The AdvantAge Assessment: Using Data to Design Elder Friendly Initiatives
Countries with growing elderly populations are looking for innovative programs that enable seniors to remain in their homes and maintain a connection to their communities. In this inter-view, Mia Oberlink discusses the AdvantAge Initiative survey, which collects information di-rectly from older community …
TioHundra Case Study Part Three: A Focus on Quality
This is the third part of a case study series on Care Company 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 care …
A Place to Feel at Home and Be Oneself
The Elderly are not a burden. There are many ways the elderly can be caregivers. Emi Kiyota is the founder of Ibasho. Ibasho promotes the value of socially integrated elders. Dr. Kiyota is an environmental gerontologist and organizational culture change expert who …
What Pinetree Can Teach Homecare Providers
I visited the Pinetree Homecare and Home Healthcare provider in Beijing during my trip last February. I spent the afternoon with Ninie Wang who is the founder and chief executive officer of Pinetree Care Group. This was part of my research into …
China Demonstration Project: Setting a National Benchmark in Eldercare
I traveled to the Chinese city of Shijiazhuang in late February. Shijiazhuang is nearly two hours southwest of Beijing. ACCESS Health Sweden and ACCESS Health China have partnered with several organizations in Sweden and China to conduct a feasibility study on health …
Interview with Dr. Hans Becker: Transforming Retirement Living in The Netherlands
ACCESS Health Sweden developed an initiative in 2015 to discover best practices other countries use for elder care. In this interview, Dr. Hans Becker, chair of the Managing Board of the Humanitas Foundation, introduces his approach to elder care and discusses Humanitas …
Modern Aging China: What Can We Learn From Sweden and the Netherlands?
We recently organized our second Modern Aging lecture in Beijing. We invited two Swedish experts to share their expertise on innovations in elder care in Sweden and the Netherlands. …
In Case You Missed It: New and Noteworthy This Week
This regular blog series is a roundup of recent news items and developments that I found interesting and would like to share. …
eEstonia! Setting New Standards for eGovernance
This article originally appeared in The Huffington Post. It is based on interviews in Estonia conducted by Sofia Widén of ACCESS Health Sweden with Taavi Kotka, Artur Novek, and Dr. Ain Aaviksoo. …
In Case You Missed It: New and Noteworthy This Week
This regular blog series is a roundup of recent news items and developments that I found interesting and would like to share. …
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