De arbeidsparticipatie van vrouwelijke statushouders in Nederland is laag. Publieke professionals die vanuit de Wet inburgering en de Participatiewet vrouwelijke statushouders ondersteunen, zoals klantmanagers en trajectcoaches, geven aan dat het hen nog onvoldoende lukt om de drijfveren, mogelijkheden …

The participation of individuals with physical impairment in sports has numerous benefits, yet there is also the risk of sustaining sport-related injuries or illnesses. Therefore, prevention programmes of these problems are needed to ensure that individuals can maintain a healthy, active lifestyle. …

Attitudes of mental health professionals towards the use of coercion are highly relevant concerning its use coercion in mental healthcare, as mental health professionals have to weigh ethical arguments and decide within a legal frame in which situations to use coercion or not. Therefore, assessment of …

Objectives Decision-making for patients with a locally advanced laryngeal carcinoma (T3 and T4) is challenging due to the treatment choice between organ preservation and laryngectomy, both with different and high impact on function and quality of life (QoL). The complexity of these treatment decisions …

This research publication is part of the book Creating empowering environments for people with dementia : addressing inclusive design from homes to cities. Summary of the whole book: This edited volume addresses the environments that exacerbate, exclude, and stigmatise those living with dementia to explore …

Op dit moment voert URGE een project uit dat zich richt op de behoefte aan vernieuwing in democratieën ten gevolge van verstedelijking. Hun doel is het ontwikkelen van een methode die zorgprofessionals in staat stelt kwetsbare groepen in steden een stem te geven over de negatieve gevolgen van verstedelijking. …

Kwetsbaarheid in beeld: De correlatie tussen de vier meter wandeltest en de Tilburgse frailty indicator bij mensen van 65 jaar en ouder

Toepassingen voor meer kwaliteit van leven bij dementie worden weinig gebruikt in de praktijk en het onderwijs. Dit komt door de ‘implementatiekloof’. In leergemeenschappen werken partners in onderzoek, onderwijs en praktijk samen. Zij weten daarom veel over het overbruggen van de implementatiekloof. …

Maintaining the child-robot relationship after a significant break, such as a holiday, is an important step for developing sustainable social robots for education. We ran a four-session user study (n = 113 children) that included a nine-month break between the third and fourth session. During the study, …

Introduction: The new concept of ‘living well with dementia’ is currently gaining traction in practice, policy, and research. However, people with dementia and their carers’ own understanding of this concept has not received much scholarly attention. This is because empirical studies into living well …