Recess for families with chronically ill and/or disabled (CID) children: HANAMI _ a healing escape

Due to the numerous problems families with chronically ill and/or disabled (CID) children encounter in their daily lives, taking a break from the ongoing care and worries becomes even more important for them than for “typical” families. However, travelling is related to many more complex difficulties since their sick child is usually reliant on...

Supportive interventions for family caregivers of patients with advanced cancer: A systematic review

Objective: Family caregivers are often intensively involved in palliative and end-of-life cancer care. A variety of interventions to support family caregivers have been developed, differing in target population, modality, and components. We aimed to systematically examine characteristics and the effectiveness of interventions to support...

Experiences and perceptions of continuous deep sedation: An interview study among Dutch patients and relatives

Background: The incidence of continuous deep sedation (CDS) has more than doubled over the last decade in The Netherlands, while reasons for this increase are not fully understood. Patients and relatives have an essential role in deciding on CDS. We hypothesize that the increase in CDS practice is related to the changing role of patients and...

Intimate relationship development for the elderly: Transition from 'Volkstuin' (community garden) to residential environment

The family is the most intimate social environment given to us, and this basic social element plays an important role as we get older. However, changes in family structure and increasing physical distance between family members due to globalization make it difficult to care for the elderly by the family. In the global age, distance from the most...

Sorting out Neighbourhood Effects Using Sibling Data

Previous research has reported evidence of intergenerational transmission of both neighbourhood status and social and economic outcomes later in life; parents influence where their children live as adults and how well they do later in life in terms of their income. However, interactions between the individual, the childhood family and...

Inflatable plastic solar still with passive condenser for single family use

Plastics have been the preferred choice of material for the commercial production of the solar stills. However, most of the currently available solar stills are either too big or too small for satisfying drinking water needs of a single family. Furthermore, methods for increasing the production of water from a solar still are often difficult...

Habity: Family companions

The project illustrated in this report has been conducted to provide a solution for the different physical and psychosocial issues that families experience during hospitalization due to childhood cancer. The pathology can greatly affect social and physical perspectives for children and their family, such as education, school, profession, marital...

Dwelling_At home in the City_Berlin_Hidden World

Design of a dwelling project in the neighbourhood Kreuzberg in Berlin, Germany. This is seen as a chance to create a residential building where families can identify with. As well with the building as with the public and semi-public space around it. This also influences the design of the dwelling.

Together anywhere, together anytime: Strategic design for connected lobby to enhance family "Togetherness" by balancing "Awareness" and "Privacy"

This report describes the process of the graduation project of Xu Chen. The project was carried out for Philips Consumer Lifestyle Netherlands on TA2 project and under supervision of the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering at the Delft University of Technology. TA2, Together Anytime, Together Anywhere, is a large integrated multimedia...