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The Netherlands - Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam |
 | De Boelelaan 1081-c
1081 HV
Amsterdam
phone: +31 20 598 9898
fax: +31 20 598 6810
http://www.vu.nl |
The Vrije Universiteit is located in the capital of the Netherlands, and offers one of the few full Gerontological programs in the country. The section Social Gerontology is part of the department of Social Cultural Sciences at the Vrije Universiteit. Two other sections are involded with work and lifecourse and with social change and social conflicts. The section Social Gerontology - together with a number of other departments - runs the Longitudinal Ageing Study Amsterdam LASA .
The departments runs a bachelor curriculum in social cultural sciences, with in de the third year the possibility to focus on ageing. In the Masters programme there are three options to focus on: ageing, work and life course, culture.
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| Prof. Dr. Kees Knipscheer (C.P.M.) |
Can be contacted at:
Faculty of Social Sciences (FSW)
De Boelelaan 1081c
1081 HV
Amsterdam
phone: 31 20 598 6783 / 6804 (secr)
fax: 31 20 598 6810
email:
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Prof. Kees Knipscheer has been active in Gerontology for almost thirty years now, focusing on several fields such as social networks, family carers, intergenerational relations and more recently, early retirement.
He is active in several European initiatives, such as the Family Care programme (EUROFamCare), and the research programme Ageing, Retirement and Health (SHARE). He teaches several courses at the VU in Amsterdam, and chairs the Board of the EuMaG.
Recent Publications:
Aartsen, M.J., Smits, C.H.M., Van Tilburg, T.G., Knipscheer, C.P.M., & Deeg, D.J.H.
Activity in older adults: Cause or consequence of cognitive functioning? A longitudinal study on everyday activities and cognitive performance in older adults. Journal of Gerontology, B57, P153-P162, 2002.
Pot, A.M., Deeg, D.J.H., & Knipscheer, C.P.M. Institutionalization of demented elderly: The role of the caregiver characteristics. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 16, 273-280, 2001.
Knipscheer, C.P.M., Broese van Groenou, M.I., Leene, G.J.F., Beekman, A.T.F., & Deeg, D.J.H.
The effects of environmental context and personal resources on elderly depressive symptomatology: A preliminary test of the Lawton-model. Ageing and Society, 20, 183-202, 2000.
Broese van Groenou, M.I. and Knipscheer, C.P.M.
Onset of physical impairment of independently living older adults and the support received from sons and daughters in the Netherlands. Intern. J. of Aging and Human Development, 48, 263-278. Gerontologie en Geriatrie, 31, 190-197, 1999 |
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