Dipl.- Psych. Lou Louise Frankenstein

Research Interests

• Dementia
• Non-pharmacological interventions (above all occupational and behavioral therapy)
• Mental health in older age

Academic Education

• since 12/2017: Doctoral student
• 2012 - 2017: Psychology Studies, University of Greifswald
• 2003 - 2012: Abitur at Georg-Friedrich-Händel-Gymnasium, Berlin
• 2009 - 2010: Stay at at Federal School in South England (Term abroad)

Training

• from 2022: Training as a Psychological Psychotherapist at ZPHU, Berlin
• 2018: Internship at the dementia ward of a senior citizen institution
• 2015: Internship at the educational psychological counseling center Berlin Pankow
• 2015: Internship at the acute care unit for schizophrenia of the Charité in Berlin

Work Experience

• since 2020: Teaching (seminars and supervision of theses) at Chemnitz University of Technology
• 2018-2021: Psychologist in a residential group for young people with psychological problems
• since 2017: Workshop leadership in the context of various literature projects
• since 2017: Work as an individual case assistant (mentoring mentally and / or physically handicapped children and adolescents)
• 2016 - 2017: Student assistant at the Outpatient Department of the University of Greifswald

Publications

• Frankenstein, L. & Jahn, G. (2021). Nichtmedikamentöse Therapie der Demenz. Mit Ergotherapie Alltagskompetenz erhalten. doctors|today, 1(5). 16-19. https://www.doctors.today/a/nichtmedikamentoese-therapie-der-demenz-mit-ergotherapie-alltagskompetenz-erhalten-2307724

• Frankenstein, L. & Jahn, G. (2020). Behavioral and Occupational Therapy for Dementia Patients and Caregivers. GeroPsych, 33(2). 85-100. doi:https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1024/1662-9647/a000225

Conference Contributions

• Frankenstein, L. & Jahn, G. (2021). Psychosocial Interventions for People With Dementia and Their Family Caregivers in Primary Care.Poster Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, online
• Frankenstein, L. & Jahn, G. (2021). Ergotherapie und Verhaltenstherapie. Workshop at the Dementia Symposium in Mittweida, Germany
• Frankenstein, L. & Jahn, G. (2021). Ergotherapie und Verhaltenstherapie für Menschen mit Demenz in der hausärztlichen Versorgung.Talk at the Conference of the German Society for Gerontologie and Geriatrics, online
• Frankenstein, L. & Jahn, G. (2019). Ergotherapie und Verhaltenstherapie bei Demenz - Erwägung einer interdisziplinären Intervention.Talk at the Annual Meeting of the Geragogy Working Group of the German Society for Gerontologie and Geriatrics, Köln, Germany.
• Frankenstein, L. & Jahn, G. (2019). Considering an Interdisciplinary Dementia Intervention, Combining Behavioral and Occupational Therapy. Poster Presentation at the 71st Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Austin, Texas, USA.
• Frankenstein, L. & Jahn, G. (2019). Gegenüberstellung von Verhaltens- und Ergotherapie bei Demenz in Vorbereitung einer interdisziplinären Intervention. Talk at the Symposium of the German Society for Gerontologie and Geriatrics, Berlin, Germany.
• Frankenstein, L. & Jahn, G. (2018). Psychosoziale Interventionsprogramme bei Demenz. . Focus Group Discussion at the 10th Congress of the German Alzheimer's Society, Weimar, Germany.

Memberships

• Member of the German Society for Gerontologie and Geriatrics (Deutschen Gesellschaft für Gerontologie und Geriatrie)
• Member of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA)

Funding

• Lou Frankenstein is funded by the stipend of the federal state of Saxony