Inauguration of the first Quebec Gerontopole
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Ageing in Japan: A record budget to tackle a dual crisis – demographic and geopolitical
#Aging in #Japan: A #record #budget to tackle a dual #crisis – #demographic and #geopolitical
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Lonely deaths(Kodokushi) in Japan : the growing challenge of an ageing society
Japan, the country with the world’s oldest population, is facing a silent but alarming crisis: the growing lonely deaths and isolation of the elderly. According to a recent white paper published by the government, more and more Japanese aged 65 and over, representing 29.1% of the population, live alone and suffer from a lack of
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[Save The Date] (eng)aging International Conference “New Technologies: Opportunity or Challenge for the Aging Population?”
The (eng)aging international conference will be held in Prague, Czech Republic on 27 and 28 March 2019. It will deal with the topic :”New Technologies: Opportunity or Challenge for the Aging Population?”. The conference is organized in the frame of the long-term (eng)aging! project, which aims to foster society-wide debate about the accelerating demographic change and
SilverFit Mile, or how can elderly can revisit their favourite places by bike, safely, from their care home?
With the SilverFit Mile, the elderly can ride their bikes as if they were outdoors, while remaining comfortably inside their care home. How? Thanks to virtual reality! A large screen connected to an adapted bike immerses residents in hundreds of landscapes filmed around the world. But that’s not all… Since the update of the SilverFit