Aims and objectives. To determine a valid, reliable and clinical user‐friendly instrument,
based on predictors of functional decline, to identify older patients at risk for functional decline. …

INTRODUCTION: Ambient intelligence technologies are a means to support ageing-in-place
by monitoring clients in the home. In this study, monitoring is applied for the purpose of …

Aims and objectives. To gain insight into the lived experience of parenting a child with
leukaemia during treatment. Background. Diagnosis of leukaemia in children leads to an …

There are currently about 6 million – mainly older – people with dementia in the European
Union. With ageing, a number of sensory changes occur. Dementia syndrome exacerbates …

This qualitative study examines how individuals in an advanced stage of multiple sclerosis (MS)
who live at home, accommodate to their illness. The downward phase in the illness …

People with dementia may have an altered sensitivity to indoor environmental conditions
compared to other older adults and younger counterparts. This paper, based on literature …

Aims. To assess the interplay between hope and the information provided by health care
professionals. Background. Earlier research learned that hope is crucial for relatives of …

In this study, the authors examined the process that family members go through when they
are confronted with traumatic coma. They conducted 24 semistructured interviews with 22 …

As is expressed in the term ‘caregiving career’, caregiving is a dynamic phenomenon. The
present study addresses the total care phase in which spouses give direct and ongoing …

Elders represent 6.4% of the world’s populations, and 60% of them take medication. In one
of six hospital admissions of elders, failures in medication intake are involved. Most of these …