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  • May 20, 2009
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  • Mary Warnock on the role of older people in society and how we treat them | Comment is free | The Observer
    Looking after the old ought essentially to be a matter of trying to understand what they like and hate, what they have always liked and hated, and of trying to protect them, not against their own supposed mental frailty and dependence, but against a life bereft of any of the pleasures they value.
    (tags: ageing society dementia)
  • Ghost Estates of the Irish Property Bubble
    Google Map of Irish housing estates that have been weather-proofed and then abandoned by hard up developers who can't afford to finish them or can't sell them
    (tags: Ireland creditcrunch housing development)
  • Christopher Manthorp on a unique approach to dementia care | Society | The Guardian
    Anyone interested in design contributing to better lives for people with dementia should visit The Russets. It is home to 71 people, but has three "houses" separated into two units, each for around 15 people, which gives it a human scale that makes for friendships and interactions.
    (tags: dementia design housing longtermcare)
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