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Your postcode shouldn’t determine your shelf life . But in the UK, it does .

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By Amir Khan, Will Mellor Verified, Maureen Burke
| healthequals.org.uk
Right now, people in some parts of the UK are living up to 18 years less than in others. That’s up to 18 years of life marked down. Not because of bad luck or individual choices alone, but because of conditions that we are born, live and work in: whether we can afford to heat our homes, breathe clean air, access decent housing, find secure work, and have enough money to live well. This life expectancy gap is unjust and avoidable. Change is possible if government start taking these issues seriously.
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Exploring the value of multi-sensory aids in co-designing assistive home devices for older adults with cognitive impairment

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By Leila Aflatoony, Jennifer Dubose, Maureen Burke
| Taylor & Francis Online
We would like to express our gratitude to all the seniors with cognitive impairment and their caregivers who participated in this research, as well as to our colleagues at Emory and the staff at the Cognitive Empowerment Program for their invaluable support. No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).
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Exploring the value of multi-sensory aids in co-designing assistive home devices for older adults with cognitive impairment

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By Jennifer Dubose, Maureen Burke, Leila Aflatoony
| Taylor & Francis Online
ABSTRACT In this study, we aimed to investigate the benefits of co-design prompts/aids in the development of assistive devices for and with older adults who have cognitive impairment (CI), with the goal of improving their ability to live independently at home. We conducted a series of co-design workshops and utilized eight sets of multi-sensory aids to explore their values and effectiveness in engaging older adults with CI in co-design processes.
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