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Japan's technology leads the way in caring for the elderly
In partnership with The Government of Japan
A digital care system has been the centrepiece of the Japanese strategy in looking after its ageing population. Medical data and technology are merged together to create more efficient healthcare.
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Euroviews. As a GP, I'm happy FaceApp is making us all think about old age - for once ǀ View
FaceApp has taken the world by storm in the last week, giving users the chance to see themselves age through its algorithm. [...] It turns out we are more interested in ageing than we realised.
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Elderly students return to classrooms as Thailand seeks to embrace ageing population
Earlier this month, Choochart Supkerd, 63, graduated from a school for the elderly that started last year in Ayutthaya Province, north of Bangkok. It was for him one of the most important and memorable days of his life.
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Britain appoints ‘minister for loneliness’ to tackle social isolation
The government created the new post after research showed as many as one in 10 people felt lonely “always or often” — and that hundreds of thousands of elderly people hadn’t spoken to a friend or relative in the past month.
