{"id":3228,"date":"2025-04-09T11:51:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T10:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agefriendlyhomes.ie\/?p=3228"},"modified":"2025-04-09T11:53:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T10:53:06","slug":"age-friendly-ireland-meath-county-council-visit-to-norway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agefriendlyhomes.ie\/ga\/age-friendly-ireland-meath-county-council-visit-to-norway\/","title":{"rendered":"Age Friendly Ireland &amp; Meath County Council visit to Norway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Age Friendly Ireland and Meath County Council were delighted to visit Oslo recently and present at their national housing conference (Boligpulsen 2025) organised by Husbanken, the Norwegian state housing bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Declan Gaffney, National Technical Programme Manager provided attendees from Norway\u2019s municipalities and government departments with an overview on the Age Friendly Ireland Shared Service and Ireland\u2019s approach on the delivery of Age Friendly Housing for Ireland\u2019s ageing population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The presentation was followed by site visits of two age friendly housing developments for older persons in Oslo at Seniorhus and Kampen Omsorg+, with informative knowledge transfer sessions with Anne Berit Rafoss, Project Manager from Centre for an age-friendly Norway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/agefriendlyhomes.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250320_125857-1920x1440.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agefriendlyhomes.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250320_125857-960x720@2x.jpg 1920w, 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