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Hearing loss, prehospital care, social isolation, loneliness, equality diversity & inclusion, qualitative research, psychometrics, outcome measurement, co-production
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In my work I focus on dementia risk reduction via lifestyle modifications and cardiovascular risk management. I have been involved in various public health projects to raise awareness about lifestyle and brain health in the general population (campaign, MijnBreincoach app). My current project focusses on dementia risk reduction in memory clinics
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Technology and social participation in people with dementia living in the community
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I work at the Alzheimer Centre Limburg and my research is focused on young-onset dementia. Specifically, I study the pre-diagnostic phase and risk factors for young-onset dementia. I aim to reduce the diagnostic delay of young-onset dementia, and identify modifiable risk factors that could be included in prevention interventions |
Service use and care needs for people with young-onset dementia and their families in the post-diagnostic phase
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My research focuses on gaining a better understanding of gene-environment interactions in the risk factors for young-onset dementia, and on improving our understanding of the ethical implications and concerns related to personalised risk prediction and prevention in young-onset dementia.
Psychosocial risk factors and interventions
Technology in long-term care for people with dementia and an intellectual disability
My current work is focussed on the interplay between motivational disturbances such as apathy and anhedonia and the emergence of rigid and inflexible behaviours in frontotemporal dementia.
In my PhD, I investigated the beneficial effects of everyday sounds and soundscapes in technologies for people with dementia. I closely involve people with dementia, their relatives, care practitioners, and policymakers in the design process of novel technologies that address quality of life.
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Insiders perspective of people living with dementia
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INPAD project -focuses on a digital tool in the feedback of the results of an NPA.
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