BARBAPAPA Project: Blended Delivery of Rehabilitation Care

'Blended rehabilitation' refers to the combination of in-person treatments with digital tools. This approach requires close collaboration and both technological and human innovation. In the BARBAPAPA research project, these worlds come together.

The project develops an approach that supports professionals in applying blended rehabilitation care with greater confidence and expertise. This is done through the two Medical Delta Living Labs 'Blended rehabilitation' and ’TIPIZ’ , and through collaboration between, among others, healthcare partners and knowledge institutions.

Method development with rehabilitation practice

BARBAPAPA originated from collaboration within the Medical Delta Living Labs and focuses on the healthcare professional as a key player in the further development toward blended care.

In rehabilitation practice, the implementation and sustainable embedding of a blended way of working are lagging behind. To address this, BARBAPAPA is developing a new methodology. Through co-creation, rehabilitation professionals, patients, relatives, managers, educators, and experts actively contribute to this process.

In doing so, the project responds to the needs of (future) professionals for support in delivering blended rehabilitation treatment to patients in geriatric and medical specialist rehabilitation. The research aligns with other ongoing studies within the Medical Delta Living Labs, such as the development of a blended care pathway and a blended treatment module. In 2025, BARBAPAPA received a RAAK-Public subsidy from Regieorgaan SIA.

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Raak Public Subsidy for Research into Blended Rehabilitation | Medical Delta

"With hybrid rehabilitation care, we can support more clients in the same amount of time."

Name: BARBAPAPA – Blended Delivery of Rehabilitation Care; Teaching Professionals a New Professional Approach

Objective: To develop an approach that provides sustainable support to rehabilitation professionals in delivering 'blended' rehabilitation treatments.

Intended outcome: To implement this approach in professional practice and education, thereby contributing to the required transition of rehabilitation professionals toward blended ways of working.

Partners: Medical Delta Living Lab Blended Rehabilitation & Medical Delta Living Lab TIPIZ; Inholland University of Applied Sciences, The Hague University of Applied Sciences, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, mbo Vonk; Omring, Pieter van Foreest, Basalt; and, in an advisory role, NeLL (National eHealth Living Lab), Genero, Minddistrict, Vilans, LUMC/UNC-ZH, and KNGF.

Status: Started at the end of 2025, with a duration until the end of 2027.