Dutch Elder Care: An interview with Roland de Wolf
Earlier this year I spent two weeks in the Netherlands, as part of my research into best practices in elder care. Here in Sweden, where I am based, many healthcare professions view the Netherlands as a country that promotes innovation in elder …
Christopher Perna: Changing the Culture of Elder Care
ACCESS Health recently published a new interview with Christopher Perna, President and CEO of The Eden Alternative, an international organization focused on transforming care for the elderly and others facing long term cognitive, developmental, psychological, and physical challenges. The Eden Alternative was …
TioHundra Case Study Part Two: Care Homes and Integrated Elder Care
This is the second part of a case study series on Care Company TioHundra and Swe-dishintegrated elder care. Integrated elder care looks at healthcare and social care for older patients. Integrated elder care focuses on the integration of work across care or-ganizations, …
Hans Becker: Transforming Retirement Living in The Netherlands
The ACCESS Health team in Sweden has just published a new interview with Dr. Hans Becker, a man the Financial Times recently dubbed a “maverick” who is transforming retirement living. Dr. Becker has a unique philosophy when it comes to elder care: …
CaringKind: The Art of Alzheimer’s Caregiving
Family caregivers founded the Alzheimer’s Society of New York and New Jersey in the late 1970s. At a time when Alzheimer’s was still only a footnote in medical textbooks, there was no source of support, information, or education about the disease. Families …
TioHundra Case Study Part Four: Homecare, Home Healthcare, and Integrating Care for the Elderly
This is the fourth part of a case study series on Care Company TioHundra (TioHundra) and Swedish integrated elder care. Integrated elder care looks at healthcare and social care for older patients. Integrated elder care focuses on the integration of work across …
Redefining Aging for the Twenty First Century: An interview with Ruth Finkelstein
The Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center at Columbia University is an interdisciplinary education and research organization dedicated to changing the way people think about aging. The Columbia Aging Center consists of two branches, the Aging Lab and the International Longevity Centre. …
TioHundra Case Study Featured in MedTech Magazine
The TioHundra case study by Sofia Widén of ACCESS Health Sweden is featured this month in MedTech Magazine. The feature is in Swedish on page forty two but a summary of the case study can be found below. TioHundra provides healthcare, home …
Interview with Christopher Perna: Changing the Culture of Elder Care
During his practice as a physician, Dr. Christopher Perna observed that elder care homes typically focus on treating illnesses medically but often ignore three factors that can harm seniors psychologically: loneliness, helplessness, and boredom. He concluded that only by caring equally for …
CareBytes Newsletter with the Agency for Integrated Care
ACCESS Health is partnering with the Agency for Integrated Care in Singapore to introduce intermediate and long term care providers to technology companies, with the objective to increase productivity and efficiency for care providers. In Singapore, the demand for elder care outpaces …
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