Flooding continues to be a major problem for informal urban settlements like Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya. The recent heavy rains in early 2024 in Kenya indicate the vulnerability level of individuals living in informal settlements. This thesis explores how effective the current flood prevention, preparedness, …

This study tries to understand the power of knowledge within collaborative care networks to provide insights for designing successful collaboration within care networks by combining intersectionality and epistemic (in)justice. Becoming an informal carer for someone with an acquired brain injury (ABI) …

Climate change has intensified the occurrence of extreme weather events, with severe flooding posing one of the most pressing challenges, particularly in informal settlements where infrastructure is inadequate, and resources are scarce. Mukuru Kwa Njenga, one of Nairobi's largest informal settlements, …

In the final stage of people’s life, family caregivers spend an average of 26 hours a week providing informal care at home. While this care can be rewarding, it can also lead to overburdening and increase the need for support. Despite the efforts of healthcare providers, many family caregivers feel that …

BACKGROUND: Informal care is an essential part of support provided in the homecare setting. To ensure effective healthcare provision, good communication and collaboration between informal and formal care providers are crucial. To achieve this aim, it is necessary to have a clear understanding of the …

The process of taking over a business in the agricultural sector is a team process in which, in addition to the transferor and transferee, the partner(s) and non-acquiring family and advisors also play an important role. It is a multi-year process in which decisions have to be made on complex issues. …

AIM: To gain more insight into how nurses experience a participatory live music practice in relation to their ability to deliver compassionate care to medically hospitalised patients. DESIGN: Qualitative interpretive design. METHODS: Sixteen nurses participating in a live music practice with patients …

Vacant land can provide social and ecological benefits to cities as they are informally used by people and spontaneously populated by animals and plant-life. However, planners and policy makers often frame vacant land as ‘empty’, ‘blank’ spaces, making it difficult to acknowledge informal and more-than-human …

To develop a reflection method for community nurses and certified nursing assistants to support the implementation of the Dutch Informal Care guideline in daily care.