Over dementie, het belang van bewegen en goede voeding

BACKGROUND: Global migration has increased in the past century, and aging in a foreign country is relevant to the Chinese diaspora. OBJECTIVE: With regard to migration, this study focuses on the places of aging as the context of older Chinese adults. This study aimed to describe the general health and …

Background: Modern modeling techniques may potentially provide more accurate predictions of dichotomous outcomes than classical techniques. Objective: In this study, we aimed to examine the predictive performance of eight modeling techniques to predict mortality by frailty. Methods: We performed a …

Introduction on the topic of Paratonia

Webinar Beweegprogramma's in de gehandicaptenzorg.Het blijkt nog steeds lastig om voldoende beweging in te passen in het dagelijks leven, zo ook in de gehandicaptenzorg. Dat moet beter, vinden bewegingswetenschapper Alyt Oppewal en fysiotherapeut-onderzoeker Aly Waninge. In hun onderzoek beschrijven …

Restrictive measures due to the COVID-19 pandemic may cause problems in the physical, social, and psychological functioning of older people, resulting in increased frailty. In this cross-sectional study, we aimed to assess the prevalence and characteristics of frailty, to examine differences in perceived …

Dr. Lotte Enkelaar en dr. Aly Waninge geven een webinar over vallen en preventie bij mensen met visuele en verstandelijke beperkingen.

Abstract: Background: Little is known about frailty among patients hospitalized with heart failure (HF). To date, the limited information on frailty in HF is based on a unidimensional view of frailty, in which only physical aspects are considered when determining frailty. The aims of this study were …

Abstract Background: Multidimensional frailty, including physical, psychological, and social components, is associated to disability, lower quality of life, increased healthcare utilization, and mortality. In order to prevent or delay frailty, more knowledge of its determinants is necessary; one of these …

Voor ouders/verwanten, zorgprofessionals en wetenschappers organiseert de Academische Werkplaats EMB het (online) congres Perspectieven op samenwerking. Tijdens dit interactieve congres op vrijdag 19 november 2021 schuwen we geen dilemma’s en benaderen we het thema samenwerking van alle kanten: de verschillende …