Launch of the Monitor on residence options for dementia. Its goal: To gather information on the consequences for staff of various forms of nursing home care and small-scale accommodation for dementia sufferers.
What is the status of staffing levels? Are the residents happier in small-scale accommodation? Can the same quality of care be offered everywhere? Can examples be found from which others can learn?
The monitor gathers the data of 150 forms of accommodation for people with dementia. The first data collection exercise took place in the second half of 2008 through January 2009.
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Doctoral graduation of Simone Onrust, at the VU University, Amsterdam. Thesis title: Are bereavement interventions of any value?
Do widows and widowers need help in dealing with their loss, and is a visiting service for this group cost-effective? These subjects are addressed in the Ph.D thesis of Simone Onrust, which she defended on 2 April in the Aula of the VU. Simone Onrust is a lecturer and researcher with the Trimbos Institute.
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Concluding conference of the Breakthrough project ‘Anxiety Disorders'. Using the Breakthrough method under the supervision of a national team of experts, 12 teams strove to improve the identification and diagnosing of anxiety disorders by providing information on the options available to patients and monitoring the course of symptoms on the basis of objective criteria. This enables treatment to be adjusted promptly if the response is not satisfactory. The important outcome of this approach is that people with anxiety disorders are diagnosed more quickly. Consequently, they can be treated more promptly and their symptoms are alleviated earlier.
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Concluding conference on the Breakthrough project ‘Double Diagnosis'.
The breakthrough project on double diagnosis aims to improve quality in the area of screening, diagnostics and treatment. The project seeks to implement effective interventions for double diagnosis by using existing guidelines. Significant gains that have been made are:
Increased expertise in double diagnosis among professionals; improved matching of interventions to the motivation phases of clients; improved provision of integrated treatment and greater attention for screening and diagnostics of double diagnosis problems.
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