Projects
Developing and evaluating short-term palliative care for frail older people Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Understanding and improving well-being of frail older people with cancer: longitudinal study and randomised controlled trial Vrije Universiteit Brussel
However, many do not receive palliative care, or only shortly before death. First, to better understand the complex needs ...
Atrial fibrillation integrated approach in frail, multimorbid, and polymedicated older people Ghent University
Multimorbidity is a common condition in older age, and can substantially influence individuals’ health and quality of life, making management more difficult. A single-disease approach with fragmented care is still prevalent in current healthcare systems despite multimorbidity representing a heterogeneous spectrum of disease combination(s). On this background, the novel approach underpinning the AFFIRMO project is to focus on clusters of ...
The use of the interRAI Home Care instrument in the evaluation of care for frail older people: a follow-up study KU Leuven
Abstract
Background: The Belgian National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance (NIHDI) launched the third protocol agreement, also known as Protocol 3. This framework has the goal of supporting older persons to stay at home for as long as possible, by guaranteeing access to affordable formal care services, along with improving coordination and integration of care. Under this agreement, several bottom-up innovative home care ...
Informal caregivers caring for a frail older person living at home: coping with acute and gradual changes in health and dependency. University of Antwerp
Green light. To design a research protocol to study the effects of nature on health, with a focus on frail populations in the Province of Antwerp University of Antwerp
Optimalisation of the interRAI Suite of Instruments as a tool for assessing and facilitating oral health and evaluation of its relation to general health of frail older persons. KU Leuven
Prevention of unplanned readmissions in frail elderly: an integrated care trajectory for the emergency services and the first line KU Leuven
The aim is to investigate and develop a prototype of a new care model for elderly living at home (75+, regardless of the need for care) during and after admission to the emergency department of UZ Leuven and more specifically to reduce the number of unplanned readmissions in this target group. The project will apply this prototype of a care model for the first time in practice and collects the necessary data to make an initial validation.
Primary Care in a Compassionate Community (PRICCO). Towards a Paradigm Shift in Interdisciplinary and Multi-Sectional Primary Care to Improve the Quality of Life of Seriously ill and Frail Older People and their Families. Ghent University
The King Baudouin Foundation supports projects and citizens whose objective is a better society. We want to contribute in a sustainable manner to enhanced justice, democracy and respect for diversity. The Foundation is independent and pluralist. We operate from Brussels on a Belgian, European and international level. In Belgium, the Foundation conducts projects which are local, regional as well as federal. It was founded in 1976, on the ...