Rhea Braunwalder

IAF Institut für AltersforschungWissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin

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

Academic Degrees

  • M.A. Ethnologie, Georg August Universität Göttingen

Tenna Hospice - Accompaniment and Documentation

Research project

"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

Research 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.

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

Research project

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

Research 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+.

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

Research 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.