Amsterdam Research Institute for Societal Innovation
Projects
5 Results
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Community Care conducts research on the project “Jong + Oud = Goud” of Stichting SeniorenStudent
2 Mar 2017 - 1 Mar 2018In 2015 and 2016, Stichting SeniorenStudent connected over one hundred elderly people and students. These citizens of Amsterdam were introduced to each other based upon shared interests and spent a few hours a month ...
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Research in to loneliness amongst the elderly
1 Aug 2016 - 1 Aug 2017The research group Community Care at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences has a few streams of knowledge: informal care, social inclusion and network development. This research is mostly part of the latter ...
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Young carers
1 Jun 2016A young carer can be defined as a person aged 5-25 whose life is affected by a disability or illness of someone in the family. The young carer may provide physical and/or emotional care but does not necessarily have ...
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Arts and social inclusion of persons with disabilities
1 Sep 2014Whether recovering through creative therapy, reintegrating the work force through creative workspaces, or making art professionally, being creative can have a lot of benefits for people with disabilities. Be it using ...
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Diversity and Informal Care
1 Jan 2012 - 1 Jan 2019Since 2012, the research group Community Care is working on a project called Diversity and Informal Care. This project refers to and describes the possible differences between several groups of people with regard to ...