Interdisciplinarity and multiprofessionality to improve housing counseling in Brandenburg
B. Glunde, M. Hilbig, S. Kautz
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AbstractProfessional housing advise in Germany is intended to provide advise seekers and relatives with reactive or preventative information about the options for designing age-appropriate, independent and self-determined housing and living in order to strengthen individual lifestyles, social relationships and networks. In Brandenburg, housing advise services are distributed differently from region to region, and housing conditions also vary: Most elderly people in Brandenburg live in rented accommodation, and some are also affected by low incomes and pensions. It is discussed whether energy-efficient refurbishment and structural measures can contribute to climate protection and prevent the segregation of living space. Technology advise and digitalization is becoming established in Brandenburg. The applications offer technical solutions for an intelligent home as a whole and support individual areas of life. Internationally, studies on housing counseling focus on medical aspects (Carnemolla & Bridge, 2020). Housing counseling is complex and includes numerous dimensions (Retkowski & Glunde & Hilbig, 2024). Older people's individual life stories also shape the way they live - the biography-oriented advisory approach should respect their housing preferences. In this context, preventive counseling approaches such as preventive home visits, which aim to strengthen the resources of older people and promote health, are relevant. In the transfer of knowledge on questions of living practice such as housing (Ludwig, 2008), areas of tension in the provision of services of general interest, demographic change and transformation are addressed. Therefore, an interdisciplinary view that combines sound social expertise and specialist skills from various fields must be brought together in a multi-professional negotiation process.Keywords: housing counseling, client-centeredness, biographical work, interdisciplinarity, multi-professionalism
B. Glunde, M. Hilbig, S. Kautz (2024). Interdisciplinarity and multiprofessionality to improve housing counseling in Brandenburg. Gerontechnology, 23(2), 1-1
https://doi.org/10.4017/gt.2024.23.s.1140.opp