APH program leader Societal Participation & Health Cécile Boot, reflects on her research in the Dutch 'Tijdschrift voor Bedrijfs- en Verzekeringsgeneeskunde' in the October edition of 2020.
In this interview Cécile Boot (professor in Societal Participation and Health at Amsterdam UMC) talks about her research in elderly care regarding the care workers.
One of them is the requirement of mental strength besides physical strength of the care workers. The staffing levels being too low compared to the amount of work is another observation that she discusses. To these problems Cécile Boot proposes solutions such as mindfulness and self-organizing teams. Additionally, she tells us how the influences of the COVID-19 crisis affected her research.