The University Network for the Care Sector South Holland (UNC-ZH) is celebrating its 20th anniversary – and you’re invited!
On Friday, November 7, 2025, the Stadsgehoorzaal in Leiden will be transformed into a vibrant meeting place full of inspiration, connection, and celebration.
This anniversary party is our gift to everyone who contributes to good care and research in long-term care: care professionals, informal caregivers, volunteers, clients, and all who are involved – everyone is welcome!
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Registration is now open for the DuSRA Annual Meeting 2025, which will take place on 10–11 November 2025 at Amsterdam UMC (O|2 auditorium).
This year’s preliminary program covers a broad spectrum of ageing research in the Netherlands:
Basic biology of ageing: metabolism, molecular and phenotypic clocks, longevity genes, and damage factors (e.g., senescence, DNA or mitochondrial damage) Translational and clinical perspectives: biomarkers, lifestyle factors, and interventions
The program will also feature:
Inspiring keynote lectures from Prof. Bjorn Schumacher and Jolanda [...]
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As a result of the LUMC Research Review in the fall of 2024, Theme LEGend will be restructured. Two new sub-themes will emerge: ‘early life’ and ‘late life’. The first strategic meeting of the subtheme ‘late life’ will occur on November 12th 2025.
The goal of the meeting is to connect as many researchers from the LUMC working on aging or older people or patients as possible. Collectively, we will draft a strategic plan for the coming years on how [...]
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From June 11 to 13, 25 PhD candidates from the LCO (LUMC Center of Medicine for Older People) and 15 of their supervisors traveled to Egmond aan Zee to work on their dissertations and strengthen their connection with one another.
This was the second edition of the LCO writing retreat, as the first edition was held in 2024. This year, not only candidates in the final phase of their research were invited, but all LCO PhD students were welcome [...]
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LEGend PhD candidate Petra Tasseron will defend her PhD thesis
“Together WE care: Collaborating with family to reduce challenging behavior and pain in nursing home residents with dementia” on the 14
th of October at 2.30 PM. You can join in person at the Academiegebouw in Leiden, or via the livestream. Livestream:
Livestream promotie – Universiteit Leiden To learn more about Petra’s work, you can visit the project page of the CARED-4 study.
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LEGend PhD candidate Carolien de Vries will defend her PhD thesis “Unspoken Pain: its assessment in persons with aphasia” on the 10th of October at 1.00 PM. You can join in person at the Academiegebouw in Leiden, or via the livestream.
Livestream: Livestream promotie – Universiteit Leiden
To learn more about Petra’s work, you can visit the project page: Pain in aphasia.
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How do healthcare professionals collaborate effectively in long-term care (LTC) and geriatric rehabilitation (GR)? And how can this collaboration be measured? Researcher Arno Doornebosch and his team conducted a review study on this topic. They examined which factors facilitate or hinder collaboration, and which questionnaires or measurement tools are used to assess it.
The study identified three key themes:
How well the team works together How the organization is structured How information is shared
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Following publications from a 33-country Delphi study on a definition of advance care planning in dementia, and on policy and research gaps, the core and final piece on clinical recommendations has now been published.
When, how and what to assess to optimize ACP in dementia: that’s what the paper is about. The optimal would be to address a full set of 30 elements of advance care planning, 25 of which to be addressed during every conversation or at [...]
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From now on, LUMC staff members are allowed to openly share teaching materials under an (open) Creative Commons (CC) License. This is an essential and valuable step enabling the distribution, sharing, and reuse of learning materials.
This permission is part of the new employer copyright regulations of Leiden University. The Executive Board of the LUMC has decided to adopt these regulations too. These regulations pertain to various types of research and educational output.
For instance, it also states that publications [...]
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Blijf jij graag op de hoogte van nieuwe kennis voor de ouderenzorg? Schrijf je dan nu in voor het jaarlijks UNC-ZH symposium op vrijdag 21 maart 2025! Er zijn binnen het netwerk veel onderzoeken in de afrondende fase.
Op dit symposium hoor je nu al de bevindingen die er voor de praktijk toe doen. Met een afwisselend programma met presentaties, flitspresentaties en workshops komen verschillende onderwerpen voorbij.
Gratis voor alle medewerkers en studenten van het LUMC!
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