Newsletter of the Foundation Age - good wishes and information sent with the newsletter 1 / 2009, the Age Foundation's best wishes for the new year and reports on their activities relating to living in old age.
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Internet allows you to our website faster the desired Information is available, we have the activities of the Foundation Age be described clearly and adjusted our website:
We support ... projects that are not yet realized and that can make an inspiring contribution to the width of housing in old age. This is the largest and most important field of activity of the Foundation. Projects which encourage the Age Foundation by providing financial support financially, are presented on our website so that they serve other projects as examples.
We cooperate ... with project partners to support the development projects with Age of novel solutions and approaches and to initiate. The website provides information about Age Age Foundation projects to give the field of working age and more future-oriented impulses. We provide knowledge ... and practical know-how, as we gather lessons learned from funded projects and support innovative care and service models scientific. Reports, studies and publications of the Age Foundation and its partners are available on the website.
Everything about funding support and other activities of the Foundation Age
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FUNDING CONTRIBUTIONS:
residence with dementia Department In Biel, extending the residence housing for older people with the construction of a residence. In four newly built houses Au Lac is the residence in April 2009 assisted living in a wide variety of housing types to offer. In addition 67 to the 4 nursing homes come to residential communities, each with 12 seats. The offer is complemented by a diverse range of services and meetings. The project convinced the Age Foundation, because it provides for people with dementia an offer. This differs significantly from the residence of Au Lac many residences typically marginal care services.
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home automation pilot project ended
To the autonomous living in their own homes to maintain as long as possible, you must also use be examined by technical means. The Age Foundation has worked for four years on a project that involved the development and pilot operation of a home automation system. The pilot phase has been completed and a written evaluation report is available. This is about the design of the project information and tells you what to consider when designing engineering projects are launched with older people. Read more in the final report
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Preview: Assisted Living for the mentally ill
offered in a pilot project, the Foundation age homes in the city of Zurich (SAW) from autumn 2005, a psycho- Housing support for tenants. That older people with a mental impairment can independently live in an apartment, is the novel aspect of this pilot project. The project was supported in a study of social sciences and studied. The psycho-residential support is both economically and for the affected elderly people and their families interesting. A publication that appears in mid-2009, will therefore introduce the project and make recommendations so that this solution can be implemented in other places. Details of the project.
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