AAL Forum 2019: the Exhibition Citizen Award
Since 2017, the annual forum exhibitions are evaluated by a team of dedicated citizens, who represent a wide range of organizations and who have the knowledge and interest in testing new solutions ...
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A call to join an intergroup on Demographic Change and Solidarity between Generations
Demographic change, along with climate change and urbanisation, is among the biggest challenges of our century. An increased longevity may translate into different realities in Europe, depending ...
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A new addition to the Annual Forum: Citizen Accelerator
In connection with this year’s Forum in Aarhus in September, the AAL Programme, in cooperation with the Danish agency Happy42, organized a competition for new and aspiring start-ups in the field of ...
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Is a good idea enough to reach the silver economy market?
There are a lot of ways to evaluate a business idea, and generally there is not only one and right solution, sometimes an entrepreneur can come up even with several good ideas for his or her ...
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Pre-announcement of AAL Call Challenge 2020
AAL Call 2020 is part of the Active & Assisted Living Programme (AAL Programme) that was approved in May 2014 by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union. As part of the work ...
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Highlights of the AAL Forum 2019
The AAL Forum 2019 took place in the city of Aarhus in Denmark – a city world-renowned for having embraced technology to help older people live happy, healthy and fulfilling lives in their own homes ...
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PROJECT OF THE MONTH: September 2019
September is the World’s Alzheimer’s month, which is why we have paid special attention to those AAL projects contributing to the well-being of dementia patients. As we explored in our previous ...
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International Day for Older Persons
Source: the UN/Paulo Filgueiras Today’s international day of older persons marks an important moment to highlight the important contributions that this increasing part of citizens make to society and ...
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Is Europe ready for Alzheimer’s?
As the European population grows and the number of older persons increases, one can observe new trends in health care issues. Alzheimer’s disease is on the rise in the world including the European ...
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Sustainable Development Goals: the challenges and opportunities of an ageing population
In today’s world states face many challenges cutting across their own borders and even continents that are affecting areas spanning from economy to ecology. This has prompted new ways of working ...
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