Claudia Dinand, M. Sc. N.

Previous research specialisations include interventions in the care of people with (frontotemporal) dementia, family care and decision-making in the context of artificial nutrition in old age, using qualitative methods.
 

Collaboration in research projects
 

UW/H

• HeiCO (2020-2022) - Study to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on care in residential care facilities for the elderly
• MINDED.RUHR (collaboration in 2021) - My INdividual Digital EDucation.RUHR - Establishment and networking of a moodle-compatible and individualised learning management system in the health care system
• PEG project (2008 - 2011): Decision-making processes for the installation of a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG), funded by AOK-Bund

DZNE (until 2020)

• DESCRIBE-TODAY (2017-2019) - Impact on daily life: The care of people with dementia and their relatives - an analysis of the quality of life, the psychosocial and health situation and the lived experience and their relationship with clinical variables of the disease
• BeSt-for-FTD (2016-2019): Best practice strategies in care for people with behavioural variant of frontotemporal dementia
• AMEO-FTD (2015 -2018): Application of Marte Meo® counselling for people with the behavioural variant of frontotemporal dementia and their primary caregivers

• AspectFTD (2011 - 2015): Everyday life from the perspective of people with frontotemporal dementia

   

Appointment

Since 10/2016
Doctoral studies (cand. Dr. rer. medic.)

2002-2007
Master of Science in Nursing (MScN), School of Nursing Science, Faculty of Health, Witten/Herdecke University

1997-2002
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN), School of Nursing Science, Faculty of Health, Witten/Herdecke University

1988-1991
Training as a state-recognised health and nursing professional, Höxter District Nursing School, Brakel/ St. Ansgar Hospital, Höxter
 

Professional activity

Research assistant

Since 01/2020
Chair of Nursing Science, Prof. Dr Margareta Halek, School of Nursing Science, Faculty of Health, Witten/Herdecke University

09/2010-12/2019
WG Care Interventions, German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases - DZNE, Witten site

07-12/2008, 04-05/2009, 03-06/2010
Chair of Epidemiology Nursing Science, Prof. Dr S. Bartholomeyczik, School of Nursing Science, Faculty of Health, Witten/Herdecke University (third-party funded project)

Freelance teaching/ lecturer

09/2018 -12/2019
Witten/Herdecke University, School of Nursing Science, PhD programme

Since 2014
Fliedner University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf/ Departments of Nursing/Vocational Education (BA/MA), Dual Study Programme Nursing and Healthcare

09/2008 - 09/2019
Specialist seminar for geriatric nursing at Mergelteich, Dortmund

Healthcare and nursing assistant

06/1995 - 04/2015
General and Trauma Surgery, Herdecke Community Hospital, Herdecke

08/1991- 06/1995
Septic general and trauma surgery, St. Ansgar Hospital, Höxter

Current teaching activities
 

in the degree programmes Master Nursing Science and Community Health Nursing in the areas of

• Qualitative research with people with dementia
• Focus: collecting and analysing narrative (focus group/expert interviews), audiovisual (videography) and internet-based (digital) data (blog analysis)
• Theory development in care

• Internship supervision

   

Memberships
 

• German Society for Nursing Science (DGP), active member: AG Theory Development
• German Professional Association for Nursing Professions (DBfK)
• German Network for Health Care Research (DNVF), active member: WG Qualitative Health Care Research
• Working group for interpretative video analysis: videoanalyse.net

• Founding member: MethodenForum, DZNE, Witten and of the international research network on video feedback in nursing/health care research: "Interaction under the Microscope" (IUM)