Education/Research Officer
Ans Tummers-Heemels
Department / Institute
RESEARCH PROFILE
A.I.M. Tummers-Heemels has a master in Industrial Engineering, in 1989 at the University of Technology Eindhoven. Spending 10 years in the Supervisory Board of the Alzheimer Society, now in the German Board of the Alzheimer Forschung Initiative. Her ambition is to improve quality of life of people with dementia and their caregivers. Started in 2016 a Phd at this University of Technology, focusing on the possibilities of mediated touch for elderly suffering from dementia.
Recent Publications
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Ans I.M. Tummers - Heemels,Wijnand A. IJsselsteijn
On the importance of social touch for senior individuals and ways to ameliorate social isolation
(2023) -
Ans Tummers-Heemels,Yvonne de Kort,Wijnand IJsselsteijn
Impact of Care Home Design on Wellbeing and Social Connections of People with Dementia During the COVID-19 Pandemic
(2022) -
Wijnand A. IJsselsteijn,Ans I.M. Tummers - Heemels,Rens G.A. Brankaert
Warme Technologie
Tijdschrift Positieve Psychologie (2020) -
Ans I.M. Tummers - Heemels,Yvonne A.W. de Kort,Wijnand A. IJsselsteijn
Use of robotic animal companions in dementia care
Annual Review of Cybertherapy and Telemedicine (2020) -
Wijnand A. IJsselsteijn,Ans I.M. Tummers - Heemels,Rens G.A. Brankaert
Warm Technology
(2020)
Ancillary Activities
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