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Heaven on Earth?
A Documentary Looks at Life in The Villages An Influencer in Aging interviews the 25-year-old filmmaker of ‘Some Kind of Heaven’ who wants to challenge society’s view on growing older By Angela Burton | February 4, 2021 A Film That Challenges Assumptions In making his first feature-length documentary, Oppenheim admits the process totally changed his […]
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Pros and Cons of Retirement Homes
Thoughts on Retirement Homes Many adults have elderly parents who could benefit from living in a retirement home. However, it’s hard to decide to send an elderly parent to a retirement home because there are several other care options available. Furthermore, this decision can be made more challenging because most retirement homes have several pros […]
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Initial response to the Children’s Commissioner report “Reforming children’s homes”
NCERCC, 4th August 2022, Jonathan Stanley Comment on the recommendations Specificity not sufficiency = stability A needs analysis directs needs-directed needs-led provision. The following is repeated for effect… The current market-based methodology (commissioning and procurement) does not include homes to meet all needs. There is a lack of sufficient and importantly specific capacity. This results […]
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Insights into creating an intergenerational nursery
Interview with Sue Egersdorff, founder of Ready Generations, and Liz Ludden, a trustee at the charity and owner of Dukes and Duchesses Nursery in LiverpoolTuesday, August 2, 2022 Sue has worked more than 35 years in early years. Her charity has partnered with dementia specialist Belong to set up a fully integrated on-site nursery at […]
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Will housing continue to divide us or lead the way to age integration?
By Marc Freedman | Sep 15, 2021 Retirement communities like The Villages are growing fast, but so, too, is multigenerational living. Encore.org’s CEO spots the dueling trends. Levi Freedman, playing Gin Rummy with his grandmother, Donna Stone Hellenbrand | Credit: Leslie Gray More than 60 years ago, the introduction of residential communities for people over […]
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…the importance of correctly drafting a Lasting Power of Attorney
By Anna (daughter of a P), 3rd August 2022 This case concerned P, living in one care home but with a proposed move, against her wishes, to another. The protected party at the centre of this case, (“P”), is currently resident in a care home, which… is near her old permanent place of residence. The […]
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Only Connect International Intergenerational Community Symposium
Aug 1, 2022 Linking Generations Northern Ireland – Only Connect International Intergenerational Community Symposium When LGNI Director couldn’t make it to the #OnlyConnect International Intergenerational Community Symposium July 2022 in Cornwall she was delighted to join by video. This short presentation gave conference attendees information about LGNI and introduced LGNI’s Virtual Get Togethers Project video […]
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Reforming children’s homes
a policy plan of action, July 2022. “When we are talking about a place where children live, no failure rate is acceptable. Moreover, these homes do not just need to be excellent in and of themselves, but excellent at meeting the individual needs of each child. A home can be brilliant on paper, but if […]
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What’s a nursing home combined with a childcare center? A hopeful model for the future of aging
IDEAS.TED.COM Mar 14, 2019 / Marc Freedman (iStock) Imagine a place for the elderly that’s also filled with the sounds of kids playing. Marc Freedman goes to Singapore to investigate a new model for intergenerational living. Sister Geraldine Tan, an energetic woman in her 60s, speaks rapidly and is given to sweeping gestures. She wears the flowing […]
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Nursing Apartments
Nursing apartments are becoming a trend among seniors in China’s capital, Beijing. Surrounded by convenient transportation and health care institutions, this new senior lifestyle has attracted many elderly to enjoy the rest of their lives with better services. As of the end of 2017, there were 241 million people aged 60 and older in China, more than 17 percent of the […]
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Living in a retirement village: what to expect
By Hannah / July 26, 2022 Retirement villages aren’t widely understood throughout the UK in comparison to other countries such as New Zealand and USA, where they are a lot more ‘the norm’ shall we say. Many people still think of any retirement housing as a care home, which simply isn’t the case. But if it’s not a care home, […]
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Scottish Residential Child Care Workers Podcast
A podcast dedicated to showcasing what’s going on in the specialist field that is residential child care. We are interested in radical stories, thoughts or opinions about residential child care. A podcast on Anchor: https://anchor.fm/scottishrcc
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How the young and old are living harmoniously
Young and old living side by side is improving the lives of everyone “With high cost housing and health care spending cuts, intergenerational homes are helping to fill the gap” The young people would pay modest rent and in turn, they would bring their vitality and different perspectives to seniors who could be marginalised by […]
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What Baby Boomers Want (Options!)
Senior Housing Delivers By Linda Baker, July 20, 2022, The New York Times Specialized housing for older Americans has been around for decades. But shifting demographics are forcing the industry to diversify more rapidly across rates and services, yielding increasingly lavish residences for upper-income Americans as well as a growing number of affordable housing models. […]
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Person-Centred Dementia Care
Second Edition – Jessica Kingsley Publishers – UK Authors: Dawn Brooker, Isabelle Latham What is person-centred dementia care, and how can it be used to improve care for people from diagnosis to end of life? How can we improve services in people’s own homes, in care homes, in supported housing and in hospitals? This substantially […]
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The future of care: Assisted living
“Eimear O’Hagan investigates the new breed of age-exclusive developments that are giving retirees an exciting alternative to the traditional nursing home.” “…the UK is seeing a shift away from traditional care options towards “assisted living”, with “age-exclusive” residential developments springing up across the country. These offer 24/7 support while preserving independence and control of one’s […]
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Many children placed in homes far away from their families amid national sufficiency challenge
Children in the care system are often placed in homes far away from their families because of a lack of suitable places near to where they live. Ofsted’s research report asked, ‘What types of needs do children’s homes offer care for?’ and found that children with mental health problems, or experience of abuse and neglect, […]
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