Sterker, a social work organization in Nijmegen, The Netherlands, has started a new project for elderly migrants funded by ZonMW, The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development. This project aims to facilitate exchange of expertise and cooperation by creating a local ‘learning network’ with different partners who work for and with older migrants. With […]
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A New Naming Test
Sanne Franzen is a clinician-researcher in the Alzheimer Center and Department of Neurology of the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Together with colleagues, she works towards a fairer diagnosis and care for individuals with a diverse background as part of a multicultural memory clinic that opened in 2015. As a clinician, Sanne feels […]
Awarded for her work on older migrants in Norway
Longtime Eniec-member Reidun Ingebretsen was awarded a prize for her work On October 1st 2021, UN’s designated International Day for Older Persons, Reidun Ingebretsen was awarded a senior prize for her research on older migrants in Norway. The award was presented by the Mayor of Oslo, Marianne Borgen, at the Central Jamaat-e Ahl-e Sunnat […]
Els Ruys 1945 – 2022, member of ENIEC
Els, a former ENIEC member, was deeply involved with the organisation from its earliest days. She had a profound vision of life and was both beloved and respected, personally and professionally. Having worked in healthcare since the 1960s, Els left a lasting legacy. Her insights and interventions, particularly those shaped during the turbulent 1970′ s […]
Annual meeting in The Hague, May 15-17: ‘The right of feeling at home while being at home’
Dear Eniec members, Due to uncertainties in this corona-times the board decided to postpone the meeting to may. It is already three years ago since we last met in real life. The cancellation of the meeting in Tallinn was very painful and the online meeting of 2021 was very joyful. But this year we hope […]
Dutch members be part of the whole AM2022 and stay in hotel!
The next AM will be held in The Hague. Jan Booij has an advice to the Dutch members: “ENIEC has many Dutch members and the distances in our country are small. It is a risk of an ENIEC Annual Meeting in the Netherlands that many Dutch members decide to sleep at home on those days […]
Board Meeting in the Hague
written by Nikolett Arnold Finally, our newly formed Board had the first in-person meeting with all of us present in The Hague where we will meet all of you in 2022. We visited our beautiful venue and discussed our new roles for the coming months. Elzbieta Czapka as you know is the new Chair of […]
Opinions on COVID-19 Vaccination
written by Siiri Jaakson Last year when the pandemic and isolation started, we made a report titled How are we doing? about older migrant’s thoughts how they get information, and how informative was it for them. And now, after a year, in cooperation with six companies, we decided to find out the foreign-language speaking older […]
Greetings from Scotland
written by Lola Casal-Sánchez Hi everybody! It is nice to get in contact with you all again, through this “communication window” that is our website! Since last March, I have concentrated on catching up with the different tasks that the start of a PhD requires, because, trust me, starting a PhD can be tough, very […]
Nordic Network on Dementia and Ethnic Minorities
Written by Kariann Krohne ENIEC-members Reidun Ingebretsen, Elżbieta Czapka, Siiri Jaakson and Kariann Krohne are active in the Nordic Network on Dementia and Ethnic Minorities. In the Nordic countries, it is estimated that half a million people have dementia or mild cognitive disorder. To ensure quality and knowledge across the neighboring countries, a Nordic Dementia […]
