Professor
Windesheim University of Applied Sciences
Zwolle, Overijssel, Netherlands
Dr. ir. Simone de Bruin is Professor of Living Well with Dementia at the Department of Health and Well-being of Windesheim University of Applied Sciences, Research Group Living Well with Dementia. Simone studied Household and Consumer Sciences at Wageningen University, and graduated with distinction in 2001. She subsequently worked as a researcher at TNO and Wageningen University, where she completed her PhD research in 2009 which focused on care farming as an innovative form of dementia care. From 2009 until 2020, she worked as a senior researcher at RIVM mainly on projects on care and support of older people and people with dementia and their family caregivers. Since January 2021, she works at Windesheim University of Applied Sciences. By conducting practice-based qualitative research, the research group Living Well with Dementia aims to contribute to better lives for people with dementia and their families. The focus of the research group is on people’s abilities rather than on their limitations and challenges posed by the disease. This implies that important themes in the work of the group include autonomy, dignity, inclusion, meaningfulness, participation, and well-being of people with dementia and their families. Research lines of the Living Well with Dementia research group are: 1. The meaning of living well with dementia; 2. Innovations in the living and care environments of people with dementia (including nature-based interventions), and 3. Access to and alignment of dementia care and support services. Research designs of the research group are often guided by the principles of participatory action research, including co-creation between stakeholders from research, practice, and education. As such, findings of research find their way into professional practice and educational programs of (future) health and social care professionals.
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Saturday, November 5, 2022
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET
Saturday, November 5, 2022
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET