This article presents a social analysis and a spatial outline of this quarter. On the basis of two cross-sections it is possible to study the social and spatial effects of industrialisation on this neighbourhood. Petrus Regout founded glassworks and a pottery there in the 1830’s. The demographic pressure increased, the population rejuvenated, became more homogeneous (in occupations), was reduced to poverty (at least in housing) and was immobilized. The preindustrial labour market changes into an industrial one. The perspectives of employment at the Sphinx led to a crowding of people in increasingly miserable housing conditions. Further research into life-courses in context is needed to get answers to questions concerning generational (dis)continuity in culture of poverty
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In de sociale sector is er in elke tijdsperiode wel de discussie over hoe formele en informele zorg zich tot elkaar verhouden, of zouden moeten verhouden. Deze tekst geeft een aantal voorbeelden van deze discussie, en pleit voor een deconstructie van het debat.
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Touristification of consumption spaces describes a process in which retail and hospitality businesses adapt to the tourist demand, eroding place attachment among local residents. While this is an important cause of resistance to tourism, little is known about the mechanisms that drive or mediate this process. We address this gap by interviewing entrepreneurs in Amsterdam. We found three distinct areas in close proximity where entrepreneurs responded to increasing tourism in markedly different ways; by crowd-pleasing, niche-playing and gentrifying. The resulting microgeographies of touristification of consumption spaces have not only been overlooked in literature, but also in urban policies. This causes a mismatch between the more generic, city-wide regulation and the highly differentiated effects of tourism on consumption spaces.
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Purpose – As hospitals are now being designed with an increasing number of single rooms or cubicles, the individual preference of patients with respect to social contact is of great interest. The purpose of this study is to gain a better understanding of the experience of patients in an outpatient infusion center.Design/methodology/approach – A total of 29 semi-structured interviews were conducted, transcribed and analyzed by using direct content analysis.Findings – Findings showed that patients perceived a lack of acoustic privacy and therefore tried to emotionally isolate themselves or withheld information from staff. In addition, patients complained about the sounds of infusion pumps, but they were neutral about the interior features. Patients who preferred non-talking desired enclosed private rooms and perceived negative distraction because ofspatial crowding. In contrast, patients who preferred talking, or had no preference, desired shared rooms and perceived positive distraction because of spatial crowding.Research limitations/implications – In conclusion, results showed a relation between physical aspects (i.e. physical enclosure) and the social environment.Practical implications – The findings allow facility managers to better understand the patients’ experiences in an outpatient infusion facility and to make better-informed decisions. Patients with different preferences desired different physical aspects. Therefore, nursing staff of outpatient infusion centers should assess the preferences of patients. Moreover, architects should integrate different typesof treatment places (i.e. enclosed private rooms and shared rooms) in new outpatient infusion centers to fulfill different preferences and patients should have the opportunity to discuss issues in private with nursing staff.Originality/value – This study emphasizes the importance of a mix of treatment rooms, while new hospital designs mainly include single rooms or cubicles.
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This study proposes a framework to measure touristification of consumption spaces, consisting of concentration of retail capital, business displacement and standardization of the consumption landscape. This framework is tested using business registration data and rent price estimates for consumption spaces in Amsterdam between 2005 and 2020. Touristification emerges from concentrations of retail capital and standardization, but occurs without causing significant business displacement. A cluster analysis identifies different variations of touristification. Besides the more typical cases these include nightlife areas, gentrifying consumption spaces and specialized retail areas. This suggests that local contingencies cause consumption spaces to respond differently to increasing tourism.
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Introduction: Retrospective studies suggest that a rapid initiation of treatment results in a better prognosis for patients in the emergency department. There could be a difference between the actual medication administration time and the documented time in the electronic health record. In this study, the difference between the observed medication administration time and documentation time was investigated. Patient and nurse characteristics were also tested for associations with observed time differences. Methods: In this prospective study, emergency nurses were followed by observers for a total of 3 months. Patient inclusion was divided over 2 time periods. The difference in the observed medication administration time and the corresponding electronic health record documentation time was measured. The association between patient/nurse characteristics and the difference in medication administration and documentation time was tested with a Spearman correlation or biserial correlation test. Results: In 34 observed patients, the median difference in administration and documentation time was 6.0 minutes (interquartile range 2.0-16.0). In 9 (26.5%) patients, the actual time of medication administration differed more than 15 minutes with the electronic health record documentation time. High temperature, lower saturation, oxygen-dependency, and high Modified Early Warning Score were all correlated with an increasing difference between administration and documentation times. Discussion: A difference between administration and documentation times of medication in the emergency department may be common, especially for more acute patients. This could bias, in part, previously reported time-to-treatment measurements from retrospective research designs, which should be kept in mind when outcomes of retrospective time-to-treatment studies are evaluated.
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In de afgelopen jaren groeide het besef dat veel inwoners die een beroep doen op de publieke dienstverlening de nodige stress en zorgen ervaren. Werkloosheid, hoge schulden of problemen in de opvoeding kunnen eraan bijdragen dat het leven van mensen meer vraagt dan zij aankunnen. Het besef dat chronische stress een wissel trekt op het functioneren heeft een groeiende groep publieke dienstverleners geïnspireerd om in de ondersteuning die zij inwoners bieden, (meer) rekening te houden met de doorwerking van de stress op gedrag. Dat een aanhoudend stroom van zorgen verklaart waarom inwoners die hulp nodig hebben te vaak niet in staat blijken om de processtappen te zetten die van hen worden gevraagd: stukken aanleveren, geen afspraken missen, solliciteren, rondkomen van weekgeld, et cetera. Een van de belangrijkste middelen voor professionals om inwoners te motiveren en te ondersteunen de processtappen toch te zetten is het gesprek. Veel professionals (en hun management) hebben de neiging om vooral aandacht te besteden aan de inhoud van die gesprekken. Een verkenning van studies naar de impact van inrichting op ervaren stress leert dat ook de inrichting van een gebouw kan bijdragen aan stress-sensitieve dienstverlening. Op verzoek van de gemeente Utrecht en in nauwe samenwerking met Studio Sociaal Centraal heeft het lectoraat Schulden en Incasso een literatuurverkenning uitgevoerd om de gemeente Utrecht en andere uitvoerders van publieke dienstverlening op weg te helpen bij het inrichten van ontmoetingsruimten voor professionals die uitvoering geven aan onder meer de schuldhulpverlening, re-integratie, Wmo, jeugdhulpverlening en jeugdgezondheidszorg.
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