Background: Owing to demographic trends and increasing health care costs, quick discharge with geriatric rehabilitation at home is advised and recommended for older adults. Telerehabilitation has been identified as a promising tool to support rehabilitation at home. However, there is insufficient knowledge …

In the Iranian province Baluchistan local economies can be improved by upturning local produce and handicrafts in a collective effort. A secure place for different generations of women serves as a cultural incubator and marketplace and offers participation in the village life. The project is sited along …

Child and youth welfare have become a prime concern for society today, but the care and health system experience difficulties in finding a coordinated and inviting approach. In this project for a youth health center in Goes, chosen for having statistically the highest need for childcare in the province …

SPECIAL SESSIONPanel discussion1. Overcoming challenges in local green H2 economiesOrganizer:Dr Beata KviatekJean Monnet Chair in Sustainable EU Economy, Centre of Expertise Energy / International Business School / Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen, the NetherlandsOne of the main pathways …

Currently a worldwide biodiversity crisis is going on and a sixth mass extinction seems to be approaching, because of human actions more than 10.000 species are currently on the brink of extinction (Tilman, Clark, & Williams, 2017). Acting on this crisis is therefore important and restoring biodiversity …

Few studies on residential mobility of ageing adults to rural areas have investigated which of them buy a home in a rural risk area. This paper examines which socio-demographic characteristics, housing attributes and earthquake circumstances influence the actual choice of mid-to-later life adults to …

Hoe kunnen we een dagprogrammering op basisscholen in de provincie Groningen (met elk hun eigen populatie en context) zodanig vormgeven dat leerlingen hun talenten ontwikkelen, voldoende arbeidsmarkt perspectief hebben en een duurzame gezonde en actieve leefstijl ontwikkelen?

An Oral Care Program (OCP) was implemented in home care nursing teams in a northern province of the Netherlands to improve the oral health and hygiene of older people who make use of formal home care in 2018-2019. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the experiences of the stakeholders involved …

Solomon Islands has relied on highly unsustainable industrial logging since the 1980s. While the development narrative around logging emphasizes its macro-economic importance, it structurally overlooks the impacts on local people's lives. Based on 200 qualitative interviews conducted in 25 villages and …