To determine the relation between existing levels of alcohol screening and brief intervention rates in five European jurisdictions and role security and therapeutic commitment by the participating primary healthcare professionals. Health care professionals consisting of, 409 GPs, 282 nurses and 55 other …

Background This study aims for health gain and cost reduction in the care for people with long-term non-psychotic psychiatric disorders. Present care for this population has a limited evidence base, is often open ended, little effective, and expensive. Recent epidemiological data shows that 43.5% of …

Een presentatie aan collega's van de Universiteit van Newcastle ter introductie en kennismaking met het lectoraat Healthy Ageing, Allied Health Care and Nursing.

Designers have grown increasingly interested in social consequences of new technologies. As social impacts become increasingly important it might be fruitful to understand how social impacts develop and how a designer can anticipate these consequences. In health care practices, for instance, it is important …

In September 2010, Hanze University of Applied Sciences in Groningen (the Netherlands) started a 20-week international program titled GameOn! The object of this program is for students to develop serious games, that aim to help the youth become aware of social and/or health related issues. Since the …

Introduction and methodology In self-managed residential homeless care, consumers, and their peers, are in charge. Former consumers (N=24) of a self-managed homeless shelter were interviewed with qualitative structured topic-lists on the benefits they experienced. Former consumers of the program participated …

Home telehealth (HT) refers to the use of videoconferencing to provide care to patients remotely and can help older adults age in place. However, these technologies are unlikely to impact care unless health care providers are motivated to use them. Education may play a key role in increasing motivation …

Bevorderen van een gezonde leefstijl bij ouderen in probleemwijken. Het vergt een specifieke aanpak om ouderen met een lagere sociaal-economische status te motiveren deel te nemen aan leefstijlprojecten. In deze presentatie wordt de aanpak van een wijkgerichte methode gepresenteerd om ouderen te motiveren …

Ondervoeding en kwetsbaarheid bij dementie. Ondervoeding en kwetsbaarheid komen vaak voor bij ouderen en bij ouderen met dementie in het bijzonder. De inhoud van deze begrippen en het onderlinge verband zijn zeer actueel en speerpunten van wetenschappelijk onderzoek. Verschillende logopedische aspecten …

Active and Healthy Ageing in EU and the regional approach in the Northern Netherlands. Presentatie Joost Degenaar, gegeven op ELLAN werkconferentie d.d. 10 en 11 november 2014. Inhoud: HA in Europa, Europees onderzoek, ontwikkelingen in Nederland, het netwerk in Noord-Nederland, het Centre of Expertise, …