Participation of residents and their families in long-term care facilities does not come naturally. Nurses often do not see promoting it as their task. We hypothesised that participation of a resident and his family, and meaningful caring relationships are interrelated.

Mystery hospital visits by communication vulnerable persons as education on healthcare communication. Poster presentation at COMET Conference, 20-22 juni 2023, Cork, Ierland

Background and purpose: Many older patients with cancer have their family members, often their adult children, involved in a process of treatment decision making. Despite the growing awareness that family members can facilitate a process of shared decision making (SDM), literature about SDM pays little …

Purpose : Adolescents are insufficiently physically active and spent too much time sitting, which provides a health risk. In the current study the municipality of Amsterdam, secondary schools, experts in urban sports and researchers work together to stimulate healthy exercise behavior of adolescents. …

Purpose: In Amsterdam – the Netherlands – we know that children living in low income households have a lower health status and report lower physical activity levels than their peers in middle- or high-income households. Seven primary schools located in neighborhoods with a low social-economic status …

Vanaf 1 januari 2022 is de nieuwe Wet inburgering in werking getreden (Ministerie van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid, 2023). Vanaf dat moment heeft de gemeente de verantwoordelijkheid over het inburgeringsproces van statushouders. Voor de wetswijziging had VluchtelingenWerk nader te benoemen VW de …

The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is characterised by high tech and absence of intimacy and often lacks a structured palliative care approach for bereavement support for relatives. We developed practical tools for ICU-nurses in the Netherlands to support relatives of dying patients in the ICU.

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