The aim of this longitudinal qualitative interview study (3 waves of interviews) was to examine the nature of older workers’ late career decision-making processes, including the main drivers and obstacles for prolonging working life or retiring. Late career decision-making is regarded as a process of …

Owing to the aging of Western societies, an increasing number of people over age 65 are now working in bridge employment. Research is needed to understand how job characteristics in bridge employment should be designed to support older employees’ productivity, considering potential declines in intra-individual …

Purpose: The Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA), including the PG-SGA Short Form (SF, aka ‘abridged’), was originally developed in the mid 1990’s as a scored, patient self-report, paperbased instrument and has been widely validated. The PG-SGA (SF) has been used for screening, assessment …

BACKGROUND: Loneliness is expected to become an even bigger social problem in the upcoming decades, because of the growing number of older adults. It has been argued that the use of social network sites can aid in decreasing loneliness and improving mental health. The purpose of this study was to examine …

The objective of this study was to develop a multidisciplinary guideline that supports the care and vocational rehabilitation of HIV-infected people with employment-related problems. The guideline was developed according to the “evidence-based guideline development” method developed by the Dutch Institute …

The main objective of this study was to explore the online tools and techniques that independent documentary makers can use to make their productions more interactive and engaging. The research was conducted with an international documentary audience and international documentary producers in mind, and …

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In Nederland heeft iedereen boven de 18 jaar stemrecht. Ook mensen met een verstandelijke beperking. De helft van de mensen met een lichte of matige verstandelijke beperking uit het Panel Samen Leven van het NIVEL maakte er gebruik van bij de laatste verkiezingen. Familieleden noemen diverse oorzaken …

This paper explores inter-organisational relationships, in terms of cooperation, between three main types of sport providers at the local level: voluntary sport clubs, for-profit fitness and health clubs, and local sports authorities. Both withinand cross-sector cooperation are analysed and related to …

Dit is het eenentwintigste nummer in de reeks van BMS-rapporten. De BMS-rapporten willen een bijdrage leveren aan het sociaalwetenschappelijke onderzoek naar beleid en management met betrekking tot sport en fysieke activiteit. Door de Onderzoeksgroep Sport- & Bewegingsbeleid van de KU Leuven werd in …