The transformation in the global demography and the shortages of healthcare workers requires innovation and efficiency in healthcare. The Dyna-Form SMARTresponse application is an example of Digital Technology, the application can be linked to a Mercury Advance Hybrid Mattress (Direct Healthcare Group, 2019). The goal of this application is to reduce the risk of pressure injuries by notifying healthcare workers about patient, often older people, non-movement. Digital Technology has been studied comprehensively and according to previous research there is a mismatch between the available Digital Technology and the adoption of Digital Technology (Mathijssen et al., 2020). Currently it is unclear whether the Dyna-Form SMARTresponse application can adequately support healthcare workers in their daily practice. Consequently, a generic qualitative study investigating the expectations of healthcare workers of the Dyna-Form SMARTresponse application linked to the Mercury Advance mattress is needed.
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The gradual aging of western society during the twentieth century, including its causes and consequences, has become one of the dominant themes of demography and sociology. This study tries to shed more light on the recent past of older individuals emphasizing the socio-economic strategies they employed in order to maintain their standard of living after reaching the age of 60. Theories concerning different elements within these strategies (work, savings, the family and the collectivity) are discussed. The last part of this study considers the impact of these strategies in the context of a case study using a variety of sources on the lives of a selected group of elderly people living in the civil parish of Winterswijk over the periode 1880-1938.
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Background: The transformation in global demography and the shortage of health care workers require innovation and efficiency in the field of health care. Digital technology can help improve the efficiency of health care. The Mercury Advance SMARTcare solution is an example of digital technology. The system is connected to a hybrid mattress and is able to detect patient movement, based on which the air pump either starts automatically or sends a notification to the app. Barriers to the adoption of the system are unknown, and it is unclear if the solution will be able to support health care workers in their work. Objective: This study aims to gain insight into health care workers’ expectations of factors that could either hamper or support the adoption of the Mercury Advance SMARTcare unit connected to a Mercury Advance mattress to help prevent patients from developing pressure injuries in hospitals and long-term care facilities. Methods: We conducted a generic qualitative study from February to December 2022. Interviews were conducted, and a focus group was established using an interview guide of health care workers from both the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. Thematic analysis was performed by 2 independent researchers. Results: A total of 14 participants took part in the study: 6 (43%) participants joined the focus group, and 8 (57%) participants took part in the individual interviews. We identified 13 factors based on four themes: (1) factors specifically related to SMARTresponse, (2) vision on innovation, (3) match with health care activities, and (4) materials and resources involved. Signaling function, SMARTresponse as prevention, patient category, representatives, and implementation strategy were identified as facilitators. Perception of patient repositioning, accessibility to pressure injury aids, and connectivity were identified as barriers. Conclusions: Several conditions must be met to enhance the adoption of the Mercury Advance SMARTcare solution, including the engagement of representatives during training and a reliable wireless network. The identified factors can be used to facilitate the implementation process. JMIR Nursing 2024;7:e47992
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Due to a number of factors outlined in this article, the issue of population growth is excluded from the sustainability discussion. In this article, we explore some of the ethical presumptions that underlie the issues linking population growth and sustainability. Critics argue that action to address population creates social and economic segregation, and portray overpopulation concerns as being “anti-poor,” “anti-developing country,” or even “antihuman.” Yet, de-linking demographic factors from sustainability concerns ignores significant global realities and trends, such as the ecological limits of the Earth, the welfare and long-term livelihood of the most vulnerable groups, future prospects of humanity, as well as the ecosystems that support society. https://doi.org/10.1080/10042857.2016.1149296 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helenkopnina/
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Net als elders in Nederland is ook in Friesland in de afgelopen decennia het aantal weidevogels sterk afgenomen. De oorzaak van deze achteruitgang wordt onder meer toegeschreven aan intensief agrarisch landgebruik. Ook verhoogde predatiedruk zou een rol kunnen spelen. Een van de predatoren waar nog weinig over bekend is, is de huiskat. In de omgeving van Leeuwarden is uitgezocht in hoeverre de leefgebieden van katten en weidevogels overlappen.
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Dit is de eerste podcast in een serie in het kader van het 10-jarig bestaan van het Kennisnetwerk Krimp Noord-Nederland (KKNN). Professor Leo van Wissen, Hoogleraar Economische Demografie aan de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, voormalig directeur van het NIDI (Nederlands Interdisciplinair Demografisch Instituut) en medeoprichter van het KKNN, in gesprek met Elly van der Klauw (projectleider KKNN) en Marijn Molema (Programmanager Leefbaarheid bij het Fries Sociaal Planbureau en Bijzonder Hoogleraar Regionale Vitaliteit en Dynamiek aan de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen) over de start van het KKNN en de demografische veranderingen sindsdien.Deze zomer publiceerde Van Wissen met het NIDI een rapport over de demografische ontwikkeling van Nederland tot 2050 publ.nidi.nl/output/2020/nidi-c…-2050-in-beeld.pdf.
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There are 4 major transition domains: climate, environment, forest, demography and labour market. There is evidence that labour plays a key role in these five vital transitions. Since the Corona pandemic, especially in the US, there has been the so-called Great Resignation, a total reconsideration. According to Klotz (2021), four factors lead to resignation: 1. burnout, 2. re-evaluation of the priorities in life, 3. wish to continue working from home after corona and 4. a combination of these. ready underway, which also included “downshifting” on the career ladder, towards less responsibility. The ILO (International Labour Organization, part of the United Nations) defines decent work from the Sustainable Development Goals: employees as human beings are at the heart of development towards a future that is inclusive and sustainable: youth, women and men. This is less trivial than it seems. Managing a company or country is further away from decent work than ever, as a result of (former) managers sometimes “downshift” via the Great Resignation to e.g. courier work and thus escape all (indecent) attacks on personal integrity. However, if you are being tracked by the second with "smart" tracking & tracing technology, things go from bad to worse
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Gelet op het belang van het MKB voor de Nederlandse economie wordt ondernemerschap gestimuleerd. Naast het opstarten van een bedrijf is het minstens van even groot belang dat deze ondernemingen doorgroeien, zowel qua omzet als qua werknemers. Omdat doorgroeien zelden probleemloos verloopt, wordt in dit onderzoek nagegaan of doorgroeiende ondernemers een beroep kunnen doen op een adequate adviesinfrastructuur. De conclusie hieruit is, dat adviezen wel te vinden zijn, maar dat ondernemers niet vanzelf op weg geholpen worden en dat zij in feite pas te laat gaan zoeken.
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