Prof. Jos Schols: Professor of Chronic Care, Tilburg University: ‘Farms and care for the elderly. Institutional care forward....! from intensive people keeping to socially integrated care.’
Co-referee : Prof. Akke van der Zijpp, Animal Production Systems Group
The number of green care farms for elderly people increases steadily in the Netherlands. This development is an example of the social integration of care. Professor Jos Schols (chair of Chronic Care at Tilburg University, also working at department of General Practice/Nursing Home Medicine of Maastricht University) will speak about this development and about the need to monitor and scientifically evaluate this development.
Zodiac academic lectures are an initiative of the Department of Animal Sciences, Wageningen University.
On every first Tuesday of the month, an invited speaker will present a topic related to animal sciences. Speaker and topic will, and are meant to, provoke discussion among the audience of staff, postdocs, PhD and MSc students, and guests. Drinks after the presentation and discussion.
Calendar 2008: 5 Feb AFI, 4 Mar EZO, 1 Apr ABG, 6 May ANU, 3 Jun ADP