Mensen met een aangeboren lichamelijke aandoening hebben tegenwoordig een zo goed als normale levensverwachting. Daardoor groeit de groep vijftigplussers met zo'n aandoening. Hoe gaan zij om met de beperkingen die ze ondervinden? Welke aanpassingsstrategieën gebruiken ze en aan welke ondersteuning hebben …

Despite the finding that involvement in activities is one of the most important needs of residents with dementia living in care homes, care facilities struggle to fulfill this need. Over the years, various factors are suggested which may contribute to or disable activity provision in dementia care homes. …

Previous research has indicated that people living with dementia are able to use touchscreen technology, which presents an opportunity to deliver meaningful and engaging activities for people to pass the time independently. The challenge is to identify suitable applications from the thousands that are …

Mensen met dementie en hun omgeving moeten in de loop der jaren veel beslissingen nemen die vaak diep ingrijpen in het leven van alle betrokkenen. Dan is het belangrijk dat zulke besluiten zorgvuldig plaatsvinden en in goed onderling overleg. Casemanagers dementie kunnen hierbij een handje helpen door …

Hoofdstuk in Handboek Ouderenpsychologie

Decision making is an important part of managing one's life with dementia. Shared decision making is the preferred way of involving people in decisions. Our study aimed to describe the challenges of shared decision making in dementia care networks.

Psychosocial interventions aim to mitigate the serious consequences of dementia for the daily life of people with dementia and their informal caregivers. To deliver a person-centred approach, it is crucial to take needs, characteristics and preferences of people with dementia and their informal caregivers …

Purpose: The effects of a multicomponent dyadic intervention on the mood, behavior, and physical health of people with dementia living in the community were evaluated in a randomized controlled trial. This multicomponent dyadic intervention is a translated and adapted version of an intervention that …

In the Netherlands, various organisational models of dementia case management exist. In this study the following four models are distinguished, based on differences in the availability of the service and in the case management function: Model 1: the case management service is available from first dementia …

To obtain insight into facilitating factors for case management in dementia care, we conducted a qualitative study with 13 online focus groups (OFGs). Participants were professionals involved in dementia case management (N = 99). We used mind-maps and the method of constant comparison for analysis. Participants …