Urban ageing is an emerging domain that deals with the population of older people living in cities. The ageing of society is a positive yet challenging phenomenon, as population ageing and urbanisation are the culmination of successful human development. One could argue whether the city environment …

​'Kijk, dit zie ik' onderzoekt hoe je iemand met dementie beter kunt leren kennen door samen foto's te maken. Artistiek onderzoeker en documentairemaker Swanhilde de Jong maakte foto’s met bewoners van het Groninger verpleeghuis ‘t Blauwbörgje (Dignis). Zij ontwikkelde een manier om iemand met dementie …

​'Kijk, dit zie ik' onderzoekt hoe je iemand met dementie beter kunt leren kennen door samen foto's te maken. Artistiek onderzoeker en documentairemaker Swanhilde de Jong maakte foto’s met bewoners van het Groninger verpleeghuis ‘t Blauwbörgje (Dignis). Zij ontwikkelde een manier om iemand met dementie …

It is difficult to inform design with experiences from people with dementia. When it comes to involving this vulnerable user group and connecting multidisciplinary design teams, current empathic co-design methods and tools are scarce, seem fragmented and lack a coherent and structured approach. In response, …

Every type of dementia has specific motor dysfunctions. Movement disorders are already visible in a very early stage of dementia. Physiotherapists need to know more about these movement disorders and how to intervene. In this lecture insight will be given into these movement disorders, effective interventions …

For the overarching working mechanism empowerment, expertise in the field of dementia and psychological skills of coaches seem to be important. Assessing the needs, capacities, and limitations of both the PWD and the caregivers to take part in activities seems to be key, as well as the communication …

Aims and objectives To gain insight into the perceived added value of a decision support App for district nurses and case managers intended to support a problem assessment and the provision of advices on possible solutions to facilitate ageing in place of people with dementia, and to investigate how …

Alzheimer’s disease is the leading cause of dementia affecting over 46 million worldwide, yet contemporary medication is unable to prevent or slow its neurodegeneration. Recently, fucosterol and saringosterol, two phytosterols from brown macroalgae, have emerged as possible mediators of the disease. …