Introduction According to the world health organization the number of older people is increasing. The number of older adults aged from 60 and beyond will be doubled in 2050 to 22% of the world’s population. Ageing is associated with involuntary loss of muscle mass, strength and physical function. This …

When you become older it is important to maintain an active lifestyle. An active lifestyle has been proven to be the recipe towards healthy ageing. This paper presents a product to motivate elderly people to go outside and be physically active through the use of gamification. The elderly people are between …

Aim: To provide a synthesis of the evidence of health-promoting leadership related to nursing by exploring definitions, core attributes and critical conditions. Background: Increasing pressure in healthcare settings due to efficiency requirements, population ageing with complex illnesses and projected …

Objective: The aim of this cross-sectional study was to determine the associations between frailty and multimorbidity on the one hand and quality of life on the other in community-dwelling older people. Methods: A questionnaire was sent to all people aged 70 years and older belonging to a general practice …

Increased intestinal permeability is linked to both intestinal as well as peripheral inflammatory disease. Contact between intestinal contents and the underlying immune system may account for excessive immune activation and local as well as systemic inflammation. Decreasing intestinal permeability using …

In deze rapportage, de rapportage voor de tussenmeting, wordt beschreven wat de huidige stand van zaken is ten aanzien van de KPI’s die bij de start van het project geformuleerd zijn. Ook wordt beschreven hoe de huidige stand van zaken zich dit verhoudt tot de gewenste norm. De realisatie van de KPI …

Universities of Applied Sciences as Innovators in regional eco-systems. Organiser: Knowledge4Innovation Forum in cooperation with Hanze UniversityVenue: Members' Restaurant, European ParliamentHost:Lambert van Nistelrooij, MEPAndrey Novakov, MEP

Presentation on the occasion of a visit by some of the leading members of the Christen Unie from the Frisian provincial council to NoorderRuimte

The actual non-sustainable way of living has to be changed fundamentally. Despite all efforts to create a better environment, to improve building designs and to ameliorate existing buildings, often contradictory factors are faced which make it difficult to decide what the best solutions are. The discussion …