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onHand in the North East
We have been working with an innovative Tech for Good company to pilot their service in the North East of England. They match vetted vo...
- 05/08/2020
- Innovation for Ageing, Culture & Society, Health & wellbeing, Mobility & Transport
- Meera Vijayaraghavan
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Newcastle UNI-Health Programme - A brief summary of the week
This last week we finally enjoyed the second edition of UNI-Health program held in Newcastle University! The topic of this very special...
- 07/10/2019
- Housing, Mobility & Transport, Culture & Society, Health & wellbeing
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UNIHealth: A Personal Perspective - Barbara Douglas
Barbara Douglas of Elders Council of Newcastle participated in two visits to the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid as part of the UNI H...
- 24/09/2019
- Housing, Mobility & Transport, Culture & Society, Health & wellbeing
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Countdown to the UNI Health Newcastle Programme begins!
We’re now just a few days away from the start of Newcastle UNI Health programme week on 30 September. “UNIversity exchange programme cr...
- 19/09/2019
- Health & wellbeing, Culture & Society, Mobility & Transport, Housing
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Inside the village that caters for its ageing population
Pescueza in Extremadura, western Spain, is adapting to provide for the needs of its older population through a non-profit project calle...
- 03/09/2019
- Innovation for Ageing, Culture & Society, Housing, Mobility & Transport
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Electric bikes can boost older people’s mental performance and their well-being
Getting on your bicycle can give you an enormous sense of freedom and enjoyment. It can increase your independence and knowledge of the...
- 11/05/2019
- Mobility & Transport, Health & wellbeing, Innovation for Ageing
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€50 million digital monitoring project to prevent disease
A European project aims to develop a system of small sensors worn on the body so that how well you walk, a vital sign of health and wel...
- 08/05/2019
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Poetry in motion to encourage mobility and drive wellbeing
Moving poetry has hit the road as part of a creative project to promote inclusivity amongst city residents. Co-Motion Poems by Newcas...
- 25/04/2019
- Culture & Society, Mobility & Transport
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New report on emerging technologies to help older Americans maintain independence
On March 5, 2019, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy released a report designed to identify innovations with the p...
- 31/03/2019
- Ageing, Innovation for Ageing, Culture & Society, Housing, Mobility & Transport, Health & wellbeing, Big Data & Digital Health
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Health Check: do we really need to take 10,000 steps a day?
Regular walking produces many health benefits, including reducing our risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes and depression. Best of a...
- 02/03/2019
- Culture & Society, Health & wellbeing, Mobility & Transport, Big Data & Digital Health
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Driving with dementia - new guidance for doctors
New guidance on when people living with dementia should stop driving has been published to support doctors and other health care profes...
- 20/02/2019
- Mobility & Transport, Dementia
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Accelerator to support new businesses in ageing launched
A new accelerator programme aimed at businesses with the potential to develop solutions to the challenges faced by an ageing population...
- 19/12/2018
- Innovation for Ageing, Culture & Society, Finance, Work, Mobility & Transport, Health & wellbeing, Housing, Ageing
