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FACIL’iti makes websites and digital content accessible to all

FACIL’iti digital application makes websites and digital content accessible to all users, including people with physical, sensory, and/or cognitive impairments such as Cataracts, color blindness, presbyopia, AMD, Wilson’s disease, osteoarthritis, Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor, multiple sclerosis, dyslexia, and photosensitive epilepsy. Born from a discussion on how to address the e-exclusion of older internet users or […]

Cycling Without Age

There is no age limit to cycle, even if some help may be useful. Developing the intergenerational potential of cycling is precisely the objective of “Cycling Without Age”, which proposes rickshaw rides for older people across 23 countries worldwide. Started in 2012 by a Dane who offered free bike rides to the local nursing home […]

Monitoring good practices in the areas of employment, social affairs and inclusion – EU Report 3

This third monitoring report gathers good practices of projects across Europe dealing with working conditions, employment, social affairs and inclusion under the EU Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI). These good practice examples can form a basis for policy recommendations, which may be useful to the policy-maker designing or implementing policy interventions in this […]

Dutch supermarket to spot old-age vulnerability and frailty

In the framework of the Super Care project run by the Dutch care organisation Royaal Zorg, some 20 employees of a supermarket in Den Hague will be trained to pay more particular attention to isolated vulnerable elderly shoppers. The idea is not to turn employees into care specialists but help detect loneliness and frailty among […]

EU compilation of good practices to prevent decline in old age

This publication describesthe work being undertaken by partners of the Action Group “Prevention and early diagnosis of frailty and functional decline, both physical and cognitive, in older people” of the European Partnership an Active and Healthy Ageing (EIP AHA). It explained what the Action Group is about, its main areas of work and focuses on […]

Film ‘Twilight of a Life’ shows optimistic approach of old age and dependency

The Belgian-Israeli film director, Sylvain Biegeleisen, filmed the last moments he spent with his 94-year-old dying mother, discussing about life, laughing, singing, enjoying life together. Mother and son went through moments of complete clarity and assertiveness, and moments of loss of memory, in which she used another language, the language of caress. Although dealing with […]

Icons to raise patients’ attention on the use of medication in the Netherlands

In order to facilitate the access to essential information on the proper use of medicines, Dutch pharmacists are proposing a list of icons highlighting key instructions for use. Those pictogrammes feature basic instructions related to the way a medicine should be taken or stored, or to the effect it has on the patient: e.g. medicine […]

Graffiti workshops for seniors in Lisbon

Founded by Lara Seixo Rodrigues, a street artist from eastern Portugal, LATA 65 (lata means “can” in Portuguese) is an urban art workshop that teaches the basics of street art to seniors in various neighbourhoods around the city of Lisbon, Portugal. LATA 65 aims at destroying age stereotypes, bringing art closer to the communities and […]

Online questionnaire helps identify appropriate housing support in old age

Following a survey carried out at European level on the various accommodation possibilities in old age, a Belgian Engineer-Architect developed a series of questions aimed to help identify the type of housing assistance that would best suit an older person and enable him/her to remain independent as long as possible. The 88 solutions registered include […]

‘Mamie Régale’ : Pensioners cooking for employees in France

This concept, initiated in Toulouse, offers catering services to employees of local companies. It aims to combat the isolation of seniors while providing them with a complement of income. ‘Mamie Régale’ (‘Granny’s treat’) relies on pensioners with a passion for cooking, who prepare home-made meals for employees in local enterprises. They can cook at home […]

Dance classes to address dementia in Germany

„Wir tanzen wider” („Wir dance again”) is a German-wide initiative aiming to improve the lives of people living with dementia through dance classes. The idea is to offer them a place to meet, exchange and have fun together while at the same time improving their physical and mental conditions. The specificity of this initiative is […]

Grandparents join forces for a greener and united world

This citizens’ initiative has been created in Southern Belgium by a group of environmentally conscious grand-parents concerned with leaving a habitable world, based on solidarity and unspoilt nature. They organize a wide range of activities: introduction to ecology, collective gardens, pupils’ homework support, school orchestra, etc. All persons interested are invited to join and subscribe […]

Postmen in support of older isolated persons in eastern France

The French city of Dijon has started a new experimentation to address two current trends: the reduction in postal mailings and the ageing of the population. The idea is to assign about one thousand postmen to support older people’s independent living in remote areas and combat their isolation. In partnership with some rural municipalities, postmen […]

US web-based Livability Index to measure community livability

AARP, the US largest organisation for older persons, has recently launched a web-based Livability Index to measure community livability. It is intended to inform and encourage policymakers and citizens to take action to make their communities more livable. For some, a livable community makes it convenient to travel by foot, bike, or transit to access […]

Seniors support seniors at Krakow Senior Center

Krakow Senior Center is based on the “Senior for Seniors” principle and aims to activating and integrating older people. The work of the Centre involves about 20 seniors around 7 work packages… 1.organizing and coordinating the activities of the center, 2.cooperation with media and promotion the center, 3. Cooperation with senior’s clubs, NGOs and parishes, […]

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