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Nursing Homes: Insure To Ensure Quality Care, Singapore Management University
Nursing Homes: Insure To Ensure Quality Care, Singapore Management University
Perspectives@SMU
Women are more likely to need nursing care, but few – men or women – can afford it in old age
Retirement Villages: Golden Years In A Golden Community, Singapore Management University
Retirement Villages: Golden Years In A Golden Community, Singapore Management University
Perspectives@SMU
Putting the folks in a retirement home might actually be the best thing you can do for them, if you can afford it
Unmet Needs In Portugal: Tradition And Emerging Trends, Helena Gata, Sara Almeida
Unmet Needs In Portugal: Tradition And Emerging Trends, Helena Gata, Sara Almeida
Social Space
An indepth study on the unmet needs in Portugal was conducted by Tecnologia, Educação, Saúde e Engenharia (TESE ) with Dinamia-CET from the Lisbon University Institute from 2008 to 2010. Helena Gata and Sara Almeida offer us the first English translation on its findings and update us on the programmes created in response to the needs and vulnerable groups identified.
People Powered Social Innovation: The Need For Citizen Engagement, Julie Simon, Anna Davies
People Powered Social Innovation: The Need For Citizen Engagement, Julie Simon, Anna Davies
Social Space
Citizen engagement is widely regarded as critical to the development and implementation of social innovation. What is citizen engagement? What does it mean in the context of social innovation? Julie Simon and Anna Davies discuss the importance as well as the implications of engaging the ground.