About ENTWINE


ENTWINE is a 4-year Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovation Training Network (ITN), funded by the European Union and running from September 2018 to February 2023. The Network will train 15 Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) for high quality PhD training.

Mostly due to increased longevity and medical advances, the needs of older/ill individuals for long-term care rise rapidly while the availability of informal caregivers decreases. Informal caregivers are those who provide unpaid care to a relative or friend with a chronic illness, disability or other long-lasting health or care need. This “Care Gap” will create huge problems for the sustainability of European health care systems that rely heavily on the provision of informal care. The aim of ENTWINE’s team is to investigate broad spectrum of challenges in informal caregiving and issues concerning the development and use of innovative psychology-based and technology-based interventions that support willingness and opportunity to provide informal care. The focus is on overcoming barriers following a user-centered, stakeholder-driven implementation and agile science approach to promote the adoption and implementation of innovative solutions to support informal caregivers. ENTWINE represents a stepping stone towards sustainable informal care throughout Europe.

Please have a look at the outcomes of the ENTWINE project as shown in the ENTWINE Publications section.

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  • Congratulations to Dr. Chelsea!

    6 December 2023 0
    Chelsea has defended her thesis at Uppsala Universitet successfully and with that, completed her PhD. ENWTINE congratulates Chelsea and her team with this achievement. Congratulations!

    Newest publications

    Premanandan, S., Ahmad, A., Cajander, Å., Ågerfalk, P., Dolezel, M., & van Gemert-Pijnen, L. (2023). Designing a Mobile e-Coaching App for Immigrant Informal Caregivers: Qualitative Study Using the Persuasive System Design Model. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 11, e50038.DOI: https://doi.org/10.2196/47650.

    Sharma, N., Braakman-Jansen, L. M. A., Croockewit, J. H., Oinas-Kukkonen, H., & Van Gemert-Pijnen, L. (2023). Communicating Care: Identifying Information and design requirements of Informal Caregivers of Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment in changing scenarios. 11th International Conference on Behavioral Change Support Systems (BCSS 2023).

    Sharma, N., Le, D. V., & Havinga, P. J. (2023). Exploring the Impact of Locations and Activities in Person-wise Data Mismatch in CSI-based HAR 19th International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things (DCOSS-IoT) (pp. 232-239) https://doi.org/10.1109/DCOSS-IoT58021.2023.00048.

    Sharma, N., Braakman-Jansen, L. M., Oinas-Kukkonen, H., Croockewit, J. H., & Gemert-Pijnen, J. V. (2023). Exploring the Needs and Requirements of Informal Caregivers of Older Adults With Cognitive Impairment From Sensor-Based Care Solutions: Multimethod Study. JMIR aging, 6, e49319DOI: https://doi.org/10.2196/49319.

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