Background: Frailty is considered highly prevalent in older age. Frailty causes a high risk of falls, disability, hospitalization, and mortality. This eventually might be the turning-point for older patients to shift from independent living to assisted living. Poor nutritional status might be an important …

At a time when the population is ageing and most people choose to live in their own home for as long as possible, it is important to consider various aspects of supportive and comfortable environments for housing. This study, conducted in South Australia, aims to provide information about the links between …

OBJECTIVE: To assess the feasibility of conducting a randomised controlled trial to determine the effectiveness of a twenty-week power-assisted exercise intervention in people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities and to evaluate the potential beneficial effects of this intervention. DESIGN: …

De mensen in Nederland worden steeds ouder. Hierdoor groeit het aantal ouderen in Nederland, dit wordt ook wel vergrijzing genoemd. Deze vergrijzing heeft veel invloed op de kosten binnen de zorg. De vraag naar zorg wordt hierdoor namelijk vergroot, waardoor de kosten ook omhoog gaan. Om deze kosten …

BACKGROUND: There is a growing interest in empowering older adults to age in place by deploying various types of technology (ie, eHealth, ambient assisted living technology, smart home technology, and gerontechnology). However, initiatives aimed at implementing these technologies are complicated by the …

Objectives: The aim of this paper is to provide insight into what it means to live with the intention to end life at a self-chosen moment from an insider perspective. Setting: Participants who lived independent or semidependent throughout the Netherlands. Participants: 25 Dutch older citizens (mean age …

Nederland heeft te maken met vergrijzing, die het gevolg is van de babyboom in de periode van 1946-1955 en het feit dat meer mensen langer leven, door de preventie van ziekten (CBS, 2015). Mede hierdoor, maar ook door de economische crisis van de afgelopen jaren zal het zorgstelsel drastisch veranderen …

In the Netherlands, there has been much debate on the question whether elderly people over 70 who are tired of life and who consider their life to be completed, should have legal options to ask for assisted dying. So far there has been little research into the experiences of these elderly people. In …