News
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31/07/2012
The European Year 2012 message, promoted in Tanzania
The European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity Between Generations was highlighted with a series of activities during Europe Week in Tanzania.
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27/07/2012
#QueridosAbuelos (Dear Grandparents), Twitter trending topic in Spain
To mark the celebration of Grandparents Day in Spain, the non-governmental organisation Development and Support (Desarrollo y Asistencia) launched with great success a nation-wide campaign on July 26th in Twitter, aimed to leave no “abuelo” or “abuela” (grandfather or grandmother) without a virtual hug on such a special day.
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24/07/2012
The Ageing Well Challenge rewards ideas that can reduce isolation and increase mobility of older people
UK’s National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) has announced the launch of the Ageing Well Challenge, a prize looking for innovative ideas that can reduce the isolation and/or increase the mobility of vulnerable older people.
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23/07/2012
The Prime Minister of Malta inagurates a new night shelter for seniors
The Prime Minister of Malta, Lawrence Gonzi, and Mario Galea, Parliamentary Secretary for Elderly and Community Care, officially inaugurated on July 20 the country’s third night shelter, at St. Vincent de Paul Residence in Luqa.
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19/07/2012
European Seniorforce Day: Harnessing the Power of Senior Volunteers
The number of people over 60 is rising fast – in Europe and all over the world. Does that mean that we will be living in less vibrant communities no longer capable of meeting new challenges or providing good opportunities for young and old alike? Certainly not.
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18/07/2012
Good practice cases on active ageing across Scotland in new LTCAS report
Long-Term Conditions Alliance Scotland (LTCAS) and the Joint Improvement Team (JIT) have just published the report entitled “PATH to Active Ageing Promoting the Benefits of Physical Activity for Older People: Sharing Learning and Knowledge in Scotland in the European Year for Active Ageing 2012”.
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17/07/2012
Photography project shows men and women ageing from 1 to 100
In a subtle and graceful way, Belgian photographer Edouard Janssens has tackled the subject of ageing in the project "1 to 100 Years", undertaken in the frame of the European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations.
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13/07/2012
The Campaign to End Loneliness launches toolkit for health and wellbeing boards
Age UK Oxfordshire and the Campaign to End Loneliness hosted an international conference at Oxford on July 9-10 to bring together the latest robust evidence on loneliness from around the world. A "loneliness toolkit" for health and wellbeing boards was launched at the conference.
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12/07/2012
BBC tackles ageing in its new primetime season
Confronting the issues facing the elderly has become one of the UK’s biggest priorities and BBC One, together with some of Britain’s most familiar faces from television, is tackling the issue.
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11/07/2012
The winners of the Way of Life contest for seniors receive their awards in Budapest
On May 29 the winners of Way of Life literary competition for seniors organised by the Ministry of Human Resources of Hungary received their awards during a ceremony which took place in Budapest.