Lunch & Learn: Balancing university life and care work

Lunch & Learn is all about...

... grabbing lunch and new ideas all at once. Our online format provides exciting input on various university-related topics - tailored to your lunch break. Together with various stakeholders from our and other university(ies) as well as external experts, we offer a wide range of topics.

Focus on care work

In summer semester 2026, we are teaming up with the Family Service Office at TH Wildau to present Lunch & Learn on the topic of care. In three sessions, expert Marina Dillmann, head of DERINA Bildungswerkstatt für Menschen im Gesundheitswesen (Educational Centre for People in Healthcare), will provide solid, informative and interesting insights into the broad topic of care and highlight ways to relieve the burden on caregivers.

Balancing university life and care work: realities, roles and resources

When? April 17, May 07 and May 20, always 12:30-13:30

Where? Webex

Who? Anyone interested – whether internal or external to the university

Part I: What exactly is care work – and are you a caregiver yourself?

April 17, 2026, 12:30-13:30

• Where does support end and care begin?
• What distinguishes lay care from professional care?
• When is external specialist care necessary?

Part II: Gender care gap – how do care and gender intersect?

May 7, 2026, 12:30-13:30

• How are gender and caregiving related? How do role models and social conditioning influence this?
• Are men better at preserving their resources?
• Structural causes and current data on the gender care gap

Part III: Support for caregivers

May 20, 2026, 12:30-13:30

• What (local) support options, institutions and contact points are available?
• What services and resources can carers access?
• What is the legal situation?

About the speaker

Marina Dillmann is a psychological counsellor and psychotherapist (HPG), freelance occupational therapist and seminar instructor in the fields of gerontology, relaxation techniques and communication. For over twenty years, she has specialised in dealing with and treating people with dementia. As an expert in this field, she accompanies people – whether professionally or privately – educates, trains, sensitises and supports them.
As the founder of the DERINA educational workshop, she offers seminars for professionals, families and people suffering from dementia. And anyone who simply wants to understand.

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Accessibility note: The sessions will be held in spoken German. During the Q&A section, we will do our best to accommodate individual language requirements (German/English).