Short biography
Melanie Zirves, M.A., M.Sc. studied Philosophy and German Language and Literature at the University of Cologne and the Sorbonne in Paris from 2010-2016. From 2012-2018 she also studied Social Sciences as well as Health Services Research at the University of Cologne. She wrote her Master's thesis on "Patient mismanagement in geriatric rehabilitation in Baden-Württemberg from the perspective of inpatient geriatricians".
Melanie Zirves has been a research assistant in the GROW research college since February 2019. Previously, she was a research associate at the Institute for Medical Sociology, Health Services Research and Rehabilitation Science (IMVR) in Cologne. She is a trained senior citizen coach.
Research interests
- Health Services Research
- Structural, process and outcome quality in nursing care
- Quality of life in old age
- Qualitative and quantitative data analysis
Publications
Zirves, M., Demirer, I., & Pfaff, H. (2021). Everyday Life and Social Contacts of Dementia and Non-Dementia Residents over 80 Years in Long-Term Inpatient Care: A Multi-Level Analysis on the Effect of Staffing. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 18(21). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182111300
Kelleter, H., Zirves, M. & Zenkert, J. (2020). Faktenblatt - Erhaltene Selbständigkeit bei der Gestaltung des Alltagslebens und sozialer Kontakte. Auswertungen und Implikationen. Available at: https://www.caritasnet.de/export/sites/dicv/.content/.galleries/downloads/alter-pflege/inQS-faktenblatt-selbstaendigkeit.pdf
Zirves, M. (2020). Aktivitätenteilnahme und psychische Gesundheit in der stationären Langzeitpflege. Im-pulse, S. 19-20. Available at: https://www.gesundheit-nds.de/images/pdfs/impulse/LVG-Zeitschrift-Nr108-Web.pdf?utm_source=impulse&utm_campaign=nr108
Zirves, M. & Pfaff, H. (2020). Nursing Home Residents Aged over 80 - A Cross-Sectional Analysis on Which Activity Traits Correlate to Positive Affect. International Journal of Environmental, 17 (24), S. 9583-9595. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17249583
Fiedler, Silja & Zirves, Melanie (2022). Theorien und Modelle zur Gesundheitskompetenz. In: Lange, M., Matusiewicz, D. & Walle, O.: Praxishandbuch Betriebliches Gesundheitsmanagement. Haufe, S. 50-62. https://shop.haufe.de/prod/praxishandbuch-betriebliches-gesundheitsmanagement/E14156APUB?msclkid=8b89fa0201e71d7318b198b8ad7215cb