Healthy Ageing Education, Research and Entrepreneurship Working together on health and participation Sports & Physical Activity Young and old benefit from physical activity and sports! Regularly engaging in physical activity is a solution for a more and more common problem: obesity and overweight. It is important to enjoy physical activity and sports and it is not always necessary to visit a sports centre to do so. Taking the stairs instead of the elevator or going on a brisk daily walk can also make a real difference. Living and working environment can also contribute to physical activity. Engaging in physical activity also benefits the health of the elderly, physically as well as mentally. Research shows, for instance, that the progress of dementia decreases while a patient remains physically active. Activity literally stimulates brain activity. It is essential to go on paying attention to physical activity in daily life. In addition, this also contributes to a healthy lifestyle. Healthy Ageing

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page of Healthy Ageing in the past five years 4 Impressive results obtained in the field of Healthy Ageing in the past five years 6 An ageing population: an international problem requiring a multidisciplinary approach 9 Music promotes well-being, it improves cognition and motor skills, it offers fulfilment... What doesn’t it do? 10 Health = Wellbeing = Participation = Health 11 Getting hands-on with Healthy Ageing 12 Participation and wellbeing are integral aspects of Healthy Ageing 13 Healthy Ageing: more and more ‘business’ 15 Investing in innovation 16 Malnutrition is a health risk too 18 Training students to become collaborating professionals 23 ‘Independent living’ is a big step 24 Health and participation: two sides of the same coin 25 A perfect opportunity for entre­preneurship in the healthcare sector 26 Comprehensive study into Healthy Ageing on innovations in health and wellbeing. By 2014, it had 27 Health-promoting technology grown into an innovation platform involving more than 29 Trial and error in the Hanze Active Ageing Lab a hundred partners. The CoE HA’s partners include the 30 Different cultures, same competences for four Universities of Applied Sciences and five Regional professionals Training Centres (ROCs) in the Northern Netherlands, 31 Sport: the cornerstone of health and well-being the University of Groningen, the UMCG, more than 32 Promoting health literacy through education forty healthcare and welfare institutions, nearly fifty 34 Students developed interventions for large and small companies, municipalities, and partner psychiatric patients organizations such as the Healthy Ageing Network 36 CEO Lode Holding values ‘unique collaboration’ Northern Netherlands (HANNN). 37 Sport Physical Education and Coaching in Health The innovation labs are proving successful. They yield (SPEACH) concrete results that are implemented in education 38 Internationalisation widens students’ horizons - in other words, economic and social valorization of 41 Food Circle links business, research and knowledge. education The Healthy Ageing programme will be discontinued in its 42 Remarkable research at Life Sciences current form and incorporated in the existing organization 44 Educational initiatives Health Hub Roden lead as of 1 September under the name Hanze University Centre to innovation and business activity of Expertise Healthy Ageing. 45 Maintaining a healthy working life We are proud of our contributions to the region in the 46 Research at the interface of health and form of practice-oriented research and training of future- environment oriented professionals. The intention of this magazine 48 e-Health: cornerstone of care innovation is to give our Hanze colleagues and the many partners 51 Long-term employability and independent living with whom we cooperate concrete examples of our thanks to ICT contributions to Healthy Ageing. 52 Streamlining research, education and entrepreneurship Joost Degenaar 54 Healthy Ageing Network Northern Netherlands Programme Director of Healthy Ageing and 55 Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen and Healthy Ageing Project Director of Centre of Expertise Healthy Ageing Healthy Ageing

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The Quick Mild Cognitive Impairment Screen (an English businesses in countries such as Belgium, Sweden, Norway, screening instrument for mild cognitive impairment (MCI) England, Switzerland, Canada and Spain, we want to and dementia) has been translated into Dutch and validated study the ways in which we can combat malnutrition in for the Dutch situation in collaboration with the research elderly people – a risk factor for functional decline and group of the geriatrics department of University College vulnerability – in Europe.” The project aims to provide Cork (Ireland). This instrument offers a better alternative results that are in the first place helpful to the elderly to the screening instruments currently in use in the themselves, but also to professionals in health and social Netherlands. A joint scientific report on this instrument care and informal caregivers all across Europe, at home and will be published in an international scientific journal. in institutions. “We hope we can prevent malnutrition by making food tastier and more attractive, among other The added value of international networks things. Prevention is a key aspect of our research. We One of the international platforms that Hanze UAS is also focus on clinical nutrition interventions, because a part of, is the European Innovation Partnership on malnutrition is an even greater risk for elderly people who Active and Healthy Ageing (EIP AHA), a broad network have fallen ill.” A focus on prevention is badly needed, of fundamental and applied researchers, companies, according to Harriët. “The aspects of malnutrition have and professionals – from biologists to cooks. Network already been studied extensively all over the world, but, partners exchange knowledge and best practices regarding in practice, malnutrition is still detected and treated at a vulnerability and the prevention of functional decline in late stage. In addition, there is little coordination between elderly people in Europe. all these initiatives, and there are no practical European Participation in such a network paves the way for consider­ guidelines. By combining our efforts and adapting a able research grants, but according to professor of Healthy multidisciplinary approach, we expect we can help reduce Lifestyle, Ageing and Health Care Hans Hobbelen, member the problem of malnutrition.” of the Functional Decline group of EIP AHA, there is so much more to it than that. “This network helps me keep Networking a finger on international research activities regarding Dr Margreet Luinge, in her capacity as professor of Child, healthy and active ageing. We get to work with researchers Language and Development, maintains contact with with extensive track records, and this strengthens our own several international researchers who are working on the position and that of Hanze University of Applied Sciences.” same subject as she is. Meeting people at international conferences forges and strengthens relationships. In Hobbelen, for one, is increasingly requested to participate addition, overlap of subject matter forms the basis of in international projects and to sit on scientific boards, joint research projects. Last year, for instance, Margreet and was recently invited to become vice president of an completed a RAAK International project, which involved international professional association. “It is fascinating to the exchange and development of international knowledge see countries come up with different solutions for the same and expertise regarding the development of preterm issues in a different context. infants.

Practical European guidelines The international consortium searched for early indicators Hanze UAS, the UMCG, EIP AHA partners and others of abnormal development in preterm infants. At an formed a consortium with the aim of doing research international meeting in Sankt Gallen, the Groningen within the framework of the EU programme Horizon 2020. researchers discussed possible explanations for the results Harriët Jager-Wittenaar, professor of Clinical Malnutrition they found with German, Swiss, American and Finnish and Healthy Ageing, is preparing an innovative proposal colleagues. They presented the results of the project in for this purpose which, content-wise, builds on her the film ‘Zorg op maat voor prematuur geboren kinderen’ research in the Clinical Malnutrition innovation lab (‘Tailored Care for Preterm Infants’), which includes (more on this can be found on page 16/17). “Together with English subtitles. www.kindexpert.nl excellent universities, universities of applied sciences, and For more information, go to u Healthy Ageing

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Healthy and Active Ageing means that people who require care, be they young or old, participate optimally in society.

Michèle Garnier, dean of the School of Social Studies: “It’s great that Hanze University of Applied Sciences contributes to Healthy Ageing! I notice that people in our field see and value Hanze’s commitment. The innovation labs also play an important part in this as they provide a strong link with other parties in education and the professional field. I am also really pleased that participation and wellbeing fall within the Michèle Garnier scope of the Healthy Ageing theme and that the focus is not limited to physical health and getting older. Healthy and active ageing means that people who require care, be they young or old, participate optimally in society. This is the focus of the Rehabilitation Professorship. Wellbeing is closely connected to this, being a key condition for growing up healthily and safely; which is exactly what the Integral Youth Policy Professorship concentrates on. That angle of participation and wellbeing ties in perfectly with the principle of focusing on the healthy side of people: focusing on their abilities rather than their disabilities, and emphasizing their autonomy. This naturally also touches upon work and human capital issues. How will the demand for expertise develop in this region? How can we respond to that? These are issues that the Labour Participation Professorship is dealing with, and they tie in perfectly with the attention paid to this theme within the EU. Together, the partners have succeeded in making us a leading region in the field of Healthy Ageing. It can safely be said that the School of Social Healthy Ageing Studies is quite capable of dealing with this theme.” 12 CoE supports innovation labs Healthy Ageing: more and more ‘business’

Peter Boonstra aims to bring researchers and the business community together in innovation labs. He notes that ‘business’ is not yet part of the DNA of knowledge institutions. Companies, on the other ‘Business’ is not yet part of the hand, are eager to invest in cooperation because they sense business opportunities – if not today or DNA of knowledge institutions. tomorrow, then certainly the day after that.

Peter is manager and business developer at the Centre of Supporting innovation labs Expertise Healthy Ageing (CoE HA). Business development “The money that the Centre of Expertise puts into the is essential in achieving CoE HA objectives. It is, after all, innovation labs is an investment,” says Peter. “The idea a matter of initiating sustainable cooperation between is to generate more money; otherwise, everything comes researchers, companies and healthcare institutions in a to a standstill after four years.” Together with Patrick continuous innovation process. The innovation labs are van Oosten, consultant at consultancy firm Ordina, supposed to yield new knowledge, products and services Peter visits innovation labs and provides support where that can conquer the world independently. In 2016, when needed: in areas such as e-Health and technology, business the government-aided period comes to an end, the CoE HA development and financing, and innovation in education. and Innovation labs have to stand on their own two feet. At the same time, this approach helps the CoE HA gain a national and, preferably, also international reputation as a place that offers knowledge and support to those who wish Peter Boonstra to achieve something in the field of Healthy Ageing.

Business community round the table Companies participating in an innovation lab of the CoE HA often make a contribution in kind in the form of man-hours. These ‘scouts’ approach the themes of the innovation labs from a different perspective. Practically all themes found their origin in professorships and are therefore research-oriented in nature. Peter: “The business community should sit down with researchers straight away; they see opportunities that researchers might not.” For that reason, Peter brings the business community into contact with researchers. One of the results of these efforts has been the Pt-Global App (see page 16/17), which was developed in the early stages of a study conducted by Harriët Jager and which can help diagnose and treat malnutrition. Peter hopes that his active support can help bring about results like these in other innovation labs. According to him, an innovation lab ideally has a project leader provided by the business community and subject- matter expertise provided by a professor or researcher.

Peter: “Professors are increasingly aware that they need Healthy Ageing project leaders if they want to meet their objectives.” 13 Youth & Lifestyle Parents, schools, sports clubs and cultural en welfare institutions: they all contribute to children growing up healthily. This theme is not only about physical health, but also about stimulating talent and taking part in society. As a result of current developments, such as budget cuts in healthcare and changes in government policy, institutions concerned with youth are uncertain about the future. Especially in times of change it is important that local facilities cooperate and reinforce each other. Healthy Ageing

14 investing.” “It isevidentthatthisinnovationrequires yearsof by PaulWiertsema,manager/consultantatOrdina. may takesometimeisnotconsidered aproblem ultimately result inrevenue, ofcourse,butthatthis man-hours tothepartnership.Thisshould an earlystageandhassincedevotednumerous the Centre ofExpertiseHealthyAgeing(CoEHA)at social issues.Thecompanybecameinvolvedwith consulting, ishighlycommittedtotheresolution of Ordina, serviceprovider inthefieldofICTand Investing ininnovation Ordina activelyinvolved inCoE increasingly on what people are still able to do, Paul states. is care in emphasis The care. is context this in on focuses to solutions social with to up value important issues come in society.” One of the sectors that Ordina to great want attach we organization commitment; an as “We Paul Wiertsema better understanding ofhowthingsshouldbedone.” is It in. perfectly fine if we progress in small steps – it will give us a invest we what an is in that and strongly approach alternative believe “We Malnutrition. Clinical and a is partner intheinnovationlabsHealth, Food&Technology Ordina addition, In in labs. assisting innovation of currently support is the and Expertise of case Centre business the the of develop helped Ordina mutually innovation.” realize to to needed experience and opportunity knowledge the great acquire a offers this collaboration and together, parties brings that theme a is Ageing Healthy this. of part also are Expertise of programme Centre the Ageing and Healthy “The innovate. to order in According to Paul, healthcare parties will need to cooperate A betterunderstanding themselves?” ThisiswhereinnovativeITplaysakeyrole. for care possible best the arrange can they that so clients the account into take client’s perspective to as much as we can. How try can we support we new services, our and developing products “In well. goes what stimulate and maintain to helping on focus therefore should sector The brings partiestogether. Healthy Ageingisathemethat 15 Healthy Ageing Innovation lab makes name for itself with app Malnutrition is a health risk too

Many people tend to associate Healthy Ageing For years, Harriët has been conducting research into the with a healthy lifestyle and obesity prevention, but nutritional status of patients with cancer of the head and neck at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery malnutrition is a major health threat too – of the Medical University Centre Groningen (UMCG). She especially for people with health issues. combines her research post at the UMCG with a job as professor of Clinical Malnutrition and Healthy Ageing at Malnutrition causes a person’s physical condition Hanze UAS. to deteriorate, which may lead to a downward The introduction of the Centre of Expertise Healthy Ageing (CoE HA) and the innovation labs presented her with the spiral involving more hospital admissions, opportunity to extend the research to clinical malnutrition increased medication use, the need of more of patients in general. Harriët wishes to point out that the complex care, reduced quality of life and a innovation lab focuses on people with an illness, thereby distinguishing itself from other studies: “It’s not just reduction in relatively healthy life years. Professor about independently living elderly; plenty of research is Harriët Jager-Wittenaar is head of the innovation already going into that. We focus primarily on people who run the risk of becoming malnourished as a result of an lab that deals with this issue. illness and the accompanying medical treatment.”

Public-private The app is designed to detect and diagnose Harriët is excited about the opportunity offered by the CoE HA to create a testing ground dedicated to this theme malnutrition in hospital patients and to together with students, teachers, researchers, companies and the professional field. Setting up the innovation lab monitor a person’s nutritional status. was exciting, and there was and still is much to learn from Healthy Ageing

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Apart from Pt-Global usesmore indicatorstoidentifymalnutrition More indicators 17 Healthy Ageing 18 Healthy Ageing School ofHealthCare Studies Healthy Ageingintheregular programmes ofthe and initsteachingfacilities. honours programmes andregular programmes, Minors andMaster’s degree programmes, inits theme hasestablisheditselffirmlyinHanzeUAS Netherlands andEurope. 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Issues that students will says Minor,” this develop with professionals to such aim are We and committed. socially critically and think innovative who professionals needs field professional The tenable. longer no is current system the care health reasons the of one is ageing “Demographic contribute toinnovationsinhealthandwell-being. who students are interested in social developments and who at wish to aimed is Minor The the Netherlands. in Northern sciences applied of universities all ambitious from and students motivated to open is Health) in (Future Gezondheid’ in ‘Toekomst Minor multidisciplinary The Netherlands students intheNorthern Future inHealthMinor for alltalentedUAS u 19 Healthy Ageing provided they are highly motivated and have not incurred Healthy Ageing Minor study delay. The Minor comprises guest lectures from The Healthy Ageing Minor is open to all students of Hanze professors of the following universities of applied sciences: UAS. It offers students broad, in-depth knowledge, and Hanze, NHL, Stenden and Van Hall Larenstein. “Students it addresses social issues regarding ageing and life course. have to write a position paper on developments in their The Minor focuses on topics such as e-Health and health own field of study with regard to Healthy Ageing. In care and technology, but also on ethical dilemmas and addition, they carry out a practical assignment in one of the financial viability of the health care system. Students the innovation labs of the Centre of Expertise Healthy will study physical, social and spiritual aspects of healthy Ageing. The challenge is to find innovative and creative ageing, as well as means of improving the organisation of solutions to complex issues from the professional field,” care and making it more customer-oriented. says Bea. “It will teach them interdisciplinary thinking and cooperation skills. The focus is always on placing their own field of study in a broad social context.” The Future in Health Minor is a result of the collaboration between the universities of applied sciences in the Jetske de Vries, third-year student of Applied Psychology: framework of the Sectorplan HBO Noord-Nederland (UAS “I chose this Minor because I eventually want to work in Sectoral Plan Northern Netherlands). health care. The Minor focuses primarily on the elderly, which is interesting for me because the Applied Psychology programme hasn’t paid much attention to this target group so far. Together with five other students, I’m working on a project which aims to promote a more active Evelyn Finnema, NHL University of Applied Sciences lifestyle in elderly people. Our target group consists of professor of Housing, Welfare and Care for the Elderly: people who receive homecare services from De Friese “Every university of applied sciences approaches Healthy Wouden and people who live in De Friese Wouden nursing Ageing in a different way. We integrated all this knowledge homes. Our project group consists of three students of into the Minor, giving students the best every UAS has to Applied Psychology, one student of Physiotherapy, one offer in this field. This way, they develop the wide range of student of Speech & Language Therapy, and one student knowledge required to create a society with sustainable of Nutrition & Dietetics. We also keep in touch with health care and welfare.” students from the School of Sport Studies, who are also working on this project. We visit the people at their homes to explain why we are carrying out this project, and what strikes me is that they perfectly understand our intention. They explain to us very clearly what they are still able to do and what is giving them trouble, and they also know that it is important to stay physically active. They take part in three meetings. During the first meeting, we measure their walking speed and leg strength, and we teach them various exercises that we, in turn, learned from students of Sport Studies. They are supposed to repeat these exercises at home, twice a week. Some people can do more than others, of course, but they all try to participate at their own level.”

Students will study physical, social and spiritual aspects of healthy ageing, as well as means of improving the organisation of care and making it more customer-oriented. Healthy Ageing

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The keywords . A perfect opportunity for entre­ preneurship in the healthcare sector

Frans Donders is director of the Groningen Center of Entrepreneurship Value050, and of Cube050, Enterprise Europe Network incubator for starting entrepreneurs. Both Value050 Northern Netherlands and Cube050 are joint initiatives of Hanze “In this rapidly changing market the international aspect is becoming more and more important as well. But how to find University of Applied Sciences Groningen and the that foreign partner? How to deal with European legislation, University of Groningen. international employment, or intellectual property rights? Questions like these can be directed to the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN), consisting of almost 600 contact points in over 40 countries. To assist entrepreneurs in the “The healthcare sector is currently undergoing major Northern Netherlands with similar questions we, as changes; think, for instance, of the transfer of care Cube050, joined a consortium with Energy Valley, Business responsibilities to municipalities and of the focus of health Development Friesland, Water Alliance, and the Healthy insurers on purchasing high-quality healthcare. These Ageing Campus to form the contact point of the EEN in the kind of developments create opportunities and now is Northern Netherlands. The contact point also cooperates therefore an excellent time for new entrepreneurs in the closely with VNO-NCW/MKB Noord, Hanze UAS and NHL healthcare sector. Innovation is also a necessity; otherwise, Universities of Applied Sciences, 123subsidies and healthcare will become unaffordable. The innovation Greenlincs. labs are working on precisely that: discovering new ways of providing care to people who need it, for instance with Between these partners and their networks we have a the help of ICT. How can these innovations be valorised? strong and extensive web of knowledge and know-how on a Value050 analyses the innovation lab projects and suggests broad range of topics, among which Healthy Ageing of answers to questions such as: how can we market these course. As the EEN Northern Netherlands we welcome all innovations? Is an innovation suitable for a start-up? businesses with international ambitions looking for advice on innovations and international entrepreneurship. With all We start familiarising all students with the subject of the mentioned developments in the healthcare sector and entrepreneurship from their first year at Hanze UAS, in the available support in the region, those perfect the hope of motivating them to eventually start their opportunities for entrepreneurship are there for the taking.” own business. Themes that we naturally pay attention to in that context are Healthy Ageing and Energy. Third- year students can choose from a variety of Minors in the field of Healthy Ageing and entrepreneurship, but personalised supervision is also an option. The number of starters involved in Healthy Ageing is growing, in 2013-2014 there were 14 student starters. Every sector, every School can make a contribution to this field; this is nicely illustrated by the person who recently graduated in Applied Psychology and is planning to set up a coaching business affiliated to the Quantified Self Institute. While those measurements of your body may all be very nice, using them to improve your health often means changing your lifestyle – something that most of us can use a bit of help and coaching with. I can’t stress this often enough: the market is changing rapidly and provides a perfect opportunity for entrepreneurship in the healthcare sector.” Healthy Ageing Frans Donders 25 Hanze UAS Centre of Expertise Healthy Ageing answers questions from the field Comprehensive study into Healthy Ageing

Healthy Ageing is one of the lines of research of the Healthy Ageing, Alllied Health Care and Nursing professorship, but other research lines, such as Child, Language and Development, Organisation of Care, and Paramedical Care and Nursing have an important Healthy Ageing component too.

­ Active Ageing for people with intellectual disabilities PhD student Annemiek Bielderman How can you improve the health of people with intellectual disabilities and enhance their participation in society? overview, informing speech therapists who the tests are This is the key question in the Active Ageing professorship meant for and which specific problems they address. With for people with intellectual disabilities, led by professor this information, they can determine which test is most Aly Waninge; she also works as a physiotherapist at Visio suitable for a client. Brink in Vries, a residence and day-care centre for adults with severe learning and visual disabilities. The innovation Delfgoud lab, focusing on the entire target group of people with Delfgoud is a lifestyle programme that aims to improve the intellectual disabilities, aims to systematically chart the quality of life of elderly people with a low income. Elderly interventions that can improve their lifestyle, and to people with a low socio-economic status living in the offer guidelines on implementing and safeguarding these municipality of Delfzijl are offered a programme in which interventions in care. The emphasis is on more exercise, a exercise, a healthy diet and participation are key. The healthy diet and a good night’s sleep. project is now owned by local residents and the participants themselves. The local community group facilitates the Language expert project and the municipality provides financial support The website Taalexpert (‘Language Expert’; www.taalexpert.nl) to promote healthy ageing and participation. PhD student is the leading innovative platform for speech therapists Annemiek Bielderman is monitoring this project. “We searching for the latest insights and tests in the field of started with seven groups in 2012 and they are still active language and speech impairments in children. “There is a on a weekly basis. The participants are enthusiastic and feel myriad of tests available, for different ages and with different responsible for making sure enough people participate. I approaches,” says Margreet Luinge, professor of Child, am currently analysing the data and have so far found that Language and Development. Taalexpert offers a practical participants feel fitter and have more social relationships.” Healthy Ageing

26 people.” them thatwecanalsousetechnologytohelp health. “Thestudentsare really tech-savvy;Ishow electrical engineering,mechanicalengineeringand especially aboutprojects attheinterfaceof students excitedaboutbiomedicalengineering, Year afteryear, lecturer JanZijlstramanagestoget Health-promoting technology BiomedicalEngineering Specialisation inInternational many differentaspects ofaperson’slungfunction. and a aortas; calibration device real for a ‘body of box’, which can images measure CT and MRI interpret to pump, designed heart phantom a mass; muscle of loss prevent to device training and measuring a pump; assist ventricular a 2013: of autumn students the in projects different four of on working groups had Jan instance, For hospitals. and companies biomedical with contacts his through acquires Jan that projects on work students the Groningen, in Back Biomedical projects Jan. says companies,” biomedical of managers or doctors for useful develop partner to discussion valuable a be and products knowledge biomedical medical that need They knowledge. medical little have but technology about deal anatomy, physiology, great a as know “They technology. medical and biomaterials such subjects with – applied sciences of universities European other nine of students and – them three-week familiarises Wilhelmshaven in course summer A Engineering. Biomedical International in specialisation English-taught the undertake Engineering of School the of students twenty to fifteen autumn, Every elsewhere inthecountry. found be to are jobs those of most as Netherlands, the of north the to yourself restrict not should you but – job a you land easily will engineering biomedical of field the in degree Master’s a so, more even and, Bachelor’s a Jan, to According components. Ageing Healthy has Hanze which at UAS, September Applications Sensor of degree Advanced Master’s in As new programme the undertake sciences. also can applied the they 2015, of at university sciences or biomedical university research another at or Groningen in of University programme Master’s degree a take graduates Bachelor’s Some engineering. biomedical of students field the in many project final-year a specialisation, undertake their completing After Master’s degree programme images ofrealaortas. a criterion for measuring blood flow that can help us assess the liquid flow of a specific volume looks like. This gives us of the fake aorta (a length of garden hose) can teach us what Scans through. pumped is that liquid of amount exact the moment given any at indicates pump This heart. human and UMCG the by supervised by Jan, was to develop a pump that imitates the commissioned project, the of goal The engineering. biomedical in project final-year a do to decided Witmer Joost specialisation, the completing After moving images,there’sthesnag. those interpret to able Being for. are scanners CT and MRI Producing what is that up. problem; the not is heart beating you a of images open to having without the effectively if pumping be is heart your it whether check could would cardiologist convenient How problems? Heart Looking atblood 27 Healthy Ageing e-Health & Technology Healthcare and technology are increasingly intertwined. Technology can contribute to information, prevention, comfort, support and a sense of security. Healthcare providers, companies, educational centres and other relevant parties cooperate with a view to the development of innovative healthcare concepts. Thanks to technological applications, for instance, it is possible for the elderly and disabled to remain in their own homes for a longer time. And the young learn about a healthy lifestyle with the help of computer games. Healthy Ageing

28 Trial and error in the Hanze Active Ageing Lab

The Hanze Active Ageing Lab (or HAAL) is a delight for students, lecturer-researchers and PhD students. The lab is full of computer-controlled movement and measurement equipment intended for conducting research into factors related to movement, health and ageing. It also has a large room with apparatus that looks like fitness equipment for measuring exercise capacity and strength, among other things; a neuropsychology lab for testing responsiveness and memory; and a metabolism lab for conducting research into the ways in which muscle measurements can be carried out using ultrasound, a method that is less harmful to patients and also a much cheaper option than MRI.

Floortje Meulman and Klaas-Jan Kooiker are third-year students of Physiotherapy. They both specialise in the elderly. At HAAL, they use isokinetic measurement devices to find out what exactly That’s the muscular endurance is. essence of “We first wanted to find out if the HUMAC* is a suitable device for measuring muscular endurance, for which we would then develop a protocol. However, on the basis of the available literature on the research: subject we had to conclude that muscular endurance is a vague concept,” says Klaas-Jan. “And that makes it hard to measure,” Floortje adds. The students brainstormed about possible definitions trying all and tested their theories on the HUMAC, using themselves as test subjects. Klaas-Jan: “One of the theories is that muscular strength decreases after thirty or forty times, and then remains the same. kinds of This would mean that 30 per cent of the maximum muscular strength is your muscular endurance. We tested this at various speeds, but the outcome differs per individual.” Floor: “That’s the essence different of research: trying all kinds of different things. This is a wonderful lab with professional equipment. It gives us the opportunity to study things that could not be studied before.” things. *The HUMAC is one of the measuring devices in the HAAL Healthy Ageing

29 ELLAN project: embedding ‘working with elderly people’ in degree programmes Different cultures, same competences for professionals

Degree programmes do not adequately prepare

nurses and social workers for working with elderly PROFESSIONAL people, frail or otherwise; yet these are the people they are primarily going to have to deal with in their

COMMUNICATOR jobs. In the European Later Life Active Network (ELLAN), researchers of Hanze UAS are laying the SCHOLAR EXPERT COLLABORATOR basis for a European Core Competencies Framework for working with older people.

MANAGER

HEALTH

“The way that elderly people perceive their personal ADVOCATE situation and the possibilities regarding, for instance, care, is based on what they know. They are often unaware of new developments. This is really something that should The CanMEDS Roles be kept in mind when working with older people,” says Petrie Roodbol, professor of Nursing and closely involved CanMEDS Roles in the ELLAN project. “Another thing that makes older The ELLAN project consists of a number of work people ‘different’ for professionals in health and social care packages. One of them focuses on the development of is the role of family. At some point, elderly people may lose the competencies framework. This work package takes the ability to make decisions for themselves; because they the CanMEDS Roles as a starting point: roles that the suffer from dementia, for instance. You also have to take professional needs to fulfil in carrying out his or her into account that their senses do no longer work as well as tasks. “These were originally developed for doctors, but they used to; their sight, their hearing – it all deteriorates. we think that their general applicability would enable When something happens to them the balance is easily them to be adapted for use by other professionals and disturbed, and this often greatly affects their ability to for working with elderly people. We are carrying out a function independently. literature survey to investigate the possibilities. We already described a number of roles, which we will submit to Objective competences ELLAN partners and professionals to see whether they can Countries all throughout Europe face the challenges of identify with these roles and whether they can be applied an ageing population, but the ways they are trying to deal in their professional culture,” says Bea. Research into these with it vary considerably from one country to another. roles, carried out by Hanze UAS, fits in perfectly with Denmark, for example, is committed to facilitating the the ELLAN work packages carried out by other partners. independence of elderly people; in Spain, many elderly These are studies concerned with questions such as: people move in with their children. Some countries have what do professionals think elderly people need, what do an elaborate multidisciplinary care infrastructure of elderly people themselves consider important, and how doctors, nurses, social workers and other professionals, and do students perceive the elderly. “The outcomes of these others do not. Due to such differences, making changes to studies put the more general competencies of our work the curricula at a European level will prove difficult, says package in the context of working with older people and Bea Dijkman, educationalist and policy officer of Healthy the specific skills that are required for this,” says Bea. Ageing. “What we can do, however, is objectively determine There are twenty-six participating countries and each work which knowledge and skills professionals require in the package comprises key partners from the north, south, east field. That is why we are developing the competencies and west of Europe. Bea: “Involving every country in every framework. Once the framework has been approved by the activity would be unworkable, but we did make sure that professional associations of the participating countries, it the various cultures and traditions are represented in all

Healthy Ageing will be embedded in the curricula.” work packages.”

30 Programme trains students to become lifestyle coach Sport: the cornerstone of health and well-being

If we want to age in a healthier manner, we should do Enjoyment provides lasting effect more in the way of sport and general physical activity Once graduated, the students can call themselves exercise and lifestyle coach. As a coach, they can assist clients in and start living a more healthy life. Professional adopting a healthier lifestyle, but they will also be able lifestyle coaches can help us with this. As this is a to make living and working environments more activity problem that occurs all over Europe and beyond, the friendly, and develop policies that promote a healthy School of Sport Studies of Hanze University of lifestyle. “From their first year onwards, students work Applied Sciences, Groningen, in cooperation with on projects aimed at encouraging people to become more physically active.” These projects involve interventions seven European universities of applied sciences and that are intended to have a long-lasting effect. Kris: “A lot universities, has developed the international of people start exercising because they want to become Bachelor’s programme Physical Activity and Lifestyle healthier, but motivation based on that premise is often (PAL). It has been modelled on the Hanze programme short-lived. However, if you enjoy the physical exercise, you will keep it up much longer. Getting someone to Sports, Health and Management. change their behaviour is what it is all about, and that really is a job in itself. Our department has a positive “A very long time ago, humans were physically active attitude towards health, which means we focus on health because we hunted, worked the land, or had to fight and behaviour instead of illness and care.” or flee. Nowadays, we go to the fitness centre by car in order to work out on a spinning bike. While many of us feel that sport or other kinds of physical exercise should International Bachelor’s programme: intensive be part of our lives, it is no longer embedded in our daily collaboration and exchange of knowledge and expertise behaviour. Our philosophy is that sports and physical Bachelor’s degree programme in exercise are integral to being human, and that it plays an important, inspiring role for our health and well-being.” Physical Activity and Lifestyle These are the words of Kris Tuinier, team leader of Sports, PAL has been developed with funding from the Erasmus Health and Management, and closely involved in the new Life Long Learning Programme of the EU. Partners of international Bachelor’s programme. “The challenge is to Hanze UAS involved in the PAL programme are Syddansk motivate, to entice people to opt for sport, physical exercise University Odense (Denmark), University of Kaunas and a healthy lifestyle. To that end, you need to develop (Lithuania), InHolland Haarlem, ESDRM of Rio Maior products and services that respond to other needs besides (Portugal), University of Rome Foro Italico (Italy) and getting a healthy body, such as overcoming loneliness and umbrella organisation ENSSEE (European Network in meeting other people – and that’s exactly what the Sports, Sport Science Education and Employment). Health and Management and PAL programmes are for.” All participating universities and universities of applied sciences contribute their knowledge and expertise to the international PAL programme. Apart from exchange students, many lecturers take part in the exchanges as well. There are three countries where students can complete the entire degree programme and many more countries that offer a semester exchange programme. It is compulsory for students to complete six months of the programme at one of the partner institutions. Healthy Ageing

31 Project IROHLA: Intervention Research on Health Literacy among Ageing population Promoting health literacy through education

Hanze UAS Groningen is involved in the This EU project, which involves several other European international IROHLA project, which aims to help partners, is coordinated by the UMCG. Besides the importance of the project’s objective, involvement will elderly people gain a better understanding of their also help Hanze UAS expand its international academic own health. ‘Health literacy’ is the main theme. network. The Hanze UAS work package focuses on the development of teaching interventions which, once incorporated in the curricula of disciplines such as nursing and paramedical care, can contribute to health literacy. ­ Researchers of Hanze UAS want to find out which useful Health literacy can be described as people’s knowledge and teaching interventions are described in literature. On understanding of health and well-being. Health literacy the basis of their findings, they will come forward with capacities of older adults can improve by empowering a proposal to incorporate certain interventions in the them and giving them more knowledge, skills and self- various curricula. confidence in making decisions about their own health. Someone with a better insight into their own health will be What do these interventions entail exactly? The inter­ in a better position to take informed decisions and will be ventions they found were mainly aimed at teaching more inclined to adopt healthy behaviour. Health literacy specific, health literacy related communication skills promotes therapy compliance and a healthy lifestyle in and effective learning strategies. Incorporating these general. Health care workers can contribute by means of interventions in the curricula improves the quality of the clearer and simpler communication on health issues. degree programmes and teaches students skills that come Healthy Ageing

32 Promoting healthliteracythrough education Project IROHLA:Intervention Research onHealthLiteracyamongAgeingpopulation nomto ad o ti ifrain il fet their affect daily lives.” will information this how and information the of content the understand patients whether verify to them enables that method a question-and-answer of specific use make to students teaches which method, back’ a revealed number of interesting methods. One of them is the ‘teach- literature search in interventions “Our literacy health Diagnostics: for Nursing Wolter of leader professor Project careers. Paans, future their in useful in nursing science. and learnfromglobaldevelopmentsin We havetolookbeyondourborders Diagnosis Association). Outcomes) andNANDA(North AmericanNursing European NursingDiagnoses,Interventions and partners are ACENDIO(Association forCommon networks.Twomultiple international majornetwork Research Group inNursingactivelyparticipates the Scandinaviancountries.”Forthat reason, the developed incountriessuchasthe US,Canadaand knowledgeareaan international thatisespeciallywell developments innursingscience. Nursing scienceis look beyondourbordersfrom andlearn global a strongnetwork.Paans:“We international haveto The Research Group inNursingDiagnosticsispartof research group. family care isanimportant research subjectinthis system ofpeoplerequiring care. Inotherwords, ‘Relations’. Thisdomainfocusesonthesocialsupport Last butnotleast,thetwoR’s standfor‘Roles’and electronic healthrecord. through, forinstance,sensor technology–tothe efficiently linkingnursinginformation–obtained technology incare practice.Thiscanbeachievedby information technologyandtheintegrationofthis refer tothedevelopmentandapplicationofnursing The I’s standforInformationandIntegration,which implementation inpractice(valorisation). basis (validation)andguaranteeingasuccessful developing asound,scientificallybasedtheoretical The V’s standforValidation andValorisation: Effective­ E² istheoutcome,whichstandforE’s ofthe what nursingdiagnosticsisallabout:V²+I²R²=E². tongue-in-cheek, itshowsinashortandpowerfulway research intermsofaformula.Albeitslightly Professor Wolter Paanslikestoexpress hisfieldof closely examinesthistopic. problems. TheResearch Group inNursingDiagnostics is theresult ofaproper analysisofapatient’s health profession. Afterall,asuccessfulnursingintervention Nursing diagnosticsisanimportantpartofthenursing ourborders.” “We havetolookbeyond network has largeinternational Research Group inNursingDiagnostics ness andEfficiency ofnursingcare. 33 Healthy Ageing Mental illness often goes hand in hand with being overweight Students developed interventions for psychiatric patients

Psychiatric patients and former psychiatric “A student wanted to conduct research on this topic and patients often suffer from metabolic syndrome, a that’s how it all started,” says lecturer-researcher Silvia Brouwer of the School of Sports Studies. She contacted the metabolic disease that may develop as a result of Department of Epidemiology of the University Medical being overweight or obese. Metabolic syndrome Centre Groningen (UMCG) and the mental healthcare institutions in the north of the Netherlands, who all had increases the risk of developing diabetes and plans to develop interventions for this target group. Their cardiovascular disease, with high healthcare costs efforts were combined in the ELIPS project (‘Effectiveness of Lifestyle Interventions for Mental Disorders’), with as a result. Students majoring in Sports and Health funding from ZonMw. The first pilot was carried out on contacted the target group, developed a voluntary basis with residents of sheltered housing in interventions and studied their effectiveness. Their Friesland. The students carried out baseline measurements and observed the group’s lifestyle, physical behaviour and key conclusion: interventions should be focusing diet. on supervisors as well. No standard programme The residents did not have to follow a run-of-the-mill ‘It very much depends on the programme in order to change their lifestyle. Instead, the motivation of the supervisors’ students adapted their interventions to what the residents were already used to and to what they enjoyed doing. A Together with a fellow student, Naomi Kruise, who has choir that used to rehearse sitting down would be asked to just completed her Sports and Health major, carried out rehearse standing up, clients would walk or cycle to their a study on several clients of the mental healthcare day-care activities or work instead of taking the minibus, institution in the Beijum area of the city of Groningen. and the students introduced lunch walks and shopping for “When we started out, none of the clients felt fit, many healthier food. The measurements carried out after three were overweight and all of them were in poor health months indicated that the residents were, on average, and on medication. They would usually eat only once a more active, fitter and healthier. The students repeated the day, most of what they ate was very unhealthy, and they measurements after a year. “Most of the residents had gone hardly got any physical exercise,” says Naomi. The back to their old habits. We realised that we would need to students accompanied the residents to the supermarket involve the supervisors in our interventions: what is their to see which products they bought. They also started a lifestyle? How can they encourage healthier behaviour walking group. “We called in on the residents and tried in clients? This issue is being addressed in the follow-up to get them to join us on our walks twice a week, and in study,” says Silvia. the evening we would go running together. We also introduced a weekly healthy snack: we made healthy In the meantime, the ELIPS project has been carried smoothies or cocktail sticks with fruit together with the out in the majority of mental healthcare institutions in residents, which we then served during drop-in Friesland and Groningen among groups of residents living sessions.” The students appointed one of the independently or in sheltered housing. supervisors as ‘special task officer’, whom they gave “as many tools as possible to promote a healthy lifestyle in the residents.”

When we started out, none of the clients felt fit, many were overweight

Healthy Ageing and all of them were in poor health and on medication.

34 development permanently. Inshort:lifelonglearning. work hard tofurtherthesedevelopments.Young andoldare giventheopportunitytoinvestintheirown workforce optimallyandtocontinueprovide highqualityproducts andservice.Educationalcentres theme ofLabour&Healthcare focusesonemployers,whowanttoinnovateinorder tofacilitatetheir to remain activeonthelabourmarketmuchlonger. Thisrequires anew, precautionary approach. The As theresult ofpopulationageingandtheincrease oftheretirement age,thecurrent labourforce needs Labour &Healthcare 35 Healthy Ageing 36 Healthy Ageing the innovationlab‘Sports&HealthyAgeing’. subsidiaries LodeandProCare participatein Ageing AdvisoryCommittee.LodeHolding’s CoE HealthyAgeingandsitsonthe Wolters wasinvolvedintheestablishmentof and Lodehavebeenalliesforsomeyearsnow; Hanze UniversityofAppliedSciencesGroningen ergo­­ Campus,thiscompanyproducesat Zernike Johannes Wolters isCEOofLodeHolding.Located ‘unique collaboration’ CEO LodeHoldingvalues ­ Sports &HealthyAgeing Innovation lab (especially e-Health)and customappli­ psychological), which make use of new technology plinary interventions forthispurpose(physical,social, treatment. Theinnovationlabdevelopsmulti­ specific focusonindividualised prevention and and insightsneededtoprevent sportsinjuries,witha The innovationlabsaimistogenerate theknowledge leave andhighcostsofsick andmedicalcare. The societalconsequencesofsuch injuriesare sick run agreater riskofdevelopingachronic condition. injury often haveto give up their activelifestyleand disease intheNetherlands.Peoplesuffering aserious factor andare ranked theseventhmostcommon quality oflife.Injuriesare animportantinhibitory effect onwell-being,health, socialparticipationand old, participatesinsport.Exercise hasapositive More thanhalfoftheDutch population,youngand metric equipment,amongotherthings. cations. disci­ it thiswayandnot thatway?’” a fresh approach, asking questions such as: ‘Why do you do very important to us. In turn, the students provide us with is way this the in people to young of development Contributing educational supervision placement. successful a and ensure to introduction including placement programme comprehensive a of them University offer the We from Groningen. students of number a and UAS Hanze of Schools various from students twenty about to positions placement work offer we year each addition, In a newapplication. for with, equipment in feedback gives and questions asks of that app an instance, piece a combine we nature; in technical just not are innovations Our participants. our monitor can we which with devices measuring of kinds all at We Lode are good at measuring physical performance; we have injury. without these and properly how exercise out can find people to try and measurements perform We firefighters. and for women themselves, pregnant also students but instance, the groups: target specific in away. injuries of straight prevention the useful on focuses lab in innovation The come concerns They term. it short the that society in to is relevant are us that projects to knowledge; applied appeals really What cause. important an it consider they because invest to willing are vocational parties these secondary All unique! quite is sciences, business and education applied of university, university a a between collaboration coordinated “This Johannes Wolters 5 4 3 2 1 The SPEACHproject consists of5phases: children, youngathletes,adultsandelderlywillbeencouragedtoexercise more. teachers and sport and healthy lifestylemanager. In this way, through these sport professionals, physical activity in existing educational sport programs for trainers/coaches, physical education project developsteachingmodulesinthefieldofpromotion ofsportsandhealth-enhancing of theproblem andstimulatesportphysicalactivity. To achievetheaboveobjective sports professionals. AtEuropean leveltheconsortiumwouldliketocontributesolution change, related toanactiveandhealthylifestyleinEuropean citizens(especiallyyouth)through this context,theaimofSPEACHistostimulateconsciousnessanddesired behavioral health challenges of the 21st century.Physical inactivity is one of the largest international In UAS. project makesanimportantcontributiontothestrategicthemeHealthyAgeingofHanze ‘Sport PhysicalEducationandCoachinginHealth’(SPEACH)-project (2015-2017).TheSPEACH- The SchoolofSportStudiestheHanzeUAShasreceived anErasmus in Health(SPEACH) Sport PhysicalEducationandCoaching Quality assuranceandsustainableimplementation. Testing, evaluatingandadjustingthedeveloped modules; Development oftrain-the-trainermodulessothatthesesportsprofessionals are trained; Developing modulesonthebasisofresults from phase1; modules; programs haveinthefieldofhealthpromoting sportsandphysicalactivitypromotion education teachers and sports, health managers to identify which wishes and needs these A needsanalysisamongEUeducationprograms forsportstrainers/coaches,physical + /Sport subsidyforher 37 Healthy Ageing 38 Healthy Ageing Health Care Studies. coordinatorinternationalisation attheSchoolof of HealthyAgeing,saysHenkWillemsen, especially truefordegree programmes inthefield quality ofeducationatHanzeUAS.Thisis partnersimprovecooperation withinternational the networkandsuccessful An excellentinternational widensstudents’ horizons Internationalisation partnerofinterest Hanze UAS:international temporarily stand back from their fixed ideas and beliefs, and ideas fixed their from and back stand temporarily insights new gain they to them forces It culture. different a that with familiar become is idea “The come students go. seeing and to used therefore is Studies Health Care of School The abroad. organisation or company a at placement on student a as or institution partner a at months three least at spent students Bachelor’s its of part considerable a having to committed of is UAS one Hanze them. of is exchange internationalisation student and the lecturer and to education, sides various are There Lecturer andstudentexchange an interesting partner.” Hanze consider They here. do we what know abroad. People programmes degree with partnerships build to trying am I when me helps really This strong. international is network their and everything to open are Nursing and Care Health in professorship the of professors “The research collaboration. their of of backbone the combination forms teaching and this that stresses Willemsen more collaboration complex, butalsostronger.” the makes responsibility joint this Having projects. research and teaching joint of direction the in increasingly moving are activities our and partners, “We respect. this two these with in intensively and extensively more cooperate place special a occupy Leuven and Gothenburg universities. partner thirty than more ties with close has management, care dietetics, health imaging and therapy, techniques, and language and nutrition speech in hygiene, physiotherapy, dental programmes of of range fields a the offers which School, This Radiation TherapyTechniquesisalsointhepipeline. perfect and a Imaging Medical on school summer international An – 2016 in meet. to world the subject over all from students for opportunity this on school summer organise to a going is School The there. do could devices such good what imagine to easy is it scarce, is care health where countries, developing of think you if but country; own our in even full, the to used being hardly is devices such of potential The distance. a at professional care a to send then may they which body, their of measurements (physical) perform to people allow that means digital to refers Self Quantified issue. local isolated, an as regarded be longer no can health that implies health’ ‘global term internationally The Self’. an Quantified and Health ‘Global Minor, and oriented programme, Professional’, degree Ageing Master’s ‘Healthy English-taught broad, a developing currently is Studies Care Health of School The you useandwhatnot?” its can What you? inspires “What thought. for with food gives students working, of country, way different its another and culture into different glimpse lecture This Groningen the rooms. into world the welcome to way the another often – abroad are from students attract These that components curriculum. the in provide components – to English-taught is sometimes therefore and internationalisation – international of aspect Another thecurriculum Internationalising network isstrong. to everythingandtheirinternational Health CareandNursing areopen The professorsoftheprofessorship in h fed a wl a wt, o isac, h curriculum the instance, for committee ofonethedegreeprogrammes. with, as well as field, the from people interested and lecturers to talk will visitors the addition, In world. the of rest the in field their in on goes what of idea an students give these and lectures, give will professor visiting a Naturally, professors. the of one of network the through invited often are who professors’, ‘visiting welcome regularly also We respect.” mutual tolerance and promotes and horizons their broadens which Hanze UAS: international partner of interest Internationalisation widens students’ horizons

The School is currently even trying to enable students to back a little straighter than before – their horizons had write their thesis abroad, says Willemsen. They are trying literally become broader.” The fact that the international this out in a pilot study with students of Physiotherapy experience had made quite an impact on the guys was once in collaboration with the University of Gothenburg. It again confirmed when their supervisor from Bethlehem is hardly a piece of cake, though: the work contexts are came to Groningen last spring for a major international different, the paces of the degree programmes do not conference on health care programmes. They picked him match, and how can you make sure a thesis meets the up from Schiphol airport and offered him dinner at their quality criteria of both universities? “It is a tremendous parents’ home in Friesland. amount of work for the lecturers involved. It is complicated, The conference, initiated by the Consortium of Institutes yet well worth it!” of Higher Education in Health and Rehabilitation in Europe (COHEHRE), was a great international success. The Personal growth School for Health Care Studies welcomed two hundred Henk Willemsen noticed that Dutch students who spend a enthusiastic colleagues and forty students from eighteen period abroad experience a boost in personal growth. This is different countries. “I thought the teacher exchange was exactly what he values so much about internationalisation. very interesting, but the student programme certainly “I remember two students who spent a period studying came a close second. Students from all these different in Bethlehem. When they came back, the change that countries spent a week cycling around in Groningen had come over them was hard to miss: when they walked together, and on the final day they held a presentation for down the hallway, they did so with more confidence, their all participants.” Healthy Ageing

39 Food Food and eating habits are of major importance for a healthy lifestyle. The theme of Food focuses on healthy food choices, the effects of food and the development of new ingredients and kinds of food. Another concern is the need to recognise and treat malnutrition in time. Healthcare institutions, companies and educational centres cooperate on innovations in the area of food. Think, for example, of the need to alert, inform and school healthcare professionals. This theme is not only about healthcare and treatment, but also about preventing health problems. Healthy Ageing

40 institutions andexpertsjoinforces. is theplacewhere businesses,knowledge Netherlands (HANNN)– Ageing NetworkNorthern Netherlands, FoodCircle –partoftheHealthy useful strategy. partofthe Inthenorthern collaborating withtherightpartnersistherefore a expertise, however, isoftendifficult toobtain; for HealthyAgeing.Therequired knowledgeand discovering thecommercial opportunitiesofFood An increasing numberofcompaniesare research andeducation Food Circle linksbusiness, The successofnetworking n euadn Te cn ar ot practice-oriented out carry can They Leeuwarden. Sciences in Applied of University VHL the and Groningen lecturers Sciences Applied professors, of University Hanze the of students with and for collaboration issues other in and companies technical solve helps Circle Food www.food-circle.nl makes useofallknowledgeavailableinthisregion. the Carbohydrate Competence Center. This way, FOOD Circle and (UMCG) Groningen Centre the Medical with University forces options joined also has colouring Circle FOOD food sweets. for healthier and protein- bread instance, enriched for at, aimed processes, consultancy subsidised various for platform a been has project Circle the without or Food The sciences. applied of with university a of involvement up take companies which ment, develop­ process and/or product for ideas new generate meetings “These meetings says. he effect, spin-off great network a have that theme-based organises Circle Food professor ofFood&NutritionDoedeBinnema. research for these companies, which at Hanze UAS is led by 41 Healthy Ageing 42 Healthy Ageing good foryourhealth.” is “Looking goodisfeeling–andthat,inturn, from herbsfrom theDwingelderveldNationalPark. resources forcosmetics,instance,obtained with herideasforprojects. Thesearch fornatural deGraafmanagestosurpriseus Dean Victorine healthy andactiveageinggohandinhand,yet It goeswithoutsayingthatlifesciencesand Life Sciences Remarkable research at Finding newingredients forHealthyAgeing h suet o hr col rdal bcmn aae of aware becoming gradually School her of students the to energy and Healthy Ageing. Victorine is delighted to see related issues societal major the solve help can that puzzle the of pieces are These products. or processes innovative ingredients for develop and avenues new search up open can others a which with involve them of Both Ageing. Healthy and energy both for cornerstone a is – energy and biorefinery – i.e. processing organic material into products sciences, life of view of point the From UAS. own their of areas focus the explore they year, fourth and third their In skills. and knowledge same the with them provides which years, two first their during track technology a complete to required are students concerned, programmes degree all In Victorine. says the together, in working sciences are life Netherlands of field the in programmes UAS All Technology. & Science Life of Institute the for area focus Healthy Ageing is – besides energy, of course – an important Victorine deGraaf-Peters something forsociety.” do to want they that realises programme, Bachelor’s their of half second the during student, same that that’; something with do to like would and chemistry at good ‘I’m idea the with out starts usually student first-year “A this. 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This humans keep to is goal our and point, starting our are humans “Healthy Victorine. says cosmetics,” and medicine food, for ingredients new for looking are “We New ingredients forhealthyandactiveageing from thefield. people with contact into them brings inevitably this and research, supervise to and teach to order in too, locations external these visit lecturers The UAS Klazienaveen. in garden where UMCG, the test herb and plant the and biomarkers, on work students are locations external Roden. Other Hub Health the at location’ on instance, ‘Minor for a pursue may, but Campus, Zernike at put and stay not students sending do students Sciences Life by The and field. the into is out society lecturers region with the touch Science in in Life get companies for to Institute tries Technology the & which in way Another Firmly rooted insociety 43 Healthy Ageing 44 Healthy Ageing Hanze UAStakestheleadofthisproject. College ISDNoorderkwartier, thecouncilofNoordenveld andtheprovince ofDrenthe. The Research B.V., BioTransfer B.V., AdvantageProject BeheerB.V., TCNN,UMCG,Noorderpoort Netherlands (HANNN)andSpringboard, VDLWientjes,IMDSRoden,AlvimedicaVascular The project is the result of the cooperation with theHealthy Ageing Network Northern knowledgecentresprinting andorthopaedics.Othernorthern are expectedtojoinaswell. University MedicalCenterGroningen willusetheworkshoptodevelopnewmaterials, 3D IBS, ICT, HumanTechnology, MBRT etc. crossovers forinstancefoodqualitycontrol, willdevelop,concerning biomedicalengineering, Hanze UASwillcontributemainlyinthedomainofLifeScience&Technology. Possiblymore Education Hightech analysis,food(supply)andprecision engineering. IMDS, AlvimedicaandKiestraBD.Talks are alsotakingplacewithcompaniesinthefieldof Various companymembersofSpringboard havealready declared theywanttocontribute:VDL, Companies catheters andMRItechnology. Hanze UniversityofAppliedSciences(UAS).Thesubjectsvaryfrom artificialbonesto heart initiator dr Victorine de Graaf-Peters, dean of theInstitute of Life, Science & Technology of the ‘Need toKnow’questions,whichcompanieswouldprobably neverhaveaskedotherwise,’says will dealwithactualquestionscompaniespose.Abouthalfoftheseprojects eventuallyleadto like byworkingon‘NicetoKnow’projects attheHealthHub.Studentswhoare stillinschool “We makesure third andfourthyearstudentsexperiencewhattheworkenvironment isactually of €13millionbylocalauthorities,knowledgeinstitutesandthebusiness. directly tostudents.Thisproject hascreated 100jobsandisfinanciallysupportedwiththesum entirely new form of education: companies transfer their specific professional knowledge At theHealthHubeducationandmedicaltechnologycompaniesjoinforces, introducing an to innovationandbusinessactivity Educational initiativesHealthHubRodenlead to sustainablelabourparticipation The Centre ofAppliedLabourMarketResearch iscommitted hc, olwn te opn coue i te northern the in closures company the following which, project a on working is she FNV, federation union trade Dutch the with Together HRM. 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Labour MarketResearch triestoanswerthese working wellintooldage?TheCentre ofApplied ability ofemployees?Howcomesomepeopleenjoy How doyoucontributetothelong-termemploy­ Maintaining ahealthyworkinglife and healthcareinstitutions.” Cooperation) Knowledge (NL Forum, Kenniscoöperatie NL Innovation ZIF), (Healthcare Forum Innovatie Zorg the with cooperation in topic this on research out carries lab innovation Our issues. innovation professional many so are there wonder no is it e-Health, as such innovations into this Taking changed. account, as well as the introduction have of all kinds of technical professionals care on placed requirements the jobs; these of nature the for also but available, jobs of number only the for not consequences does have This decentralisation. of result a taking as are place changes Major sector. care subject the in the working covers of Labour also of labour and professor “Care Polstra, Participation: Louis Sector’. Care the in also Innovations ‘Work lab is innovation the Research in involved closely Market Labour Applied of Centre The reciprocal leadership andregionalcooperation,amongotherthings. technology, sensor on focusing sub-projects has lab innovation the examples, two these to addition In region.” this in match people the of abilities and that preferences the opportunities employment create to is aim The North. the in policies employment of the development for needed data research provide meetings these us, For help. practical provides FNV The bottlenecks? the are employees. “What do they want? What can they do? Where former of capital human the map to intends Netherlands, 45 Healthy Ageing What is the effect of the physical environment on health and well-being? Research at the interface of health and environment

Space and Healthy Ageing? “The layout of an environment influences behaviour. This has been established by science and it is also our starting point. Research shows, for instance, that a patient’s surroundings play a role in the rate at which they recover: a hospital patient in a room overlooking a garden feels more at ease and can return home sooner than a patient in a room facing a blank wall.”

These are the words of Mark Mobach, professor of Facility Management. “This type of research forms the basis of Healing Environment architecture, of which some nice examples can be found in the University Medical Centre Groningen (UMCG) and the Martini Hospital Groningen.” If it were up to Mark, more examples would follow – and Innovation lab their purpose would be extended to include areas such as stimulating physical activity and promoting autonomy. Health Space Design “There are more than enough successful initiatives, but many of the projects are never followed up on because they Students and lecturers at the Health Space Design lack an evidence-based approach. For example, there used are investigating how infrastructure, services and to be no research on the effects of surroundings on health spatial layout can contribute to quality care, satisfied and behaviour, but it is one of the things currently being patients/residents and staff, and more efficiency. tackled in this innovation lab. The research projects at the innovation lab are based on concrete questions from the ‘community of Finding your own way practice’, a group of health care institutions participa­ People who need no help finding their way in a hospital ting in the innovation lab: the UMCG, the Martini are less reliant on patient transport in golf carts, are self- Hospital, ZuidOostZorg, Lentis and ’s Heeren Loo. reliant, and more physically active. Is there a logic to the Both the professional field and Hanze UAS benefit layout of the hospital walking routes, however? Can from this cooperation: Centres of Applied Research & visitors find their way around easily? These questions Innovation such as NoorderRuimte and Art & Society formed the basis of the final-year assignment that students are provided with research projects, and health care of Architecture and Facility Management carried out at providers are offered solutions. the Martini Hospital. Visitors coming in through the The innovation lab also has a community of experts, main entrance were asked if they would mind ‘being including top designers and key advisors from the followed’ and if they were willing to share their thoughts field, who scrutinise the questions, the research and experiences out loud using smartphones while trying process and the solutions provided by students and to find their way in the hospital. According to the student lecturers. Healthy Ageing of Facility Management, this resulted in three bottlenecks

46 Increased loss of hearing Restricted sight What is the effect of the physical environment on health and well-being?

that corresponded to what they had already suspected on Less Research at the interface the basis of the hospital’s floor plan: a route involving many flexible turns creates confusion. The student of Architecture came up with two proposals for improvement. First, to simplify of health and environment the walking route: a straight line from bottleneck to main entrance. He also came up with a second, grander plan: to add an entrance cover in order to create a clearly visible interior area in front of the main entrance. The question of how to increase the logic of the walking routes was then resubmitted to four-year students of Academie Minerva, Strength loss who focused on signposting. Mark: “These students came up with a kind of ring road marked with clouds instead of signs or lines on the floor.” All students presented their results at a community meeting. “You can see that students Leg stiffness from different disciplines have a different approach to bottlenecks and come up with creative solutions that professionals had not considered – very fascinating and very much appreciated by the professional field.” Spongy feeling

The elderly and their physical environment The UMCG asked the Health Space Design Innovation lab the question: “How do elderly people experience Ageing suit our hospital environment and walking routes, and how can we take their thoughts into account in renovations, adaptations and new building projects?” Eighty students of Hospitality examined the walking routes from the parking psychologically disabled people. In addition, they focus on garage to the clinics, with and without age simulation suit. the question: how can we integrate land and buildings into The findings for elderly people and students were rather health care, and how does this affect the organisation of similar. However, the elderly did show a higher heart work? Such an integrated approach is what it’s all about.” rate upon arrival at the clinic – “a sign that it took them more effort than the students and that they experienced a higher level of stress,” says Mark. Remarkably, the study also showed that people have more trouble finding their way when they first had to go outside (exiting the parking A visit to the UMCG in an age simulation suit garage) before entering the hospital; if they were able to First-year student of Facility Management stay inside, finding their way would be easier. “This is something to take into account when designing a building Daniëlle de Vries or placing desks.” “It’s a strange experience, walking around in an age New projects simulation suit. I ended up feeling like some kind of There are many more projects in the innovation lab’s alien; you just can’t walk normally with all those pipeline. At health care organisation Lentis, students are weights hanging off you. You’re wearing hearing trying to find out how to increase physical activity in elderly protectors and glasses so that you can’t see and hear care home residents and how to encourage staff to use the properly. If you’re a young person trying to find your stairs. Research at care organisation ZuidOostZorg focuses way, you simply look around you. An older person has on the use of ‘vitality gardens’ in elderly care homes, which to turn their entire body, which takes much longer. stimulate physical exercise in the open air. In addition, the Walking around in an age simulation suit was a really innovation lab recently launched a research project into useful experience. You look differently at the things you organisational change and physical space at ’s Heeren Loo, encounter along the way. The signposts are harder to an organisation for people with psychological disabilities. see and read, and taking a wrong turn means you have Mark: “Students are also involved in this project; one to walk back – it just takes a lot more out of you. It’s of the things they are trying to find out is how to bring quite the challenge to find your way around if you’re a certain age.” land and buildings more closely in line with the needs of Healthy Ageing

47 Professorship in New Business & ICT researches and develops innovative ICT e-Health: cornerstone of care innovation

Despite an increase in demand for care, fewer and fewer people are available to provide it. Our care delivery system is therefore in dire need of a redesign. The professorship in New Business & ICT

investigates how e-Health (i.e. the implementation Independent living for people of ICT in health care) can contribute to care with an intellectual disability How can you ensure that people with a mild intellectual innovations. We carry out practice-oriented disability still have the opportunity to lead as independent research and development projects with students a life as possible? This question led to the NOVO project, from various disciplines – in close cooperation with which was carried out by Hanze UAS four years ago in cooperation with NOVO, an institution that provides care organisation and ICT companies, of course. assistance to people with a mild intellectual disability, Our projects include. and Avics, an ICT system integrator specialised in care. Up until that point, it was customary in the world of ICT to leave the entire development process up to ICT specialists – end users would only become involved in the implementation stage. The professorship opted for a different approach: ICT specialists and end users would be cooperating from the very start. What was the advantage of this approach? Professor Hugo Velthuijsen: “The worlds of care professionals and ICT specialists are miles apart. ICT specialists invent the most amazing applications while actual users may be hard to find. Our approach helps forge a better understanding between the parties – they will start speaking the same language, so to speak.”

Time machine The CAVE project (Computer Aided Virtual Environment) provides personalised presentations for elderly people with dementia. Images, sounds and scents together make up a virtual experience intended to enhance and/ or maintain the well-being of the person in question. The professorship works together with Coendershof in this long-term project, a residential care centre of care organisation ZINN in the Helpman district in Groningen. Five Minor groups subsequently worked on a system with which these productions can be made. Project leader Aranka Dol: “First, the students gather as much personal information as they can with the help of family members and any (other) informal caregivers, for which they use a standard questionnaire. They use this information to get an impression of the life of the person in question.” Using the information, photographs, videos and music, the students compile a CAVE presentation: a collage of

Healthy Ageing images, sounds and scents.

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Living, Leisure & Health Care An optimal arrangement of the spatial environment contributes to people’s health and welfare. An inviting environment stimulates physical activity, social interaction and the increase of autonomy. Everybody has their owns wishes and demands. While some people like to live in the city with all facilities nearby, others prefer the countryside. Environment, infrastructure and service degree can contribute to the quality of healthcare and happy patients/inhabitants. To improve the quality of the habitat it is important to focus on innovations, combining healthcare & welfare with living & leisure.

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50 international projectinternational inthefieldofHealthyAgeing. Applied SciencesGroningen, iAgeisitsfirst plays animportantrole. ForHanzeUniversityof the iAgeproject todevelopsolutionsinwhichICT dwindling. Thecountriesare workingtogetherin who are supposedtokeeptheeconomyafloatis need ofcare, whilethenumberofyoungpeople more andmore peopleare growing olderandare in faced withroughly thesamepopulationissue: The sixcountriesaround theNorthSeaare all independent livingthankstoICT Long-term employabilityand HealthyAgeingInterregiAge: amajorinternational project conduct research in the field and develop new products. new develop and field the in research conduct professors, which disciplines various from students and lecturer-researchers in sub-projects packages numerous work comprise These Living. Independent and Market Labour packages work the in participate Market Labour and Entrepreneurship, (NoorderRuimte), Development population. Area on Innovation shrinking and Research Applied of and Centres The ageing an are with that struggling regions aims in and development users, economic end promote as to people elderly on focuses iAge involved inthisproject.” also are Participation Labour and ICT & Business New in professorships Self the and Quantified Estafette, company the the Institute, Psychology, Applied of “Students Werken Technische (‘Technical Works Museum’) is Museum testing this,” says Margreet. company The reintegration employees. elderly of employability long-term the to contribute can tools these if out find to trying are “We patterns. exercise and aspects eating and sleep, level, stress as such health on feedback wearer the give which tools, self quantified of implementation the is example Another now lookingintowaysofmarketingtheproduct.” are We knowledge. exchange to Norway and Scotland in Change. They have also visited the iAge partner universities Demographic and ICT & Business New in professorships the the developed of lecturer-researchers with have cooperation in prototype students ICT and “Physiotherapy UAS. Hanze of Schurer Margreet leader project iAge says partner in iAge has shown a keen interest in this platform,” as they are already familiar with that system. “The German The platform can even be used on televisions – a major plus longer. for own their on live to them enable that products ICT connect can people elderly which to platform source open an in instance, unique for resulted, It productive. is very and collaboration multidisciplinary broad, Such 51 Healthy Ageing Hanze UAS Centre of Expertise Healthy Ageing Streamlining research, education and entrepreneurship

The rapid developments in the field of Healthy “It is such a huge success and there are so many initiatives Ageing require Hanze UAS to adopt a new – we should really take a step forward and properly link up all these activities; it is time to ‘go to the next level’,” approach. Practically all Schools and Centres of says Joan Janssens, ‘leading dean’ of the Centre of Expertise Applied Research and Innovation are actively Healthy Ageing. “All Healthy Ageing-related activities in the fields of research, education and entrepreneurship involved in this field and they collaborate closely will be linked and streamlined. This way, we will become with the business world. All this Healthy Ageing- an important player in Europe – in line with the strategic programme Europe 2020 – and create even stronger ties related research, education and entrepreneurship is with the region. In addition to a long-term strategic being linked and streamlined by the Hanze UAS research programme, we introduce road maps for Healthy Centre of Expertise Healthy Ageing (Hanze CoE HA). Ageing-related education and entrepreneurship; naturally, all of this is done in consultation with business partners and partners working in the field. This will turn the entire Hanze UAS into a Centre of Expertise on Healthy Ageing.

The four components of the Hanze UAS Centre of Expertise Healthy Ageing are outlined below.

Research The integrated research programme Healthy Ageing is coordinated by a team of professors from all five Centres of Research & Innovation involved in this theme. The focus areas are ‘Prevention and Care’, ‘Participation and Learning’, ‘Active and Healthy Lifestyle’ and ‘Arts, Culture and Meaning’. Research and innovation in these focus areas is supported by the enablers ‘Built Environment’, ‘Organisations and their Professionals’, ‘Digital Health’ and ‘Business Development’. Healthy Ageing

52 Hanze UAS Centre of Expertise Healthy Ageing Streamlining research, education and entrepreneurship

Education Healthy Ageing-related education will be given a further boost, in the first place through the development of two signature Master’s degree programmes on Healthy Ageing: Healthy Ageing Professional (sport, health care & well- being) and Talent & Diversity. Hanze will also improve the interconnection between the Healthy Ageing-related activities in the various Bachelor’s degree programmes, and more attention will be paid to Healthy Ageing in Minors and optional modules. In addition, the different variants of professional learning environment in which students work on Healthy Ageing will be brought into alignment.

Entrepreneurship The Centre of Applied Research and Innovation Entrepreneurship and the CVO (Consortium for Valorisation and Entrepreneurship), which was set up by Hanze UAS and the University of Groningen, have the lead in drawing up the road map for Entrepreneurship and Healthy Ageing. This road map identifies the innovations and markets that the Hanze UAS wants to focus on, as well as the key partners they wish to enter into agreements with. In addition, it pays special attention to product innovation and product development in the area of e-Health; something the Quantified Self Institute and several innovation labs will be playing a major role in. the CoE HA innovation labs on innovations in health care Another important element is business development. A and on the implementation and marketing of new services revenue model is developed for the CoE HA project and and products. The CoE HA project gives public-private the individual innovation labs to ensure that the public- partnerships a major boost. The innovation labs strengthen private partnerships can continue to exist after the grant the ties with partners in the region, and this concept period ends. In addition, Hanze UAS will further improve of knowledge development through close cooperation its services to Healthy Ageing professionals regarding their between research, education and professional practice is professional development, and to businesses regarding something we would like to develop even further. the competency development of their staff. Hanze UAS Professionals and Business will be playing a prominent The Hanze CoE HA gives the Hanze UAS a clear, distinctive role in the latter. profile for the network partners. By streamlining research, education and entrepreneurship and by creating links, CoE HA project more knowledge becomes available. This development The CoE HA project of the OCW is part of the Hanze not only provides the Hanze UAS students with state-of- CoE HA, a construction that institutionalises research, the-art knowledge, but it also increases the knowledge and education and entrepreneurship and ensures continuity makes it more easily available to the partners – companies, of the project. Businesses, knowledge institutions, care start-ups, care organisations, and government bodies in organisations and government bodies work together in the north of the Netherlands.

It is such a huge success and there are so many initiatives – we should really take a step forward and properly link up all these activities; it is time to ‘go to the next level’. Healthy Ageing 53 Healthy Ageing Network Northern Netherlands

The Healthy Ageing Network Northern Netherlands (HANNN) focuses on the question: how can we, together, ensure that people can play a healthy and active role in society for as long as possible? HANNN is a network of companies, knowledge institutions, health care institutions, social organisations and government bodies that all make a contribution in one form or another. This requires an approach that covers the entire lifecycle: from the cradle (a good start), through work (a healthy workplace), to a dignified final stage of life, and everything in between.

In concrete terms, HANNN scouts for potentially useful ideas, brings together the relevant parties, and provides support throughout the project development process. The majority of these projects is wholly or partially covered by one or more of the disciplines of Life Sciences, Food & Nutrition, Medical Technology, and Healthy Lifestyle. In addition, HANNN is working towards a social agenda that provides solutions regarding the effects of an ageing population and the decentralisation of care and welfare to municipalities.

The Northern Netherlands occupies a leading position in the field of Healthy Ageing, on a national as well as a European level. HANNN maintains contact with other European regions, coordinates the lobbying activities in The Hague and Brussels, and supports application processes for regional, national and European funds. In July 2013 the European Commission declared the Northern Netherlands a reference site in the field of Active & Healthy Ageing.

Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen is one of the partners of HANNN and helps to raise the Healthy Ageing profile of the Northern Netherlands by means of the Centre of Expertise Healthy Ageing innovation labs, among other things.

For more information about HANNN, please visit www.hannn.eu Healthy Ageing

54 Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen and Healthy Ageing

Healthy Ageing in education* 23 Bachelor’s degree These are healthcare programmes such as Nursing and Physiotherapy, but also programmes programmes in the field of economy, technology, art and sport. Da Vinci (entrepreneurship) Financial Management in Health Care Healthy Ageing 8 Minors Entrepreneurship and Management in Care en Welfare Sport Health and Lifestyle Future in Health; developed by the four universities of applied sciences in the Northern Netherland Care en Technology Care Marketing Excellence programme Honours programme in Healthy Ageing

Advanced Nursing Practice 6 Master’s degree Healthy Ageing Professional (under development) Physician Assistant programmes Sensor System Engineering (with health component) Talent and Diversity (under development)

*All the programmes are in Dutch, except Sensor System Engineering

Healthy Ageing in research

Clinical Malnutrition and Healthy Ageing Computer Science & Sensor Technology Demographic Change Facility Management Flexicurity Healthy Ageing, Allied Health Care and Nursing (embedded: Ingredients & Health; Healthy Lifestyle, Ageing and Health Care; Child, Language & Development; Allied Health Care and Ageing; Participation and Health in Persons with Intellectual and Visual Disabilities; Statistical Techniques for Applied Research; Selfmanagement of somatic patients in hospitals) Healthy Lifestyle, Sports and Physical Activity Image in Context Integral Youth Policy (embedded: Learning and Behaviour) International Business 28 professorships; Labour Participation 100 lecturer-researchers Lifelong Learning in Music Life Sciences Marketing/Market-focused Entrepreneurship New Audiences New Business & ICT Nursing Nursing Diagnostics Physical Education and Youthsport Public Real Estate Real Estate Management Rehabilitation (embedded: Social Participation) Sustainable Financial Management Sustainable HRM Work Organisation and Productivity

26 PhD students ELLAN (Erasmus Academy Network) Food Circle Health Literacy (FP7) Healthy Ageing through Music and Arts 9 major projects iAge (Interreg) Music and the Elderly Springboard 2.0 Work Innovations in the Care Sector SPEACH (Sport Physical Education and Coaching in Health) Many small-scale projects Healthy Ageing e.g. in research carried out in professorships and in the innovation labs of the Centre of Many students involved Expertise Healthy Ageing. 55 Colophon

Healthy Ageing is a publication commissioned by Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen © May 2015 The aim of the magazine is to give relations of Hanze University of Applied Sciences an idea of the Healthy Ageing-related activities that are taking place in education and research. DIT PROJECT WORDT MEDE MOGELIJK GEMAAKT DOOR DE PROVINCIES GRONINGEN, FRYSLÂN EN DRENTHE. DIT PROJECT WORDT MEDE MOGELIJK GEMAAKT DOOR DE PROVINCIES GRONINGEN, FRYSLÂN EN DRENTHE.

Editors Joost Degenaar (programme director of Healthy Ageing and project director of CoE HA) Marloes Heeres (policy advisor Marketing & Communications The Healthy Ageing theme has established itself firmly in our (Healthy Ageing)) society. We are all getting older and this calls for new, smart Heleen Abrahamse (Marketing & Communications assistant) Editorial address Zernikeplein 7, Groningen, The Netherlands solutions to improve quality of life and to minimize the health Interviews Verhalen van het Noorden, Louwke Meinardi and burdens on our society. The focus is not only on the elderly and Helma Erkelens the sick but also on growing up in a healthy way, on social Photography Deborah Roffel Photography, Luuk Steemers participation and on quality of life. Healthy Ageing involves an (Hanze UAS) and Shutterstock integrated, multidisciplinary approach, focussing on the entire Layout and design Gerben Edens (Hovaneden) life cycle. Translation Words Words Words etc. Printing De Marne B.V. (Print run: 2,500)

If you would like to know more about Healthy Ageing and the opportunities it offers in the field of education and research, please visit hanze.nl/healthyageing or the website of the Project Centre of Expertise Healthy Ageing project, healthyageing.net