Nursing home residents with dementia face challenges in adapting to a new living environment and feeling at home. Due to communicative limitations, people with dementia after often left out of design processes. The aim of this study is to investigate the housing needs in relation to the interior design …

Dementia is a syndrome that results in deterioration in cognitive function and effects woman more than man. The impairment in cognitive function is not only affecting the client’s system but also their social environment for fulfilling their caring needs. In the Netherlands 80.000 people with dementia …

Invited lecture for Symposium CityProms, Leeuwarden, 26/6/2015

Earlier research showed that multi-component dyadic interventions – including a combination of intervention strategies and addressing both the person with dementia and caregiver – have a beneficial impact on the mental and physical health of people with dementia and their family caregivers. A randomized …

Heeft muziek een positief impact op hersenfunctie bij ouderen? Kan het de aanzet van geheugenverlies en dementie vertragen of zelfs verbetering veroorzaken? Studies van hersenplasticticiteit laten een effect van muziekbeoefening op hersenvolume zien. Bovendien blijkt het (procedural) muziekgeheugen veel …

This posterpresentation demonstrates the preliminary results of a validation study concering the Dutch version of the Quick Mild Cognitive Impairment screen (Qmci).

Deze review geeft aan de hand van het RE-AIM framework een indruk van de stand van zaken op dit moment als het gaat om het implementeren van psychosociale interventies in de dagelijkse zorg in woon/zorginstellingen voor mensen met dementie. Hoe verloopt de implementatie, welke hobbels moeten er genomen …

Light therapy is applied as treatment for a variety of problems related to health and ageing, including dementia. Light therapy is administered via light boxes, light showers, and ambient bright light using ceiling-mounted luminaires. Long-term care facilities are currently installing dynamic lighting …

Geschikte testen nodig om bij ouderen met cognitieve problemen :- effect behandeling meten (groepen/individu)- functionele status- screening/diagnostiek. Deze presentatie bespreekt de evidence based (valide en betrouwbare) meetinstrumenten.

OBJECTIVE: Previous systematic reviews on occupational therapy for elderly included studies until 2003. The present evidence mapping summarizes recent evidence for the efficacy of occupational therapy with older persons based on randomised controlled trials from 2004-2012. METHOD: An electronic search …