Healthy ageing: elective course unit
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In April 2018, the Comenius Senior Fellows 2018 subsidy was awarded to the project ‘Optional multi-level study programme for existing and future professionals on Healthy Ageing in people with an intellectual disability’.
About this research
This research project will result in an elective course unit designed to foster inter-professional collaboration among those working with clients who have an intellectual disability and complex care and support needs. The programme draws people together from different disciplines (healthcare and welfare) and different educational backgrounds. The research is being conducted by the user network: Hanze University of Applied Sciences (schools of Nursing, Health Care Studies and Social Studies), the University of Groningen (Department of Special Needs Education), Alfa College (Healthcare and Welfare) and six healthcare organisations in the north of the Netherlands (Vanboeijen, ’s Heeren Loo, Koninklijke Visio de Brink, Philadelphia, De Trans and Talant).
Benefits to practice
The elective course unit will comprise study guides for the different levels of blended learning. The interim results of the project are:
- A description of the entry requirements for participation in the elective course unit, including explanatory notes and justification
- An outline of the elective course unit, including study manuals for the different levels User-ready online learning environment
- Introduction of elective course unit into the existing educational setting: animated video and symposium (June 2020)
About the researchers
What is your role within the Academic Collaborative Centre related to people with PIMD?
I represent Hanze University of Applied Sciences in the Management Team. I am also involved in various doctoral research projects within the ACC-PIMD as a second supervisor. These research themes include motor activation, participation and the quality of life of families who have a child with PIMD.
What do you hope to achieve?
My goal is to meet the need expressed by those involved in the day-to-day support of people with PIMD for theory-based, scientifically underpinned knowledge surrounding diagnostics and treatment. Both in practice and as a scientist, it is my strong desire to advocate for people with severe or profound visual, intellectual and motor-related disabilities. I want to contribute to the generation of new knowledge in the context of a sound scientific process that recognises the value of input from families and professionals.
Research projects by Aly binnen de AW-EMB
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- A hidden problem
- LIFE ID Intervention
- Healthy ageing: elective course
- Developing together: more attention for people with EMB in education
- Let’s move on – improvement of an interprofessional and multilevel Healthy Ageing minor
- Motor Activity Training Program: MATP
- Healthy ageing: elective course unit
- Moving together – Towards structural and meaningful motor activation of people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities
What is your role within the Academic Collaborative Centre related to people with PIMD?
My research topic is lifestyle in people with a moderate to profound intellectual disability. My particular focus is on direct support professionals and the support that they can provide in the areas of nutrition and physical activity. During the research, we have already created a place for lifestyle in education of direct support professionals. In my role as knowledge broker for education I am going to expand this. In doing so, I focus on how we can create a place for the knowledge and expertise from the Academic Collaborative Centre into the education of professionals who work with people with
What do you hope to achieve?
People with PIMD have the right for a good life. Therefore, they need support, including from professionals. By embedding current knowledge and expertise from the Academic Collaborative Centre in education, I hope that professional will be better equipped to provide optimal support to people with PIMD and their loved ones.
Research projects by Annelies binnen de AW-EMB