Therapeuten van Revant Revalidatie geven op Mytylschool de Schalm te Breda therapie aan kinderen met cerebrale parese. Bij deze kinderen wordt de Nintendo Wii ingezet om de aangedane, spastische lichaamsdelen te trainen. Deze Wii wordt bestuurd door een controller, de Wiimote. De inspanningen of bewegingen …

A growing number of older patients undergo cardiac surgery. Some of these patients are at increased risk of post-operative functional decline, potentially leading to reduced quality of life and autonomy, and other negative health outcomes. First step in prevention is to identify patients at risk of functional …

Uiteindelijk zijn er voor de opdrachtgever de volgende aanbevelingen opgesteld, voor wanneer er een sport en/of actief bewegen aanbod komt voor de patiënten van Sophia Revalidatie. 1. Zorg voor ervaren begeleiders tijdens het sporten. Die naast het begeleiden tijdens de activiteiten tevens rust overbrengen, …

OBJECTIVES: To study sensor monitoring (use of a sensor network placed in the home environment to observe individuals' daily functioning (activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living)) as a method to measure and support daily functioning for older people living independently …

Thirty years ago, in the summer of 1982, I was introduced to pediatric nursing during my internship in the Sophia Children’s Hospital, Academic Hospital Rotterdam (now Erasmus MC). One of my unforgettable patients was Dirk, a 24-year-old man with cystic fibrosis (CF), who spent his time in hospital in …

The aim of this research was to study the clinical characteristics and mortality and disability outcomes of patients who present distinct risk profiles for functional decline at admission. A multicenter, prospective cohort study was conducted between 2006 and 2009 in three hospitals in the Netherlands …

Thirty to sixty per cent of older patients experience functional decline after hospitalisation, associated with an increase in dependence, readmission, nursing home placement and mortality. First step in prevention is the identification of patients at risk. The objective of this study is to develop and …

The objective was to study the prevalence of eighteen geriatric conditions in older patients at admission, their reporting rate in discharge summaries and the impact of these conditions on mortality and functional decline one year after admission. A prospective multicenter cohort study conducted between …