• Still Time to Take Part: 1 Feb 2012 Dignity Action Day in the UK

    Updated: 2012-01-31 14:50:09
    The National Dignity Council, through its Dignity in Care campaign promotes dignity for people in care homes, and works to ensure that they are treated as individuals, are given choices, and are provided with stimulating activities. To accomplish this task, the Dignity Council has recruited over 35,000 dignity champions across the UK. Champions speak out [...]

  • Coalition Calls for Aged Care Reform in Australia

    Updated: 2012-01-30 14:54:44
    Over the weekend a coalition that includes the Australian Healthcare and Hospital Association and the Health Services Union joined with over 20 other groups to call for aged care reform. Together with unions and charitable organisations, the coalition launched the Australians Deserve to Age Well campaign. There are currently about 1 million Australians living in aged [...]

  • Global Demographics: Aged Care in China

    Updated: 2012-01-27 18:18:56
    Industrializing nations face a true challenge due to the global shift in ageing demographics.  China shares this reality, and is predicted to have 25% of its population be aged 65 by 2050. Naturally, this predicted change creates concerns over who will care for the elderly, how care will be financed, and how medical and social [...]

  • Designing the Care Homes of the Future

    Updated: 2012-01-26 15:21:35
    What will retirement villages look like in the future? That was the question students in Virginia, USA were challenged to answer this past year. The request was made by Friendship Retirement Community, a care home that plans to expand in 2012. Friendship Retirement wanted to see what solutions youth would find to promote active ageing and independence. [...]

  • Top Ten New Technologies to Watch in Elder Care

    Updated: 2012-01-24 20:53:38
    Are you wondering which technologies would be best for your organization? The director of the Center for Aging Services Technologies, Dr. Majd Alwan, recently shared his insights on best technology investments. Here are his top ten to watch in 2012: Intuitive computer interfaces: Touch screens and graphic user-interfaces have made computing devices accessible not only [...]

  • Ageing in Place: Singapore

    Updated: 2012-01-23 17:07:48
    The government of Singapore has introduced a new programme for the elderly that is intended to help them stay in their residences.  The service will provide housekeeping and vermin control. Beginning in April, “Hands for Homes” will replace mattresses of seniors living in rental apartments (flats) in order to keep units free of bedbugs. The [...]

  • Demographic Transition, Assisted Living in India

    Updated: 2012-01-20 17:58:24
    The Assisted Living Federation of America (ALFA) has recently announced a partnership with the first Indian senior-living association. The organization will be called Association Senior Living India and will work with ALFA to develop professionally managed assisted living facilities throughout India. India’s elderly population is growing rapidly and is projected to have a 3-fold increase [...]

  • Give Today!

    Updated: 2012-01-20 15:16:07
    This is the last week to contribute to the 2011 Singularity Institute Winter Fundraiser. Please contribute, so we can we can hire more full-time researchers to make progress formalizing and solving open problems in the mathematics, decision theory, and cognitive science of AI risk research, bringing mankind closer to a beneficial Singularity. Thank you for your [...]

  • Call for Papers from Journal of Aging Research

    Updated: 2012-01-19 15:29:44
    The Journal of Aging Research is a peer-reviewed, open access journal that publishes original research articles, review articles, and clinical studies related to all aspects of aging. They have placed a call for papers to include original research articles, as well as review articles that will stimulate the continuing efforts to understand the etiology and [...]

  • Skills for Care Annual Conference 2012

    Updated: 2012-01-18 16:41:07
    Skills for Care (UK) has announced that their annual conference will be held in Manchester on Thursday 8 March 2012. This year’s event will bring together speakers to address issues such as workforce planning, how to make sure your are employing the best possible people, reforms in social work, apprenticeships as a solution, the ongoing [...]

  • Theatre Group in Wales (UK) to Offer Dementia Workshops for Providers

    Updated: 2012-01-18 02:02:55
    Re-Live is an innovative theatre group based in Cardiff (Wales) that focuses on improving older people’s quality of life. In 2012 Re-Live will be running experiential training workshops in dementia care called “Experiencing Dementia.” The training focuses on an empathic approach to care that is active and empowering. The experiential training workshop for care staff [...]

  • Cross party talks on elderly care start this week - Let battle commence!

    Updated: 2012-01-16 11:15:25

  • Senior Retirement Homes They May Not Be What You Think

    Updated: 2012-01-13 02:01:58

  • Singularity Institute Covered in Bloomberg Businessweek

    Updated: 2012-01-11 00:18:57
    The Singularity Institute and existential risk mitigation were recently covered in a special feature in Bloomberg Businessweek, and the article was syndicated on various websites, including SFGate.com. Bloomberg Businessweek has a circulation of approximately one million. A scan of the feature is available here.

  • Sharing homes - could it work?

    Updated: 2012-01-09 00:59:12

  • Machine Morality Addressed in New York Times Op-Ed

    Updated: 2012-01-05 04:16:49
    From the New York Times Opinionator blog: A robot walks into a bar and says, “I’ll have a screwdriver.” A bad joke, indeed. But even less funny if the robot says “Give me what’s in your cash register.” The fictional theme of robots turning against humans is older than the word itself, which first appeared [...]

  • Yourcarehome launches job vacancy board

    Updated: 2012-01-04 11:02:47

  • Video Q&A with Singularity Institute Executive Director

    Updated: 2011-12-10 21:11:21
    A full transcript of this video is hosted at Less Wrong.

  • CLS Care Services win Most Outstanding Care Home Provider

    Updated: 2011-12-07 15:05:18

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