{"id":2324,"date":"2024-10-10T10:45:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T08:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.in4care.be\/nieuws\/how-do-you-tell-those-around-you-that-you-are-sick\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T11:13:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T09:13:24","slug":"how-do-you-tell-those-around-you-that-you-are-sick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.in4care.be\/en\/nieuws\/how-do-you-tell-those-around-you-that-you-are-sick\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you tell those around you that you are sick?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rekker.be\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rekker<\/a><\/strong> Wins the In4Care Community Care Finding 2024 with innovative project for people with Parkinson&#8217;s.<\/h1>\n\n<p>Finding the right words to tell those around you that you are ill is often difficult, especially with a disease such as Parkinson&#8217;s. This neurological disorder not only affects the daily lives of people with Parkinson&#8217;s, but also raises challenges around communication with family, friends and colleagues. Yet that communication is essential.<\/p>\n\n<p>This year, <strong>In4Care Community<\/strong>, in collaboration with the <strong>Flemish Parkinson&#8217;s League,<\/strong> launched <strong>Care Finding 2024<\/strong>, a call to find innovative projects that improve the care and quality of life of people with Parkinson&#8217;s and their caregivers. The winning project, <strong>Rekker<\/strong>, offers a creative solution to the communication problem many people with Parkinson&#8217;s struggle with.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Care finding 2024: call for innovation in Parkinson&#8217;s care<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>The <strong>In4Care Community Care Finding<\/strong> is an annual call from In4Care Community that rewards innovative care projects. This year&#8217;s focus was on Parkinson&#8217;s disease, a rapidly growing neurological disorder that is affecting more and more people worldwide. Together with the Flemish Parkinson&#8217;s League, In4Care Community issued a call for healthcare professionals and organizations to submit ideas and realizations that could improve care for people with Parkinson&#8217;s and their caregivers. All innovative ideas, prototypes or realized projects that contribute to better, more efficient and more humane care were welcome.<\/p>\n\n<p>The call focused specifically on solutions created on the shop floor of healthcare organizations that enhance the quality of life for people with Parkinson&#8217;s and their loved ones. Consider ways to improve care practices or support communication between people with Parkinson&#8217;s, family caregivers and caregivers. The winning project will receive a prize of <strong>\u20ac10,000.00<\/strong> to further develop the idea or make it more widely available.<\/p>\n\n<p>From the 17 entries, an eight-member jury selected six finalists. These projects were presented in Leuven at the end of September, after which the final winner was announced on October 3 during the <strong>Happy Aging Day<\/strong> in Genk. The <strong>Rekker<\/strong> project emerged as the winner.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Compilatie finalisten In4care Zorgvinding 2024\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-xV988D9ghk?start=11&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Rekker: personalized stories as a communication tool<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rekker.be\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"www.rekker.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rekker<\/a><\/strong>, the winning project of Care Discovery 2024, is developing an app that helps people with Parkinson&#8217;s tell their stories through personalized narratives. Many people with Parkinson&#8217;s experience difficulty explaining their diagnosis to those around them, or making complex feelings and symptoms clear. Rekker provides a solution here by supporting people with Parkinson&#8217;s to communicate about their disease in a way that suits them.<\/p>\n\n<p>This app allows people with Parkinson&#8217;s to create stories tailored to their personal situation, making it easier for them to explain what they are going through. This lowers the threshold for open communication and helps make Parkinson&#8217;s more discussable in family or work settings.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Greater openness and understanding thanks to Rekker<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>One of the major challenges with Parkinson&#8217;s is that the disease manifests differently in everyone and in some cases can go undetected for a long time. This makes it difficult for people with Parkinson&#8217;s to explain exactly what they are going through. <strong>Rekker<\/strong> responds to this challenge by helping people with Parkinson&#8217;s find the right words to tell their story. In this way, the project aims to contribute to greater understanding and support from the patient&#8217;s environment.<\/p>\n\n<p>In addition, Rekker is helping to raise awareness about Parkinson&#8217;s in the community. Sharing personalized stories can help eliminate prejudice and misunderstandings about the disease. This not only makes communication easier for the patient, but also helps make Parkinson&#8217;s more discussable in wider social circles.<\/p>\n\n<p>The <strong>\u20ac10 000<\/strong> prize will allow Rekker to further develop their app and make it more widely accessible to people with Parkinson&#8217;s and their loved ones. The project is a promising step toward greater openness and understanding for people living with this disease.<\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p><em>The project call called Care Finding is an initiative of In4Care Community vzw. For the 6th edition of the Care Finding, In4Care Community vzw partnered with the Flemish Parkinson&#8217;s League.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rekker Wins the In4Care Community Care Finding 2024 with innovative project for people with Parkinson&#8217;s. Finding the right words to tell those around you that you are ill is often difficult, especially with a disease such as Parkinson&#8217;s. 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