Jan Hamers, Prof., RN 

 

Professor in the Care of Older People

tel.         + 31 43 388 1549

e-mail       jph.hamers@maastrichtuniversity.nl   

location:   DUB30, room 0.031

 

 

Topics of interest:

 

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The care of older people
   

Research:

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Principal Investigator of research projects on health care problems and interventions (e.g. pain in older people with dementia and use and reduction of physical restraints) and organization and redesign of dementia (e.g., effects of small scale living arrangements, quality of care)

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 Member. WP-leader and principal applicant of major EU projects (e.g., RightTimePlaceCare, FP7; REFLECTION, ESF)

Education:

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Chair of the educational committee Health Sciences of the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University
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Member module planning groups in bachelor and master programs at Maastricht University

Organizational:

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Head of the multidisciplinary research program ‘Innovations in the care of the elderly’ in the School for Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Maastricht University

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Head a.i. of the department of Health Care and Nursing Science
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Director of the Provincial Council of Public Health (PRV Limburg)
Activities:

 
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Vice-president of the European Academy of Nursing Science (EANS)  

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Substitute deputy of the central committee on research involving human subjects (CCMO)

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Member of the supervisory board SGL

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Member of Sigma Theta Tau, Rho Chi, Honor Society of Nursing

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Fellow of the World Demographic Association (WDA)
- Member of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP)
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Member of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA)