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    Bringing female migrants and care together

    13.05.2025 Ukrainian women learn what it is like to work in an institution for the elderly. The taster day was organised by a BFH student as part of the Certificate of Engagement in Sustainability (CES).

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    Digital inclusion is good for everyone

    25.04.2025 With the impending revision of the law, digital inclusion has become a key issue for organisations. Sarah Ebling (University of Zurich) and Thomas Gees (BFH) put things into perspective and explain where to...

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    Improving the quality of life of elderly people with music

    10.04.2025 Using music to engage the minds and emotions of elderly people: the cross-disciplinary optional programme ‘BFH diagonal’ has a new module that teaches interdisciplinary skills from the fields of music and...

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    Social assistance: a “change in direction” to overcome feelings of resignation

    10.03.2025 People who have been receiving social benefits for an extended period of time develop feelings of resignation as they see no prospect of improvement. BFH conducted a trial on a counselling approach called...

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    Wanted: High-skill refugees/migrants looking to work in their professional fields

    06.03.2025 The Hack Integration project aims to help high-skill refugees and migrants improve their chances of entering their trained occupations by attending hackathons-events where they can demonstrate their skills...

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    Menopause is not just a women’s issue

    24.01.2025 Our society is ageing. Up to now, one aspect of the demographic discourse has been largely ignored: the menopause. Researchers at BFH want to include the topic in two studies.

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    Addressing the quality of life in dementia

    28.11.2024 Can people with dementia have a good quality of life? A study conducted by three BFH researchers aims to get to the bottom of this question.

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    Wanted: Hackathon organizers interested in diversity and inclusion

    20.11.2024 The Hack Integration project aims to foster more diverse and inclusive hackathons, bringing high-skill refugees to events, and using suggested team algorithms to form diverse and inclusive teams. To this...

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    Homeless seniors: life in the shadows

    11.11.2024 The lives of older homeless adults, some without shelter for years, are poorly documented. With its research project, BFH aims to lay the foundations for more targeted support for homeless seniors.

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    “A piece of the puzzle for greater autonomy for older people”

    06.11.2024 The Federal Council aims to support independent living for older adults by providing supplementary benefits for daily support services. Social gerontologist Riccardo Pardini puts the bill in context.

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    ‘We are encouraged to shape our own passing.’

    03.10.2024 People live longer today, and they die longer, too. This creates new opportunities to shape our end-of-life experience. BFH researchers have recently published a book on this topic.

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    Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: there’s still much to be done

    15.05.2024 The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities came into force ten years ago. Switzerland pledged to eliminate obstacles faced by people with impairments. How much progress has been made so far?

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