2 October 2020
Caring technology
Wherever technology is used to improve people’s health-related quality of life in their daily lives and their wellbeing, the guiding principles set out below can offer guidance on how to act:
Wherever technology is used to improve people’s health-related quality of life in their daily lives and their wellbeing, the guiding principles set out below can offer guidance on how to act:
Integrated community care (ICC) engages people and communities as co-producers of care. It implies a shift in traditional thinking based on problem-based, disease-oriented care to a goal-oriented, person-centred care aiming at enhancing the quality of life of vulnerable individuals and improving population health amongst communities. lntegrated Community Care acknowledges that communities are essential partners that […]
Summer Academy ‘Making the Case for Goal-oriented care’, 5-7 September 2019 This summer academy, which is being held in Leuven, is researching the potential of goal-oriented care. The participants will consider the current situation and analyse promising practices. The aim is to work together to come up with new methods of implementing goal-oriented care, in […]
In recent years the provision of care in hospitals and other care institutions has shifted towards outpatient care. More and more patients and conditions are being treated through care at home. However, providing health care in the home environment creates specific challenges for care providers, and leads to new risks for patients, especially care-related infections. […]
People make decisions about their health every day. To do this consciously and in a well thought out way, they need the right information and reference tools that they understand and can use. That requires health skills, and those can be acquired. Everyone, at every level, can contribute towards this and is responsible for doing […]
The Dr. Daniël De Coninck Fund is financing two chairs for university and college consortia: one in Flanders and one in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation. The aim is to encourage a developing understanding of this area and promote research and innovation. These chairs will encourage the development and sharing of knowledge in the area of primary […]