Fit for purpose ageing cities

... and can sit down More than 1,000 corner shops have enjoyed a sales boost as a result of applying for an “age-friendly” designation and receiving folding seats They also need to agree to offer regular ... awards, defined on the basis of perks such as flexible working, training and professional development for older people, and initiatives such as mutually beneficial mentoring This might in...

Ngày tải lên: 04/12/2015, 00:09

... upgrades if it is their tenants who benefit in the form of lower energy bills And property owners may find it hard to switch their buildings to cleaner forms of energy, such as natural gas, if ... developing world, where cities are expanding most rapidly, the challenge is often access to financing for energy efficiency, carbon reduction or climate resilience projects For this reason, th...

Ngày tải lên: 04/12/2015, 00:09

... departments earmarked for expansion can be afforded space to extend outwards This can be achieved by surrounding them with so-called “soft space”—such as staff rooms—which can be easily repurposed and ... office block to be used for patient accommodation and administrative space Such buildings, incorporating simple innovations such as natural air flow and window views for bedridden pati...

Ngày tải lên: 04/12/2015, 00:09

... wait While the take-up of the device may be good news for patients, it may not be entirely good news for drug manufacturers: “It is very common for drugs designed to prevent high blood pressure not ... adherence to treatment— especially when they begin to feel better Efforts to enhance the use of technology here are continuing The EU’s Healthcare 2020 project has invested billions of...

Ngày tải lên: 04/12/2015, 00:09

... variation in the extent to which even the most advanced economies allow clinicians to move health data between different levels of the healthcare system “To a certain extent, we have allowed for regional- ... analyse enormous volumes of data in order to learn more about disease management and treatment and engage with patients The most lucrative prospects for big data are in...

Ngày tải lên: 04/12/2015, 00:10

... centrally operated scheme to provide for the healthcare of its newly affluent population Vietnam is also making similar efforts The emerging economies that can get this formula right will ultimately ... The ceiling on hospital care costs is set at six times the average annual income—still crippling for many people who not have additional insurance Even so, Jin Xu, a PhD student being fund...

Ngày tải lên: 04/12/2015, 00:10

... before examining population ageing – the SIHC needs to be reweighted for tax simulation purposes.3 Reweighting to allow for population ageing is examined in Section IV, which makes use of ABS population ... Publishing Ltd / University of Adelaide and Flinders University 2006 2006 ACCOUNTING FOR POPULATION AGEING 25 undertake a qualifying study and again this informa...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 10:20

... by time scale cities current cities short term 10 cities medium term cities long term cities current city short term cities medium term cities no time scale reported 32 cities report increased ... cities have reported to CDP in 2012 Fig Number of participating cities that reported city-wide emissions, by region North America 17 Latin America Europe 19 of 21 cities...

Ngày tải lên: 25/02/2014, 01:20

... performance Don’t stop me now 21 Policy and performance 33  reparedness for an ageing population P varies across the country There is no straightforward correlation between preparedness and/or ... to outcomes, and demonstrate value for money (Table 3) Source: Audit Commission 2008 Policy and performance Don’t stop me now 25 Policy and performance Table Linking expen...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 23:20

... Copyright © 2004 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Click here for terms of use viii Foreword Fit for Golf everything he knows about exercise for golfers into this book, which is almost sure to help Although ... Fit for GOLF A Personalized Conditioning Routine to Help You Improve Your Score, Hit the Ball Farther, and Enjoy the Game More Fit for GOLF Boris Kuzmic with Jim...

Ngày tải lên: 18/03/2014, 01:21

... Comorbidity Index [19], APACHE11 Severity of Illness Scale [20], the Barthel Index (BI) [8,21], Hierarchical Assessment of Balance and Mobility (HABAM) [5] and the new mobility items The BI and HABAM ... administer the DEMMI was rounded to the nearest 30 seconds and was recorded using a stop watch Phase 4: Final DEMMI refinement and validation in an independent sample Prio...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... [http://www.dol.govt.nz/futureofwork/workforceageing.asp] International Labour Organisation [http://laborsta.ilo.org/] Downloaded on 18 Jan 06 British Geriatrics Society: Standards of Medical Care for Older People: Expectations and ... principles and experience of geriatric medicine Mild cognitive impairment and falls in the workplace are two examples of syndromes associated with ageing...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 00:20

... dramatically over the past 20 years, mortality has remained almost the same [1,11] These observations highlight the need for effective intervention methods for this highly lethal syndrome Moreover, ... process to a more critical care approach using more physiologic endpoints such as urinary output and other measurements, so the trend in burn resuscitation is shifting the fo...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:21

... spite of he had practiced for many hours, George failed driving ENGLISH 10 TEST FOR the third time b Although! Despite his many hours of practice, George failed his driving test again c Although/ ... colleges and universities consist mainly of family homes and multiENGLISH 10 TEST FOR blocks -an ideal situation for students looking for a home stay or to rent Sydney's ne...

Ngày tải lên: 24/07/2015, 07:06

... understanding of how the fitness for purpose of technological outcomes may be broadly interpreted involves discussing the value of using fitness for purpose in the broadest sense for evaluating existing technological ... Achieved To demonstrate understanding of how the fitness for purpose of technological outcomes can be bro...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2015, 01:23