Mensen met een verstandelijke beperking worden steeds ouder. Deze veroudering gaat vaak samen met inactiviteit, ongezonde voedingspatronen en gezondheidsproblemen die al op jongere leeftijd ontstaan. Dit leidt bij mensen met een verstandelijke beperking tot een groter risico op leeftijds- en leefstijlgerelateerde …

Background: Frailty and multimorbidity are common among patients in geriatric rehabilitation care (GRC). Proper care of these patients involves multiple professionals which requires optimal interprofessional collaboration to provide the best possible support. Interprofessional collaboration (IPC) goes …

Het soort functionarissen dat in de huisartsenpraktijk emplooi vindt neemt nog steeds toe. Dat is het gevolg van nieuwe zorgvisies -en modellen, veranderende zorgbehoeften en aanpassingen op de ideeën en verwachtingen die de burger, en daarmee de politiek, heeft van wat de eerstelijnszorg zou moeten …

Workshop held at LB Forum

Background Adult siblings are important in the lives of individuals with profound intellectual disabilities, especially as parents age. However, little is known about the roles they assume. Method We examined these roles among 58 participants from the Netherlands, who completed an online questionnaire. …

In 2010, the definition of cachexia was jointly developed by the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) Special Interest Groups (SIG) "Cachexia-anorexia in chronic wasting diseases" and "Nutrition in geriatrics". Cachexia was considered as a synonym of disease-related malnutrition …

Een kennisclip over de Sustainable Development Goals

AIM: Identification and synthesis of research data related to the roles and competencies of physicians and nurses that are prerequisites for careful shared decision-making with patients potentially undergoing cardiac surgery. DESIGN: A scoping review was conducted in accordance with the Joanna Briggs …

Creating art with your wearables!29 september 2023Do you want to have an embodied dialog with the digital? Let your movements guide an artistic experience by interacting with sounds and visuals through wearable technology. Come by the Art & Technology LAB station at the Forum to experience a new-media …

Objectives: People with intellectual disabilities are more vulnerable to and experience mental health concerns at a higher incidence than their peers without intellectual disabilities. This may be directly related to the aetiology of their intellectual disability but also occur because of negative psychological …