Gradual retirement as part of (e)conomic inclusion of elderly in communities.Presentation held at the iAge conference Assen, 18th April 2012.

Presentation ‘Healthy Ageing through Music and the Arts’, EU Intensive Project Schools of Health Care/Social Studies, Hanzehogeschool Groningen, 1/2/2012

If brief and easy to use self report screening tools are available to identify frail elderly, this may avoid costs and unnecessary assessment of healthy people. This study investigates the predictive validity of three self-report instruments for identifying community-dwelling frail elderly.

The objective fot this study at Philips Research is to create auseful system built upon a PHR system for use by Chronic cardiac patients to facilitate them in keeping track and recording their medical data and providing added value for them. During the research phase of this project, the investigated …

Full text via link One of the most important drivers of change in the health care sector is the desire of elderly people to age in place. The growing use of internet applications and communication technology together with innovations in buildings have created new commercial opportunities to cater the …

In order to be able to age in place, Dutch elderly are being housed in Assisted Living Facilities (ALFs) for over 25 years. Here they can live independently and rely on care and services. The physical scale of ALFs ranges from 30 up to 300 residents. This paper presents the findings of a multiple case …

Background: With increasing age and longevity, the rising number of frail elders with complex and numerous health-related needs demands a coordinated health care delivery system integrating cure, care and welfare. Studies on the effectiveness of such comprehensive chronic care models targeting frail …

Onderzoek toont aan dat muziek en de kunsten het proces van gezond ouder worden in positieve zin beïnvloeden. Wat betekent werken in deze praktijk voor musici? Deze vraag wordt vanuit diverse invalshoeken onderzocht. en diversiteit aan onderzoeksprojecten maakt deel uit van deze onderzoekslijn: - Het …

The project discussed in this paper is aimed at increasing people’s understanding of the existence and desired workings of ambient technology in the home by demonstrating its potential. For this purpose, an interactive dollhouse is presented. The dollhouse, a miniature model of a sensor-equipped home, …

Ambient activity monitoring systems produce large amounts of data, which can be used for health monitoring. The problem is that patterns in this data reflecting health status are not identified yet. In this paper the possibility is explored of predicting the functional health status (the motor score …