Implementing evidence-based guidelines is not a simple task. This study aimed to define barriers to and facilitators for implementing the proven and effective Community Occupational Therapy in Dementia (COTiD) guideline for older people with dementia and their carers. The qualitative method we used was …

Transitions in health care and the increasing pace at which technological innovations emerge, have led to new professional approach at the crossroads of health care and technology. In order to adequately deal with these transition processes and challenges before future professionals access the labour …

To examine the association of adolescents' snack and soft drink consumption with friendship group snack and soft drink consumption, availability of snacks and soft drinks at school, and personal characteristics, snack and soft drink consumption was assessed in 749 adolescents (398 girls, 351 boys, age …

Dementia is often diagnosed after emergency situations have emerged.The social network of elderly was studied in order to find out if persons or institutions could help to discover problems in an earlier phase. It was concluded that family is most important, and that information, rather than detection, …

In de workshop zal worden gepresenteerd hoe het onderwijs in niveaus is ingedeeld in het curriculum. Vervolgens voeren de deelnemers een opdracht uit, vergelijkbaar met zoals deze wordt aangeboden aan studenten. Hierop volgt een inhoudelijke discussie. Het in dit onderwijs ontwikkelde studiemateriaal …

De resultaten van het onderzoek ´vroegsignalering dementie en ICT´, een Slimme Zorg project )provincie Noord Brabant' wordt gepresenteerd.

Doel van het onderzoek was een idee te krijgen van de factoren die mede bepalend kunnen zijn voor het beweeggedrag van mensen met overgewicht, die verder gezond zijn. Er zijn verschillende redenen die mensen kunnen hebben om te beginnen met sporten of om dat juist niet te doen. Stimulerend kan bijvoorbeeld …

Expectations are high with regards to smart home technology. In particular, smart home technology is expected to support or enable independent living by older adults. This raises the question: can smart home technology contribute to independent living, according to older adults themselves? This chapter …

In the Netherlands and the Dutch speaking part of Belgium stakeholders in education and Shoe orthopaedics have formed a consotium platform. this pplatform "Forum Orthopaedic Programs (FOOT) is esthablished to reduce existing distance between cultures and backgrounds and provide a sound platform in exchanging …

Aim and method: To examine in obese people the potential effectiveness of a six-week, two times weekly aquajogging program on body composition, fitness, health-related quality of life and exercise beliefs. Fifteen otherwise healthy obese persons participated in a pilot study. Results: Total fat mass …