News
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GovInsider: "Singapore uses data to cater libraries to the elderly"
- Created: 24 May 2016
Singapore’s National Library Board is using data on elderly citizens’ reading preferences to better plan its library collections.
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Mobile Age project's Press Release published on Joinup!
- Created: 24 May 2016
The first press release of the project has been published on Joinup and it is available to view at: joinup.ec.europa.eu
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Mobile Age joins the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing
- Created: 19 May 2016
Launched in 2011, the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing gathers stakeholders from all over Europe committed to increase the healthy life expectancy by two years by 2020. To do so, it works in 6 action groups: adherence, fall prevention, frailty, integrated care, independent living and age-friendly environments.
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Project Brochure - Now available online!
- Created: 18 May 2016
The project brochure gives a quick overview of the most important aspects of the project presenting the project logo, the project consortium, the methodology, the objectives as well as the expected results.
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Project Presentation now available on our website!
- Created: 18 May 2016
The project presentation of Mobile Age presents the project consortium, the objectives, the expected results, the project workpackages, etc. giving an overall view of Mobile Age.
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DAE blog: “How can IoT improve our smart living while ageing well?”
- Created: 22 April 2016
This is a guest blog post written by Mustapha Bouraoui, Vice-President Strategic Marketing-EMEA, STMicroelectronics and Chair of AIOTI working group on Smart living environment for ageing well
This is one of the main conclusions of the Intelligence and Recommendation Report recently published by AIOTI Working Group on Smart Living for Ageing Well (WG05), which addresses the Internet of Things technologies support to the continuous and salutary growth of the elderly population. This document is the result of an intensive teamwork led by a sub-group of high level experts from different corporations.
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The return of the older worker
- Created: 22 April 2016
The activity (or participation) rate measures the share of working-age people who are in the labour force, including both those in employment and unemployment. There has been a constant growth in activity rates among developed countries during the last decades.
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Transforming ageing into an opportunity for Europe
- Created: 22 April 2016
Ilias Iakovidis and Bruno Alves from DG CONNECT at the European Commission explain how digital transformation can turn demographic change into an opportunity for Europe…