Home & Living

"A Life in Color" tells the story of Eleanor Ambo's colorful life, of her individuality and great freedom - and touches a nerve that goes far beyond individual biographies: How do we want to grow old? The film will be...

More and more Austrians are having doubts about a sufficiently high state pension: this is the mood of a new 2026 pension study. 40 percent rate their own risk of poverty in old age as high.

Cities face the major challenge of adapting to the needs of older people and people with dementia. With its "Dementievriendelijk Brugge" project, the city of Bruges (Belgium) shows what a liveable, integrative city can look like.

If you are building, buying or renovating a house in or for old age, it is best to think without thresholds. We give tips on how to recognize whether a house is suitable for old age - and how to...

Care and support in rural areas can be organized: With the targeted use of technology, well-planned networks and the involvement of civil society and volunteers.

Adapting the living environment for the elderly means designing living spaces in such a way that people can live in them safely for as long as possible.

Automation and comfort solutions play a crucial role for people with reduced mobility. Our quality of life in old age depends on how practical and forward-looking we have planned our household. This also relieves the burden on family structures.

The requirements for residential construction change over time. Because we are facing a radical change: the care of the future will increasingly take place at home.

With the demographic challenges, more and more strategies are emerging to offer older people guidance and support and to make their life in cities easier.

In view of global warming, heat protection for senior citizens is a major issue. We use Masdar City/Abu Dhabi as an example of the construction tricks we can learn from heat regions.