Health promotion is pursued through research on active neighbourhoods and lifestyle interventions on the one hand and safe and healthy nutrition on the other. Good care is pursued by offering practical support to end-users in the domain of perinatal and family care and elderly care. In addition, projects explicitly focus on the implementation of existing care innovation. Projects with a pronounced emphasis on educational support to the end user (such as (future) care providers) investigate competence changes and contemporary challenges through evolution, by offering a specific educational module built on research results.   

In addition, our expertise can be deployed through contract research and service provision.

Projects with a pronounced emphasis on educational support for the end user (such as (future) care providers) are part of the focal point 'educational modules of the future'. These projects examine competence changes and contemporary challenges through evolution. This is done by offering a specific educational module that is constructed on the basis of research results. Want to know more? Be sure to take a look at our projects.

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Care Innovation conducts research into innovations within care and welfare. Projects aim to gain insight into levers for implementing innovations and question the impact of innovations on care providers. From a multidisciplinary perspective, we create partnerships between various stakeholders such as care providers, care users, care organisations, authorities and companies, with the aim of sustainable implementation.

We connect people in finding solutions so that everyone experiences a quality life. Using the needs-based care method, we strengthen the care relationship between older adults in residential settings and their (informal) caregivers.

Research within this focal point focuses on (future) parenthood (ranging from wishing children, pregnancy, perinatal period, postpartum to the first 1,000 days) on the one hand, and on the other hand on families (both the nuclear family and extended family such as e.g. grandparents). We want to optimise the support and guidance of families, especially in the transition to parenthood and during a difficult period such as an admission to neonatology or a chronically or seriously ill child. We do this by developing various materials and tools for parents and the field.  This includes a focus on digital support (such as a mobile application, online platform, etc.) and the use of e.g. virtual reality in paediatrics.

With our research, we want to make a positive contribution to the food of the future. After all, producing sufficient and healthy food in a sustainable way for an ever-growing world population is the challenge of the future.

In co-creation with our various research partners, we therefore focus on sustainable and healthy food through our research projects.

Within this focal point, the ways in which active neighbourhoods and lifestyle interventions can promote health are being investigated. After all, health promotion through neighbourhood-based care, healthy diet, sleep, adequate exercise, etc. appears to be a crucial approach in healthcare. Want to know more? Then be sure to take a look at our projects.

You can submit one of the following documents:

• a proof of registration with the Flemish Agency for Persons with Disabilities
• a certificate of recognition of disability from the Directorate General for Persons with Disabilities in (certificate of increased child benefit or certificate of income replacement and/or integration allowance)
• a motivated report delivered by a recognized service (centre for student counselling, rehabilitation centre, Code, Praxis P….) if you have a learning disability. This report contains research reports, an overview of the tests taken, the results achieved and the conclusions of the research
• a motivated report or a report common curriculum from the centre for student counselling if you received support in the context of special educational needs in secondary education
• a report of the internal student guidance if you received facilities in secondary education (increased care)

​​​​Not in the possession of any of the above documents?

Then you must submit a VLOR document, completed by a doctor or recognized psychologist who is authorized for the target group. If there are multiple diagnoses, it is important that all of them are mentioned in the VLOR document. 

Important: The document must be completed in full and provided with the stamp of the attending physician.

Do you have extra educational needs and did you already get increased care in the past? Do you have a specific diagnosis? Together we look at where you experience difficulties and what possible adjustments could be helpful. For this, you can apply for an O-statuut, where the O stands for ‘Ondersteuning’, which means ‘support’ in Dutch.

Students with an O-statuut are entitled to a number of facilities. These support measures are provided in consultation with you and the study programme.

You can request an O-statuut to the care coordinator of your campus before October 15 for the first semester and before March 21 for the second semester. However, our advice is: do this as soon as possible! The sooner this request is made, the faster you can enjoy your facilities.

Students who enroll passed these deadlines, hand in their application together with the ISP deadline.

The step-by-step plan below explains you how to apply for an O-statuut.