Multi-Generation Houses: Extended Family’s Comeback

You get on better together – that is the people’s motto who team up in order to live altogether in multi-generation houses. Young and old feel attracted by the idea of living in a vivid house community where neighbours have more in common than a “hello” in the hallway.  Multi-Generation Houses: Extended Family’s Comeback - read more

Multi-Generation Living: „Residents Benefit from the Different Life Situations“

Living together, helping each other, counteracting solitariness and isolation – these are the ideas which underlay multi-generation projects. However, sometimes it may get tough, for example when different needs and lifestyles of young and old residents collide. REHACARE.de talked to a mediator and sociologist about generation gaps, rules and bobby cars in the hallway. Multi-Generation Living: „Residents Benefit from the Different Life Situations“ - read more

„Using Easy Language has just being started” – Wolgang Wessels about Easy Language for accessible living

„Accessible Living for people with a learning disability“ is a lecture held in German at REHACARE 2009. Wolfgang Wessels of the research institute technology for the Disabled in Volmarstein talks with REHACARE.de about which barriers exist for learning disabled people in their environment and how “Easy Language” can help them.  „Using Easy Language has just being started” – Wolgang Wessels about Easy Language for accessible living - read more

Down Syndrome: Three Sisters and Their Own House

Three sisters – one house. Although Stefanie, Petra and Ulrike have Down syndrome they have live in a house on their own. Almost on their own – for their parents live vis-à-vis and help the young women. Down Syndrome: Three Sisters and Their Own House - read more

Big Freedom. How A Nursing Home Resident Became Her Own Boss.

Disabled people often get to hear that they cost a lot. Some of them think: “If I had the power to handle that money I could use it much more efficiently.” This describes the idea behind the German personal budget which has been tested in model projects since 1998. Big Freedom. How A Nursing Home Resident Became Her Own Boss. - read more

Story of Success: Hotel for Handicaps

The house was intended to give disabled children a home for the future where they live and work together. Today it is a small barrier free three star hotel where most of the employees are handicapped.  Story of Success: Hotel for Handicaps - read more

Not Without My Son

Becoming a mother is not hard, but being a mother is very hard. Especially for women with a mental disability, parenthood doesn’t come easy. In order for them to successfully master every day life with a child, they can apply a concept which is especially tailored to fit them: Facilitated Parenthood. Not Without My Son - read more

„Technology Cannot Substitute Staff“ - Udo Gaden about Ambient Assisted Living

In future, more and more people will need assistance but fewer nurses will be available. New technologies may help to overcome this gap. REHACARE.de talked with Udo Gaden, manager of the Ambient Assisted Living GmbH, about the EU support programme "Ambient Assisted Living" which deals, among other things, with bed mattresses and cookers that can both release alarms.  „Technology Cannot Substitute Staff“ - Udo Gaden about Ambient Assisted Living - read more

Click by Click

To catch up on information for moving into another town through the internet can be quite bothersome. Especially when you are looking for wheelchair accessible offerings. Click by Click - read more

„Thinking About Nursing Home Care Early"

Getting old healthily at home – this is what everyone would like. However, fate sometimes has different plans. Those who cannot be cared for at home anymore, often have to go into nursing homes. REHACARE.de asked Claus Bölicke how to avoid that a removal into a care home becomes a horror trip for people in need of care and their relatives. „Thinking About Nursing Home Care Early" - read more

Flat Sharing for Elderly with Dementia

Flat sharing for people with dementia is a modern alternative to life in a care home. The congress concerned with care at REHACARE 2006 presented problems with this new way of caring for the elderly and how to solve these.  Flat Sharing for Elderly with Dementia - read more

Living With Dementia Demands Better Design

( Source: REHACARE.de )

[10/05/2010] New research has revealed how design can improve the quality of life for people with dementia. The researchers hope that it will form a blueprint for future building, lay-out and management of care homes. Living With Dementia Demands Better Design - read more

Sense of Home in Residential Care

( Source: REHACARE.de )

[23/04/2010] Moving into a nursing home means a lot of changes for the elderly. The feeling of being at home is very important their quality of life, a thesis reveals. Sense of Home in Residential Care - read more

Home Sweet Home - with Stumbling Blocks

Ten percent said that they could not move around their own flat without problems due to age or mobility. That was the result of a pan-european study called LARES (Large Analysis and Review of Housing and Health Status). Home Sweet Home - with Stumbling Blocks - read more

Hispanic Elderly More Likely to Live in Inferior Nursing Homes

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[08/01/2010] Hispanic senior citizens are living in nursing homes in ever-increasing numbers, but they face a gap in their quality of care compared to white residents.  Hispanic Elderly More Likely to Live in Inferior Nursing Homes - read more