Olaf Timmermans

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.

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.

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

Cycling along the coast or across the vast fields of Zeeuws-Vlaanderen. Walking along the beach or through the woods of Schouwen-Duiveland. Swimming, surfing, sailing or supping on the Oosterschelde estuary. Yoga or boot camp on the beaches of Walcheren. You name it, it is possible in Zeeland.

HZ Students, commissioned by the municipality of Goes, will approach families to help them improve their health and lifestyle. By talking to families from five neighbourhoods in Goes, the students will identify opportunities to improve the health of families, find out which factors minimise these opportunities, which factors are recognised and acknowledged by neighbourhood residents and what is needed to increase opportunities and reduce risks. The results obtained from the interviews with families are compiled into a baseline picture which serves as substantiated advice for a follow-up process.

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.

The results give schools and policymakers the right information to start targeted work. The Zeeland approach shows how education, municipalities, community sports coaches, GGD Zeeland and the province work together for more motor-skilled youth.

HZ University of Applied Sciences is involved with the associate professorship Healthy Region as an evaluation partner. The associate professorship maps the added value of the ZPO programme. Also, the HZ's higher vocational nursing course is involved within the ZPO. Nursing students are challenged in the various elderly care organisations to solve issues with other (future) professionals in the form of a learning community.