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Opportunity knocks
— designing solutions for an ageing society | | Author(s) | David Sinclair, Helen Creighton |
| Corporate Author | International Longevity Centre UK - ILC-UK; Institution of Engineering and Technology - IET; Engineering Design Centre, University of Cambridge |
| Publisher | International Longevity Centre UK - ILC-UK, London, 2015 |
| Pages | 30 pp (+ updating slip) |
| Source | ILC-UK, 11 Tufton Street, London SW1P 3QB. Download at: http://www.ilcuk.org.uk/index.php/publications/pub... |
| Keywords | Technology ; Assistive technology ; Information technology ; Design ; Reports. |
| Annotation | This short report seeks to explore how design and technology could better respond to the challenge of an ageing society. It highlights some of the reasons why technology and design has not got to grips with ageing. It investigates five of the key challenges relating to an ageing population: healthcare, the home environment, leisure time, transport, and the management of personal finances. It details ways in which existing technologies might be better applied, and new technologies developed to support older people's needs. The ideas come from suggestions from experts who convened at a workshop in May 2015. The authors use Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) forecast information about health spending and long-term social care costs. The OBR's projections highlight the need for urgent technological advances in healthcare technologies and new approaches to service delivery, if we are to meet such costs for an older population. The printed copy of this report uses the 2014 OBR forecasts; the updating slip notes the OBR's forecasts for 2015 and states that the PDF version features these updated forecasts. (RH) |
| Accession Number | CPA-150814003 B |
| Classmark | Y9: M: UVB: 33: 6K |
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