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Organisation profile
The Belgian Ageing Studies project (BAS) was developed by researchers at the Free University of Brussels (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) and University College Ghent (Hogeschool Gent). Established in the early 2000s, the BAS team engages in the scientific study of the social aspects of ageing. The team's research focuses on a range of social gerontological issues, including social, cultural and political participation in old age, volunteering, inclusion and exclusion, age-friendly environments, feelings of safety and the social policy of later life. The BAS refers to a project which seeks to monitor local challenges and opportunities, as well as issues of quality of life, among home-dwelling older people in order to provide tools for evidenced-based ageing policies at local level. The project is a result of a close collaboration between the research team, the regional government and councils of all participating municipalities, senior advisory boards, and other stakeholders. Through a participatory method, the older people themselves are actively involved as actors in all stages of each study. They play a crucial role in the planning, the design, and the realisation of the research project, as well as in the development of local policy plans on the basis of the findings of the research. Since 2002, the Belgian Ageing Studies have conducted a number of such studies in various municipalities in Belgium.
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ANI264: Working together in caring neighborhoods West Flanders
12/10/20 → 28/02/21
Project: Fundamental
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Research output
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Area-Based Compassionate Communities: A systematic integrative review of existing initiatives worldwide
Quintiens, B., D'Eer, L., Deliens, L., Van den Block, L., Chambaere, K., De Donder, L., Cohen, J. & Smets, T., 30 Mar 2022, In : Palliative Medicine. 36, 3, p. 422-442 21 p., 3.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Researching Compassionate Communities from an interdisciplinary perspective: the case of the Compassionate Communities Centre of Expertise (COCO)
Compassionate Communities Centre of Expertise (COCO) Consortium, Vanderstichelen, S., Dury, S., De Gieter, S., Van Droogenbroeck, F., De Moortel, D., Van Hove, L., Rodeyns, J., Aernouts, N., Bakelants, H., Cohen, J., Chambaere, K., Spruyt, B., Zohar, G., Deliens, L. & De Donder, L., 2022, In : The Gerontologist.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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A Novel Viewpoint on Andragogy: Enabling Moments of Community
Note, N. P., De Backer, F. & De Donder, L., Feb 2021, In : Adult Education Quarterly. 71, 1, p. 3-19 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Childlessness and loneliness in later life: A research protocol
Stegen, H., De Donder, L. & Dierckx, E., 2021.Research output: Unpublished contribution to conference › Poster
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Community health workers and culturally competent home care in Belgium: A realist evaluation
Hoens, S., Smetcoren, A. . S., Switsers, L. & De Donder, L., 3 Nov 2021, In : Health & Social Care in the Community.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Activities
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Symposium : Caring and Compassionate Communities in Belgium: a focus on their development and evaluation
Octavia Kint (Speaker), Hanne Bakelants (Speaker), Sarah Dury (Speaker), Liesbeth De Donder (Speaker)8 Jul 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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The prevalence of different types of loneliness amongst community-dwelling older people
Hannelore Stegen (Speaker), Daan Duppen (Contributor), Lise Switsers (Contributor), Honghui Pan (Contributor), Eva Dierckx (Contributor), Liesbeth De Donder (Contributor)7 Jul 2021 → 9 Jul 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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How to create culturally sensitive home care organisations? Evaluating the training of culturally sensitive care ambassadors
Sylvia Hoens (Speaker), An - Sofie Smetcoren (Contributor), Liesbeth De Donder (Contributor)2 Jul 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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What are the barriers and facilitators to provide culturally-sensitive care in persons with dementia?
Ann Claeys (Speaker), Saloua Berdai Chaouni (Contributor), Sandra Tricas-Sauras (Contributor), Liesbeth De Donder (Contributor)20 Oct 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Providing suitable care to older migrants with dementia in Belgium: perspective of family caregivers on accessibility and acceptability of professional dementia care.
Saloua Berdai Chaouni (Speaker), Ann Claeys (Contributor), Liesbeth De Donder (Contributor)20 Oct 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference