Shared-Housing Arrangements (SHA): Health Outcomes and Effects of Informal Caregiving

GERONTOLOGIST

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2011 // journal-article

Care structures for older people in need of care with and without dementia in comparison between outpatient assisted living communities and special residential areas of fully inpatient facilities

Clinical Behavioral Medicine and Rehabilitation Practice

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2011 // journal-article

Nutritional situation and daily living skills in people with and without dementia in comparison between outpatient assisted living communities and special living areas for people with dementia

Practice Clin Behavioral Medicine Rehabil

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2011 // journal-article

Supported living accommodations for people in need of intensive assistance: first results of a new housing project in Germany

Journal of Neurology

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2011 // journal-article

Mental disorders and behavioral abnormalities in residents of dementia residential communities

Clinical Behavioral Medicine and Rehabilitation Practice

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2011 // journal-article

Quality of life, need-driven behavior and service structures of persons with dementia living in shared-housing arrangements in Berlin

Journal of Neurology

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2011 // journal-article

DeWeGE--Berlin study on the outcome-related evaluation of health care for people with dementia in outpatient assisted living communities

Final report, Berlin

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2011 // journal-article

Outpatient assisted living communities for the elderly, dependent people-characteristics, development and influencing factors | Outpatient assisted living communities for the elderly, dependent people-characteristics, development and influencing factors

Care

Fischer, T.; Worch, A.; Nordheim, J.; Wulff, I.; Gräske, J.; Meye, S.; Wolf-Ostermann, K.
DOI: 10.1024/1012-5302/a000105
2011 // journal-article

[Shared-housing arrangements for care dependent older persons. Support from family members and volunteers]. | Shared-housing arrangements for care dependent older persons. Support from family members and volunteers.

Care magazine

Gräske, J.; Wulff, I.; Fischer, T.; Meye, S.; Worch, A.; Wolf-Ostermann, K.
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2011 // journal-article

Outpatient instead of inpatient - living with intensive care (WmI) for people with severe brain damage and (multiple) disabilities: Evaluation of a model project of the Fürst Donnersmarck Foundation

Alice

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2011 // journal-article

Effects of (Mal-)Nutrition on Health and Well-Being of People with Dementia - A Comparison of Different European Settings

The Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging

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2011 // conference-paper

FAMILY INVOLVEMENT IN GERMAN SHARED-HOUSING ARRANGEMENTS-A LONGITUDINAL STUDY

GERONTOLOGIST

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2011 // journal-article

STUDY TO IDENTIFY A SUITABLE INSTRUMENT FOR MEASURING DEMENTIA-SPECIFIC QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE SETTING OF OUTPATIENT ASSISTED LIVING COMMUNITIES IN BERLIN.

German Journal for Young Researchers/Journal for Young Researchers

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2011 // journal-article

Editorial--Thematic focus on outpatient assisted living communities

Practice Clin Behavioral Medicine Rehabil

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2011 // journal-article

Quality of life of people with dementia in outpatient assisted living communities - initial results of the WGQual study

Clinical Behavioral Medicine and Rehabilitation Practice

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2011 // journal-article

Targeted measurement of quality of life in shared flats

CAREkonkret

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2011 // journal-article

Outpatient assisted living communities for elderly people in need of care - supply and user structures

Clinical Behavioral Medicine and Rehabilitation Practice

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2011 // journal-article

Quality of Life in Dementia Care - Two Perspectives and their Influencing Factors

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

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2011 // journal-article

Outpatient assisted living communities for people with care needs: The Berlin study on the outcome-related evaluation of health care for people with dementia (DeWeGE)

Information service on ageing

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2011 // journal-article

An International Perspective of Health Care Needs, Informal Caregiving and Health Outcomes in Older Care-Dependent Adults

The Gerontologist

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2011 // journal-article

Knowledge-based quality indicators to improve health-related outcomes for people with dementia in assisted living communities

Clinical Behavioral Medicine and Rehabilitation Practice

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// working-paper

Effective for Whom? A Review of Psychological and Social Intervention Recommendations in European Dementia Care Guidelines, Through the Lenses of Social Health and Intersectionality

https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202502.2323.v1

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