Our topics
The work of AG GESUNDHEIT 65 PLUS concentrates on current social issues around ageing. Here you will find a selection of the focus areas we have worked on intensively in recent years. The linked documents are in German.
Supply of medicines and medication safety
Research project Black Box MedHome
Together with Brandenburg Medical School (MHB), the working group is studying how older people who take several medicines organise their medication at home. Little is known about this everyday routine; it is a “black box”.
The study asks which routines, difficulties and risks there are, which paper-based and digital aids patients and their relatives use, and what support they need. It combines interviews with patients and with professionals from general practice, pharmacy and nursing, a survey of around 250 patients in Brandenburg, and focus groups. The aim is practical recommendations. The project is planned to run for 24 months.
Working for safer drug therapy in old age
The working group drew up a catalogue of 10 demands on medication management for patients taking multiple medicines (polypharmacy) and handed it to the Federal Ministry of Health. The demands were presented at a press conference at the Federal Press Office on 3 May 2017.
The catalogue of demands “Strengthening patients’ interests in inpatient medical care” was published in the journal Monitor Versorgungsforschung (issue 05/17).
Residential, outpatient and home care
In 2017 the working group published a thesis paper on the requirements for medical care of people in need of long-term care. The author was Prof. Dr. Marion Schaefer.
The journal Monitor Versorgungsforschung reported on this position paper in its May 2017 issue.
Prevention
Prevention is an ongoing topic of the working group and was a focus of our meetings in 2023.
Climate and health in old age
Since 2024 we have been looking at the effects of heat waves on older people, heat protection in the public health service and medication safety in hot weather.