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"One in three of us who live to 65 will have some form of dementia before we die. A million people in the UK will be living with the condition by 2021. But there's a difference between simply living and living well. The Design Council in partnership with the Department of Health has funded and supported the development of five innovative new design solutions to improve the quality of life for people living with dementia."

"My Life Software™ has developed Digital Reminiscence Therapy Software™, an innovative software solution that provides communication support and interactive games for the elderly and people with dementia. Designed by carers for carers, the product emanates from meticulous research and field testing involving frontline care workers, patients and family members - helping you to provide person-centred care at a fingers touch."

"As cheque books are phased out, pensioners who believe in "real money" are more and more likely to carry cash, with all the security risks that this involves. Special rates for on-line payments (including the escalating fuel bills) are penalising older customers financially, and I'd argue equally importantly, in unnecessary loss of independence. Anyway, I asked Mum what SHE thinks. These are her words, typed up on her computer  (no, she doesn't tell you that bit!) but she had forgotten how to "save" it and gave it to me printed out…."