Carers are an indispensable part of the health and social care system. We develop practical tools to support, recognise and sustain their role at home, in the workplace and within care settings. Through our research, we are working towards a carer-friendly society in which sharing caring responsibilities is both feasible and valued.
Our current projects
Occupational balance
This project focuses on primary care professionals who support parents in maintaining or improving their occupational balance.
MeAlz. Meal support for people with dementia
This research brings together knowledge and experiences relating to mealtime support for people living with dementia.
Supporting carers in higher education
Students and staff often combine their studies or work with caring responsibilities. This project explored their needs and looked at ways higher education institutions can support them.
DEMEN-ZIE
Developing a dementia-friendly hospital environment for patients and their carers.
Our research output and publications
Carers and incontinence in people living with dementia
Development of case-based support materials for managing incontinence.
Evaluation of carer policy
Evaluation of Flemish policy on informal care to inform a new policy framework.
Get in touch with our experts
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Benedicte De Koker
Coordinator 360° Centre for Research in Care and Wellbeing, informal caregiving, triadic working, diversity-sensitive care, design-oriented practice research
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Nadine De Stercke
Informal caregiving, systems theory, communication
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Nico De Witte
Older people and elderly care, multidimensional vulnerability in older people, loneliness among older people, housing for older people, older people and technology
Anne-Mie Engelen
Occupational therapy, working in and with the context (parents, brothers, sisters, neighbourhood, community)
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Anja Huion
People with dementia, dementia-friendly hospitals, urinary incontinence in older people
Deborah Lambotte
Informal caregiving, care networks, psychosocial wellbeing of formal and informal carers
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Patricia Van Leerberghe
Informal caregiving, dementia-friendly hospitals, life quality among older people lliving at home
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Curious to learn more?
Did you find our research on informal caregiving interesting? Then be sure to visit the webpage of the 360° Care and Well-being Research centre and discover more research clusters.