Prof. Dr. Adelheid Kuhlmey

Director of the Institute

Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Charitéplatz 1
10117 Berlin

Expertise

Demographic change and consequences for the development of the healthcare system
Health and nursing care of the elderly/ healthcare research
Gender comparison of aging and health
Health promotion in the elderly
Familial support in old age/ care-providing relatives
Professionalization, academization, and professional opportunities in healthcare professions and nursing
Quality of life in shared-housing arrangements
Tablet-Supported Activation of Dementia Patients in Nursing Homes

Selected Publications

Gellert, Paul; Detel, Sibylle; Ernsting, Clemens; Steko, Monika; Kuhlmey, Adelheid (2016): Development and psychometric properties of a health knowledge test on six chronic conditions. Patient Education and Counseling. 99(12), pp. 2034-2042
Gellert, Paul; Ernsting, Clemens; Salm, Florian; Oedekoven, Monika; Kanzler, Melanie; Kuhlmey, Adelheid (2017). Disease-specific knowledge in individuals with and without chronic conditions. Journal of Public Health. pp. 1-6
Andreas H. Guse, A.H.; Kuhlmey A.: Modellstudiengänge in der Medizin - Lehrinnovationen am Beispiel der Studiengänge in Hamburg und Berlin, Bundesgesundheitsblatt, February 2018, Volume 61, Issue 2, pp. 132–140

Since 2014
Vice Dean of Studies
Since 2010
Scientific Director of the CharitéCenter for Human and Health Sciences of the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Since 2002
Director of the Institute for Medical Sociology at the Center for Human and Health Sciences of the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Since 1999
Member of the Expert Commission for Evaluating Healthcare Development
Since 1997
Member of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Federal Reporting Commission on Aging
1998-2002
Professor of Gerontology and Medical Sociology in the Department of Healthcare at the Braunschweig/Wolfenbüttel University of Applied Sciences
1996-1998
Professor for Gerontology and Medical Sociology at the Neubrandenburg University of Applied Sciences
1993-1996
Executive Director of the Institute for Medical Sociology at Charité
1980-1992
Research associate in the Department of Gerontology and Medical Sociology, Charité Medical School, Humboldt-University of Berlin)
1990
University teaching position and Facultas docendi for Gerontology/ Medical Sociology
1984
Dissertation on a topic in social gerontology
1975-1980
Course of studies at the Humboldt-University of Berlin

Member of the German Ethics Council
Member of the 3^rd, 4^th, and 5^th Federal Reporting Commission on Aging
Member of the Expert Commission for Evaluating Healthcare Development
Member of the Scientific Council of the Journal of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
Member of the German Society of medical Sociology (DGMS)
Member of the German Society for Medical Psychology (DGMP)
Member of the German Society for Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
Member of the Berlin School of Public Health
Member of the Berlin Center for Gender Research in Medicine (GiM)