German senior league
German Senior League eV (DSL eV) |
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purpose | Nonprofit organization |
Chair: | Chairman: Gerhard Fieberg , Managing Director: Erhard Hackler |
Establishment date: | 1993 |
Seat : | Bonn |
Website: | German Senior League eV |
The German Seniorenliga eV (DSL) has existed since 1993 as a registered, non-profit association. It represents the interests and pursues the goals of the fastest growing population group in Germany, the older generations and their families. The German Seniors League does not use any public funds to finance its ongoing business operations. It finances its work through donations and membership fees from 1,800 natural persons.
The German Senior League is a member of the NGO Committee on Aging.
Goals and Activities
Currently, almost 29 million people over 50 live in Germany. In 2050 they will make up more than half of the population of the Federal Republic of Germany. Against this background, the German Seniors League advocates partnership between the generations and opposes any form of age discrimination. In Germany and at the European level, the association is committed to the opportunities and conditions to grow old healthy and at the same time fights for the rights of those who are dependent on help and care. The German Senior League works centrally in Bonn. It supports established contacts such as senior citizens' offices, doctors, pharmacists and members of the nursing professions as well as representatives from the health and nursing care insurance sector. The association regularly carries out studies and surveys on relevant topics in an aging society. The implementation of these goals takes place through
- Individual help and objective information
- Extensive information material on senior-specific topics
- Representation of interests in many senior policy, health policy and medical areas at federal and state level
- Current information on the latest scientific and research findings
- Funding of research projects in the medical, social science and political fields
- Personal advice and help for self-help in questions relevant to seniors from the member support department
- Regular and detailed information from the magazine "aktiv"
- the direct distribution of information media to pharmacists and doctors for distribution to patients and display in the waiting room
- Publication of information through press and public relations work
- Internet presence
The German Senior League is active nationwide u. a. on the following topics
- Avoid age blindness
- Medication in old age
- Traffic advice for seniors
- Dizziness in old age
- Use of the rollator ( German Rollator Day )
- Family care time
- Bladder weakness
- Consumer protection
- Civic engagement
- Innovations from experience, co-creation with and for older consumers
In 2018, the German Seniors League, together with the SIGNAL-IDUNA GROUP, initiated the first Demography Founder Award, the SENovation Award.
Publications
aktiv is the magazine for members, friends and sponsors of the German Senior League. It appears quarterly and provides detailed information on current senior-specific topics.
The German Seniors League publishes information brochures on senior-specific topics from the fields of medicine, health and society.
Scientific Board of Trustees
The scientific board of trustees of the German Senior League ensures the quality of the association's work. The members of the board of trustees provide advice and support to the board. The experts from various disciplines give suggestions and recommendations on initiatives and projects that the German Senior Citizens' League carries out in the interests of older people in Germany.
- Ingo Füsgen, chairman of the scientific board of trustees. Head of the medical-geriatric focus at Marienhospital Bottrop, geriatrics at the University of Witten / Herdecke
- Siegfried Brockman , Head of Accident Research at Insurers (UDV), Vice President of the German Traffic Guard (DVW), Member of the Board of the German Road Safety Council (DVR)
- Dirk Dressler, specialist in neurology and psychiatry, Clinic for Neurology at the Hannover Medical School
- Arneborg Ernst, specialist in ear, nose and throat medicine, director of the ENT clinic at the Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin
- Markus Gaubitz, specialist in internal medicine, rheumatologist, geriatrician, gastroenterologist, established in an interdisciplinary group practice
- Frank G. Holz, Medical Director of the University Eye Clinic Bonn
- Uwe Kleinemas, graduate psychologist, managing director of the Center for Aging Cultures (ZAK) at the University of Bonn
- Andreas Kurth, specialist in orthopedics and trauma surgery, medical director of Ratingen specialist hospital, center for orthopedics and rheumatology
- Torsten Lewalter, Chief Physician for Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Peter Osypka Heart Center, Internistisches Klinikum München Süd
- Ursula Müller-Werdan, specialist in internal medicine, cardiology, intensive care and geriatrics, director of the clinic for geriatrics and geriatric medicine at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, medical director of the Evangelical Geriatric Center Berlin
- Michael Noack , dentist, university professor at the Center for Dentistry, Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine and Director of the Polyclinic for Dental Preservation and Periodontology at the University Hospital of Cologne University.
- Frank Piller , economist, professor of business administration, focus on technology and innovation management at RWTH Aachen University
- Heinrich Ico Prinz Reuss, attorney specializing in inheritance and foundation law, managing director of the Deutsche Verwaltungstreuhand für Stiftungen GmbH (DVS)
- Wolfgang Schobersberger, Director of the Institute for Sports, Alpine Medicine and Health Tourism at the Private University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology Tyrol and TILAK Innsbruck
- Matthias Schuler, specialist in internal medicine, geriatrics, special pain therapy, physical therapy, palliative medicine, head physician at the clinic for acute geriatrics and early rehabilitation at the Diakoniekrankenhaus Mannheim
- Werner Siepe, Dipl. Hdl., Financial mathematician, pension advisor, author
Cooperations
AARP (American Association of Retired Persons). Since 2007 there has been a regular exchange of experiences with the US non-profit and independent member organization AARP, the largest senior citizens' association in the world with 37 million individual members. The AARP supports people from the age of 50 in their independence as well as in their freedom of choice and decision-making.
OpenISA In cooperation with the OpenISA project, the German Seniors League has so far implemented a total of four ideas competitions. OpenISA is an open innovation platform for health-related services (DL) in old age. It forms the space for the creation of new, high-quality DL and accompanying services for products with the participation of senior citizens as the primary customer group. The wealth of experience and expertise of this population group expand the space of need and solution for the needs-based and successful provision of services.
Web links
- German Senior League eV
- Senior citizens' representatives - regional search
- Wikimedia: In cooperation with the German Seniors League, Wikimedia Germany wants to win new authors for Wikipedia. , accessed July 14, 2014
- SENovation-Award founder price
Individual evidence
- ^ Bonn Local Court Register of Associations No. 6394
- ↑ The New York NGO Committee on Aging ( Memento of the original dated June 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ vde.com
- ^ T-online: cataracts, glaucoma and macular degeneration. Retrieved July 14, 2014 .
- ↑ German JOINT Welfare Association National Association Berlin e. V.
- ^ WAZ: First traffic advice for senior citizens: "A matter of attitude" . Retrieved July 14, 2014 .
- ↑ Ludwigsburger Kreiszeitung: Especially older people are affected . Archived from the original on March 5, 2016 ; Retrieved July 14, 2014 .
- ↑ Self-Help Association Incontinence eV
- ↑ Baden-Württemberg consumer portal
- ↑ PDMA co-creation award 2012 ( Memento of the original dated February 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ [1] SENovation Award
- ↑ Richard Nelson Bolles, John E. Nelson, Madeleine Leitner (Eds.): The Prime Years: Now Plan How You Will Live After Your Job. Campus Verlag 2008, ISBN 3-593-38667-4 , p. 318.
- ↑ excellence.nrw.de ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.