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Breastscreening Australia breaks the taboo

Breast cancer screening is an essential tool for detecting breast cancer early when it is most treatable. However, there is often a taboo around breast screening, which can prevent women from getting screened. Eligibility for free screening mammograms with BreastScreen Australia starts at 40, with those aged 50 to 74…

Singapore Ministry of Ageing and active ageing centers

Singapore has several innovations to its credit and is showcased as a model economy. One such showcase topic is country's focus on successful ageing. Singapore has set up a Ministerial committee for Ageing, with the tag line I still feel young, which focuses on three key themes:- 1. Care for…

Sports treatments enter mainstream rehabilitation care

Using cold water as effective treatment option has been practiced from ancient ages. The advancements in medicine and technology evolved the discipline to modern Cryotherapy. Sports rehabilitation methods like cryotherapy were only used in sports medicine to help athletes recover from injuries faster. However, over time, these methods have found…

Aboriginal arts in cancer centre

Have you ever considered the role of art in cancer care, and how it can benefit patients and their families? In recent years, cancer centers have increasingly integrated the arts into their treatment and support programs, recognizing the potential for art to provide emotional and psychological support to those undergoing…

Simple but effective- Story of ORS

When Cholera and Diarrhoea where main killers earlier in the century, Intravenous (IV) fluids administered with apparatus with support from Doctor was considered to be more effective and efficient. The simplicity of solution and the way to administer Oral Rehydration Solution pioneered by Dilip Mahalanabis was challenged and never accepted,…

Puppy Bus Daycare

Having someone look after your dogs or other pets while you have been at work or busy, has gone on for a long time, however in the US and other countries an idea known as Doggy School Daycare has started to pick-up interest. The idea behind the system is that…

Smart use of fall detection technology in aged care

Not everyone is same. Customer segmentation as a concept doesn't go away when you age. Elders too have preferences and there is a market to service their diverse needs. Aged care homes have been experimenting with different concepts for making aged cares safe, engaging and comforting. Tigerplace is a industry…

Japan’s Future Lab creates IKEA like experience in agedcare

Customers who have bought from IKEA , will be familiar with the way the IKEA stores sell through a living experience than selling product features. A ideal living room is presented with different configuration of products providing ideas for customers to choose their products of choice. Japan's Future Care Lab…

Greencare Homes for semi-urban and rural population

With great advances in technology comes the great gift of living longer. The other side of this equation is the challenge of caring for the ageing population. Aged care models has different types of care from self-managed care to caring for people with chronic illness. Netherlands has been in the…

Integrating wellness at the point of work

Bundling complementary services has always been a strategy adopted by different business to increase their positioning with new customer segments. Mobile phone with accessory is a classic example. This established strategy becomes innovative when organizations find interesting propositions to up-sell and cross- sell services along with partner products. Large Australian…

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