This paper explores the intersection of Human-Comput- er Integration (HInt) and Critical Disability Studies (CDS) to explore how a posthumanistic epistemology in design can produce knowledge and know-how for the application do- mains of Health and Well-being. To use disability as a catalyst for innovation, …

OBJECTIVE: Loneliness and social isolation are pressing issues that can seriously impact the mental health and well-being of older adults. Interacting with nature can stimulate a feeling of connectedness. However, for older adults, access to nature is often troublesome because of physical limitations …

Background: Smoking is an avoidable risk factor for diseases, impacting socioeconomic and health care systems globally. The meaning, purposes, and values related to continued smoking after being diagnosed with COPD have not yet been sufficiently explored from an occupational perspective. Gaining an understanding …

Malnutrition is a serious and widespread health problem in community-dwelling older adults who receive care in hospital and at home. Hospital and home care nurses and nursing assistants have a key role in the delivery of high-quality multidisciplinary nutritional care. Nursing nutritional care in current …

Background: School bullying has detrimental impact on the health of those involved. Previously, bullying was perceived as an issue of ‘victims’ and ‘bullies’, while later, interventions targeted whole groups and schools. Nowadays, it is considered a societal issue: bullying is enabled by norms and context. …

Background: People with dementia have a yearly risk of falling of 60 to 80 percent. Therefore, a walker is often recommended. However, the use of a walker in people with dementia is associated with a threefold increased odds of falls compared to their healthy peers. Better advice and training could reduce …

Perron 18 is een initiatief van Kunsteducatie Noorder Breed. Dit is een samenwerkingsverband van de kunsteducatieve bacheloropleidingen (Academie Minerva en Prins Claus Conservatorium), de Pedagogische Academie, het Lectoraat Kunsteducatie en de Master Kunsteducatie, een joint degree van de Hanzehogeschool …

Maar liefst 60 tot 80 procent van alle mensen met dementie heeft de ziekte van Alzheimer. Steeds meer onderzoek laat zien dat er veranderingen in de taal en motoriek zijn waar te nemen in alle stadia van de ziekte van Alzheimer. Wij willen onderzoeken of een combinatie van talige en motorische vaardigheden …

In dit onderzoek wordt de implementatie van de levensloopaanpak in Noord Nederland beschreven, en wordt ingegaan op de eerste ervaringen met de aanpak. In de levensloopaanpak werken organisaties in het veiligheidsdomein, het zorgdomein en het sociaal domein in een netwerk met elkaar samen om langdurig …