Presentation at conference about methods and result scoping review into factors influencing family involvement in treatment decision making for older patients with cancer. Presenter is Bea Dijkman. Other names where involved in the research and approved the presentation.Background and purposeMany older …

Jongeren met autisme, ad(h)d, angststoornis, borderline, depressie, anorexia of een andere psychische stoornis doen het op school steeds beter. Maar de overstap naar de arbeidsmarkt blijkt moeilijk. Meer tijd, betere begeleiding en tegelijkertijd ‘zo normaal mogelijk’ doen, moeten verbetering brengen. …

Background: The proportion of frail older adults is increasing and is expected to further increase in the coming years, both globally and in the Dutch population. This poses a great challenge to public health. To determine the prevalence of frailty in a population, a frailty index (FI) is recommended. …

BACKGROUND: Intensive care unit (ICU) patients age 90 years or older represent a growing subgroup and place a huge financial burden on health care resources despite the benefit being unclear. This leads to ethical problems. The present investigation assessed the differences in outcome between nonagenarian …

Gastles in de MBO-HBO-WO minor Healthy Ageing Hanzehogeschool

Frailty in older adults is an increasing burden for public health, both globally as well as in The Netherlands. To focus on frailty prevention from a public health perspective, a clear understanding of frailty prevalence is needed.

Gastles ALC's 2e jaars studenten Pedagogische Wetenschappen RuG.

BACKGROUND: Sepsis is one of the most frequent reasons for acute intensive care unit (ICU) admission of very old patients and mortality rates are high. However, the impact of pre-existing physical and cognitive function on long-term outcome of ICU patients ≥ 80 years old (very old intensive care patients …