The Clinical Centre NeMO (NeuroMuscular Omnicentre), a highly specialised medical centre part of the public Italian healthcare system (Sistema Sanitario Nazionale). The center manages four clinical facilities distributed from the North to the South of the Italian territory, located in Milan (Lombardy Region), Rome (Lazio Region), Messina (Sicily Region) and Arenzano (Liguria Region). Nemo responds […]
Bispebjerg-Nørrebro (BIN) Project
The research setting of the case study is the elderly care sector in the municipality of Copenhagen, Denmark. The municipality has been undergoing a paradigm shift towards an increased focus on what a good life contains to elderly citizens (Københavns Kommune 2015b). This is discursively constructed in the elderly care policy as a move from […]
The MAIA method (Method of action for the integration of healthcare and support services in the field of Autonomy)
The case study examines the MAIA method (Method of action for the integration of healthcare and support services in the field of Autonomy). It is an organisational model adapted to local specificities. The increase in life expectancy and the ageing of the population have led to the problem of old-age dependency. Gerontological answers exist, but […]
ZorgLab – Ageing in Place Aalst
The aim of the project is to create an experimental environment for companies and care organizations which objective is to understand the current and future needs of the elderly in their home situation in order to fine tune their products and services accordingly. To this end the project puts in place a series of tests […]