Redefining independent living: insights from Southwark’s Serious Game

Comment03.11.23by Alison Benzimra

The aim of the game? Players collaboratively develop and implement a housing plan for the ageing population of fictional ‘Hope Town’. Alison Benzimra shares insights from the Serious Game in Southwark

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