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Latest posts from the Global Ageing Network Blog

• 20 March: IAHSA at the United Nations
• 14 April: State of Technology in Ageing Services
• 10 April: Ageing in China

IAHSA is making it easier for you to get the latest ageing services headlines around the world. Every day the IAHSA Home page features top stories from international sources but there is often more news then can fit on one page. Additional stories are stored here and can be viewed at any time.

• Stop talking, start acting on elderly care, governments told
  UNITED KINGDOM: Senior doctors will meet with Euro MPs in Brussels today in a bid iron out inequalities in the long-term care of older people across Europe.
  
  
• Tea time goes High Tec
  AUSTRALIA: Having a humble cuppa could help older Australians stay safe in the future, a seniors group says.
  
  
• IT Device Use Growing Popular With Elderly
  SOUTH KOREA: High-tech gadgets such as digital cameras, MP3 players and other devices have been considered the exclusive domain of the younger generation, but are gaining rapid popularity with senior citizens.

• Meeting Japan’s Aging Challenge
  An article by CSIS Global Aging Initiative
  March 2008
  
  "Japan has entered an age of fullfledged population decline. The nation’s total fertility rate, which is the average number of children a woman will bear over her lifetime, was 1.32 in 2006."
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• The Global Impact of Dementia
  An article by AARP International
  Winter 2007
  
  "Globally, the number of people over 60 will rise to 2 billion by 2050. But there is another side to this, as the number of people with dementia will also rise dramatically. Though dementia research is promising, governments around the world must prepare for a future global dementia crisis."
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• The Mature@eu Project
  On on-line resource Supporting Employers Recruiting and Selecting Mature Aged Persons
  
  
  "Age discrimination is probably the least understood and least recognised of the varied social prejudices that affect the life of the populations of member-states of the European Community."
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