Ingrid Snijders

This results in a loss of knowledge and expertise in business and government. Researchers Dr Ingrid Snijders, Harm IJben, Mareike Millner and Kalina Mikolajczak-Degrauwe from the Healthy Region lectorate at HZ University of Applied Sciences, together with Marc Cardon and Johan Klok from Scalda, conducted a literature study on liveability, interviews and discussions with (groups of) students and had students fill in questionnaires. The results provide insight into their choices and thus liveability in Zeeland.

First copy
The report was presented on Tuesday 17 May 2022 during a theme meeting at the HZ in Vlissingen. The first copy was presented to deputy Jo-Annes de Bat.

The project was partly made possible by a contribution from the Zeeland in Stroomversnelling scheme. The research was carried out in collaboration with HZ Nexus.

The care model to be developed will be supported with e-health and professionalisation for all involved. The project will develop an international Centre of Excellence; a learning network for the four partner regions.

The project aims to save €11.6 million in healthcare costs, mainly by avoiding unnecessary care, such as reducing long-term hospital admissions of elderly people with dementia.

The CASCADE project is funded by the Interreg 2 Seas programme 2014-2020 (project ends in March 2023 due to Covid-19), co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund. The project partners are also investing 3.7 million of their own funds. The project fits into one of the three objectives of the OECD, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, around long-term care linking the improvement of care, its affordability and the increase of care quality.

Additional objectives focus on allowing people to live at home longer, improving patient satisfaction and retaining and recruiting care staff.

A blueprint for implementation is being designed to overcome barriers to implementation in other countries. From the Healthy Region lectorate, the entire process of development and implementation of the transfer of care model is monitored. As part of validation, publications will be issued to encourage other organisations to implement such care innovation.

The TICC project with a budget of €8 million is funded by the Interreg 2 Seas programme and co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund. €4.8 million is funded by the 14 international partners involved. The project will run from 1 September 2017 to 31 March 2023.

Dementia is a growing social problem. The WHO considers dementia the first priority. Its high cost will challenge health systems to cope with the expected future increase in cases. One solution lies in the socialisation of care. To enable this, informal carers are a crucial factor.

But caring for people with dementia (PLWD) is much more challenging than caring for people without dementia. The health of informal care givers suffers from this as a result. A strong network, more knowledge, understanding and skills among informal care givers can make a difference in their care burden. Also, providing respite care for informal care givers to engage in relaxation can be a promising coping strategy.

Technological applications to service PLWD and their informal care givers exist but are often unknown, are not developed in collaboration with informal care givers and are therefore not tailored to their needs. Tools on the market are not sufficiently accessible, cannot be experimented with and are often not introduced in time.