Title Abstract "A time to care and to be cared for: the wellbeing of childbearing women and the organization of maternity care in a cross-national perspective" "In the post-doc phase of this research two goals are pursued: 1) the impact of the tension between the organisation of formal and informal care and work, for the wellbeing of mothers and fathers will be addressed. 2) The cross-national comparison of Flanders and the Netherlands will be extended with other countries in the preparation for a new data collection. The sociological background for the study of these matters is multi-fold: medicalisation, gender and the welfare state and work-family conflict." "Research on the opportunities to the legal formalization of agreements between partners regarding compensation for career decisions in the context of facilitating the combination of work and care" "Nan TORFS" "Centre for Government and Law" "The mission of this scope is both the search for an appropriate legal instrument to formalize agreements between partners in terms of the distribution of family care and work and also seeking for appropriate legal arrangements to financial compensation of the negative implications of choices in this area for one of both, such as missed career opportunities, smaller pensions or other reduced social security benefits." "SwAP To Care: What aspects are relevant from the perspective of women and midwives to realize midwife-led care in Flanders? A mixed-methods study." "Yvonne Fontein-Kuipers" "Health and science, AP Hogeschool Antwerpen" "Abstract is not available in english" "Goal oriented care as a catalyst for person centered integrated care : the implementation of goal oriented care in the context of the primary care reform in Flanders" "Pauline Boeckxstaens" "Department of Public Health and Primary Care" "IntroductionCare for patients with complex problems is often offered from a disease-oriented approach. However, for individuals with chronic and complex care needs, this approach tends to overlook the needs and values of the individual and often leads to fragmented care as different providers focus on different goals. Goal-oriented care implies a shift from disease- and problem-oriented care to care that starts from the patient's goals and values. Because different professionals focus on the same goals (being the goals of the patient) goal oriented care probably leads to more integrated care. However, current research highlights a knowledge gap regarding the skills and competencies that are required to effectively apply goal-oriented care into practice. AimsThis research aims to gain insight into the beliefs, skills and strategies that support professionals, patients and informal carers in the implementation of goal-oriented care. MethodFirst, the readiness and beliefs of healthcare providers to implement goal-oriented care in their daily interprofessional work environment are investigated using the Normalisation Measure Development Survey (NoMAD) and the Interprofessional Socialization and Valuing Scale (ISVS). In a second phase, through the development and implementation of a training package on goal-oriented care in primary care in flanders, care providers, patients and their informal carers are trained in goal-oriented care. In this trajectory of co creation and implementation the experiences of these three stakeholder groups are explored through focus groups, interviews and structured field observations. In this process, the skills and strategies that both healthcare providers and their patients and informal carers use to organise care and support around the patient's goals are specifically identified.  ResultsThis research will provide insight on how healthcare actors in Flemish primary care can work towards integrated care for people with complex care and support needs and what competences are necessary for this. In this way, the potential of goal oriented care as a catalyst for integrated care can be further explored." "You can't choose your family but how do you choose your career path? Connecting family capital and career paths of next generation family members. A family business study." "Frank LAMBRECHTS" Governance "In the family business literature, the concept of family capital has been used to explain why some family businesses outperform and how family businesses strategically create and sustain value over time. Career intentions and decisions/choices of next generation family members, both inside and outside of the family business, have received limited attention in family business research. To date, the reasons why successors Special Research Fund - Call for tender Doctoral grants in the framework of the Bilateral Programme enter the business have been studied, as well as intentions of next generation family members. However, few studies have focused on the actual behaviour of next generation family members with regard to career decisions and choices. Family capital accumulated by all family members, and for the purpose of this study incorporating both human and social elements, has been examined at an organisational level. However, if family capital, like social capital is a resource available to actors, how do family members utilise family capital in their careers? Lin (2000) proposes that analysis of social capital (an element of family capital) can be conducted at both macro (group, organisation, community) and micro (individual) level. For the purpose of this study, the researcher is interested in the individual family member as an actor of family capital. Continuity of family businesses has been recognised as one of the major obstacles for family businesses. If the career paths of successors only are researched, the experience of other family members, who undergo similar socialisation processes but embark on different career paths are ignored. However, the accumulation and utilisation of family capital by family members may impact career choice of all family members, both successors and those who ""flee the flock"". This study will draw on the social capital literature, the human capital literature, career theory and the family business literature. A collective case study research strategy will be adopted, utilising Critical Incident Technique to analyse the data. Eight case studies will be written up, each case study representing a concentrated inquiry into a single case. The researcher hopes to make a significant contribution to the family business field by extending the applicability of the family capital lens. She also hopes to contribute to the existing career theory literature, but in the context of the career of family members with a family business background." "Sabbatical Anneleen Forrier: Career Sacrifice and career transitions: Exploration and valorisation" "Anneleen Forrier" "Department of Work and Organisation Studies (main work address Antwerp)" "My scientific activity during this Sabbath will be directed toward three goals. As a first goal, I want to develop a new line of research on career sacrifice in collaboration with Professor Jelena Zikic, York University, Toronto, Canada. A first step towards this collaboration was a paper that we presented at the EGOS annual conference in July 2022 in Vienna. The future collaboration is twofold. Firstly, we want to focus on the further theoretical underpinning of the concept of career sacrifice. In addition, we want to collect qualitative interview data on career sacrifice, both in Canada and in Belgium. A second goal I want to commit to during this sabbatical, is editing a Research Handbook on Career Transitions (planned publisher, Edward Elgar), also in collaboration with Prof. dr. Jelena Zikic (co-editor). We are already discussing this with the publisher. A third and final goal is to valorise and consolidate an existing research line on employability and labor market transitions of vulnerable groups on the labor market. In recent years, in collaboration with Prof. Nele De Cuyper, I strongly committed to theory development and fundamental empirical research on this topical theme. In the sabbatical year, I want to invest, together with Prof. Nele De Cuyper, in further dissemination through scientific publications, but also through channels aimed at a wider audience. The aim is also to attract follow-up funding for applied science in this domain, in order to further strengthen the bridge between our research and practice. " "Action research to improve cooperation between professional care and informal care." "Chantal Van Audenhove" "Academic Center for General Practice" "The central research objectives are:Describe how the cooperation between informal caregivers and professional carers is experienced by the various actors: (informal caregiver (s), professional caregiver (s) and needy person);Clarifying the expectations in this respect among the actors involved;Determine action points that can facilitate collaboration between the actors involved in the emergency network;Come to the development and testing of a support instrument that can optimize and support the collaboration." "Marketization of care and social justice: a public administration – social work perspective on the meaning of personal care budgets in care for mentally disabled people." "Bram Verschuere" "Department of Public Governance and Management, Department of Public Governance, Management and Finance, Department of Social Work and Social Pedagogy" " With this interdisciplinary project, we want to study the right to care for mentally disabled people in changing policy and administrative context. Via the combination of public administration and social work knowledge, we want to investigate the administrative and organisational conditions for the right to care in the changing system of personal care budgets in Flanders." "Integrated care delivery in primary care. Examining the interdisciplinary approach to social problems in community health centres against the background of the socialisation of care." "Hildegard Gobeyn" "eCO-CITY, 360° Zorg en Welzijn, EQUALITY ResearchCollective" "How does an integrated care approach take shape in community health centres against the background of socialisation of care? Our society is facing major challenges in terms of well-being and health due to changed care and support needs. Integral working, in which different care disciplines work closely together 'in a traditional way', each from their own expertise, is an instrument to meet these challenges. Each professional looks at things differently. What are the possible obstacles, but where can the connections be made? Connecting two worlds requires artisanal cooperation. The research aims to achieve the following objectives: Knowledge objective: - To provide insight into how integrated care takes shape at the interface between well-being and health in primary care, with a particular focus on interdisciplinary collaboration. This knowledge objective stems from the observation that there is a lack of insight based on empirical data on how an integral care approach takes shape and how multidisciplinary work is carried out within it. The knowledge objective focuses very specifically on the development of practice knowledge, i.e. insights and experiences of practitioners in their day-to-day actions that are relevant to practitioners. Action objective: - Develop a reflection framework for integrated care delivery and interdisciplinary collaboration that can be relevant to both practice and training within the Faculty of Human and Welfare at HOGENT. Today, little learning material aimed at practitioners from different disciplinary backgrounds exists that provides tools to shape an integral care approach, with attention to interdisciplinary collaboration. The research aims to fill this gap. The reflection framework to be developed will take shape as a textbook with theoretical frameworks, stories from practice and building blocks to get started in an integrated care framework." "Quality care within assisted living and residential elderly care facilities" "Nico De Witte" "360° Zorg en Welzijn" "Aging, the increasing proportion of older people relative to younger people in society, is caused by factors such as rising life expectancy and declining birth rates. Although some see it as a positive development, aging brings complex challenges to society. The elderly and elder care are often viewed in a negative light, despite the contribution that the elderly make to society. An aging population forces reflection on how to address changing demographics and their consequences. Elder care faces several problems, including the outflow of caring baby boomers, a limited influx into the sector, and challenges such as absenteeism and workload. To respond, governments have introduced the policies of ""socialization of care,"" ""deinstitutionalization,"" and ""ageing in place."" However, these policies face challenges such as one-sided expectation management about informal care networks. International attention is being paid to ""Healthy Ageing,"" with emphasis on life environment, combating age discrimination and integrated care. Technological tools, though numerous, have often not been co-creatively developed with the elderly. Service flats have been adapted into assisted living, but vacancy rates are a notable problem. The research center 360° Care and Wellness strives to find answers to these challenges, with experience in various research areas related to the elderly and elder care. It concludes that aging and elder care pose serious challenges that require attention and solutions. Within this project, the focus is on improving the image of elder care and research on quality living and living in assisted living facilities. The research includes the following questions: 1. Image of elder care: - Factors determining image. - Impact of image on workforce shortage. - Opportunities to improve image, including the use of technology. 2. Quality of life in assisted living facilities: - Quality of life of residents. - Experiences of moving to assisted living homes. - Satisfaction with assisted living homes. 3. Impact of technology on daily life of the elderly: - Effects of technology on bio-psychosocial health. - Role of technology in promoting independent living. - Impact of technology on social contacts. - Contribution of technology to involvement of the elderly in society."