It seems today that the streets in Mexico are littered with bodies of journalists. Since the ruling president, Felipe Calderón, declared war on drug cartels in December 2006, more than 30 journalists have been murdered or have gone missing. The escalating violence and attacks on Mexican media are emerging …

People suffering from dementia often have problems with way finding and feel restless. In this paper we present an interactive wall developed for decreasing the amount of wandering behaviour of people suffering from dementia. The installation aims at making these people feel more at home in the nursing …

Roma are a transnational nomadic population. For centuries, they have traveled around the world due to persecutions or in search of economic prosperity. Roma are a heterogeneous minority. They are not one group. There are many different groups of Roma. Nowadays, an estimated 12 million Roma live in Europe …

The last few years, the airline industry has been struggling due to the terrorism attacks in 2001 and the recession. Nevertheless, the low cost carriers (LCC) continued to be profitable and successful with its own particular business model. It is an upcoming trend in the aviation industry. Ryanair is …

Purpose In order to facilitate ageing-in-place (AiP) with dementia, a digital consultancy tool (DCT) was designed to facilitate modifications to the home environment. In the Netherlands, about 65% of the 270,000 older adults with dementia live in their own dwelling. At the same time, 40% of the Dutch …

Dementia is often diagnosed after emergency situations have emerged.The social network of elderly was studied in order to find out if persons or institutions could help to discover problems in an earlier phase. It was concluded that family is most important, and that information, rather than detection, …

This book, ‘Outreach work and imminent eviction: RAAK research’, is a report of the results obtained from the examination of these innovations. The first chapter contains a description of the pilot projects, which brought together care workers from the Blankenberg Foundation and Dynamo for early intervention …

The human memory has an associative nature. Association and mental visualization combine skills and structures of the left and right brain halves. It is easier to remember pictures, photographs or drawings than words or sentences. In fact, it usually takes a lot of effort to remember words and sentences …

Home automation that allows for telecare services is increasingly becoming a tool to help older adults live independently and to improve perceived safety and security. The number of older adults receiving professional care, in relation to housing, on a daily basis is not very large. Only 15% receives …

When the Dutch contributions to the actions in the former Yugoslavia became more permanent, an increasing need arose to draw lessons from experiences gained. Several studies were set up to investigate varying subjects as leadership, family problems and stress. Most of these studies were conducted after …