Academic literature on the topic 'Sint Baafsabdij (Ghent, Belgium)'

Grafiek (1936–2000) was a Belgian graphic arts periodical published by KOLVO, the alumni union of the ‘Kunstdrukschool Sint-Lucas’ in Ghent. Focusing on the first 25 issues (1936–1948) this article is a first investigation of how the graphic style evolved at this school during the early period of the modern graphic design. Leading man of both the Kunstdrukschool and Grafiek was friar Jan Peeters, who tinkered a design method that served as a pedagogical instrument. His method was inspired (directly or indirectly) by the writings of modernist pioneers such as Jan Tschichold. For a Catholic designer in Belgium in the early twentieth century, shaping the new profession of the graphic designer that combined progressive (modernist) aesthetics with deep religious catholic incentives clearly was a struggle.

The handover of patient information between care providers is a big challenge. Important information is easily missed or the interpretation may differ among care providers. Structured transfer methods are used in the hospital to avoid this. In the hospital AZ Sint-Lucas (Ghent; Belgium), we have implemented three different methods based on literature. First, during the handover we use the SBAR-method. Whit this method, patient information about ‘Situation-Background-Assessment-Recommendation’ is given to each other. The Second, in line with the SBAR is the ‘Identification-Situation-Background-Assessment-Recommendation-Readback’ (ISBARR) method we use for the telephone communication between nurses and physicians. So there is extra focus on the ‘identification’ of the care provider and ‘readback’ of the physician orders. As a third method, ‘Bedside shift reporting’ (BSR) is used on the nurse departments in the hospital. This means that the handover is carried out in the room of the patient which improves patient participation on the nursing wards. In general, it gives patients more chance to interact with nurses, providing them more notice of the information that is handed over. During the patient intake, the BSR method is explained to the patient and his preference for BSR is noted in the patient file. Several months we did observations on the nursing wards during the handover moments from the early to the late shifts. The focus of these observations was on the performance of BSR and the use of the SBAR method. After the observations feedback was given immediately to the nurses and findings were documented in a report. These observations indicated which wards used the methods on a daily basis and what the points of attention were, to plan additional support or training. For physicians, file scans are used to evaluate whether they consistently create tour notes. There is a noticeable increase of the fill-in rate since the implementation of the central patient file across the different specialties. The central patient file was enrolled in several stages over the specialties from 2017 until 2019. In 2021 the integrated patient file over the different discipline was introduced, where patient information is shared between the different care providers. In the integrated patient file, the component 'multidisciplinary communication' was positively received. In this component findings about the patient or questions addressed to the physician can be noted. Physicians can also note certain instructions aimed at the nurse in this component. The findings in this component are often further discusses verbally between the responsible nurse and the attending physician. In sum, we can conclude that a good documentation in the integrated patient file and the use of different methods like SBAR can help us to provide a structured patient handover, reducing the risk that crucial information will be lost during handover. Nevertheless, further monitoring is needed.

Background: World wide, 1 in 6 people is hearing impaired. Age-related hearing loss is the most frequent cause. The number of deaf and hearing impaired persons increases as the population is getting older. Unfortunately, the impact on quality of life is underestimated. Hearing is an important part of communication. Several studies of the World Health Organization show the consequences of bad hearing s.a. isolation, frustration, loneliness and even acceleration of the dementia process. A hearing disability is invisible and problems are often not recognized. A great part of the elderly people lives in a senior home. The prevalence of hearing problems there is estimated around 80% as average age is about 87 years. The ringing of the telephone, a knock on the door, the radio, the television, the alarm signals are difficult to hear. This absence of familiar sounds produces a feeling of confusion and anxiety instead of safety and recognition. Communication is often done ‘on the job’ ignoring some special needs of the hearing impaired. Facemasks may make things even more difficult. The elderly hearing impaired, their family and caretakers have often little or no knowledge about the risks of untreated hearing loss, about innovative technologies in hearing aids and other hearing devices and about some interactional adaptations to improve their quality of life. Aim: Installing high-quality hearing care in senior homes in order to stimulate the inclusion and participation of hearing impaired elderly. Method: A team of AHOSA vzw, a Flemish interest group for persons with a hearing loss who communicate in spoken language, developed a project to put into the spotlight the importance of hearing care in senior homes. Basic relevant information is given to all the persons who are involved in the care process, but also to the residents themselves and to their family. Physical and digital workshops include a theoretical approach as well as practical information s.a. how wearing a hearing aid, changing a battery, seeing that the person didn’t understand the message… Tips and tricks are given to improve communication. The workshops use tools such as a PowerPointpresentation, an instruction film and leaflets. We started with a pilot study: a partnership between the association AHOSA VZW and the Senior Home Sint-Jozef, Assenede Belgium, with support of the Artevelde Highschool Ghent. During this trial period, the workshops and tools are adjusted by means of feedback of all participants, and the effects are measured by pre- and post questionnaires. Result: This participatory process with co-creation leads to a workable model of hearing care for all senior homes in Flanders, and can be a national or an international policy recommendation in a later stage. The scoop can be more durable by also aiming at integration of this model in the education programs of schools and departments that prepare students to work with elderly people. Conclusion: A well-developed Hearing Care model as part of basic care in a senior home leads to better quality of life.

De brief heeft van 1917 tot 2017 een merkwaardige geschiedenis gekend met betrekking tot de teksteditie. In deze bijdrage wordt de laatste, wetenschappelijke editie in de Open Brieven (Antwerpen, 2017) gevolgd.Een van de belangrijkste documenten uit de voorgeschiedenis van de brief is het essay 1830-1908, een ongepubliceerde tekst die door Lodewijk Dosfel in februari 1918 te Gent werd uitgegeven. Dit essay openbaart de opvattingen van Verschaeve over natie en staat, geheel verschillend van die van Mercier. De kapelaan volgde hier de Zuid-Afrikaanse generaal uit de Boerenoorlog, Christiaan De Wet, en de Luikse hoogleraar Emile de Laveleye. De voorbereidende stappen tot de brief zijn merkbaar in de dagboekaantekening van 25 januari 1915, gewijd aan de beroemde Patriotisme et Endurance (verzet tegen de Duitsers) en in die van 18 september 1916, over de twee politieke objectieven van Verschaeve: de vernederlandsing van de Gentse universiteit en de inrichting van de bestuurlijke scheiding.De eerste week van augustus 1917 voelde kapelaan Verschaeve zich bedreigd. Hij maakte zich zorgen over het uitblijven van het antwoord van koning Albert I op de Open Brief van 11 juli door de leiding van de Frontbeweging aan de vorst gestuurd en bij de soldaten verspreid. Bovendien was aan de top van de regering De Broqueville een wissel doorgevoerd: het Ministerie van Oorlog kwam in handen van Armand De Ceuninck, een hardvochtig generaal. Verschaeve vreesde het ergste voor hem en voor de soldaten.In die omstandigheden nam hij het initiatief om op eigen houtje een (tweede) open brief aan de koning te schrijven en een oud plan uit te voeren: een brief gericht aan paus Benedictus XV en een aan kardinaal-aartsbisschop Désiré Mercier.In het eerste deel van zijn brief sprak de kapelaan zijn grote bewondering uit voor de kardinaal en zijn verzet tegen de Duitse overweldiger. Vervolgens herinnerde hij aan de homilie van 21 juli 1916 in Sint-Goedele te Brussel over de betekenis van de soldaten aan de IJzer: ils sont nos sauveurs. En dat bracht hem vanzelf tot de beklagenswaardige situatie van de Vlaamse piotten, de spanningen in het leger en het repressieve optreden van de overheid. In het tweede deel trok Verschaeve scherp van leer tegen de aartsbisschoppelijke maatregel, met betrekking tot het activisme, de Duitse maatregel voor de vernederlandsing van de Gentse universiteit en het doorvoeren van de bestuurlijke scheiding in België en de autonomie van Vlaanderen. Het zijn uitgesproken politieke statements van de kapelaan over de Vlaamse beweging.Met deze brief heeft Verschaeve Mercier willen counteren maar is daar niet in geslaagd. De brief is in oktober 1917 in Londen afgegeven aan de vertegenwoordiger van de kardinaal, Mgr. Antoon De Wachter. Of hij Mechelen heeft bereikt weten we niet. Wel werd de tekst aan het front verspreid. Verschaeve dacht daarbij een keerpunt te bewerkstellingen in de Frontbeweging en in de Vlaamse beweging in het algemeen.__________ “Our situation compels us to speak.” Cyriel Verschaeve’s Letter to Cardinal Mercier, 6 August 1917 From 1917 to 2017, this letter has had a noteworthy publishing history. This article follows the latest, scholarly edition in Open Brieven (“Open Letters”, Antwerp, 2017).One of the most important documents from the prehistory of this letter is the essay 1830-1908, an unpublished text that was issued by Lodewijk Dosfel in February 1918 in Ghent. This essays reveals Verschaeve’s views on nation and state, quite different from those of Mercier. Here, the chaplain follows the Afrikaner Boer War general, Christiaan De Wet, and the Liège university professor Émile de Laveleye. The preparatory steps toward the letter can be gleaned in his journal entry of 25 January 1915, dedicated to the well-known Patriotisme et Endurance (“Patriotism and Endurance”, an address of Mercier’s relating to resistance to the Germans) as well as in the entry pf 18 September 1916, about Verschaeve’s two political objectives: transforming the University of Ghent into a Dutch-speaking institution and establishing administrative separation.In the first week of August 1917, chaplain Verschaeve felt himself to be under threat. He worried about the lack of a response from King Albert I to the Open Letter of 11 July, which had been sent to the sovereign by the leadership of the Front Movement and spread among the soldiers. In addition, a change had recently taken place in the ranks of the De Broqueville government: the War Ministry came into the hands of Armand De Ceuninck, a stern general. Verschaeve now feared the worst for himself and for his soldiers.In these circumstances, he took the initiative on his own accord to write a (second) Open Letter to the king and to put an old plan into action: a letter to be sent to Pope Benedict XV and Cardinal-Archbishop Désiré Mercier.In the first half of his letter, the chaplain spoke of his great admiration for the cardinal and his resistance to the German usurper. Subsequently, he remembered the homily of 21 July 1916 at the Cathedral of Saint Gudula about the soldiers on the Yser: “they are our saviours”. This brought him right to the pitiable situation of the Flemish infantrymen, the tensions in the army and the repressive conduct of the government. In the second half, Verschaeve very angrily attacked the archbishop’s attitudes on topics such as Activism, the German measures for the transformation of the University of Ghent and the implementation of administrative separation in Belgium and autonomy for Flanders. These were outspoken political statements from the chaplain about the Flemish Movement.Verschaeve had wanted to counter Mercier but did not succeed in doing so. In October 1917, the letter was handed to the representative of the cardinal, Mgr. Antoon De Wachter. It is unknown whether it made it to Mechelen. The text was, however, spread at the front. In doing so, Verschaeve intended to bring about a turning point in the Front Movement and in the Flemish Movement in general.

The scelionid parasitoid Trissolcus basalis (Wollaston,1858) has been detected in Belgium for the first time based on specimens reared from a parasitized egg mass of Nezara viridula (Linnaeus,1758) collected in an urban garden at Sint-Amandsberg, Ghent. Identification was based on adult morphology and DNA barcoding. This is presently believed to be the northernmost record in Europe of T. basalis and could be the consequence of a northward expansion of this species due to climate change. This first record may be of economic importance for the biological control of stink bug pests in Belgian vegetable and fruit production.

The Gent Sint-Pieters (GSP) project, an infrastructure and urban renewal project in Ghent, Belgium, can be considered a typical example of transit-oriented development (TOD). TOD can have significant effects on surrounding neighborhoods and their characteristics. In this study, a difference-in-difference model was used to measure changes in income level, educational attainment and house prices resulting from the GSP project. Although research demonstrates that TOD can lead to changes in the composition of neighborhoods and property values, our results show no significant causal effects, indicating that the local context determines whether, to what extent and in what way neighborhood changes occur.