This chapter gives an overview on the Healthy Ageing research portfolio of the research group Lifelong Learning in Music (Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen, the Netherlands). Lifelong learning enables musicians to respond to the continuously changing context in which they are working nowadays, …

Dementia and movement disorders. With a greying European society the consequences are already visible with an increase of the prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease and other age-related neurodegenerative and mental disorders. Therefore it is no surprise that the health care cost of brain disease is expected …

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

De volgende meetinstrumenten zijn voldoende valide en betrouwbaar bevonden: TUG, Tinetti, 5x SST, 30 sec. SST, FICSIT-4, 6 MLT, 4 en 6 meter LT, F8W. Daarnaast wordt specifiek loopvaardigheid en dementie besproken.

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.

Bij elke vorm van dementie komen bewegingsstoornissen voor. In deze presentatie/workshop ga ik in op de verschillende vormen van dementie, de verschillende bewegingsstoornissen bij de vormen van dementie en bij de wijze waarop we dit zichtbaar kunnen maken. Er zal ook praktisch geoefend worden met de …

Intra-ocular straylight can cause decreased visual functioning, and it may cause diminished vision-related quality of life (VRQOL). This cross-sectional population-based study investigates the association between straylight and VRQOL in middle-aged and elderly individuals. Multivariable linear …

Cardiovascular disease is an important cause of disability in activities of daily living (ADL) through its effect on physical functioning. However, it is unclear whether subclinical vascular abnormalities and rate of change in subclinical vascular abnormalities is also associated with an impaired physical …

In deze masterclass wordt aandacht besteed aan dementie, verschillende vormen van dementie en de verschillende stadia in de ziekte. Vervolgens wordt ingezoomd op bewegingsstoornissen bij de verschillende vormen van dementie waarbij paratonie een onderdeel is. Er is aandacht voor meetinstrumenten om de …

Emotional factors related to aging at home assistive technology are known to affect technology acceptance, effective use, and quality of life improvement. This paper is a survey on the affective dimension of robot-based systems conceived for helping elderly at home. The specificity of elders’ capabilities …