Dr. Katharine Schulmann

• Ricardo Rodrigues, Stefania Ilinca, Katharine Schulmann, "It's better together!" European perspective on the benefits and challenges associated with cross-border health communication campaigns, PLoS ONE, 13, (10), 2018Journal Article, 2018, DOI
• Andrea Schmidt, Stefania Ilinca, Katharine Schulmann, Ricardo Rodrigues, Andrea Principi, Francesco Barbabella, Agnieszka Sowa, Stanislawa Golinowska, Dorly Deeg, Henrike Galenkamp, Fit for caring: factors associated with informal care provision by older caregivers with and without multimorbidity, European Journal of Ageing, 13, 2016, p103 - 113Journal Article, 2016, URL
• Social support and long-term care for older people: Potential for social innovation and active ageing in, editor(s)Alan Walker , The future of ageing in Europe: making an asset of longevity, London, Palgrave Macmillan, 2019, [Katharine Schulmann, Kai Leichsenring, Monika Reichert]Book Chapter, 2019
• Andrea Principi, Henrike Galenkamp, Roberta Papa, Marco Socci, Bianca Suanet, Andrea Schmidt, Katharine Schulmann, Stella Golinowska, Agnieszka Sowa, Amilcar Moreira, Dorly Deeg, Do predictors of volunteering in older age differ by health status?, European Journal of Ageing, 13, (2), 2016, p91 - 102Journal Article, 2016, DOI
• Schulmann K, Bruen C, Parker S, Siersbaek R, Conghail LM, Burke S, The role of governance in shaping health system reform: a case study of the design and implementation of new health regions in Ireland, BMC Health Services Research, 24, 2024Journal Article, 2024, URL
• Long-term care of older people in residential care settings in Ireland during waves 1 and 2 of the COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons (still to be) learned in, editor(s)del Pino, E. & Moreno-Fuentes, F.J. , Long-Term Care and Older People in Western Europe: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic, Bristol, Policy Press, 2025, pp183 - 198, [Burke, S., Schulmann, K., Timonen, V., Hurley, E.]Book Chapter, 2025
• Principi, A., Galenkamp, H., Papa, R., Socci, M., Suanet, B., Schmidt, A. E., Schulmann, K. et al., Do predictors of volunteering in older age differ by health status?, European Journal of Ageing, 13, 2016, p91 - 102Journal Article, 2016
• Leichsenring, K., Schulmann, K., Gasior, K. & Fuchs, M., Good care from the perspective of care professionals: Conditions, objectives and perspectives for quality improvement in long-term care (Gute Pflege aus Sicht der Beschäftigten: Bedingungen, Ziele und Perspektiven der Qualitätsverbesserung in der Langzeitpflege), Vienna Chamber of Labour, 2015, p1 - 100Report, 2015, URL
• Rodrigues, R. & Schulmann, K., Impacts of the crisis on access to healthcare services: Country report on Portugal, Eurofound - European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, 2014, p1 - 51Report, 2014, URL
• Rodrigues, R., Schulmann, K., Schmidt, A., Kalavrezou, N., Matsaganis, M., The indirect costs of LTC, Research Note 8/2013, Social Situation Monitor, European Commission, 2013, p1 - 42Report, 2013

• Katharine Schulmann, Stefania Ilinca, Kai Leichsenring, Community care for people with dementia: A handbook for policymakers, London, European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, 2017Report, URL
• Katharine Schulmann, Stefania Ilinca, Ricardo Rodrigues, From disability rights towards a rights-based approach to long-term care for older people in Europe: Conceptual framework for a human rights-based approach to care and support for older individuals, London, 2018Report, URL
• WHO, The State of Long-term Care in Ireland, World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe, 2024Report, URL
• Schulmann, K., & Johnston, B, Scoping decision makers" needs for a National Palliative Care Atlas for Ireland, Trinity College Dublin, 2024Report
• Boehler, C., Schulmann, K., Leichsenring, K., Befragung angehender AllgemeinmedizienerInnen und FachärztInnen für Kinder- und Jugendheilkunde in Wien" (Survey of prospective general practitioners and pediatricians in Vienna), Stadt Wien (City of Vienna, Austria), 2018Report, URL
• Ilinca, S., Schulmann, K. & Rodrigues, R, State of the Art Review on ICT-enabled Social Innovation in Prevention, Health Promotion and Rehabilitation, European Commission - Joint Research Centre - Institute for Prospective Technology Studies, 2015Report

• Title

  Health system foundations for Sláintecare implementation in 2020 and beyond - co-producing a Sláintecare Living Implementation Framework with Evaluation: Learning from the Irish health system's response to COVID-19
  Summary

  All over the world, health systems are responding to the major shock of the COVID-19 pandemic. The virus is causing urgent and fast-paced change in the delivery of health and social care as well as highlighting pre-existing deficiencies and inequalities in the health system and broader society. In Ireland, COVID-19 is occurring during the second full year of Sláintecare's implementation - Ireland's 10-year plan for health reform to deliver universal access to timely, integrated care. This research will coproduce a Living Implementation Framework with Evaluation (LIFE) linking evidence, policy and practice that feeds into real-world Sláintecare implementation. In partnership with senior leadership in the Sláintecare Programme Implementation Office, the Department of Health and the HSE, the researchers will scope, document, measure and analyse the Sláintecare relevant COVID-19 responses using qualitative and quantitative methods. The LIFE will initially take the form of a live spreadsheet which contains the COVID-19 responses most relevant to Sláintecare. For each response, 3-4 indicators will be collected which enables monitoring overtime. The spreadsheet will be accompanied by a series of rapid reviews, narrative descriptions of multiple case studies, research papers, stakeholder engagement and formative feedback. These collectively make up the 'LIFE', informing dialogue with the project partners, which is happening in real time (living), influencing health policy and system decision-making and implementation as the project progresses. The LIFE will inform health system reform in Ireland in the months and years after the emergence of COVID-19 as well as contributing to international health systems and policy research.
  Funding Agency

  Health Research Board
  Date From

  01-09-2019
  Date To

  31-12-2023
• Title

  Scoping decision-makers" needs for a National Palliative Care Atlas of Variation for Ireland (NPCAVI)
  Summary

  Funded through a Health Service Executive Research Award, the NPCAVI study explores stakeholders" needs for an atlas of variation, a data visualisation tool, dedicated to mapping aspects of palliative care in Ireland, with the ultimate aim of reducing inequalities in access to services. The project"s main objectives are to identify and learn from excellent examples of Atlases of Variation in use in other countries, to map current data availability and priorities for data infrastructure in the area of palliative and end of life care in Ireland moving forward, and to formulate recommendations to support development and implementation of the Atlas of Variation for Palliative and End of Life Care in Ireland. The research project takes a multi-method qualitative approach and unfolds over three core strands of work: 1) A cross-country comparative review of excellent examples of Atlas of Palliative and End of Life Care development and implementation from across a select range of countries. 2) Building on learnings from the review of the international literature, a mapping exercise to establish data availability in Ireland relevant to a future Atlas. 3) Semi-structured stakeholder interviews to identify priorities and issues of feasibility for development of an Atlas of Variation for Ireland. Stakeholders recruited for interviews include individuals with expertise in the planning and provision of palliative care services, and with expertise in health and social care data infrastructure more generally. The Lead Knowledge User for this Research Award is Dr Paul Kavanagh, Specialist in Public Health Medicine with the HSE"s National Health Intelligence Unit.
  Funding Agency

  Health Service Executive
  Date From

  2023
  Date To

  2024

Social Care, Care, Sociology of health, Health systems,

• Finalist for The Postgraduate Teaching Award, Trinity College Dublin 2021-2022