Centre for Applied Research of the Faculty of Digital Media & Creative Industries
Projects lectoraat Digital Life
15 Results
The projects in which the Digital Life professorship participates or is the lead party are shown below.
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Mr illi
1 Mar - 1 DecThere are currently about 290,000 people living with dementia in the Netherlands. Of these, 80,000 live in nursing or care homes. This means that more than 200,000 people with dementia live at home. According to ...
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AMSOS
1 Oct 2023 - 1 Oct 2025Chronic joint disorders are common conditions patients come to the physiotherapist or exercise therapist with. Conditions such as osteoarthritis and rheumatism cause problems in daily functioning due to pain and ...
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2Do2Digital
1 Feb 2023 - 31 Dec 2023The most important advice to overweight 55+ people with type 2 diabetes is to lose weight. To support them in this, the lectorate of Nutrition and Exercise of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences – ...
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Nature-2-Connect
1 Nov 2022 - 1 Aug 2023Digital nature can contribute to feelings of belonging for frail elderly people and can thus combat social isolation and loneliness. However, the preferences for specific nature scenes are very context-dependent. You ...
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Who Takes Care?
1 Jul 2022 - 1 Jul 2024The problem addressed by this research project is the high workload of care professionals in dementia care. Due to an increase in the number of elderly people with dementia, the demand for care is increasing, while ...
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It takes a village to grow old
4 Apr 2022 - 4 Apr 2024Social contacts and encounters in the neighborhood are important for the people who live there. It also encourages community residents to live together and, in particular, people with early dementia. Artificial ...
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Social Robotics in PsychoGeriatrics
1 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2023This research builds on insights gained over the past two years during the NZA Pilot project ‘Social Robotics in Eldercare’. That project focused on the needs, acceptance and sustainable use of robotics ...
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E-ToP
1 Sep 2021 - 1 Sep 2023The ToP program is a national evidence-based intervention for very preterm children (<32 weeks gestation) and their parents, aimed at improving parent-child interaction and the development of the preterm child.
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SOROCOVA
1 Jun 2021 - 31 May 2023The COVID-19 measures have a major impact on how children are educated worldwide. Dutch children also had to make the switch in the first lockdown from physical to digital education. During the second lockdown, ...
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SO-NUTS
1 Apr 2021 - 31 Dec 2025This research project is about prevention of unhealthy weight gain and obesity during crucial phases throughout the lifespan. The aging population faces two conditions that threaten healthy aging: high fat mass ...
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DCODE
1 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2023The industrial revolution happened, and it’s over. Yet, design practice is stuck in the past and struggles to reconcile human values and algorithmic logics into socially, economically and politically ...
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Toys4Therapy
1 Oct 2018 - 31 Oct 2022Paediatric occupational therapy and physiotherapy aim to enhance the overall quality of life for the child with cerebral palsy (and their family) by establishing adequate exercises that are to be performed daily at ...
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PAUL
1 May 2017 - 1 May 2020In large cities, the health and life expectancy of individuals are worse than in rural environments, partly due to a lower physical activity of citizens. In this proposal we want to understand in more detail how ...
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Hipper
1 Nov 2014 - 31 Oct 2016Most of the revalidation after hip surgery is done by patients themselves at home. Within the Hipper project a new protocol for revalidation after hip surgery will be developed that includes sensor technology. The ...
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VITAMINE
1 May 2014 - 1 Sep 2019Stimulating and maintaining an active lifestyle is vital to the large group of older people with early functional limitations. The Digital Life Centre develops digital support for a home-training program.