Centre of Expertise Healthy Ageing - HUAS

Scientific Area:

EXPR: Geriatrics and gerontology-Health care sciences and services (including hospital administration, health care financing). Health policy and services.

Name of the service: Centre of Expertise Healthy Ageing – HUAS.

Main responsible: Director Jeroen Pronk, professors of the various Healthy Ageing Research Groups.

Category of the service: Research group.

Target group: Healthcare professionals, Education, Inhabitants of the northern region of the Netherlands, Policy makers, Businesses, Local governments and more.

Scientific refence:

The Centre of Expertise Healthy Ageing contributes to more healthy years for the inhabitants of the northern region by working on equality of opportunity and participation, vulnerability and appropriate care, and a healthy lifestyle and living environment

Offer description:

Citizen Science: Research in which citizens are actively involved in the entire process is also known as Citizen Science. Citizens work together with professionals from healthcare, welfare and government, as well as with researchers and students. If citizens actively participate in the research, we can come up with interventions that are supported by the people and the community itself. In this way, citizens are involved and, more importantly, part of the planning, execution, implementation and evaluation of research and innovation in their own region. Learning communities: Through learning communities, we want to collaborate with companies, institutions, researchers and knowledge institutions in a sustainable way. By working together on social challenges and creating impact in our region, we can be of added value. We join existing learning communities or we create new learning communities. Technology & Digitalization: Hanze wants to increase the knowledge and skills of students, lecturers, (healthcare) professionals and SMEs in the field of digital innovations in the domain of healthcare and welfare. For example, entrepreneurs can test their new digital products in the dHealth Lab. There, a safe and realistic environment is simulated, where errors can be removed from the product, so that it becomes clear how it can be used in healthcare practice. Digital resources can provide support to improve people’s own health capacity and ensure greater self-management and co-reliance.

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