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- Applications are now OPEN for the 2024 edition of the SilverEco & Ageing Well International Awards !
- Geriatro.com : The pioneering online Care Request Manager transforming hospital discharge management
- Tilak HealthCare raises 10 million euros to consolidate its leadership in remote ophthalmological monitoring
- Kwido in Zamora : In-home monitoring using sensors and Artificial Intelligence
- An Ally Against the Multiplication of Bed Bugs at home or in collective housing : LAURASTAR IZZI
- The 2023 SilverEco & Ageing Well International Awards winners are…
- SilverEco & Ageing Well International Awards 2023 : Vote for your favorite candidate !
- SilverEco & Ageing Well International Awards : And the 2023 finalists are …
- Seniors and the heat wave : advice and prevention
- Cibes Lift Group unveils Cibes Cloud Plus, the new generation of elevators
- South Korea : Seniors Persona Non Grata in some coffee shops
- NEO & EVE : AI-Powered Robots for Domestic Tasks with Seniors
- South Korea : when Artificial Intelligence Calls and Checks on Isolated Elderly People
- Google project to assist sight and hearing in India, Brazil, and Kenya
- Study Tour on Active Ageing to Singapore and South Korea October 15-24, 2023
- Employees in higher-level occupations outlive manual workers. How long do they live in retirement or (in)activity ?
- The 6th International Conference on Aging & Technology Fair in Prague !
- Be a part of the SilverEco Ageing Well Study Tour !
- The SilverEco & Ageing Well International Festival in partnership with SeniorTrade
- Retiring in the sun and embarking on a start-up : Mauritius where anything is possible
- To fight the ageing population in Japan, a professor at Yale University proposes mass suicide !
- Study : Amplifon reveals hearing inequalities for women and men
- March 17 : France creates the National Home Worker Day
- 16-17 of September : the 2024 edition of the SilverEco & Ageing Well International Festival
- Alzheimer’s treatment : lecanemab soon on sale in the United States
- Hong Kong Housing Society : Their Commitment to Advocate Ageing-in-Place
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- DeVi-Stairlifts : winner of the SilverEco & Ageing Well International Awards 2022 representing the Netherlands
- Macrosad : winner of the SilverEco & Ageing Well International Awards 2022 representing Spain
- My-own-voice : Acapela Group’s innovation that reproduces your voice in digital at CES Las Vegas 2023 !
- Light4life : a pivotal clinical study by REGEnLIFE to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of its photomedical technology in Alzheimer’s disease
- Cognitant listed among the Top 200 British companies in the Department of International Trade’s Playbook
- Amazon launches “Alexa Smart Properties for Senior Living” : Amazon’s voice assistant available in senior residences
- The wedding of two women in a nursing home in France !
- The Town of New Glasgow commemorates their SilverEco & Ageing Well International Award
- Town of New Glasgow : winner of the SilverEco & Ageing Well International Awards 2022 representing Canada
- Cogvis : winner of the SilverEco & Ageing Well International Awards 2022 representing Austria
- 1 Toit 2 Âges : winner of the SilverEco & Ageing Well International Awards 2022 representing Belgium
- SilverEco & Ageing Well International Festival : our partners talk about it best !
- Predicell : winner of the SilverEco & Ageing Well International Awards 2022 representing Finland
- IBM Research Europe : winner of the SilverEco & Ageing Well International Awards 2022 representing the United States of America / Europe
- Doro unveils a new connected watch and tablet
- Senior Group : winner of the SilverEco & Ageing Well International Awards 2022 representing Latvia
- [Replay] CCI / Italy – Ageing Well : a France-Italy cooperation for the demographic transition
- SilverEco & Ageing Well International Awards 2023 : applications are now open !
- [Replay] Silver Economy and Ageing Well : a focus on the International
- Moto Tiles : winner of the SilverEco & Ageing Well International Awards 2022 representing Denmark
- Kapusons : winner of the SilverEco & Ageing Well International Awards 2022 representing Italy
- National Innovation Centre Ageing : winner of the SilverEco & Ageing Well International Awards 2022 representing the United Kingdom
- Hong Kong Housing Society : winner of the SilverEco & Ageing Well International Awards 2022 representing Hong Kong
- SilverNight : The winners of the SilverEco & Ageing Well International Awards 2022 !
- “Septième Ciel” the series that dares to talk about love among seniors
- SMILE : when the release of a new horror movie features seniors on social networks, watch out for chills !
- The European Week of Active and Healthy Ageing
- Join the SilverEco and Ageing Well International Festival-goers at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes City – France !
- Don’t miss the great B2B networking at the SilverEco and Ageing Well 2022 Festival!
- Lottie : France is among the nations that live the longest
- The SilverEco and Ageing Well International Festival : the place to be next September !
- The Canaries develop a new “senior-plus” tourism strategy
- Funeral: The death business is healthy
- Fall of the elderly : causes, consequences and prevention
- Home care services : Arkéa On Life creates a new connected hub
- Orpea Group formally reject all accusations of Victor Castanet’s book “Les Fossoyeurs”
- Essence SmartCare Spain wins the Ibernex challenge with the Care@Home™ predictive telecare solution
- Planning for a growing elderly population
- IPsoft joins forces with GlobalDWS to Launch Service Robots Powered by Amelia
- Senior couple risk everything providing masks to America
- Vidapoint™ takes personal emergency service growth worldwide
- The SilverEco® and Ageing Well International Awards winners are…
- D-3 before the SilverEco & Ageing Well International Ceremony !
- Silver Economy and Ageing Well International Awards: discover the nominees!
- Register for the Ageing Well Japan Study Tour now!
- [Save The Date] (eng)aging International Conference “New Technologies: Opportunity or Challenge for the Aging Population?”
- SilverFit Mile, or how can elderly can revisit their favourite places by bike, safely, from their care home?
- [Experts talking] SilverEco give the floor to James Wang, specialist in the intelligent transportation system
- [Experts talking] SilverEco give the floor to Tang Chieh-Lang, Specialist in long-term care and financial services in Taiwan market
- [Experts talking] SilverEco give the floor to Alexei Sidnev, CEO of Senior Group
- Arkéa On Life and Libify have joined forces to offer a global offer of connected telecare services in Germany
- CES 2019 : Hip’Safe the airbag belt for seniors will be in Las Vegas for the second time
- Older activist training programme by the Global Alliance’s a success
- Untold stories: Celebrating older human rights campaigners
- OEWG 10: What you can do
- Older people denied right to health and risk being left behind in push towards universal health coverage, new Global AgeWatch Insights reveals
- S. Korea is taking steps to improve care and support for seniors living at home
- The Smart Ageing Prize awards €50,000 to 3 innovative solutions for active and healthy ageing
- Ageing and imprisonment: how to identify the needs of older prisoners
- [Photographs] Smile does not get old
- CEPAR Australia and Next World Program call for ageing well papers
- LIZN, the Danish affordable device to enhance hearing
- The secret of living longer: intermittent periods of fasting
- Howz, the reasuring Smart house sensor
- Do not miss the live launching of the « Age without Borders Webtour 2018 » on September 12th 2018!
- Take the “Wimoov-AG2R LA MONDIALE” survey on elderly mobility!
- Sugamo: the Japanese elderly neighborhood selling red underwear
- Don’t miss SilverEco Tokyo: The Ageing Well Japan Study Tour!
- French-Japanese cooperation on Innovation and Digital Economy
- Erasmus+ Catch the BALL launches The European Warehouse of Opportunities
- Les Mamies Guitares: Seven senior non-musicians on stage!
- Amplifon to acquire Spanish GAES group
- Walking football, the ideal sport for people over 50s
- How to detect the warning signs of dementia using a mobile phone
- Illectronism: 57% of over 70s are not comfortable with digital formats
- [VIDEO] SilverEco and Ageing Well International Awards : jury members explain the specificities of Silver economy all over the world
- Save the date: The SilverEco® and Ageing Well International Awards – Tokyo Edition
- In 2030, 1/4 of European drivers will be over 65 years old
- 10 Priorities for a Decade of Action on Healthy Ageing : how we should face the ageing of the world’s population
- New BDO report: “The elderly are not as healthy in old age as expected”
- 2018 Ageing Report: Europe’s population is getting older
- Highlights of the SilverEco and Ageing Well Awards!
- Viva Technology: Over 100,000 people from all over the world at the rendezvous for innovation and startups!
- Interview with Yossi Graff, winner of the 2018 SilverEco® and Ageing Well International Awards
- The next edition of the Paris Healthcare Week will be held from 29 to 31 May 2018
- Transforming Digital Health into Smart Care with new Vivago MOVETM solution
- Phonak opens a new Audiological Center and launches its new CROS B-R device
- Virtual reality for cognitive stimulation
- Dermot Higgins, has cycled into the Guinness Book of Records!
- Vivago and Avarea signed a co-operation agreement
- How to adapt your home?
- Focus on Ilogs Mobile Software, one of the SilverEco® and Ageing Well International Awards winners
- Focus on Essence Smartcare, one of the SilverEco® and Ageing Well International Awards winners
- Focus on Triple W, one of the SilverEco® and Ageing Well International Awards winners
- SilverEco® and Ageing Well International Awards winners are…
- Almost half of grandparents would have a favourite grandchild
- Ray Chavez, 106, is the oldest living Pearl Harbor survivor!
- Heathrow commits to becoming world’s first dementia friendly airport
- Heart attacks in elderly people: some tips you should know
- Aging population expected to increase the prevalent cases of Alzheimer’s disease, says GlobalData
- According to a recent study, cannabis would help reduce pain for elderly
- Ideable presents a study on Kwido Mementia, highlighting the benefits of home use
- Silver Economy and Ageing Well International Awards: discover the Jury members!
- When the new emojis get a touch of grey…
- Cycleo, a “bike from today to age better tomorrow”
- Domitys, a new category of housing specially adapted to independent senior citizens
- Discover why apply to the Silver Economy and Ageing Well International Awards!
- Robot density rises globally, according to the International Federation of Robotics
- Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase & Co. to partner on U.S. employee healthcare
- Nicole Kidman gave a speach against ageism in Hollywood
- United Kingdom: more than 1m elderly risk ‘withering away’ from hunger
- Theresa May appoints Tracey Crouch as UK’s first Minister for loneliness
- Virtual reality brings roller coasters and exotic travel to assisted living
- Older Hospitalized Adults Are Infrequently Tested for Influenza
- 3 tips for seniors during winter
- SilverEco and Ageing Well International Awards 2018: apply now!
- CES 2018: Aladin, a “magic” connected lamp by Domalys
- Gyrolift, a universal and innovative mobility solution for the elderly
- Study Uncovers Healthcare Disparities among Octogenarians and Nonagenarians with Advanced Lung Cancer
- Colgate advances the future of oral care with its electronic toothbrush with artificial intelligence!
- Things to know about occupational therapy
- Oticon HearingFitness™ App for Oticon Opn™ Captures CES 2018 Innovation Award
- When 2 heterosexual Irish men marry to avoid inheritance tax…
- Walking football, a perfect exercise for older adults in the UK
- Germany, one of the “super-aged” societies in the world
- 5 Tips for Alzheimer’s care at Christmas
- More than 15,000 frail elderly New Zealanders are lonely
- Almost a million older people feel lonelier at Christmas
- Get ready for the Las Vegas CES on January 9-12th, 2018
- Pensions reforms have slowed in OECD countries but need to continue, says OECD
- Incidence of age-related macular degeneration twice as high in women than men, says GlobalData
- Poverty of ageing Japanese population fuelling “silver crime” wave
- Read the guest column of Hiroyuki MURATA, President of Murata Associates, Inc
- Bette Nash, 81, a flight attendant for 60 years!
- 60 for 60+ Challenge: raise money to improve the livelihoods of older people
- Yoga reduces falls among the elderly, a study suggests
- Ada Keating, 98, moved into a care home to look after her son
- ReadSpeaker webReader: to make web content accessible to seniors
- The 4th China International Silver Industry Exhibition will take place on November 16-17, 2017 in Guangzhou
- Population ageing and rising inequality will hit younger generations hard
- The WHO designates the Gérontopôle of Toulouse as WHO Collaborating Center
- Why service robots are booming worldwide – IFR forecasts sales up 12%
- Japan: Elderly people account for 27.7 percent of population
- 7 questions to better understand diabetes
- September 21st, 2017: World Alzheimer’s Day
- Main Capital invests in the growth of Verklizan
- Meet Jim Arrington: the world oldest pro bodybuilder!
- PharmaLex Group strengthens quality management and compliance services
- How to feel beautiful, according to centenarians
- The 7th International Carers Conference will take place from 4-6 October 2017 in Australia
- A giant pillow fight organized in Luxembourg against Parkinson’s disease
- Two stories about aging as LGBT
- Senior Citizens Day, a perfect day to show gratitude to senior citizens in the USA
- The Alzheimer’s Global Summit will take place on September 18-22, 2017 in Lisbon
- Is Norway the best place to get old?
- SilverNight/French Silver Economy Awards: applications are now open!
- LifeInABox, or how to keep your medication at the right temperature, safely and always with you
- Otono-me: an innovative telecare service developped by Telegrafik
- Back to the Future: is the new Nokia 3310 the perfect choice for seniors?
- New findings suggest a genetic influence on aging into the 90s but not beyond
- Helpage animation: What is the lifecourse approach to ageing?
- Sensome raises €4.7m to bring the world’s first connected stroke guidewire to patients
- Save the date: SilverNight/French SilverEco Awards: 29th March 2018
- Stroke: prevent, cure and relieve
- 85 years old, a good stride and a world record for this South African grandmother
- Brazil: a progressively “aging” society
- Germany: more and more poor elderly
- The 50 + Beurs fair will take place from the 19th to the 23rd of September 2017
- An artistic project rising up against loneliness of Romanian seniors
- Viva Technology: an even bigger success for 2017!
- Senior living: one of the first private buildings for elderly people in Brazil
- World population projected to reach 9.8 billion in 2050, and 11.2 billion in 2100
- Paris is 500th member of WHO Global Network for Age-friendly Cities and Communities
- Return on the world elder abuse awareness day, the 15th June of 2017
- 92 years old and still perched on parallel bars
- Heat wave, very high temperatures: 7 tips to help you cope
- Essence’s Care@HomeTM Active wins ESX Innovation Award
- Hard heats: some precautions the elderly must take
- Go To College And Graduate Just Like This 94-Year-Old Great Grandmother
- Focus on the International Design for All Foundation Award Ceremony 2017
- July 5-6 2017: Innovative City will take place in Nice
- What about making your brain younger thanks to cannabis?
- Get ready for the International Silver Economy meeting 2017!
- A 600,000€ fund raising of Cybedroïd for its butler robot Leenby
- E-Vone: smart shoes for elderly people
- Vibby OAK, an automatic fall detector developped by Vitalbase
- Microsoft Build 2017 : a bracelet which alleviates Parkinson-related tremors
- Tony Luciani and his mother, a serie of photographs rising up against the ageing stereotypes
- Unusual: this elderly couple fell in love at the hospital!
- Infographics: Falls management in care homes, a major challenge
- Mbah Gotho the alleged dean of humanity has died at the age of 146 years old!
- 19th of June 2017: 11th European e-Accessibility Forum
- Ageing well: new solutions for the elderly and their caregivers
- Video games, a second youth for elderly people
- NEW’EE, an innovative sound diffusion system, tested in retirement homes
- A new ambassador for Reebok China: the senior model Wang Deshun!
- Italy: death of the dean of humanity: Emma Morano
- Interview with Jérôme Pigniez for EIOVA magazine about Silver Economy
- ICFSR Congress 2017: discover the program!
- Parkinson’s disease: what is the situation?
- These pictures celebrate the beauty of ageing !
- Elevated blood pressure not a high mortality risk for elderly with weak grip
- A Canadian helpline for elderly seeking support in cases of elder mistreatment
- He becomes a transgender at the age of 90 !
- A 85-year-old care home resident with dementia learns violin
- Infographics: SilverNight 2017: discover the key figures!
- PharmaLex Group accelerates growth by strengthening office in Bulgaria
- Indian grandmothers are going to school for the first time
- Loraine Maurer, at age 94, has no intention of retiring from McDonald’s !
- HelpAge appoints Justin Derbyshire as new CEO
- Ageing Lab Foundation: a network of knowledge about aging
- When an animal shelter needed extra hands, they turned to a senior care facility for help in Arizona
- Activ84health, a window to the world for elderly people
- NIH-funded study of brain training makes TIME “List of top scientific discoveries of the year”
- FloorInMotion Care at the service of health care facilities and senior independent living facilities
- AARP’s Innovation@50+ LivePitch event will take place Wednesday, April 12 and Thursday, April 13, 2017
- 8th of March 2017: “Growing the EU Silver Economy: a workshop on policy recommendations”
- Meet Alla Illyinichna Levushkina, the world’s oldest surgeon who is 89 years old
- 28th and 29th June 2017: 1st edition of MedFit in Grenoble
- Save the date: NutrEvent: 14th & 15th of June 2017 in Lille
- Teresa Shook, a 60 years old grandmother, at the origin of the Women’s March in Washington DC
- China AID 2017: 7th to 9th of June 2017
- IANA 2017: discover the program!
- Elderly HIV people face social care ‘discrimination’, charity says
- EyeProtec, when security becomes “mobile”
- 3rd International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health
- Wistiki presents its new star product: the Wistiki Ahā
- Meet Tao Porchon-Lynch, the world’s oldest yoga teacher
- “Disrupt Aging”, Speech of Jo Ann Jenkins, CEO, AARP, USA
- SoftBank Robotics’ life assistant, Pepper, comes equipped with BewellConnect® solutions
- Best places in the world to retire in 2017
- “For the eldest, 2017 will be about aging well… at home!” Speech of F. Houhou, co-founder and Managing Director of RoboCARE Lab
- Silver Night – French SilverEco® Trophies: 20th of March 2017
- China: Post-lunch napping tied to better cognition in elderly
- Discover Alyssa, a voice-controlled personal assistant, at the CES 2017 in Las Vegas !
- A 94-year-old man dresses up as Father Christmas to raise money for Alzheimer’s charity
- Standing Up 4 Sitting Down, a campaign to encourage older people to go out to the shops
- Number of older adults in the USA expected to surge, highlighting need for accessible housing and policy improvements
- Digital Health Week and COCIR eHealth Summit: 5-8 Dec 2016, Brussels
- Hong Kong: a voucher system proposed to detect chronic diseases
- Robert Puskaric: the new CEO and President of Doro
- The 5 most common Internet security mistakes made by elderly people
- Health at a Glance: Europe 2016 infographics
- Health at a Glance: Europe 2016 report: State of health in th EU cycle
- Get ready for the Las Vegas CES on January 5-8th, 2017
- HEASE Robotics will introduce at CES the first robot exclusively for the retail and hospitality industries
- Doro centers top management team to Lund, prepares CEO change and changes guidance
- December 5th to 8th 2016 : European Summit on Digital Innovation for Active & Healthy Aging
- Elderly people with HIV must be included in HIV prevention, treatment, care and support
- Meet “Grandma Lena”, an adventurous 89-years-old grandmother !
- Bolivia: an elder rights association uses social media to recruit young volunteers
- Quebec introduces a bill against elder abuse
- Karaté grannies: older women learn to defend themselves in Kenya
- Elder abuse: what are warning signs and how can we prevent it?
- Could natural disasters lead to dementia?
- How old is old? Ask Millennials.
- Why do elders go missing in China?
- Older Tanzanian women often become targets of ‘witch’ hunting
- Seniors make up a third of all Japanese entrepreneurs
- Only 3 weeks to Verklizan Innovation Day on November 7th 2016
- The National Assembly of Burkina Faso passes a new law on elders’ rights
- Photography : ‘Strength for life’, capturing later life around the world
- Former RAF pilot Joy Lofthouse takes flight again after 70 years
- Sonova Holding AG wins three awards at the Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards
- Alzheimer’s : what are existing plans to stave the disease ?
- Australia : Senior Citizens club memberships ebbing could mean increasing isolation for the elderly
- China : the disturbing trend of elderly suicide
- 21st century Tokyo : Discover the lives of elders through the lens
- Japanese researcher Yoshinori Ohsumi receives the Nobel Prize for his work on autophagy
- HelpAge : Raise your voice against ageism
- C2S signed a partnership with French remote monitoring specialist Vitaris
- International day of Older persons : Take a stand against ageism on October 1st
- The Swiss raise their voices against a 10% increase in retirement income
- Alzheimer’s : discover the benefits of the Mediterranean diet
- World Alzheimer’s Day : go on a Sea Hero Quest to retrieve lost memories!
- Technology that improves lives : a video contest to help the elderly and the disabled
- Live long and prosper : two Japanese and Italian recipes for longevity
- In Germany, the elderly live through increasing poverty
- Côte d’Ivoire pushes for an improvement of the elderly’s living conditions
- Swiss citizens refuse to retire at age 67
- Senegal takes steps towards ensuring the wellbeing of elders
- September 28 to 30 : 10th World Conference on Gerontechnology
- November 21 and 22 2016 : French-Swiss Silver economy Innovation Forum in Fribourg
- September 22 and 23 2016 : European conference of Homes and Services for the Ageing in Lyon
- In Poland, medication is free past the age of 75
- Researchers from the University of Missouri develop non-wearable fall-detection sensors
- A retirement crisis is looming ahead in Great Britain
- Negative class perceptions drive South Korean seniors to suicide
- Startups lead the way for developing the Silver economy in India
- Breaking the isolation of seniors: can telepresence bring generations closer?
- Could 45 be the age of empowerment?
- When “Fit Grandpa” goes to the Olympics
- October 13 2016 : Silver Day Normandy will take place in Bagnoles de l’Orne, Normandy
- Meet Julie Brougham, the oldest competing athlete in Rio’s Olympic Games
- Is China taking the lead in robotics?
- Senior actresses are on a roll
- Japan : local shops adapt to ageing
- What can Pokémon Go do for the elderly ?
- Ergonomic “Easy buttons” enhance seniors’ daily life comfort
- In Spain, play areas for seniors are all the rage
- Bridging the Gray divide : Thailand takes measures to foster seniors’ employment
- 2016 Global retirement index: adapting retirement systems to changing demographics
- November 7 2016 : Verklizan Innovation Day in Essen, Germany
- They finished the Cork City marathon at age 80
- Ubiquid : innovating solutions for home residents’ clothes
- 79 space pioneer Susan Finley still has her head in the stars
- July 23-27 : 21st IAGG World Congress on Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG2017) in San Francisco
- November 9-10 2016: 2d Nursing Home Research International Working Group
- July 23 2017 : 12th International Academy on Nutrition and Aging (IANA) in San Francisco
- International Silver economy meeting 2016 : focus on the Business France competition results
- Yoplait celebrates all stages of life in a new campaign ,”I love my age”
- Ageing in place: how to adapt your home
- USA : the upward trend of working seniors
- What are visual impairments? How do you remedy them?
- In South Korea, retirement is weighing down the economy
- In Japan, the elderly struggle with isolation and precarity
- Message on World Elder Abuse Awareness Day from the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon
- Silver citizenship: Jérôme Pigniez’s guest column
- Bullying in life care residences and retirement homes: do we really grow wiser as we grow older?
- Working seniors : a 90-year-old nurse celebrates her birthday in Washington
- A 92-year-old Singaporean woman working at McDonald’s
- Fostering social integration: launch of a senior-only “Airbnb”
- eHealth – June 30th: National “Digital, Training and Healthcare” Day near Paris
- Adapting services to the elderly: Beijing uses a new multi-purpose card to track seniors
- Wednesday June 15th 2016: the International Silver Economy meeting will take place in Paris
- Detecting falls- Autonomy: VitalBase launches a range of connected devices dedicated to people protection
- The White Book on Frailty: a guide on detecting and treating frailty
- Connected health: Nokia soon to buy Withings
- Paris: Innorobo, a human Robotics event
- Paris: 10th European e-Accessibility Forum
- Sonova and AudioNova join forces
- Robots will replace Japanese farmers
- UK: Smart Future City in London
- WHO presents the tangible progress of E-Health in Europe
- China : CISSE 2016 will be held on 4 – 6 May
- The International Design for All Foundation Awards 2016
- MHealth Information Services to reach more than 150M users by 2020
- Europeans prefer online shopping
- Photo contest reveals beautiful ageing
- Spain: Road Show for healthier food habits
- Infographics : Pensions at a Glance
- OECD – a comprehensive view regarding pension system
- Doro settles in Algeria to help fixed lines become more accessible
- Infographics : caregivers and ICT’s
- Toyota adventures into creating autonomous cars
- EU: Horizon 2020 reveals the new work programme
- MEDICA 2015 – the world forum for medicine
- SPAIN : eHealth, or new medical opportunities
- Infographics: Better home and community care for the elderly
- Singapore’s ageing population
- UK: Social care services cannot cover up all medical needs
- Luxembourg Healthcare Summit 2015
- Health: infections can increase the risk of falls
- USA: The 5th International Conference on Frailty and Sarcopenia Research will be held in Philadelphia
- Silver Surfers : what EU countries account for the largest number of connected seniors?
- EU 2080 : 1 out of every 8 persons will be aged above 80 years old
- Canada: when the elderly outnumber the children
- Today is the International Day of Old People
- October 1st, 2015 – The International Day of Older Persons
- Japan: more than 10 million people are above 80 years old
- Infographics: Silver Surfers and their use of the Internet
- USA: the “Silver Alert” program aims to find missing elderly people
- Vitamin D deficiency may lead to cognitive decline
- 110-year-old Agnes Fenton has a special secret to explain her impressive lifespan
- Connected objects innovations in the Silver economy field
- Does mastering new technologies slow the ageing process down?
- η-amyloid: a recently identified peptide involved in the Alzheimer disease
- Helmet: a connected camera to watch over your relatives
- Are homemakers prepared for retirement?
- The Economic, Social and Environmental Council of Morocco publishes a report regarding elderly people’s situations
- More men are needed in the care sector in the United Kingdom
- There are 1 billion daily users on Facebook among whom more elderly people than ever
- Aquaris™ : waterproof hearing aids
- France: the city of Lyon hosted the 2015 World Masters Athletics Championships
- Japan: will seniors need to pay more for long-term care?
- Going to church, to the mosque or to the synagogue has a good influence on the mental health of the elderly
- Belgium: the Active Assistive Living (AAL) 2015 Forum
- Weenect Silver: a GPS beacon for the elderly
- A healthy mind in a healthy body: stay physically active!
- Retirement home pensioners adopt feathered friends
- 25th Anniversary Of The Americans With Disabilities Act
- Robotics: President Obama welcomes a telepresence robot to the White House
- Study reveals a protein’s influence on memory and cognitive abilitites on adults
- Age is not an obstacle to break records and make dreams come true
- In China, elderly people represent 15.5% of the population
- Infographics: Golden Aging in Europe and Central Asia
- The World Bank on “Golden Ageing”
- The E550 Gigaset: a phone especially thought and designed for the elderly
- Netherlands: Carin – a solution to prevent incontinence
- Business France: a Silver Economy meeting in Canada
- Polypharmacy and Iatrogenesis: elderly people and their medication
- Basque Country: a residence designed for all
- Summer 2015 is one of the hottests across Europe ever registered
- At 87 year old, she beat a world chess record
- EU: a call for study in Silver Economy
- The European Commission rewards the most accessible cities of the year
- Beijing: new policies for childless parents
- HelpAge: working together for a better care of the elderly
- USA: What happens if you mix a retirement home with a preschool?
- Heat Wave: summer is coming… and with it, sunny days!
- Infographics: Ageing Asia
- Fashion and Silver Economy: Are seniors in?
- Boltex Inertial, for women who suffer from incontinence
- Memory loss among the elderly
- Should the elderly flee the Tokyo area?
- SensFloor®: a smart floor to detect falls
- iPads with personalised apps will be distributed to seniors in Japan
- Verklizan Group organises Innovation Day 2015
- United Nations ask people to come together to support the rights of the elderly
- Number of carers aged 85+ has risen dramatically in the UK over the past decade
- ASUS: a robot for the elderly
- 15th of June: World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
- The Second World Congress on Healthy Ageing
- A 102-year-old woman gets a PhD degree
- Acceo: a suitable communication solution for hearing impaired people
- ADMR Telecare
- Bluelinea‘s blueGard®
- IdealDouche by Indépendance Royale
- Portugal: 1st International Health and Wealth Conference
- Denmark: Cycling with the elderly
- A 92 years old woman beat the Rock’n’Roll San Diego Marathon record
- How would we look like in our 70s?
- Grace and Frankie: a TV series with and for the elderly
- June, 24th – International Silver Economy Business Meeting – 2nd edition
- Infographics: Health and Digital Communication
- Canada: Silver Economy across the ocean
- 69-year-old singer Cher is the new Marc Jacobs ambassador
- Carer + Project has revealed its results
- Is your website Granny approved?
- Real-Estate and Tourism: from June, 5th to 7th, 2015, Portugal is organising an exhibition in Paris
- Senior Citizen Mark: respect or stigmatization?
- Infographics: How to make a home safe for old people
- Study: « Silver Economy Markets » abroad
- The Elderis at home solution
- A new look for Google Glasses
- The Exhibition for a Healthy and Independent living: a business meeting with health care professionals
- The ageing population of Europe
- FICHe – a European Program to encourage eHealth development
- A centenarian woman won a world record during a swimming competition
- Zen Fitness : areas dedicated to residents’ well-being
- V.A.C by VA2CS – a visual solution and an alarm in case of a fall
- Operation “Elderlies on holidays”: the Valencian’s retirees will go on holidays in June.
- Incomed, adult diapers specialist
- Spain: a project to make theaters more accessible
- On May 8th and 9th: a France Pavilion will take place at the China International Senior Services Expo in Beijing
- What if we changed our behaviour concerning medication?
- Mother’s Day, Father’s Day: DORO puts parents at the heart of the new trends
- Painting, drawing or sculpting could prevent dementia
- Nutri-Culture: a technological and pleasant solution to face elderly undernutrition
- Sennheiser: wireless headphones for hearing-impaired people
- Are there any smartphone applications for Alzheimer’s patients?
- Belgium: specially equipped containers to accommodate elderly people
- Samsung invests in R&D in healthcare
- Intergenerational: a retirement house in the Netherlands proposes free accommodation for young students
- A blood test to detect Alzheimer is being developed in Taiwan
- Sexuality: the elderly-pornography is expanding in Japan
- Parkinson: A pencil which facilitates hand writing
- The Silver Economy seen by BNP Paribas Cardif
- Smart Home System: a high tech solution by Asus
- Smart Home Care Conference: Carer+ presents its project
- The Smartphone Haier E-ZY A6: a simplified use and an attractive price
- 2015 Mobile World Congress: Doro Liberto® 820 wins Global Mobile Awards
- Vodafone Spain Foundation teaches the elderly how to use a Smartphone
- Doro and Claria : Smartphones for visual impaired people
- The oldest granny in the world
- Morphe@: a connected mattress which ensure you a good sleep
- Infographic: Healthcare and wearable technology
- Air quality in nursing homes may be harmful
- Marisol TOURAINE and Laurence ROSSIGNOL commend the adoption of the society adaptation to ageing law by the French Senate
- The French Senate ratified the society adaptation to ageing law at First Reading
- Drug abuses increase among the elderly
- AudioSpot: a way of improving accessibility to public places via a Smartphone
- Lean de Vie launches REGAIN, a game to teach seniors how to preserve their health
- Exhibition for the Elderly – the Silver Economy event of the year
- BeeWi launches the new proximity sensor: SmartHome
- GDP Vendôme: the customized apartment could become an alternative to EHPADS?
- Sports and the elderly: benefits and advice for a completely safe practice
- “Healthy choices for senior living” – a guide for a better retirement
- Barbara Beskind, a 91 years old designer for elderly products
- Trips and Entertainment for the Elderly
- First implantation of the bionic eye Argus II at Strasbourg University Hospital
- Gigaset launches G-tag to help finding lost items
- Ministers wish to put an end to “flying care visits” in the UK
- In the UK, the suicide rate among elderly people dropped
- “The Lovers” : Lauren Fleishman photographs old-married couples
- Can wearing a connected bracelet reduce your insurance expenses?
- Blue Button: accessing and managing health data
- Hearing loss could lead to depression
- Review on the ALFRED project, a personal mobile assistant for seniors
- The United States are moving towards a more connected health system
- China: the suicide rate of seniors has increased in rural areas
- Canada: a campaign in favour of LGBTQ seniors
- China: needing a job to live, the elderly have to collect garbage
- A third of seniors in the UK believe Britain has become a worse place to live than last year
- InnoLife was selected to become “EIT Health” by EIT
- The portion of seniors on Facebook has increased by 80% in 3 years
- Avoiding to smile for 40 years to avoid wrinkles: how far can youth culture go?
- Japan: a manga to explain the retirement system
- Seniors and hip hop give a rather wild result
- Late-life sexuality: a British study dispels pre-conceived ideas
- Influenza: advice and recommendations for seniors
- Be My Eyes: an application to help visually impaired people
- Aeticom study: “The use of the Internet by people over 60 years old”
- Caregiver employees: does providing care damage your professional life?
- Diet and Alzheimer: some daily guidelines
- 39% of people over 65 feel lonely in the United Kingdom
- Doro study: “Are French elders as connected as their European neighbors?”
- The trend of senior fashion models
- Does art improve your health?
- Falls among elderly people: detection, advice and prevention
- People who feel younger than their age are likely to live longer
- Using the Internet makes the elderly healthier
- United States: elders globally in favour of cannabis for therapeutical use
- Are elderly people the future “typical” player?
- Belgium, Netherlands, Great Britain: “Elderly people crossing” road signs
- Older people and sex in the Internet age
- Staying in shape thanks to a good hearing sense
- M-Health : NetComm Wireless launches the n-Hub, a product to « transform the health care sector »
- 4 promising project developers in personalised health are supported by Health2CARE
- Diagnosing glaucoma thanks to our television habits
- To treat depression for the elderly, video games are more efficient than medicine
- American study reveals a link between stress and memory loss
- Circly was nominated as the best mobile service for the elderly in Finland
- Intergenerational conflicts: sometimes, the young and the elderly fight in buses in China
- Part of the human brain stays “young” despite ageing
- CEA Foundation Extends OATS Grant for Innovative Technology Center for Seniors
- Oct 09-11,2014 : 1st Silver Economy exhibition in China (SIC)
- Australian Government rejects international convention for the elderly
- National charity Friends of the Elderly encourages people to get to know their older neighbours
- Physical activity helps against chronic prostatitis
- High-Tech Tools Help Seniors Stay Safe and Independent: The CareGiver Partnership
- CarePredict Tempo : a wearable technology for Seniors
- Hearing Loss : A grant awarded to Gallaudet University to create video series on Effective Technologies
- Infographic: How can we prevent senior malnourishment?
- Retinal prosthesis Argus II : fully repaid by French social welfare from now on
- Smartwatches: new tools for Telecare ?
- Sen.se Mother available in France on September, 1st
- QardioArm : a connected and designed sphygmonanometer
- A seventy five years old breaks three cycling world records
- Hogeweyk : a village for Alzheimer patients suffering from dementia
- Innovation 2030 : Silver economy 7th ambition of the global innovation competition
- Haier launches Easy Smartphone, an easy to use smartphone for seniors
- Elderly people try the Google Glass !
- Vivago Care 8001 watch rewarded at the 2014 German Design Awards
- European Union: GiraffPlus project combines robotics and home automation to take care of the elderly
- Internet use reduces elderly depression rates by 30%
- European Commission published an infographic about m-health
- 3D food printer for seniors developed as part of a European project
- ALZ : an experimental game to immerse in the daily life of an Alzheimer’s patient
- Germany: a supermarket tailored to seniors ‘ needs
- Nu-age: a European project to prevent the effects of aging with a dietary study