Ways Out Of Social Isolation For Older People In The Context Of New Media - CONNECT-ED - A Project to Improve Social Participation

The book introduces the concept of encounter CONNECT-ED from the practice of working with the elderly to impart media skills and presents empirical data on the social participation and quality of life of the participants. The research results show the potential of the Internet for older people and open up perspectives for gender- and age-sensitive advanced training opportunities.

List of contents

Social isolation and digital exclusion in old age.- Increased social participation through media skills.- Effectiveness of the innovative CONNECT-ED encounter concept in work with the elderly.- Types of learning in the geragogical setting.- Significance of difference categories for educational offers in work with the elderly.- Geragogical perspectives.

About the author

Dr. Britta Thege , sociologist and scientific director of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Gender Research and Diversity,




Dr. Juliane Köchling-Farahwaran , research assistant at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Gender Research and Diversity,



Sonja Börm,  teacher for special tasks in the social work and health department,

Dr. Stephan Dettmers , Professor at the Department of Social Work and Health with a focus on clinical social work, qualitative network analyzes and social diagnostics, Kiel University of Applied Sciences.

Product details

• Authors: S Börm, Sonja Börm, Stephan Dettmers, Julian Köchling-Farahwaran, Juliane Köchling-Farahwaran, Britt Thege, Britta Thege
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Original title: Wege aus sozialer Isolation für ältere Menschen im Kontext Neuer Medien
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.01.2022
• EAN: 9783658355807
• ISBN: 978-3-658-35580-7
• No. of pages: 127
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 8 mm x 210 mm
• Illustrations: XIV, 127 p. 35 illus.
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories