What is it Like to Live with Hearing Loss?

On Wednesday, 4 July 2018, Ellis Jones and innovAGEING brought together 25 executives, referral organisations, designers, architects, researchers and academics from across the aged care sector. In Ellis Jones’ Realm of Possibilities workshop space, people rolled-up their sleeves and got out of their comfort zone for our event – Design for social innovation. The future of aged care. The Ellis Jones... Read More

Many people forget that memory is like a muscle – it needs to be trained to preserve its strength. It’s normal to experience memory lapses over time, as the part of your brain that creates and retrieves memories – the hippocampus – loses 5% of nerve cells every decade. For many seniors, it is beyond... Read More

In May and June this year, our team embarked on a Lantern Aged Care Food Safari at 8 identified innovative aged care organisations (Feroscare Residential, NoosaCare, HammondCare, Salvation Army, Feroscare Community, RSL Care, Arcare, Crowley) in Australia with the purpose to immerse within their food culture and walk in the shoes of the staff. Food... Read More