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The trouble with young people these days…or have I told you already?

New research highlighted in today’s Telegraph has found that older adults are more likely to have “destination memory” failures – forgetting who they’ve shared or not shared information with, according to a new study led by Baycrest’s Rotman Research Institute. This may explain one stereotype of older people – the tendency to repeat the same [...]

Older people, local support, and social media

Networked Neighbourhoods has begun a new project looking at how local formal and informal care networks can use social media to help older people age in place. Funding comes from the IDeA’s Efficiency and Transformation Capital Fund and we’ll be working with Haringey Council and Age Concern Haringey. The project aims to reduce the burden [...]