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Tag Archives: Transport
Building Age-Friendly Cities (Houses of Parliament Library POST Note PN 539)
Summary A recent Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) note on “Creating age friendly cities” considers the challenges involved in making cities more “age-friendly”. It examines how housing, transport and outdoor spaces etc. might be re-designed to promote independence … Continue reading
Posted in Assistive Technology, Commissioning, Community Care, For Researchers (mostly), Housing, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Access to Green Space, Access to Urban Green Spaces, Age Friendly Homes, Age-Friendly Cities, Age-Friendly Cities (WHO), Age-Friendly Cities and Communities, Age-Friendly Communities, Ageing Population, Architecture and Design Scotland, Attitudes to Ageing, Attitudes to Older People, BBC Health News, BBC Scotland News, Building Age-Friendly Cities (POST Note PN 539), Built Environment, Challenges in Creation of Age-Friendly Cities, Crichton Trust, Dumfries and Galloway Care Campus Project (Crichton Trust), Essential Features of Age-Friendly Cities, Global Age Friendly Cities (WHO), Green Spaces, Health Benefits of Green Space, Houses of Parliament, Infrastructure Costs, Local Planning, Nuffield Foundation Flowers Fellowship, Outdoor Spaces, Parliamentary Office of Science & Technology, Parliamentary Office of Science & Technology (POST), Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST), Physical Environment, POST: Parliamentary Office of Science & Technology, Public Transport, Transport, Transport and Mobility, Transportation Infrastructure, Urban Green Space and Trees
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Dementia-Friendly Yorkshire (Joseph Rowntree Foundation)
Summary This Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) report presents twenty “grassroots” dementia-friendly projects, which are examples of how communities across Yorkshire are being transformed along more dementia-friendly lines. The projects have been based in shops, churches, mosques, legal services, cafes, and … Continue reading
Posted in Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Age-Friendly Cities, Age-Friendly Cities and Communities, Age-Friendly Communities, Age-Friendly Environments, Airedale General Hospital, Airedale General Hospital: Keighley, Alzheimer’s Society Bradford Area, Bradford, Care in Local Communities, Church of England, Church of England Diocese of Bradford, City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council, City of York Council, Co-operative Society, Creating Dementia Friendly Environments, Dementia Café, Dementia Cafes, Dementia Friendly Acute Hospitals, Dementia Friendly Communities Programme, Dementia Friendly Doncaster, Dementia Friendly Extra Care Housing, Dementia Without Walls, Dementia Without Walls (York), Dementia Without Walls Project, Dementia-Friendly Churches, Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly City, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Community Model, Dementia-Friendly Environmental Design, Dementia-Friendly Hospitals, Dementia-Friendly Libraries, Dementia-Friendly Towns, Dementia-Friendly Villages, Dementia-Friendly York, Dementia-Friendly Yorkshire, Doncaster, Doncaster Clinical Commissioning Group, Doorstep Crime Project, Fenwick Department Store: York, Health Action Local Engagement (HALE), Health Action Local Engagement Healthy Living Project, Hull & East Yorkshire, Hull & East Yorkshire NHS Trust, Intergenerational Cohesion, Intergenerational Mingling, Intergenerational Relations, Intergenerational Solidarity, Joseph Rowntree School in YorkJoseph Rowntree School in York, Keighley, Leeds, Libraries, Local Community Assets, Local Community Groups, Meri Yaadain Project, Museums, North Yorkshire County Council Libraries, Northallerton, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, Roshni South Asian Women’s Resource Centre, Rothwell, Rowntree Foundation, Schools, Sheffield, Shipley, South Asian Communities (in Bradford), South Asian Community, Sport and Active Leisure: City of York Council, Sport and Leisure, Tea Cosy Memory Café: Rothwell, Trading Standards, Trading Standards Doorstep Crime Project, Transport, York, York Dementia Without Walls, York Hospital, York’s Dementia Without Walls Initiative, York’s Sport and Active Leisure, Yorkshire
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Toolkit to Assist Retirement from Driving in Dementia (BMC Geriatrics)
Summary This article discusses a project which has developed a toolkit to assist persons with dementia and their caregivers when planning for retirement from driving. The toolkit addresses the concerns of people with dementia and their families / carers, and offers … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Universal Interest
Tagged Ageing Population, BMC Geriatrics, Canada, CanDRIVE Program: Driving Research, Dementia and Driving Guidance, Driving, Driving and Dementia, Driving and Dementia Toolkit for Health Professionals, Driving in Dementia, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Five Stages of Grief, Kübler-Ross Change Curve, Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa Hospital: Geriatric Assessment Unit, Public Transport, Regional Geriaric Program of Eastern Ontario, Retirement from Driving in Dementia, Rideau Community Health Services, Self-Regulation, Transport, Transportation, University of Ottawa
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Ageing, Longevity and Demographic Changes Statistical Factpack (International Longevity Centre-UK)
Summary The International Longevity Centre (ILC) has produced a summary “factpack” of statistics on a range of topics pertaining to the UK’s elderly. “The 12-page booklet provides statistics on a range of topics from life expectancy to housing supply, from … Continue reading
Posted in For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, National, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Social Care, Ageing, Ageing Society, Dementia Statistics, Demographic Change and Public Services, Demographic Changes, Demographic Time-Bomb, Demographics, Digital Technology, Enabling Technology, Financial Issues, Financial Wellbeing, Global Context, Health and Wellbeing, Healthy Life Expectancy, Housing and Care for Older People, ILC-UK: International Longevity Centre UK, Independence, Independent Age, Information Technology, Intergenerational Cohesion, Intergenerational Mingling, Intergenerational Relations, International Longevity Centre, International Longevity Centre UK, International Longevity Centre UK (ILC-UK), Labour Market Participation, Life Expectancy, Life Expectancy of Older People, Lifestyle, Longevity, Mobile Phone Use, Mobile Technology, New Technology, Old Age, Oldest Old: the 85+ Age Group, Pensions and Savings, Personal Finances, Retirement Housing, Social Demographics, Transport
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