Since 2022, KenVaK has been a consortium partner of SPREAD+ (Sustainable and PeRsonalisEd Advances in Dementia care). SPREAD+ aims to improve the quality of life of people with dementia, their care partners and healthcare and welfare professionals by offering tailor-made applications that use innovative psychosocial and technological support in all phases of dementia care and support. As part of the ZonMw Dementia Research Programme, the consortium consists of a national collaboration of universities, universities of applied sciences and other knowledge institutions, in addition to practical organisations and companies. SPREAD+ is funded by Alzheimer Nederland and Health Holland (WE.32-2022-01). More details about this 4.5 year project (2022-2027) and its partners can be found at: https://www.alzheimer-nederland.nl/onderzoek/projecten/spread
KenVaK is specifically involved in two work packages within SPREAD:
- A PhD research by Femke Muller aimed at (further) developing, describing, evaluating and sustainably disseminating a psychosocial intervention with a specific focus on creative arts therapies aimed at promoting relationships and psychological well-being together with supervisor Prof. Dr. Debby Gerritsen (UKON) and co-supervisors Dr. Roeslan Leontjevas (UKON/OU) and Dr. Anna-Eva Prick (Zuyd University of Applied Sciences).
- A second work package includes a wide range of (research) activities that are intended to support joint learning and implementation within SPREAD+. Within this work package, we investigate existing innovative learning environments for current and future professionals in health and social care to identify opportunities for a better connection of research with learning and implementation in dementia care and support.
SPREAD+ concerns a large consortium led by the Alzheimer Center Limburg (Prof. dr. Marjolein de Vugt), Radboudumc Alzheimer Center/UKON (Prof. dr. Debby Gerritsen), University Network for Elderly Care UMC Groningen (Prof. dr. Sytse Zuidema) and Windesheim University of Applied Sciences (dr. ir. Simone de Bruin). In addition, Tilburg University, Trimbos Institute, Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Alzheimer Center Groningen, Expertise Center Pharos, Zuyd University of Applied Sciences, Utrecht University of Applied Sciences, InHolland University of Applied Sciences and the Erasmus Alzheimer Center are part of the consortium. The contact person from Zuyd University of Applied Sciences is Anna-Eva Prick.