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“Business-idé? Bedste webshop til det globale grå guld med skavanker”
We wanted to share this wonderful post with you. Written by Dorte Toft, an IT analyst, freelance journalist and author at the Danish newspaper Berlingske Business. Yes it is in Danish, but to all of us Non-Danish speakers we suggest to try … Read More
Posted in Aging in Place, Business, Culture, Danish, Design, Disability, Exercise, Fashion, Fitness, General, New Products, People, Physical therapy, Retail, Seniors, Style, Technology, Wellness
Tagged aging, aging in place, beauty, blog, cane, color, Danish, Danish design, design, disability, elderly parents, gerontology, health, innovation, Omhu, physical therapy, Rie Norregaard, seniors, style, technology, walker, walking stick
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Color’s Healing Power
Omhu featured on Graceful Aging! A discussion with Gregory Bator about giving you a choice in color and its healing power. Guests Valerie Fletcher Institute for Human Centered Design, Wilhelm Oehl 8 Inc and Rie Nørregaard!
Universal Design and housing for seniors
NPR have recently been running a series relating to senior housing. If you click on our Facebook page there’s a link to the latest story that ran on All Things Considered yesterday. Most of the elements they discuss are pretty … Read More
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Tagged aging in place, AIA, architecture, housing for seniors, inclusive design, NPR, universal design
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Big brother (or daughter) is watching you.
There’s a good overview in the Times today of the new raft of technology that is available to monitor remotely the movement and habits of aging parents in their own homes. The aim of these systems is allow older people … Read More





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