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LiW: Lebensqualität Älterer im Wohnquartier

Fast facts

Organizational unit
Applied Social Sciences
Topic
- Social responsibility
- Sustainability
Contact person
Prof. Dr. Harald Rüßler
Category
- Federal project
Duration
06/2010 – 12/2010

About the project

A three-year practical research project was launched in June 2010. Entitled "Self-determined ageing in the Ruhr region: Improving the quality of life in residential areas - enabling individual participation, strengthening the willingness to take responsibility, establishing a supportive infrastructure", the project aims to improve the quality of life of older people in a residential area typical of the Ruhr region (LiW: Lebensqualität im Wohnquartier). The LiW project is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research as part of research funding at universities of applied sciences in the funding line: "Social innovations for quality of life in old age (SILQUA-FH)".

Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Main topics

Further publications on the topic

31.07.2015	"Participation and Quality of Life in Ageing Urban Societies" at the 2nd World Congress on Healthy Ageing "Bridging the Ageing Divide"	Johannesburg (South Africa)
24.04.2015	"Age-friendly Communities - For Whom Exactly? Quality of Life Analysis of Vulnerable Sub-groups of Elderly People in a Disadvantaged Area" Poster presentation at the 8th IAGG-ER Congress 2015 "Unlocking the Demographic Dividend"	Dublin (Ireland)
24.06.2014	"Participation and Social Inequality" at the symposium "Care Deficits in Work with the Elderly and Disabled" of the City of Frankfurt am Main	Frankfurt on the Main
20.05.2014	"Neighborhood development through participation in old age" at the closing event of the research project "Social resources for age-appropriate neighborhoods" (SORAQ) at Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences	Düsseldorf
20.09.2013	"Participatory evaluation research and social sustainability" as part of the symposium of the Critical Gerontology Working Group at the joint annual conference of Sections III and IV of the German Society for Gerontology and Geriatrics (DGGG)	Ulm
24.06.2013	Interview round with Svenja Schulze (Minister MiWF NRW) and Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Goetzke (Board of Directors Health Region CologneBonn) at the Forum of Progress "Mitten im Leben - Lebensqualität im Alter" of the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Research of the State of NRW	Cologne
03.06.2013	"Self-determined ageing in the Ruhr region" at the transfer conference "Social innovations for quality of life in old age" of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)	Berlin
10.12.2012	"Education in old age - a prerequisite for a successful life in old age" at the event "Age, culture and education" organized by the German Association for Public and Private Welfare (Deutscher Verein für öffentliche und private Fürsorge e.V.)	Hanover
05.12.2012	"Quality of life of older people in residential areas - older people as co-producers of neighborhood design" at the research colloquium of the Fachhochschule Dortmund	Dortmund
14.11.2012	"Quality of life of older people in residential areas" at the 11th Dortmund Science Day "Science live", Tour 2: Ageing in the city	Dortmund
13.11.2012	"The future of age(ing) - municipal senior citizens' policy" at the Federal Conference on Senior Citizens' Work at the CJD	Bonn
08.11.2012	"Ageing in the city - shaping demographic change as a municipal task" at ConSozial, trade fair and congress of the social market organized by the Bavarian Ministry of Social Affairs	Nuremberg
29.10.2012	Head of workshop "Participation and quality of life" at the 1st Autumn Academy of the Forum for Senior Citizens' Work NRW, Kuratorium Deutsche Altershilfe	Cologne
14.09.2012	"Quality of life of older people in residential areas" Poster presentation at the Joint Gerontology and Geriatrics Congress 2012 "Ageing research: Transnational and translational"	Bonn
19.06.2012	Working Group Seniors of the DGB NRW: "Quality of life of older people in residential areas: A task for the trade unions?"	Gelsenkirchen
30.05.2012	"Quality of life of older people in the neighborhood" at an event of the SPD Haltern am See	Haltern by the lake
20.03.2012	"Quality of life for older people in the district" at the Dorsten Seniors' Representative Council	Dorsten
12.03.2012	"Shaping demographic change through a future-oriented municipal senior citizens' policy" at the cooperation event "Requirements for the future elderly care structure in the city of Leipzig" organized by the Volkssolidarität Stadtverband Leipzig e. V., the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and the City of Leipzig's senior citizens' representatives	Leipzig
27.01.2012	"Health-promoting effect of civic engagement? Case study of senior citizens' representatives/neighbourhood donors in Gelsenkirchen" at the Geragogics working group, working group of Section IV of the DGGG	Witten
13.10.2011	"Quality of life for older people in residential areas" at the North Rhine-Westphalia Senior Citizens' Association	Münster
23.09.2011	"Quality of life of older people in residential areas" at the joint annual conference of Sections III and IV of the German Society for Gerontology and Geriatrics (DGGG) "Value(s) of old age"	Frankfurt
14.09.2011	"Quality of life in the neighborhood" at the regional seminar of the regional senior citizens' association, Münster district	Lüdinghausen
14.09.2011	"Quality of life in the neighborhood" at the regional seminar of the regional senior citizens' association, Arnsberg administrative district	Hemer
07.09.2011	"Quality of life in the neighborhood" at the regional seminar of the regional senior citizens' representation, administrative district of Detmold	Detmold
31.08.2011	"Quality of life and participation" at the 14th Summer Academy on Gerontology at the Bern University of Applied Sciences	Berne
30.08.2011	"Quality of life in the neighborhood" at the regional seminar of the regional senior citizens' association, Düsseldorf district	Remscheid
22.08.2011	"Quality of life in the neighborhood" at the regional seminar of the regional senior citizens' association, Cologne administrative district	Hürth
20.06.2011	"Good living spaces for ageing: What characterizes them?" at the Podium Altenhilfe, German Association	Hanover
09.03.2011	"Quality of life for older people in residential areas" at the Landesarbeitsgemeinschaft politischer Seniorenorganisationen (LASGO)	Dortmund

Resources

Book contributions

Rüßler, Harald/Köster, Dietmar/Stiel, Janina/Heite, Elisabeth (2015): Quality of life in residential neighborhoods. A contribution to the design of ageing urban societies. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer.
Rüßler, Harald/Stiel, Janina (2015): Participation as older people see it - participation in the neighborhood from the perspective of older citizens. In: Anne van Rießen, Christian Bleck & Reinhold Knopp (eds.): Social space and age(ing). Approaches, processes and transitions in socio-spatial action research (pp. 157-183). Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
Stiel Janina/Rüßler, Harald/Köster, Dietmar/ Heite, Elisabeth (eds.) (2013): Quality of life for older people in residential areas. Documentation of the symposium on June 27, 2013, Dortmund.
Heite, Elisabeth (2012): Civic engagement of older people in the neighborhood. Equal opportunities for participation and co-design for all? Freiburg.

Journals/articles

Heite, Elisabeth/Rüßler, Harald/Stiel, Janina (2015): Age(ing) and participatory neighborhood development. Stumbling blocks and prospects for social sustainability. In: Journal of Gerontology and Geriatrics (ZGG), 5/2015. p. 415-425.
Rüßler, Harald/Stiel, Janina (2013): Urban demographic policy - neighborhood development through participation in old age. In: Information Service on Ageing 40, Issue 3. p. 11-17.
Rüßler, Harald/Stiel, Janina (2013): "You can now say what you want." Participatory neighborhood development in aging urban societies. In: Sozialmagazin, issue 5/6 2013. p. 26-36.
Rüßler, Harald/Stiel, Janina (2013): Growing older self-determined in the neighborhood: Participation, quality of life and social space reference. In: Sozialraum.de, No. 1/2013.
Rüßler, Harald (2013): Shaping ageing urban societies - improving quality of life in residential neighborhoods, strengthening local democracy. In: Theory and Practice of Social Work (TUP), 64th Vol., H.2. p.97-107.
Rüßler, Harald/ Köster, Dietmar/ Heite, Elisabeth/ Stiel, Janina (2013): Social inequality and participation in ageing urban societies. In: Journal of Gerontology and Geriatrics (ZGG), 4/2013. p. 306-311.
Köster, Dietmar/Rüßler, Harald/Stiel, Janina (2012): Quality of life and participation in residential neighborhoods. In: neue praxis. Issue 4/2012: p. 407 -42.

Trade press

Orange - Research magazine of Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts 2012 "Ü60 shapes the future - for a good life in Schalke"
fh 20 - Aktuelle Nachrichten aus der Fachhochschulforschung 01/2012 "Growing older in a self-determined way - improving the quality of life of older people in the Ruhr region"
"Smart Cities" catalog of the InnovationsAllianz der NRW Hochschulen e.V. from 2012 "Improving Quality of Life for Older People in Social Spaces"
fh-presse, newspaper of Fachhochschule Dortmund 03/2012 "The voices of senior citizens - a valuable asset - In Gelsenkirchen Schalke, senior citizens are committed to improving the quality of life in the district"

Daily press

2010	Sep/2010, fh presse: "Self-determined life in old age - research and development project examines quality of life in residential areas" 15.11.2011, WAZ: "Senior citizens get model character" 15.11.2010, Gelsennet: "Schalke research project aims to improve the quality of life of older people in their residential area" 15.11.2013, buerpott: "Old people want a say - research at Schalke" 12/2010, Senioren Aktuell: "Researchers in Schalke - Three-year study in the district aims to improve the quality of life of older people"
2011	02/2011, WAZ: "How we live in old age" 4/2011, GEnior: "Self-determined ageing in the Ruhr region" 7/2011, GEnior: "Self-determined ageing in the Ruhr region - project status information" 19.07.2011, WAZ: "Living well in Schalke?" 23.08.2011, Kölnische Rundschau: "'Little things' increase quality of life"
2012	19.01.2012, WAZ: on the announcement of the 4th senior citizens' conference 21.01.2012, WAZ: "Better living in Schalke - 4th senior citizens' conference highlights new criticism, proposed solutions and perspectives" 25.01.2012, Stadtspiegel Gelsenkirchen: "Active participation project aims to improve the quality of life in Schalke" May/ 2012, fh presse: "The voice of senior citizens - a valuable asset" 01.06.2012, Halterner Zeitung: "Everyone benefits from the dialog between the generations" 01/06/2012, WAZ: "Schalke should be safe and clean" Oct/ 2012, AWO Profil, Workers' Welfare Association in Dortmund: "The new old people - have a say and join in"
2013	WAZ 23.02.2013 "For a Schalke worth living in" fh presse May 2013 "More quality of life for older people in their living environment" WAZ 11.06.13 "Pool of ideas and information exchange for the conference "Living well in Schalke"