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Ways Out Of Social Isolation For Older People In The Context Of New Media

CONNECT-ED – A Project to Improve Social Participation

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Overview

  • A social science study

  • Perspectives for gender- and age-sensitive advanced training offers

  • Effectiveness of the innovative CONNECT-ED encounter concept in work with the elderly

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About this book

The book introduces the concept of encounter CONNECT-ED from the practice of working with the elderly to impart media skills and presents empirical data on the social participation and quality of life of the participants. The research results show the potential of the Internet for older people and open up perspectives for gender- and age-sensitive advanced training opportunities.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Interdisciplinary Gender Research and Diversity, Kiel University of Applied Sciences, Kiel, Germany

    Britta Thege, Juliane Köchling-Farahwaran

  • Department of Social Work and Health, Kiel University of Applied Sciences, Kiel, Germany

    Sonja Börm, Stephan Dettmers

About the authors

Dr. Britta Thege , sociologist and scientific director of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Gender Research and Diversity,

Dr. Juliane Köchling-Farahwaran , research assistant at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Gender Research and Diversity,

Sonja Börm,  teacher for special tasks in the social work and health department,

Dr. Stephan Dettmers , Professor at the Department of Social Work and Health with a focus on clinical social work, qualitative network analyzes and social diagnostics, Kiel University of Applied Sciences.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Ways Out Of Social Isolation For Older People In The Context Of New Media

  • Book Subtitle: CONNECT-ED – A Project to Improve Social Participation

  • Authors: Britta Thege, Juliane Köchling-Farahwaran, Sonja Börm, Stephan Dettmers

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-35581-4

  • Publisher: Springer Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-35580-7Published: 29 January 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-35581-4Published: 28 January 2022

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 127

  • Number of Illustrations: 35 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Social Sciences, general, Education, general, Demography

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