World Health Day is coming up on 7 April 2012. Aging and health is this year’s special theme, providing an opportunity for organisations and individuals worldwide to showcase solutions to population ageing. As we frequently mention on this blog the world is rapidly ageing, and less developed countries are seeing the fastest change. We are [...]
Zion Lutheran Home of Brisbane, Australia recently purchased a new shuttle bus to ferry its residents to social and cultural events. The purchase was made possible through the work of over 40 volunteers who managed to raise $70,000 Australian dollars over the course of two years. The bus is wheelchair accessible and will allow the [...]
UK based home-care provider Direct Health has begun implementation of its point of care documentation software. The company employs over 2000 home health workers. Under the plan, each worker will use a smart phone to document care provided; the software includes to-do list and check-lists to improve documentation of each step of the care process. [...]
Low to mid income Singaporeans without a family can expect more mutual support homes within their communities. The government has started a pilot project of senior group homes, where seniors live together in a cluster of rental apartments. These communities are meant for people who can no longer live on their own, but who choose [...]
The European Commission has recently published a survey on active ageing to understand citizens’ views and attitudes towards older people. The survey examines the contribution of older people in the workplace and society, as well as how best to promote the active role of older people in society. Active ageing is important because we are all living [...]
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has launched a website to stimulate conversations on what life is like for older people with high support needs. The site incorporates a poem by a former Poem Laureate of the U.K., Sir Andrew Motion. Perhaps the most impressive feature are the lovely photographs by Jo Hanley and Chris Steele-Perkins. The [...]
Ageing in place is a concept that is frequently discussed, but yet not all organizations are taking steps to make it possible. Losing the ability to drive is a main push factor that causes rural seniors to have to move. There are a variety of ways that this problem can be overcome. Organisations can offer [...]
The Woodstock care home in the Hague has recently made headlines for housing residents that are chemically dependent and have been termed “long term addicted with untreatable addiction”. One of the goals of the facility is to alleviate homelessness in the elderly, as well as to promote social order and safety. The facility is managed [...]
An editor of US-China Today recently contacted us to let us know about content they had developed on our website. The newspaper is operated by graduate students of the University of California in San Diego and reports on news from China as well as the US-China relationship. They recently published an interactive graph documenting population [...]
Would routine testing for dementia identify potential sufferers before they or their families realise they are affected? In findings published last year, a US team assessed the impact of screening – coupled with further evaluation – on diagnoses in veterans aged 70 and older who had no indication of memory loss. Participants were given a [...]
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.