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From 12th to 14th November 2024, the first official SACRED meeting was held at the Hogeschool and Veldacademie in Rotterdam! SACRED is the abbreviation for Sharing And Caring for at-Risk Elderly with Dementia or Disabilities. The initiative aims to create an E-Learning Platform for healthcare students and professionals, focusing on caring for older adults with dementia, and multiple forms of disabilities (multimorbidity). The project leverages digital tools to provide accessible and comprehensive education for preparing (future-)caregivers across Europe with best practices and evidence-based knowledge for immediate and long-term improvements in elderly care. For the kick-off meeting, all nine European partners came together to discuss the project process and the various work packages. All organisations got to know each other more closely and were introduced to the advisory board, which consists of various experts who will monitor and support the success of the project. Finally, the consortium also gained practical insights into how to deal with dementia, where we spoke to the organisers of dementia-friendly exhibitions at the Natural History Museum in Rotterdam. As a further item on the agenda, the consortium received a practical presentation from Vincent van Meijenfeld, who, as the director of a care facility in Zeeland, reported on the relevance of tailored care for people with dementia according to the so-called STIP method. In summary, the meeting showed the great potential of the project as well as the high motivation of the whole consortium. Together, we are determined to enable a professional understanding of dementia-friendly care and multimorbidity! Gemeente Rotterdam, Veldacademie, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, AFEdemy, age-friendly environments academy, Odisee, Instituto de investigación Polibienestar (UV), ELISAN, ISRAA, ANRIMAC SPAIN Ton J.E.M. Bakker, MD/PhD, Judith van Zwienen, Marleen Goumans, Jeroen Oversier, christine Rietveld. Dante Guitink, Willem Philipsen, Julie Vanderlinden, Willeke Van Staalduinen. Jonas Bernitt, Javier Ganzarain, @otto trienekens, Andrea Fitskie, Elena Curtopassi, @a. rita martin caballero, Oscar Zanutto, Sara Ceron, Tamara Alhambra Borrás, Karel Haga. René Keijzer, Jeroen van Wijngaarden, Brian De Lord, @dr. B. Anis, Matthijs Harmsen. Danielle Paulssen, Kenniscentrum Zorginnovatie. Erasmus+ | Onderwijs & Training

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Two weeks ago, the new SACRED project was kicked off in Rotterdam! 💡 Funded by the Erasmus+ programme for higher education, our initiative aims to create an E-Learning Platform for healthcare students and professionals, focusing on caring for older adults with dementia and multiple forms of disabilities (also called multimorbidity). 🎓 As a partner of the project, AFEdemy will be mainly responsible for developing an appealing e-learning platform for imparting knowledge on dementia and multimorbidity care. Moreover, AFEdemy will be involved in the sharing and communication activities. 📲 To stay tuned about the project's progress, you are invited to have a look at the project website, follow its different social media channels, or read the latest news item on our AFEdemy.eu: 👉 SACRED Website: https://sacredproject.eu/ 👉 SACRED Instagram: https://lnkd.in/ek5AZ5Ac 👉 SACRED LinkedIn: https://lnkd.in/eqjVaY5j 👉 SACRED Facebook: https://lnkd.in/eQuTRuWv 👉 News item on the AFEdemy website: https://lnkd.in/esW_RTvx

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 "My biggest fear is laying in bed and no-one will know it" Willemien from the Netherlands shared this with Jill Mulder, who was working on the Genus Care project. As such, Genus Care built in the day start alert: if there is an unexpected day-start in the Genus home, then an alert is sent to the system. Family/friends or professionals can check the data and even make a video call to see if everything is OK. This “simple feature” not only gives Willemien and many Genus users peace of mind, also the children and professionals now have a clear indicator if everything is OK. The result? Elderly have a better chance at living in their own home for longer, less pressure on professional caretakers and overall peace of mind. Read more about this feature on https://lnkd.in/exfEuUGc #remotecare #digitalcare #heartofcare #assistedliving

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"My biggest fear is laying in bed and no-one will know it" Willemien from the Netherlands shared this with Jill Mulder, who was working on the Genus Care project. As such, Genus Care built in the day start alert: if there is an unexpected day-start in the Genus home, then an alert is sent to the system. Family/friends or professionals can check the data and even make a video call to see if everything is OK. This “simple feature” not only gives Willemien and many Genus users peace of mind, also the children and professionals now have a clear indicator if everything is OK. The result? Elderly have a better chance at living in their own home for longer, less pressure on professional caretakers and overall peace of mind. More info is here. https://lnkd.in/enAMu_n6 #remotecare #digitalcare #heartofcare #assistedliving

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We are happy to announce that our Annual Congress 2024 will take place on October 28 and 29 at The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in Amsterdam.   This year’s theme will be Overcoming silent despair.   Silent despair manifests in patients as internal anguish and is camouflaged by daily routines. Cancer often intensifies this existential battle.   The majority of patients who die from cancer are from low- and middle-income countries where the silent despair may be even bigger and more intense. We have to close that gap. All stakeholders in the medical industrial complex have their responsibility.   It is our belief that, by working together and placing the patient in the centre of healthcare, we can get cancer under control globally. Our Inspire2Live community counts more then 90 professional volunteers in more than 40 countries who are prepared to create a coalition of the willing and influence the people who pull the strings. We do this by executing on a clear project plan involving all stakeholders and our annual congresses have seen the start of many such initiatives.   Topic of our congress Topics for this year’s congress are advocacy, access to medicines, molecular diagnostics, early detection, lifestyle and paediatric cancers.   Registration Our congress is free of charge, but a donation via our website would be highly appreciated. Registration will start within a few weeks and more information will follow.   About Inspire2Live Inspire2Live was founded in the Netherlands in 2010 and works globally with professional volunteers. We have initiated dozens of projects by simply bringing the right people together and supporting them to cooperate productively. Not just talking about cooperation but really working together and delivering concrete results and this is what distinguishes us from most other organisations. We are also supported by our ambassadors, including several Nobel prize winners. You can visit our website www.inspire2live.org for more information.   #inspire2live #i2l #wearethepatientsvoiceincancer #ifaboutusnotwithoutus #worldcampus #cancer #patient #patientadvocacy #patientsfirst #annualcongress #silentdespair

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I am worried aboud what the consequences are in the new cohort developments and a specially about the impact for all nursing professionals: i realy think that cohort news are not good news for the sector care. Radboud is working on it, but i am afraid there is no understanding about the importance of being a member of a spesialistic team, having the knowledge of a specialsme. the consequences of these plans in cohort nurses all and in any need to place where ever is the need? nurses need to settle and use their knowledge on the right places. Deployable? Only on free choices. in this plans i see a dualisme: docters,spesialsts are becomming more and more in a kind of specialasme cohort while all nursing staff ?? You can fill in my doubts. When we are looking desperately for care employees? Than these plans will have an negative effect. so, this is my opinion

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In the collaboration with China two important themes are sustainability and health. A recent visiting delegation from the Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport (Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport) and a group of Dutch health experts came to meet with their Chinese counterparts and a major topic was sustainable healthcare or green hospital development. What happens when one Dutch artist in Beijing addresses the concerns of this delegation? She gets to work! Maria Koijck creates poignant and thought-provoking works, turning discarded materials into large sculptures. Her work is informed by her transformative experience as a nurse who became a patient. When she underwent a breast cancer operation, she realized just how much waste is produced by the health industry. During her recent visit to Beijing, Maria collaborated with Chinese artists, students, cancer survivors and healthcare professionals. Together, they created community waste sculptures and participated in workshops. In below video you can see how collective effort and joy of creative expression underscore the shared themes of environmental consciousness, resilience, and the transformative power of art in personal and community healing. Did you know that a big percentage of global carbon emissions can be attributed to the medical industry, in no small part because of single-use plastic materials? Have you ever experienced a lightning-bolt realization when it came to plastic waste? Consulate General of the Netherlands in Guangzhou Michael He 史明康 Vera Regina van de Nieuwenhof #health #sustainability #sustainabledevelopmentgoals #art #collaboration #community #china #netherlands #plogging

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The Academic Collaborative Center (ACC) for Living with an Intellectual Disability (Tranzo, Tilburg University), together with the University Network for Elderly Care, developed a practical online tool: The Client Perspective Weighing Framework. This tool helps healthcare professionals determine whether the care received by people with intellectual disabilities, dementia, or other brain disorders, in a given situation, is involuntary. Additionally, it raises awareness of the client perspective among healthcare professionals. Professor Petri Embregts from the ACC for Living with an Intellectual Disability explains: ‘’The tool is explicitly not a checklist but a prompt for care professionals to consider the client’s perspective through questions. In this way, they can make a conscious decision about the care and support provided.” Read more: https://lnkd.in/eU4XiwkM

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Technology can increase the quality of life of people with dementia, Sandra Suijkerbuijk's research shows that it is essential for these people to be actively involved in the design process. Her research helps to improve communication between designers and people with dementia. ⚡ Find out why this is crucial. https://lnkd.in/dnWRyHnm #Dementia #Innovation #warmtechnology

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🌟 New to the Netherlands as a healthcare professional? 🩺 Discover how easy and fun it can be to learn medical Dutch! In our latest video, we guide you step by step through essential words and phrases you can start using right away in your work. 💊 Whether you're communicating with patients or collaborating with colleagues, Dutch for Doctors helps you gain confidence in Dutch quickly! 🇳🇱 👉 Watch the video now and begin your journey to fluent medical Dutch! Want to learn more? Visit www.dutchfordoctors.nl #MedicalDutch #DutchForDoctors #LanguageTraining

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⛑️ The healthcare crisis is real: 4.5M people in the Netherlands struggle with anxiety, and our healthcare professionals are already stretched thin, with mental health being the top contributor to disease burden. ☀️ But what if there was a better way? We're developing the innovative self-management tool MYSA to support traditional therapy and improve care efficiency. Ready to learn more? Stay tuned 👉https://lnkd.in/e6mJCGgR #feelMYSA #HealthcareTech #HealthcareInnovation #AnxietySupport #DigitalHealth #HealthcareSolutions #MentalHealthTech #HealthcareTransformation #MentalHealthcare #WellnessTech Ref: RIVM

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'You don't have to overhaul the entire hospital system to make changes' Healthcare faces major challenges: an aging population, rising costs, and a fragmented healthcare offering. New skills are needed to meet these challenges. In an interview with the Leiden University Medical Center, two of our students talked about the opportunities they see to improve the healthcare system. Interested in how Veerle and Manon would like to change the healthcare system? Read the interview via the following link (in Dutch): https://lnkd.in/eKYWjpeZ

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Some homes are perfect, flawless — like pages torn straight from a glossy lifestyle magazine. You admire them, but they don't challenge you. Then, every once in a while, you stumble upon something else. A rare gem. A home with imperfections, possibilities — a rough diamond. The kind of home that sparks something inside you. As you walk through its rooms, you don’t just see what is — you see what could be. Those 'aha' moments, where every corner holds the potential for your unique touch, your vision, your personality. These are the homes that become more than just a place to live. They become your personal project. A journey of transformation, of turning potential into reality. They’re rare. Hard to find. And even harder to forget. A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. 💎

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200 dagen horror in G a z a ... Ik kan geen woorden vinden, dus deel ik de rake woorden van corporate activist Hanane Abaydi. "The world doesn't need your checkbox feminism. Feminism is speaking up. Feminism is refusing to contribute political, financial, or in any way to oppressive systems. Feminism without addressing genocide or social injustice is just a reproduction of oppression. Not a praxis for liberation. The double standards used by feminists are just sick 🤢. Speak up for P a l e s t i n e. Speak up for Congo. Speak up for Sudan. Speak up for Ethiopia. Speak up for the Western Sahara. Speak up for West Papua. Speak up for Syria. Speak up for Libya. Speak up for Iraq. Speak up for Afghanistan. Just to name a few countries where intervention from Western countries and Western imperialism and colonization led to war, conflict, chaos, oppression, and genocide. Speak up. Your silence is destructive. Your silence is fatal. #bethekilljoy #speakup

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I am part of many dialogues on how we can improve healthcare. Yesterday on what role the employer of healthcare professionals can play in increasing work satisfaction, innovation to decrease work pressure and other ways to help clients and patients better. The green environment was a nice addition to talk about implementation also. Werknemersorganisatie FBZ

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𝗢𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗭𝗢𝗡, 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘁 𝗨𝗠𝗖+ 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗵𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁, 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗢𝗘𝗖𝗜 𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲. The Organisation of European Cancer Institutes (OECI) recognizes OncoZON’s integrated multidisciplinary approach as progressive, which goes further than other oncology institutes, both in Europe and worldwide. This means we and the other 9 healthcare institutions* work together so intensively that people with cancer can count on the same high-quality care anywhere in the Southeast Netherlands. Regardless of which hospital they go to, as close to home as possible. 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗹 The OECI is the institute in Europe that assesses and checks whether an oncological care institution meets high internationally established quality standards in the field of care, education and research. According to the OECI, the innovative and integral approach to cancer care is characterized by regional tumor working groups and regional multidisciplinary consultations in which the latest scientific insights are applied. By obtaining this accreditation, OncoZON, in this pilot for network care, was able to demonstrate that the three fundamental pillars are united in the regional approach. We are extremely proud of the fact that the OECI indicates that our highly skilled and motivated healthcare professionals are working exceptionally hard to continue to improve the quality of care. For everyone who needs our care, for now and in the future. *Anna Zorggroep, Catharina Ziekenhuis Eindhoven, Ziekenhuis Elkerliek, Laurentius Ziekenhuis, Maastro, Máxima MC, Maastricht UMC+, SJG Weert, VieCuri Medisch Centrum, Zuyderland MC. 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗘𝗖𝗜 𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄!👇 Maastricht University Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences | Maastricht UMC+

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