Dr. Susanne Kümpers
Research fields
CV
2005 - 2012 Research fellow, co-ordination of the research field "Old Age, Inequality and Health", Research Group Public Health
2005 Doctoral Degree of Maastricht University, Department of Health Organisation, Policy and Economics at the Faculty of Health Sciences Dissertation "Steering integrated Care in England and The Netherlands: The Case of Dementia Care"1999 - 2004 Researcher, doctoral candidate, and lecturer at Maastricht University, Department of Health Organisation, Policy and Economics at the Faculty of Health Sciences teaching activities focusing on Public Health management, organisation, and policy in national and international courses 1998 - 1999 Consultant, EU-Project "Organisational consulting and continuing education for small and medium enterprises", Gesellschaft für Arbeit und Weiterbildung AG, Aachen 1995 - 1996 Study of Public Health (Master of Public Health) at the University of Maastricht, Netherlands 1991 - 1993 Lecturer in social work, social therapy, care for the aged, special education (Heilerziehung), Bildungswerk für das Sozial- und Gesundheitswesen N.A.L. GmbH, Leipzig 1983 - 1999 Therapist, trainer, counsellor, lecturer, and supervisor, freelance and employed in health and social service agencies 1977 - 1982 Study of educational sciences (M.A.) minoring in sociology and psychology at the RWTH Aachen University (Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen)
Selected Publications
NEIGHBOURHOOD – Maintaining Autonomy after a Fall in Socially Disadvantaged Quarters and Neighbourhoods.
INTERLINKS - Health systems and long-term care for older people in Europe - modelling the INTERfaces and LINKS between prevention, rehabilitation, quality of services and informal care.
Learning and innovation in local home care regimes for the aged: Switzerland, Germany, and Scotland.