Emine Özmete is the Dean
of Ankara University Faculty of Health Sciences. He is the founding director of
Ankara University Aging Studies Application and Research Center (YAŞAM). He
established the Aging Studies Application and Research Center for the first
time in Turkey with an interdisciplinary approach based on the disciplines of
Gerontology and Geriatrics. She still continues his duty as the responsible
director. Between 2019-2020, he served as Head of the Department of Social Work
at Ankara University, Faculty of Health Sciences. She served as Advisor to the
Minister of Family, Labor and Social Services between 2018-2021, and as Advisor
to the Minister of Family and Social Services between 2021-2022. He is
currently a member of the Scientific Board of the Ministry of Family and Social
Services. He served as a member of TÜBİTAK ULAKBİM TR index SBVT Commission
between 2014-2022. He is a member of Ankara University Publications Commission
and editor-in-chief of Ankara Health Sciences Journal. She served as an expert
in the TBMM Research Commission on 'Researching the Problems Encountered by the
Elderly in Various Areas of Life and Determining the Precautions to be Taken'
and prepared the report. After the Kahramanmaraş earthquake on February 6,
2023, as the Field Coordinator of Ankara University Psychosocial Support Team,
he provided psychosocial support services in Elbistan on the 20th day of the
earthquake and in Kahramanmaraş City Center on the 60th day of the earthquake. She
is the editor of the book titled "Post-Disaster Individual, Group,
Community Based Psychosocial Support", which includes the scope of
psychosocial support services in the field. She is the author of the study
"Psychosocial Support Practices in Kahramanmaraş Center Earthquakes
Elbistan and Kahramanmaraş Provincial Center Field Report". She was the
executive of two TÜBİTAK projects related to earthquakes centered in
Kahramanmaraş on 6 February. He carried out the "Evaluation of
Intergenerational Solidarity Project in Turkey", which was carried out for
the first time in Turkey with 4,100 people in 12 regions, supported by TÜBİTAK,
and regional mapping was made, and he created the "Intergenerational
Solidarity Index" for Turkey. She conducted the "Turkey Active and
Healthy Aging Research", which was conducted for the first time in Turkey
with 3,000 people in 12 regions, supported by the Ministry of Health. She is
the executive of the project titled "Investigating Violence Against Women
through the Profile of Criminal Perpetrators" supported by the Ministry of
Justice. She was the executive of the Ministry of Family and Social Services in
the preparation of the 100th Anniversary Civil Society Vision Document and
Action Plan.
She received the title of
Science Specialist in 1997 with her Master's thesis on "The Role of Values
on the Quality of Life" at Ankara University Institute of Science, Department
of Family and Consumer Sciences, and she received the title of Doctor of
Science in 2002 with her thesis on "Quality of Women's Working Life in the
Private Sector". In 2006, he was entitled to receive the title of
Associate Professor in the field of Social Work in the Basic Field of Social
Administrative and Human Sciences. He was appointed to the position of
Professor in 2011. She graduated from Ankara University Institute of Health
Sciences Interdisciplinary Family Counseling Non-Thesis Master's Program in
2022. Based on the quality of family life in its work; gender roles and
division of labor in the family, work and family life balance, psychological
well-being in married couples, youth welfare, elderly welfare, elderly care and
long-term care services, elderly care tourism, active and healthy aging,
elderly abuse, self-neglect in the elderly, aging and migration focuses on
issues such as xenophobia, intergenerational solidarity, population and
demography, and the care economy. In 2008, she worked as a visiting professor
at the Department of Family Studies and Human Development at Iowa State
University. In 2016, Professor at the University of Southampton, England,
Department of Gerontology and London School of Economics. Dr. she was in
England as a guest researcher to conduct studies on the Active Aging Index with
Asghar Zaidi. By adapting the Active Aging Index to Turkish, it conducted the
"Turkey Active and Healthy Aging Research" for the first time in
Turkey with the support of the Ministry of Health. In 2018, she made a
scientific study visit to institutions related to elderly care in the Los
Angeles Region of California, USA. She was a visiting researcher at Michigan
State University School of Social Work in 2019 and at University of London,
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Sciences in 2022. She has conducted
research on elderly care models and long-term care insurance systems in many
countries, especially European countries.
In 2020, she participated
in the Subjective Well-being (250 Hours) training program at Yale University in
the United States and received his certificate of achievement.
She prepared the Disabled
and Elderly Services Guide for Local Governments prepared by the Presidential
Local Governments Policy Board. He took part in the preparation of the report
on "Turkey's Care Economy Toward 2040" prepared by OXFAM (2020). She
prepared and wrote the "Turkey Human Rights Report", which was
published for the first time in Turkey by the Turkish Human Rights and Equality
Institution in 2022.
She attended the United
Nations Open-Ended Working Group on Aging meeting held in New York in 2019 on
behalf of Turkey and presented his country statement. She attended the OECD
Global Strategy Group meeting held in Paris in 2019 on behalf of Turkey and
made presentations on working life in Turkey, aging and silver economy, as well
as services and models, in the main and sub-sessions. He attended the United
Nations UNECE Ministerial Conference on Aging, held in Rome between 15-20 June
2022, as a Delegate.
She is the rapporteur of
the Specialized Commission on Aging, which met for the first time in Turkey
within the framework of the 10th Development Plan. She is the author of the
country report titled "Country Report Republic of Turkey: National Aging
Situation: Aging and Elderly Care Services in Turkey" prepared for UNECE
in 2016. She is the author of the report and book titled "Elderly Care
Services Report in Turkey: Best Practice Examples from Europe and a Model
Design for Turkey", in which he developed the elderly care service model
for our country in 2017.
“Empowerment of Veterans
Project” with Psychosocial Support Training for Service Providers in
Azerbaijan, Golden Age Platform: Inclusion of Senior Citizens To Virtualised
Environments With Life Long Learning Facilities GAP-IOS Project, European Adult
Learning 6 Project, Meaningful Occupation After Retirement for Active and
Healthy Aging (More), Geriatric Patient Assessment Training Project in Home
Health Services, Project on Increasing Institutional Capacity in the Field of
Social Inclusion Policies of the Ministry of Family and Social Policies, Report
On System Analysis: Long-Term Care in Turkey, Evaluation of Intergenerational
Solidarity in Turkey Project, Healthy Aging and Encountered Problems Study
Research, Turkey Active and Healthy Aging Research, Diversity and Mentoring
approaches to Support Active Aging and Integration, Elderly Poverty in Ankara:
Analysis of Economic, Social, Cultural Needs, People Living Alone at the Ankara
Metropolitan Municipality Service Center for the Elderly A Community-Based Care
Proposal for the Elderly: Sustainable Daily Life Support Volunteers Network,
Development and Implementation of Life Skills Training Program for Young
People. He took part as an executive and researcher in projects supported by
organizations such as TÜBİTAK, EU, UN and Development Agency, such as the
Resource Management Training Project for Families in the Transition to
Irrigated Agriculture in the GAP Region.
In TÜBİTAK projects, they
perform duties such as audience referees and panelists. He served as the
chairman and coordinator of the Scientific Commission of the 1st Council on
Aging, which was held for the first time in our country in 2019. She
contributed to the preparation of the Aging Vision Document. VI. and VII. He
prepared reports as the chairman of the Disabled and Elderly Commission at the
Family Council. VII. He took part in the Family Council as a moderator and
rapporteur and contributed to the preparation of the Family Vision Document.
Sustainable Healthy
Societies Conference, More Sustainable Development Goals Conference during the
Pandemic Period, 1st International Orthosis and Prosthesis Congress, Global
Crises: Pandemic, Elderly and Solidarity Conference, Turkey Active and Healthy
Aging Summit (2016, 2017, 2018), Future of Elderly Care: Migration, Social
Inclusion and Solidarity, Evaluation of Rights-Based Innovative Approaches and
Search for Good Models in Elderly Care Services in Turkey, Aging and Life
Conference, International Congress on Longevity, Global Elderly Care and
Elderly Tourism Meeting, Elderly Rights, Intergenerational Solidarity and
Active Aging Symposium He organized conferences and congresses on Social Policy
Agenda for the Elderly, Health and Aging: Being Healthy Adds Life to the Years.
She is the author of 15
books, including 2 textbooks. He was also the chief editor of the "Elderly
Care" book set on the subject of A Multifaceted View of Aging, which
includes 12 books in the field of elderly care. He took part as editor in 2
books. She is the author of many chapters in books published by national and
international publishing houses. There are many research articles published in
national and international journals. He participates in national and
international congresses as an invited speaker.
She has advised and
continues to advise many master's and doctoral students, including students who
receive official scholarships from different institutions in our country, such
as the Ministry of National Education, the Ministry of Family and Social
Services, and students who receive postgraduate education abroad. He teaches
courses on Gerontological Social Work, Poverty and Social Work, Social Welfare,
Development Models, Human Rights and Career Planning.
She is a member of the
International Federation on Social Work, International Federation on Aging and
International Federation on Home Economic, European Network on Intercultural
Elderly Care (ENIEC).