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Rhea Braunwalder, M.A.

IAF Institut für AltersforschungWissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin

+41 58 257 18 97rhea.braunwalder@ost.ch

Academic Degrees

  • M.A. Ethnologie, Georg August Universität Göttingen

CommunityBot – Creating real-world moments through digital bridges.CommunityBot – Creating real-world moments through digital

Project

This pilot study is developing an AI-powered chatbot that initiates and supports community-building, connecting older adults both online and offline. Its goal is to reduce loneliness and promote social participation.
This pilot study is developing an AI-powered chatbot that initiates and supports community-building, connecting older adults both online and offline. Its goal is to reduce loneliness and promote social participation.

Creating Age-friendly Communities for Older People: A Case and Implementation Study on IbashoCreating Age-friendly Communities for Older People: A Case

Project

In the framework of the Japanese concept and project Ibasho (founder: Dr. Emi Kiyota), integrative, local caring communities are developed, launched, and maintained together with and by older adults.
In the framework of the Japanese concept and project Ibasho (founder: Dr. Emi Kiyota), integrative, local caring communities are developed, launched, and maintained together with and by older adults.

Tenna Hospice - Accompaniment and Documentation

Project

"Alte Sennerei" Tenna is an innovative, civic and social housing project in the Safiental (GR).
"Alte Sennerei" Tenna is an innovative, civic and social housing project in the Safiental (GR).

Covid-19 Ageism: Age Discrimination in Times of the Covid-19 Pandemic.On the subjective experiences of people aged 65 and over in German-speaking SwitzerlandCovid-19 Ageism: Age Discrimination in Times of the Covid-19

Project

Against the background of the classification of persons aged 65 and over as a risk group in the course of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Institute for Research on Ageing investigated how persons in this age group experienced the initial months of the pandemic and what their subjective experiences of ageism were during this period. ...
Against the background of the classification of persons aged 65 and over as a risk group in the course of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Institute for Research on Ageing investigated how persons in this age group experienced the initial months of the pandemic and what their subjective experiences of ageism were during this period. ...

Robot "NAO" in action: promoting movement for older people

Project

Robots are increasingly being used to assist older people.
Robots are increasingly being used to assist older people.

Instant messaging and social relationships: Effects of WhatsApp use on the subjectively experienced quality and shaping of social relationships of persons 65+Instant messaging and social relationships: Effects of

Project

Against the background of a significant increase in internet use by older people (65+), also on mobile devices, the project addresses the question of what effects the use of WhatsApp has on the subjectively experienced quality and the shaping of social relationships of users aged 65+.
Against the background of a significant increase in internet use by older people (65+), also on mobile devices, the project addresses the question of what effects the use of WhatsApp has on the subjectively experienced quality and the shaping of social relationships of users aged 65+. ...

Needs assessment in the communities of Speicher and Trogen for community residents 65+Needs assessment in the communities of Speicher and Trogen

Project

A needs assessment is to be carried out to find out how community residents aged 65+ would like to live and reside and what needs arise in this context.
A needs assessment is to be carried out to find out how community residents aged 65+ would like to live and reside and what needs arise in this context.