Objective: A key aspect of psychiatric rehabilitation is supporting individuals with serious mental illness in reaching personal goals. This study aimed to investigate whether various aspects of the working alliance predict successful goal attainment and whether goal attainment improves subjective quality …

This study tackles the problem of locations analysis and decision making in FREM organizations using a technological tool named expert decision support system (EDSS) that enhances the procedure of real estate location analysis and decision making in an objective form. On the one hand, deciding on the …

Aims and objective To estimate the increased care demand and medical costs caused by falls in nursing homes. Background There is compelling evidence that falls in nursing homes are preventable. However, proper implementation of evidence‐based guidelines to prevent falls is often hindered by insufficient …

In this colomn it is argued that investing in education, healthcare and construction is investing in local economy and society. At least, if education perceives "get ready for a smart world" (the credo of Saxion University) as more than an uncritical adaptation to the latest products of the high-tech …

Objective: A key aspect of psychiatric rehabilitation is supporting individuals with serious mental illness in reaching personal goals. This study aimed to investigate whether various aspects of the working alliance predict successful goal attainment and whether goal attainment improves subjective quality …

Climate change is an ongoing worldwide event with visible effects in all levels and divisions of society. Large scaled projects to counter climate change are mostly investing in industrial programmes or outsourced projects to foreign (mostly third-world) countries. The world is undergoing an urbanisation …

This report gives the answer to the question: “In what way can Riverdale motivate shop owners to participate in the omnichannel strategy?” It is important to know what drives the shop owners and what will persuade them to be willing to be a part of this change. The implementation of an omnichannel strategy …

Purpose – Since the end of the financial crisis in 2013, the residential real estate market is booming in Amsterdam. Especially for singles and starters it is almost impossible to live in Amsterdam. This high demand and low supply in the market can be defined as an opportunity for investors to invest. …

Land grabbing is a growing global phenomenon, fuelled by corrupt local governments and companies investing money in agricultural land in developing countries around the world. While these investments are often made to feed Western consumers, they lead to homelessness, poverty and hunger in the communities …

Consumers currently place increasing importance on the values that companies represent. Modern values such as transparency, benevolence to society, sustainability and fairness are becoming more relevant, as noted by many major consulting firms among which are Nielsen (2013), the World Federation of Advertisers …