Dutch Elder Care: An interview with Roland de Wolf
Earlier this year I spent two weeks in the Netherlands, as part of my research into best practices in elder care. Here in Sweden, where I am based, many healthcare professions view the Netherlands as a country that promotes innovation in elder …
Hans Becker: Transforming Retirement Living in The Netherlands
The ACCESS Health team in Sweden has just published a new interview with Dr. Hans Becker, a man the Financial Times recently dubbed a “maverick” who is transforming retirement living. Dr. Becker has a unique philosophy when it comes to elder care: …
TioHundra Case Study Featured in MedTech Magazine
The TioHundra case study by Sofia Widén of ACCESS Health Sweden is featured this month in MedTech Magazine. The feature is in Swedish on page forty two but a summary of the case study can be found below. TioHundra provides healthcare, home …
China Demonstration Project: Setting a National Benchmark in Eldercare
I traveled to the Chinese city of Shijiazhuang in late February. Shijiazhuang is nearly two hours southwest of Beijing. ACCESS Health Sweden and ACCESS Health China have partnered with several organizations in Sweden and China to conduct a feasibility study on health …
Modern Aging China: What Can We Learn From Sweden and the Netherlands?
We recently organized our second Modern Aging lecture in Beijing. We invited two Swedish experts to share their expertise on innovations in elder care in Sweden and the Netherlands. …
Dementia: A Way Forward
In this post, I focus on areas of care and engagement in life as a forward looking response to the public health challenge of dementia. …
Hogewey: Dementia Care Done Differently
This is the fourth blog post in a series about cutting edge elder care in the Netherlands. In this blog post, we take a closer look at the Dementia Village at Hogewey. During my recent trip to the Netherlands, I traveled thirty minutes …
Neighborhood Care: A Model for Better Homecare
This is the third blog post in a series about cutting edge elder care in the Netherlands. In this blog post, we take a closer look at Buurtzorg. …
Blended Care with a Focus on Wellbeing and Social Connection
Innovation is combining knowledge from different fields to solve a pressing problem. This is exactly what the eHealth entrepreneur Dr. Daan Dohmen is doing in Holland with his software applications in elder care. …
Managing Markets for Health: Products and Providers
With expectations flying high among the participants, we moved into the second and third days of the Managing Markets for Health course. …
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