This project studies whether a redesigned baccalaureate nursing curriculum in a University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands can stimulate positive interest for the field of community care. In many Western countries, healthcare is changing from institutional care delivery to caring for patients …

A lot of trends and developments are happening within facility management (FM). From using cleaning and caring robots till changing the workplace to a wellness destination (Sodexo, 2017; CBRE, 2017). Another trend involves around buildings, which are becoming more intelligent than their users (ISS, …

Most people in The Netherlands have access to high quality palliative care—multidisciplinary total care aimed at patients’ quality of life when patients have limited life expectancies. All nurses and generalist physicians receive at least basic palliative care training. Nursing home staff is also well …

In this chapter, we propose that the democracy we wish to see out in the world is influenced by the quality of our own “inner democracies”—that is: the quality of the democracies among and between the selves or voices in the landscape of the self. We must find ways out of the I-prisons we experience …

lnburgering wordt een gecombineerde verantwoordelijkheid van landelijk en gemeentelijk beleid, blijkt uit het regeerakkoord. De nieuwkomer wordt alom ondersteund in het opbouwen van een nieuw leven in ons land. Maar werkt het wel? Wij zien zorgwekkende ontwikkelingen op lokaal niveau, maar ook kansen …

One approach to nursing is to value person-centred care as the preferred way of caring. Undergraduate nursing education may include specific courses that facilitate the development of person-centred care in students but it is not known which learning experiences students report as influential in this …

Sinds 2015, met de inwerkingtreding van de nieuwe jeugdwet, is beslissen over specialistische hulp één van de taken van jeugdprofessionals, de professionals werkzaam in wijkteams of het CJG. Hun opdracht is zowel de inzet van specialistische hulp te beperken als de specialistische hulp niet te laat …

Door het open karakter van het internet circuleert er veel desinformatie over opvoeding. Gedegen kwaliteitskaders voor professionele voorlichting ontbreken echter. In Nederland is een unieke werkwijze ontwikkeld, die gebaseerd is op de principes van evidence-based practice: door wetenschappelijke kennis, …

SUMMARY • The combination of coping with mental health problems and caring for children makes parents vulnerable. • Family-centred practice can help to maintain and strengthen important family relationships, and to identify and enhance the strengths of parents with a mental illness, thus contributing …