The BUILD Association Board

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Specialist in internal medicine, dissertation on the acceptance of living wills.

• 1989-2010 – Clinical work
• 2001-2005 – Head of Department at the Berlin Medical Association
• 2005-2010 – Professor at the Protestant University of Applied Sciences Berlin and lecturer in ethics in medicine at Humboldt University, Berlin.
• Since 2011 Federal Managing Director of Bundesvereinigung Lebenshilfe e.V., a Self-help organisation for people with disabilities and their relatives.

Motivation to be involved on BUILD Project

Good care is the foundation for equal participation of people with disabilities. I want to participate that this also comes true for people with intellectual disabilities.

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MD, PhD with more than 20 years of research experience in the field of mental health and health promotion of people in older age. She also focuses on the transfer of research outputs to public health policy and practice
Professor for Palliative Medicine at LMU Munich and Director of the Department of Palliative Medicine at LMU University Hospital. Since 2021, she is President of the German Association for Palliative Medicine.

Motivation to be involved on BUILD Project

The privilege and opportunity to try something new. To help shape the future care of elderly people in Europe.

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Professor for Palliative Medicine at LMU Munich and Director of the Department of Palliative Medicine at LMU University Hospital. Since 2021, she is President of the German Association for Palliative Medicine.

Motivation to be involved on BUILD Project

To help shape the future care of elderly people in Europe.

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Geriatrician and Honorary Professor, University of the West of Scotland; Senior Associate International Foundation for Integrated Care (IFIC) and Director of IFIC Scotland; Trustee of Kilbryde Hospice and Compassionate Inverclyde.

Motivation to be involved on BUILD Project

I am passionate about integrated care for older persons and delighted to support the BUILD project to enhance knowledge and share good practices on long term care across Europe.

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Chief Executive Officer of the European Social Network where he oversees the Network’s management and strategic direction, leads the programme of activities co-financed by the European Commission. He has over 15 years of experience in public policy formulation and evaluation, has authored and co-authored several publications. Before joining ESN in 2010, Alfonso worked in project management and consultancy in public policy evaluation. He holds an MA in modern languages from the University of Granada, an MA in European Governance from the College of Europe, an MSc in Public Policy from University College London, and a Masters in Executive Management of International Associations at Solvay Brussels School for Economics and Management.

Motivation to be involved on BUILD Project

I look forward to contributing to BUILD with our experience on how social services work with others across Europe to promote integrated community-based social inclusion programmes that support older people with complex needs.

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PhD in Social Policy, Professor of Sociology at the University of Porto, Portugal.

Motivation to be involved on BUILD Project

I am engaged with BUILDing LTC systems that place individual dignity at the centre.

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Health and development psychologist, trained in cognitive behavioural therapy and positive psychology. She is a researcher, practitioner and lecturer in illness prevention, health promotion and education, healthy ageing and development across the lifespan. Her research interests include mental global health to health communication, qualitative research methods and how to use digital technologies to foster development and health across the lifespan. She is currently working at the Digital Global Public Health Department at the Hasso-Plattner Institute in Germany. She aims to develop interventions that would promote healthy development of individuals, organisations and communities and contribute to reducing health inequalities within and across countries around the globe.

Motivation to be involved on BUILD Project

I am motivated to BUILD collaborations to design person-centred interventions for increasing health and well-being at individual and community levels.

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Registered nurse for over 30 years, in the field of intensive care and nursing science. She was a lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences. She has been President of the Austrian National Nursing Association for 4 years.

Motivation to be involved on BUILD Project

Chronic diseases and long-term care are key issues in the Austrian health and care system. We need solutions, which are not easy to find. Through international dialogue, we hope to find good solutions more easily together.

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Chief of Nursing.

Motivation to be involved on BUILD Project

As a transplanted patient, I am every day in touch with those positive or too often with negative decisions or handling of insurances.

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Lecturer at Bern University of Applied Science, Switzerland. He teaches at the interprofessional Master of Science in Nursing (MScN) course and is researcher in the topic of person-centred practice. Further, he acts as a nurse consultant at a hospital group, called Solothurner Spitäler AG, in Switzerland. His main topics are: person-centered practice development, advanced nursing practice, and spirituality in nursing. Further, he is member of board of the person-centred practice International Community of Practice (PCP ICoP CIC).

Motivation to be involved on BUILD Project

A person-centred culture fosters a continuous, participative process that promotes healthful environments and cultures at the micro, meso, and macro levels. This approach enables every individual to reach their full potential, which is why I am deeply engaged in this crucial project.

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Board member of Alzheimer Europe. has been a director of the Czech Alzheimer Society since 2014. In the past, she has also been involved in research in the field of health policy and economics and teaching at Charles University.

Motivation to be involved on BUILD Project

I was brought to the Czech Alzheimer Society 20 years ago by my experience of how the lack of integrated care can make life with dementia even more difficult. I am happy to help with change in the BUILD project as well.

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Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Health Services Studies, University of Kent, UK. She was a member of SUSTAIN (sustainable, tailored integrated care for older people in Europe) and was the expert consultant for the European Social Network working group on integrated care of older people in Europe.

Motivation to be involved on BUILD Project

I am delighted to be involved in BUILD. Integrated care is vital for improving health and wellbeing in our communities and for creating sustainable health and care systems across Europe.

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Director of the Global Observatory of Long-Term Care and a researcher at the Care Policy and Evaluation Centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her main interests are Long-Term Care policy and economic aspects of care, with a particular interest in dementia care.

Motivation to be involved on BUILD Project

I am very interested in the BUILD’s project practical approach and the use participatory methods and co-creation to develop solutions to deliver person-centred integrated care. A great step in the right direction!

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Public Health and Ph.D. in Medicine, Culture, and Society. Her work attends to the values embedded in the utilization of data and technologies in society. She is currently working for the Danish Data Ethics Council.

Motivation to be involved on BUILD Project

I believe the BUILD project has the potential to drive new ways of thinking and acting within care and technology, and I look forward to following the progress.

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Chairman Association of Liver transplanted persons Germany.

Motivation to be involved on BUILD Project

I would like to represent organ-transplanted persons in the BUILD project.

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Qualified Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases doctor with experience in neglected, rare and complex conditions. Head of Integrated Care Academy and researcher at IFIC, focusing on integrated care education, research and evaluation. Joint editor-in-chief at IJIC.

Motivation to be involved on BUILD Project

We understand and share the purpose of building care solutions that are inclusive, sustainable, and responsive to the needs of older people. I hope this project will equip us with the frameworks and tools we need to turn community-driven co-design into actionable change.

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Interface for internal and external contacts to support strategic, operational and administrative issues.

Motivation to be involved on BUILD Project

Interest in cross-national research on social inequalities in care-integration and joint development of patient-oriented solutions​.

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Management board nursing – Development of a research, teaching and care network with a digital pioneering role for the health professions and interprofessional and interdisciplinary focus at the Medical University Lausitz – Carl Thiem and the model region Lausitz​.

Motivation to be involved on BUILD Project

Participation in the development of new paths for sector-free and integrated care in Europe​.

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Corporate Management & Economics B.A., Osteopathic Therapy B.+M.Sc. Founder of Gesundhaus i-Tüpferl. Different professions combine well-researched conventional medicine with evidence-based complementary therapies (integrative medicine) for a holistic approach.

Motivation to be involved on BUILD Project

Through my experiences as a paramedic and to be an Osteopath I realised the importance of support and networking to people been sick and in need of care, also the relevance of preventive offers. My approach and vision correspond to the objectives of the BUILD project and aim to provide holistic, coordinated care – especially for the elderly or chronically ill – tailored to their individual needs. The regional experiences at Gesundhaus are to be incorporated into the EU project Build. The main features of services at Gesundhaus are:

1. Integration of health and social services
2. Interdisciplinary cooperation
3. Coordination of care
4. Holistic approach
5. Prevention and health promotion
6. Use of digital technologies.