Het thema voedsel is van groot belang voor de Metropoolregio Amsterdam. Niet alleen omdat er vele monden te voeden zijn maar ook omdat het een belangrijke economische sector is. Alle schakels van de voedselketen zijn in de regio vertegenwoordigd. Bovendien heeft de manier waarop de stad en de industrie …

Background: The number of people with multiple chronic conditions receiving primary care services is growing. To deal with their increasingly complex health care demands, professionals from different disciplines need to collaborate. Interprofessional team (IPT) meetings are becoming more popular. Several …

BACKGROUND: Recent evidence suggests that an increase in baccalaureate-educated registered nurses (BRNs) leads to better quality of care in hospitals. For geriatric long-term care facilities such as nursing homes, this relationship is less clear. Most studies assessing the relationship between nurse …

Dit onderzoek draagt bij aan een beter begrip van het fenomeen woningruil, hierbij is gelet op de historische ontwikkeling van de woningruil, bemiddelingsprocessen, lidmaatschap profielen en de rol van media. Het internet heeft voor een interactiever proces gezorgd en vergemakkelijkt woningruil kernels …

BACKGROUND: The performance of activities of daily living (ADL) at home is important for the recovery of older individuals after hip fracture. However, 20-90% of these individuals lose ADL function and never fully recover. It is currently unknown to what extent occupational therapy (OT) with coaching …

Cognitive impairment is a prevalent problem among the homeless and seems related to more psychosocial problems. However, little is known about the care needs of the subgroup of homeless people with an intellectual disability compared to those without an intellectual disability and how their care needs …

Food and the city has never been a more urgent theme than today, and The European Union’s priority to commit to innovation in this field will certainly enhance its economic and external strength and improve its competitive position in the world of food and life sciences. Europea Netherlands held a seminar …

Smart homes, home automation and ambient-assisted living are terms used to describe technological systems that enrich our living environment and provide means to support care, facilitate well-being and improve comfort. This handbook provides an overview of the domain from the perspective of health care …

Background: Increasingly, nurse practitioners (NPs) are deployed in teams along with general practitioners (GPs) to help meet the demand for out-of-hours care. The purpose of this study was to explore factors influencing collaboration between GPs and NPs in teams working out-of-hours. Methods: A descriptive …

Boekbespreking: Anja Machielse (2016). Afgezonderd of ingesloten? : Over sociale kwetsbaarheid van ouderen. Utrecht: Universiteit voor Humanistiek. 2016, 60 p., ISBN 9789082535822 …