Aims: This study explored what informal caregivers of ethnic minority (EM) persons with dementia in the Netherlands perceive as culturally accessible health care and nurses' perceptions of how cultural competence can be improved to facilitate access to health care for EM persons with dementia and their …

INLEIDING Dementie is de naam voor een combinatie van symptomen, waarbij de hersenen informatie niet meer goed kunnen verwerken. Het is een verzamelnaam voor ruim vijftig ziektes. Dementie is daarom een ingewikkelde en ingrijpende ziekte die veel vragen oproept bij de cliënt, het cliëntsysteem, de zorg, …

The ageing of people with intellectual disabilities, with associated mor bidity like dementia, calls for new types of care. Person-centered methods may support care staff in providing this, an example being Dementia Care Mapping (DCM). DCM has been shown to be feasible in ID-care. We examined the experiences …

The research project Designing Environment conducts research into how a different mind-set can be brought about concerning people with dementia, by intervening in care processes, and from the perspective of the participating observer. The objective is to create an environment for people with dementia, …