London studio Pearson Lloyd has called on designers to take on more medical and accessible design projects, as it revealed its design for an aesthetically appealing stairlift called Flow X. More about Pearson Lloyd attempts to shift stigma around stairlifts with Flow X
Architect Sarah Wigglesworth has carried out an extensive upgrade and retrofit of the influential Stock Orchard Street home in London to improve its energy performance and age-proof its interiors. More about Sarah Wigglesworth future-proofs self-designed straw bale house in London
Lekker Architects and Lanzavecchia + Wai have designed an IKEA-inspired manual filled with tips and tricks on how to hack the Swedish company's products to better serve people living with dementia. More about Hack Care is an IKEA-style catalogue of DIY adjustments for dementia-friendly homes
Design graduate Dmytro Nikiforchuk has created a range of sex toys for the elderly, including a tickling thimble and an ear trumpet for listening to a lover's heartbeat. More about Dotyk by Dmytro Nikiforchuk is a range of sensory sex toys for older people
Dezeen Showroom: Eyra has collaborated with Sebastian Conran Associates to design a range of ergonomic kitchen utensils suited to people with limited wrist mobility. More about Eyra kitchen utensils by Eyra and Sebastian Conran Associates
As part of their VDF school show, graduates from York St John University are presenting interior designs for the elderly, which tackle loneliness and make life easier for those dealing with dementia or visual impairments. More about York St John interior design students reimagine spaces for the elderly
Tel Aviv's Amit Studio has opted for colourful details to add flair to this retirement housing development in Israel. More about Amit Studio designs elderly housing with "sense of vitality" in Israel
A group of engineers has created this exoskeleton that allows elderly users to enjoy activities like fishing, commuting and golfing for extended periods. More about Lex by Astride is a wearable chair that allows its user to sit anywhere
Morris + Company has completed a retirement living scheme with a bevelled brick facade for developer Pegasus Life in Hampstead, London. More about Morris + Company clads Hampstead retirement home in modulated brick
Montreal firm ACDF Architecture has designed a 30-storey tower to accommodate elderly housing in Quebec featuring interiors that are more akin to a boutique hotel. More about ACDF builds Panorama retirement home for "sophisticated seniors" on outskirts of Montreal
IKEA and Skanska are collaborating with the Queen of Sweden on an offshoot of their modular BoKlok housing that will meet the needs of the elderly and people with dementia. More about IKEA and Queen of Sweden adapt modular BoKlok housing for the elderly
Italian designer Elena Tamburini has created a collection of four everyday objects that aim to facilitate affection in elderly individuals and couples. More about Elena Tamburini's Filotea objects encourage affection in old age
AZL Architects has completed Song House, a concrete five-bedroom house adapted to the needs of its elderly and infirm occupants in the rural village of Nansong, China. More about AZL Architects wraps wheelchair ramp around multi-generational house
Morris + Company has staggered a terrace of brick houses for the elderly within the grounds of a 17th century mansion in Sevenoaks, Kent. More about Morris + Company completes Wildernesse Mews retirement homes in historic Kent estate
Nuno Piedade Alexandre has completed a black extension to an elderly care centre in the municipality of Ponte de Sor, Portugal, which is covered with protruding windows. More about Projecting windows "distort the facades" of Portuguese care home
Architect Guillem Carrera has completed an environmentally friendly elderly care home and day centre on a wedge-shaped plot in the Spanish village of Blancafort. More about Guillem Carrera's care home in northern Spain encourages residents to socialise
Central Saint Martins' graduate Magda Sabatowska has devised a cooking kit to help isolated elderly female residents of housing estates in Poland socialise with their neighbours. More about Subscription cookery kit is designed to help elderly women socialise
A+Awards: a 2016 Architizer A+Award was bestowed upon this retirement home in Western Australia, designed by Iredale Pedersen Hook Architects for an Aboriginal community affected by devastating floods. More about Iredale Pedersen Hook creates Walumba Elders Centre for flood-hit Australian Aboriginal community
DRDH Architects and Architecten de Vylder Vinck Tallieu have built an apartment complex and social centre for elderly people in Aarschot, Belgium, featuring simple materials, communal courtyards and few bold splashes of colour. More about DRDH and adVVT complete elderly home in Belgium featuring pared-back finishes and open-air courtyards
This installation at London's Design Museum strips household appliances back to their basics to make operation easier for an ageing population. More about Concept apartment by Future Facility gives older residents "revolutionary domestic independence"