An emerging body of research indicates that active arts engagement can enhance older adults’ health and experienced well‐being, but scientific evidence is still fragmented. There is a research gap in understanding arts engagement grounded in a multidimensional conceptualization of the value of health …

Objectives: Goal setting and motivational interviewing (MI) may increase well-being by promoting healthy behavior. Since we failed to show improved well-being in a proactive assessment service for community-dwelling older adults applying these techniques, we studied whether implementation processes could …

Digitization of activities in hospitals receives more attention, due to Covid-19 related regulations. The use of e-health to support patient care is increasing and efficient ways to implement digitization of processes and other technological equipment are needed. We constructed a protocol for implementation …

Simultaneous practices in developing eHealth: the patient journey as outcome and innovative instrument with participation of care professionals in the analysis. This study describes the development of a patient journey in collaboration with healthcare professionals, how to involve the professional in …

Accepted Abstract for Oral presentation about a project in our "Innovatiewerkplaats Blended Beweegstimulering (Innovation group Blended Exercise Stimulation)"

A B S T R A C T Background: Approximately 4 years ago a new concept of learning in practice called the ‘Learning and Innovation Network (LIN)’ was introduced in The Netherlands. To develop a definition of the LIN, to identify working elements of the LIN in order to provide a preliminary framework for …

The aging population faces two conditions that threaten healthy aging: high fat mass (obesity) and low muscle mass and function (sarcopenia). The combination of both—referred to as sarcopenic obesity—synergistically increases the risk of adverse health outcomes. The two conditions often co-occur because …

The working group Ethics in (artistic) research of kunst ≈ research invites researchers from the art schools to a programme on ethical dilemmas on Monday May 17. The programme is for professors, post-doc researchers, PhD candidates and teacher-researchers, to explore together ethical issues and questions …

In the project “Fieldlabs, 21st Century community care”, directed by ROC of Amsterdam, 17 partners in care, education, local authorities, technology providers and research institutes collaborate in the Amsterdam region. Fieldlabs aims to innovate education in care, in order to make it ‘21st century proof’. …

In the Who Cares? program, artists participating in the exhibition To Mind Is To Care talk with authors who have contributed to the eponymous book, the exhibition’s curator, and others.The final Who Cares? session featured artist collective "We Make Carpets and" took place during the exhibition’s finissage. …