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Keynote lectures : program now available !

John E. MORLEY
« Clinical practice in nursing homes as a tool for progress »

Robert N. BUTLER
« Longevity, health and wealth »

Luigi FERRUCCI
« Place of sarcopenia in the frailty syndrome »

Réjean HEBERT
« An urgent need to improve life conditions of seniors »

Norah KEATING
« Critical reflections on families of older adults »

John CAMM
« State of art in Atrial Fibrillation management in the elderly »

Michael W. WEINER
« Alzheimer Disease : New Finding from ADNI »  


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Biological Sciences
Health Sciences / Geriatric Medecine
Behavioural and psychological sciences
Social Research, Policy and Practice

 

Biological Sciences

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  1. GENETIC, EPIGENETIC AND POST-TRANSLATIONAL MECHANISMS OF AGING
    Ladislas ROBERT, Hötel Dieu Hospital, Univ. Paris 5, France
  2. AGING AND ANTI-AGING NON INFLAMMATORY PROTEINS
    ERIC BOULANGER, AGING BIOLOGY, France
  3. TELOMERE DYNAMICS AND CARDIOVASCULAR AGING
    Athanase Benetos, University of Nancy, France
  4. IMMUNOSENESCENCE: STATE OF THE ART
    Tamas Fulop, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada
  5. NONCODING RNA AND EPIGENETIC CONTROL OF AGING: FROM WORM TO MAN
    Eugenia Wang, University of Louisville, United States of America
  6. MELATONIN, BIORHYTHMES AND AGING
    Vladimir Anisimov, N.N.Petrov Research Institute of Oncology, Russian Federation
  7. MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF BRAIN AGING AND AGE-RELATED NEURODEGENERATION: GENETICS, SIGNALING, CYTOSKELETAL ABNORMALITY, AND PROTEIN TOXICITY
    Nozomu Mori, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Japan
  8. ESSENTIAL TRACE ELEMENT (ZN, CR, SE) DEFICIENCIES IN ELDERLY: WHICH POLICY OF SUPPLEMENTATION?? SYMPOSIUM ORGANISED BY SFERETE(FRENCH SOCIETY FOR TRACE ELEMENT RESEARCH) AND TEU(TRACE ELEMENT INSTITUTE FOR UNESCO/LYON
    Anne-Marie Roussel, Universite Joseph Fourier, France
  9. AGEING BONE AND GENETICS
    Serge FERRARI, Service des maladies osseuses, Switzerland
  10. AGEING IS NO LONGER AN UNSOLVED BIOLOGICAL PROBLEM (SUPPORTED BY THE ELLISON MEDICAL FOUNDATION AND CO-SPONSORED BY THE GERONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA)
    Leonard Hayflick, University of California, San Francisco, United States
  11. NUTRITION AND BRAIN AGING: PRIMING THE BRAIN AGAINST THE RAVAGES OF TIME
    James Joseph, USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, United States
  12. WHY WE AGE: THE MODERN SYNTHESIS
    Robin Holliday, The Australian Academy of Science, Australia
  13. THE GENETIC COMPONENT OF AGING AND LONGEVITY: A REAPPRAISAL.
    Giuseppe Passarino, University of Calabria, Italy
  14. IMPLICATION OF BUTYRYLCHOLINESTERASE IN DEMENTIA: PRECLINICAL AND CLINICAL EVIDENCES
    THIERRY DANTOINE, Hospital University of Limoges, France
  15. COPING WITH ELASTIC TISSUES AGEING
    Pascal Sommer, CNRS, France
  16. GH/IGF-1 AND INSULIN SIGNALING IN MAMMALS AND ITS RELEVANCE TO HUMAN LONGEVITY
    Pierrette Gaudreau, University of Montreal, Canada
  17. HEALTHY AGEING: POPULATION STUDIES ON BIOLOGICAL, CLINICAL AND PSYCHOSOCIAL DETERMINANTS
    Thomas Kirkwood, Newcastle University, United Kingdom
  18. PLEIOTROPIC ANTAGONISM: AGE-DEPENDENT DISEASES AS THE PRICE FOR THE VIGOUR OF YOUTH
    Georg Wick, Innsbruck Medical University , Austria
  19. VASCULAR AGING, CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES
    Francesco Mattace-Raso, Erasmus university medical center, The Netherlands
  20. ROLE OF CELLULAR SENESCENCE AND OXIDATIVE STRESS IN TISSUE AGEING. A LINK-AGE SPONSORED SYMPOSIUM
    Olivier Toussaint, University of Namur, Belgium
Health Sciences / Geriatric Medecine

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  1. MULTI-SYSTEM GERIATRIC TRAUMA: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
    WM. CAMERON CHUMLEA, Lifespan health research center, United States
  2. "DIAPPERS ARE FOR BABIES" OR THE BIG REVOLUTION IN THE MANAGEMENT OF GERIATRIC URINARY INCONTINENCE
    Jacques Corcos, Mcgill university, Canada
  3. TECHNOLOGY, ETHICS AND DEMENTIA CARE: FROM TRUE NEEDS TO THOROUGHLY ASSESSED RESPONSES
    Vincent Rialle, University Joseph Fourier & University Hospital of Grenoble, France
  4. MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT - DISCUSSED AND LESS DISCUSSED ISSUES
    Perla Werner, University of Haifa, Israel
  5. REDUCED FUNCTIONAL STATUS IN ELDERLY PEOPLE: CONSEQUENCES AND PHYSIOLOGICAL DETERMINANTS
    William Evans, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, United States
  6. CANADIAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY SYMPOSIUM: DEVELOPING AND ASSESSING GERIATRICS CURRICULUM – TRAINING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF AN AGING SOCIETY
    Christopher Frank, Canadian Geriatrics Society, Canada
  7. APPROACHES TO FRAILTY IN THE AMERICAS
    Rafael Samper-Ternent, University of Texas Medical Branch, United States
  8. THE PREVENTION OF IATROGENIC DISEASE WHEN PRESCRIBING DRUGS AND PROCEDURES
    Knight Steel, Hackensack University Medical Center, United States
  9. PAQUID : ALREADY TWENTY YEARS !
    Jean François Dartigues, INSERM U 897, France
  10. IMAGING DEMENTIA IN ELDERLY
    Pierre Krolak-Salmon, Centre Mémoire Ressources Recherche de Lyon, France
  11. NUTRITION AND AGE-RELATED DISEASES OF THE BRAIN AND EYE
    Pascale Barberger-Gateau, INSERM U897, university of Bordeaux, France
  12. PAIN ASSESSMENT AND PAIN TREATMENT APPROACHES IN OLDER PERSONS
    Gisèle PICKERING, Clinical Pharmacology Department, INSERM U766 and CIC501, France
  13. NUTRITIONAL EVIDENCE FOR SLOWING DOWN AGEING PATHOLOGIES
    Lisette CPGM De Groot, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
  14. FOR A NEW DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
    Bruno DUBOIS, Salpetriere University Hospital, France
  15. STUDIES OF TELEHEALTH AND TELECARE SERVICES FOR OLDER ADULTS WITH CHRONIC ILLNESSES AND THEIR FAMILY CAREGIVERS: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
    Elizabeth Hanson, University of Kalmar, Sweden
  16. E-SERVICES FOR A DIETARY APPROACH IN AGEING PROCESS AND ELDERLY MALNUTRITION
    Lorenzo Maria Donini, University of Rome - Sapienza, Italy
  17. GERIATRIC PALLIATIVE MEDICINE
    Sophie Pautex, Coordinator EUGMS interest group PC, Switzerland
  18. RECENT ADVANCES IN NURSING HOME CARE: THE AMDA SYMPOSIUM
    John Morley, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, United States
  19. THE GERIATRIC DIMENSION OF CANCER
    Lazzaro Repetto, INRCA, Italy
  20. TARGETED GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT IN PRIMARY CARE - AN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH COLLABORATION.
    Ian Philp, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
  21. THE CENTRAL CONTROL OF MOBILITY IN OLDER ADULTS
    Joe Verghese, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, United States
  22. NURSING BEST PRACTICE GUIDELINE IMPLEMENTATION: KNOWLEDGE TRANSLATION FOR IMPROVED OUTCOMES
    Lynn McCleary, Brock University, Canada
  23. AMBIENT ASSISTED LIVING TECHNOLOGIES IN AN AGING WORLD
    Victor Hirth, University of South Carolina / Palmetto Health, United States
  24. DIFFERENT PATHWAYS FOR A COMMON PURPOSE: TEACHING GERIATRIC MEDICINE FOR UNDERGRADUATES STUDENTS
    Roberto Kaplan, National University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
  25. HOW TO OPTIMIZE DRUG THERAPY IN OLDER PATIENTS?
    Joel BELMIN, Hop Charles Foix and Universite Paris 6, France
  26. THE AGING EYE – EPIDEMIOLOGY, QUALITY OF LIFE AND ULTRA-CENTENARIAN VISION
    MARCELA CYPEL, UNIFESP, Brazil
  27. HEALTHY AGEING AND PREVENTABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES VACCINES OK
    Jean-Pierre MICHEL, EUGMS - European Union Geriatric Medicine Society, Switzerland
  28. SKELETAL MUSCLE POWER AND AGING: BIOLOGICAL DETERMINANTS AND FUNCTIONAL IMPLICATIONS.
    Roger Fielding, Tufts University, United States of America
  29. DEPRESSION AS A COMORBIDITY WITH CHRONIC ILLNESS: LONGITUDINAL RESEARCH FROM THE DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING WORLD.
    Parkinson Lynne, University of Newcastle, Australia
  30. ETHNOGERIATRICS - DIFFERENCE IN SCREENING FOR GASTROINTESTINAL CANCER IN ELDERLY BETWEEN ORIENTALS AND WESTERNS
    Chang Won Won, Kyunghee University, College of Medicine, Korea, Republic of
  31. OBESITY IN OLD AGE
    Marjolein Visser, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  32. ANTI HYPERTENSIVE THERAPY AND COGNITIVE FUNCTION
    Olivier Hanon, Broca hospital, France
  33. NUTRITION AS A DETERMINANT OF SUCCESSFUL AGING : LONGITUDINAL AND INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES FROM THE NUAGE STUDY
    Hélène Payette, Research Center on Aging - HSSC-UIGS, Canada
  34. FOSTERING THE PARTICIPATION OF OLDER SUBJECTS IN CLINICAL TRIALS
    Antonio Cherubini, EUGMS, Italy
  35. THE INTERNATIONAL DATABASE INQUIRY ON FRAILTY (FRDATA): A COMMON APPROACH TO A COMPLEX PROBLEM
    Howard Bergman, Jewish General Hospital - McGill University, Canada
  36. PSYCHOLOGY OF FRAILTY
    Howard Fillit, Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation, United States
  37. ANTI-AGEING MEDICINE: A REALITY OR FICTION?
    Domenico Cucinotta, Villa laura hospital, Italy
  38. GERIATRIC CO-MANAGEMENT OF PROXIMAL FEMUR FRACTURES: A TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT APPROACH FOR FRAIL OLDER ADULTS
    Susan Friedman, University of Rochester, United States
  39. VITAMIN D IN THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND TREATMENT OF THE FRAILTY SYNDROME
    Gustavo Duque, Nepean Clinical School - University of Sydney, Australia
  40. SUPPORT PROGRAMS FOR COMMUNITY-DWELLING FRAIL ELDERLY PATIENTS AT THE HOSPITAL-COMMUNITY INTERFACE: A HONG KONG EXPERIENCE
    Tak Kwan Kong, Hong Kong Geriatrics Society, Hong Kong
  41. NATION WIDE IMPLEMENTATION OF EVIDENCE BASED FALL PREVENTION PROGRAMMES
    John Campbell, University of Otago, New Zealand
  42. HEART FAILURE IN THE VERY ELDERLY
    Olivier Hanon, Broca hospital, France
  43. MULTIMORBIDITY: THE SYNDROME OF THE AGING POPULATION
    Laura Fratiglioni, Aging Research Center, Karolinska Institute, Sweden
  44. HOW TO IMPROVE THE CARE OF ELDERLY PEOPLE WITH DIABETES? THE ALFEDIAM/SFGG FRENCH-SPEAKING GROUP FOR THE STUDY OF DIABETES IN THE ELDERLY.
    Isabelle Bourdel-Marchasson, CHU Bordeaux; university Bordeaux2, France
  45. STATE OF THE ART AND RESEARCH AGENDA FOR MALNUTRITION IN THE ELDERLY
    Marco Inzitari, Institute on Aging of the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain
  46. NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND TREATMENT OF GERIATRIC ANOREXIA/CACHEXIA
    Shing-shing Yeh, Northport VAMC, United States
  47. GERIATRIC COMPETENCIES FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS
    Rosanne Leipzig, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, United States
  48. A NEW APPROACH TO FALLS AND OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES IN AGEING POPULATION
    Manuel Montero Odasso, University of Western Ontario, Canada
  49. NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT IN NURSING HOMES
    Juergen Bauer, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
  50. SUPPORTIVE CARE OF THE OLDER CANCER PATIENT
    Muriel Rainfray, SFGG, France
  51. PHYSICAL ACTIVITY FOR OLDER PERSONS
    Louis Bherer, Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal, Canada
  52. SARCOPENIA: DEFINITIONS, RISK FACTORS AND TREATMENT
    Stefan Czerwinski, Wright State University, United States
  53. PHYSICAL FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE IN OLDER ADULTS IN ITALY, SWITZERLAND, AND THE UNITED STATES
    M. Elaine Cress, University of Georgia, United States
  54. INCREASING THE PARTICIPATION OF THE ELDERLY IN CLINICAL TRIALS (PREDICT)
    Gary Mills, Royal Hallamshire Hospital and MERCS, United Kingdom
  55. HOW TO ASSESS AND MODIFY THE FALLING RISK AMONG OLDER ADULTS ?
    Athanase BENETOS, University Hospital, France
  56. EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVES ON TEACHING GERIATRIC MEDICINE. A JOINED EUGMS AND IAGG-ER SYMPOSIUM
    Eva Topinkova, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
  57. THE WAR AGAINST POLYPHARMACY- RETHINKING AND RE-EVALUATION NEEDED FOR EACH AND EVERY DRUG IN THE ELDERLY
    DORON GARFINKEL, SHOHAM GERIATRIC MEDICAL CENTER, Israel
  58. RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS IN THE ELDERLY : CHALLENGES IN 2009
    Gaëtan Gavazzi, Clinique Universitaire de médecine gériatrique , France
  59. INTEREST FOR MEASURING BLOOD PRESSURE AND ARTERIAL STIFFNESS FOR THE EVALUATION OF CARDIOVASCULAR RISK IN INSTITUTIONALIZED ELDERLY PEOPLE OVER 80
    Athanase Benetos, University hospital of Nancy, France
  60. VISION AND HEARING IMPAIRMENT IN THE ELDERLY – IMPLICATIONS FOR HEALTH, FUNCTION AND SOCIAL LIFE
    Else Vengnes Grue, Diakonhjemmet University College, Norway
  61. DEFINING SARCOPENIA--- SUMMING UP AN EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACH FROM POPULATION STUDIES
    Tamara Harris, Laborarory of Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry, United States
  62. FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STUDY OF COGNITION IN HEALTHY AGING AND NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES.
    Oury Monchi, Montreal Geriatric's Institute, University of Montreal, Canada
  63. EXPERIENCES OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR OLDER AGE
    Elisabeth Steinhagen-Thiessen, Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
  64. EMERGENCY MEDICINE IN THE ELDERLY: HOW TO IMPROVE MANAGEMENT ?
    Jacques BODDAERT, CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière - APHP, France
  65. PERSPECTIVES ON HEALTHY AGING
    Anne B. Newman, University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health, United States
  66. THE MNA® REVISITED: WHAT DOES THE DATA TELL US?
    Patricia Anthony, Nestlé Nutrition, Switzerland
  67. FALLS IN THE ELDERLY: RECENT FINDINGS AND ONGOING RESEARCH ON DETECTION OF ‘AT-RISK’ ELDERLY POPULATIONS.
    Frederic Bloch, Hopital Broca (AP-HP), France
  68. OUTCOME ASSESSMENTS AMONG GERIATRIC PATIENTS IN INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE
    Hans Juergen Heppner, University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
  69. SUPPORT TO DEVELOP GERIATRIC MEDICINE IN COUNTRIES WITHOUT ACCEPTED SPECIALTY
    Dieter Luettje, Klinikum Osnabrueck, Germany
  70. TELEMEDICINE AND TELEHEALTH SERVICES IN THE HOME OF THE ELDERLY: EXPERIENCES AND BLOKERS
    Pierre Rumeau, CHU-Toulouse, France
  71. THE CALIFORNIA FALL PREVENTION CENTER OF EXCELLENCE: A MODEL WITH INTERNATIONAL APPLICATIONS
    Laurence Rubenstein, UCLA-VA Medical Center, United States of America
  72. ANEMIA IN THE ELDERLY:EMERGING CONCEPTS IN OCCURRENCE, CAUSE, AND TREATMENT
    William Ershler, National Institute on Aging, NIH, United States
  73. WHY PALLIATIVE CARE NEEDS GERIATRICS
    Giovanni Gambassi, Università Cattolica Sacro Cuore, Italy
  74. CACHEXIA: A NEW GERIATRIC SYNDROME?
    Yann Colardelle, LMS Group, France
  75. OPTIMAL PHARMACOTHERAPY IN OLDER PERSONS
    Tischa Van der Cammen, Erasmus University Medical Center, The Netherlands
  76. HYPERTENSION IN VERY ELDERLY HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS: LESSONS FROM THE HYVET STUDY
    Nigel Beckett, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
  77. EUROPEAN DIABETES WORKING PARTY FOR OLDER PEOPLE (EDWPOP)- PRESENTATION OF REVISED CLINICAL GUIDELINES FOR TYPE 2 DIABETES
    Alan Sinclair, University of Bedfordshire , United Kingdom
  78. UPDATE: DEVELOPMENT OF THERAPIES AND DIAGNOSTICS FOR THE TREATMENT OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
    Maria Carrillo, Alzheimer's Association, United States
  79. ORAL HEALTH IN FRAIL GERIATRIC PATIENTS
    Frauke Müller, University of Geneva, Switzerland
  80. NEW APPROACHES IN AD PREVENTION
    BRUNO VELLAS, CHU, France
  81. EUROPEAN ALZHEIMER DISEASE CONSORTIUM (EADC) INITIATIVE
    BRUNO VELLAS, CHU, France
  82. GERONTECHNOLOGY FOR OPTIMAL HEALTH IN A MULTIDISCIPLINARY CONTEXT
    Herman Bouma , International Society for Gerontechnology, The Netherlands
  83. THE ROLE OF ANTI-AGING MEDICINE IN THE AGED SOCIETY -JAPANESE PERSPECTIVE-
    Hajime Orimo, Japanese Society of Anti-Aging, Japan
Behavioural and psychological sciences

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  1. EXPERIENCES OF OLD AGE IN DEVELOPING WORLD SLUMS: EVIDENCE AND FUTURE AGENDAS
    Hans-Joachim Von Kondratowitz, German Centre of Gerontology, Germany
  2. MANAGING SENIOR MOBILITY ACROSS THE WESTERN CONTINENTS
    Anne Dickerson, East Carolina University, United States
  3. HOME CARE TO OLDER ADULTS: CHALLENGES AND PROMISE
    Liat Ayalon, Bar Ilan University, Israel
  4. GLOBAL ISSUES IN SOCIAL INCLUSION OF OLDER ADULTS
    Norah Keating, University of Alberta, Canada
  5. SPECIAL SESSION ON FORGIVENESS IN AGING AMERICAN/ISRAELI COLLABORATION
    Shira Hantman, Tel Hai Academic College, Israel
  6. LATE-LIFE DEPRESSION AND PSYCHOTHERAPY
    Karen Munk, University of Aarhus, Denmark
  7. DETERMINANTS AND CONSEQUENCES OF FEAR OF FALLING FROM CROSS-NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
    Gertrudis Kempen, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
  8. SLEEP, HEALTH AND AGING:ADDRESSING THE SPECIAL NEEDS OF A GROWING GERIATRIC POPULATION
    S-Hakki Onen, Hospices Civils de Lyon, France
  9. LONELINESS IN VARIOUS SOCIETIES
    Theo Van Tilburg, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  10. PREDICTORS OF LONGEVITY: 20 YEARS OF DATA FROM THE GEORGIA CENTENARIAN STUDY
    Leonard Poon, University of Georgia, United States
  11. TAKING A "BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL" VIEW OF COGNITIVE AGING
    Teresa Seeman, UCLA, United States of America
  12. DISABILITY AND AGEING - A PROBLEM OF 3RD AGE
    Saumitra Basu, The Asiatic Society, India
  13. THE PREDICTIVE VALUE OF MEMORY TESTS IN « QUESTIONABLE » DEMENTIA
    Eric Salmon, University of Liège, Belgium
  14. FEAR OF FALLING IN OLDER PEOPLE: RESULTS FROM DIFFERENT POPULATIONS
    Fernando Gomez, University of Caldas, Colombia
  15. NEW ASSESSMENT TOOLS FOR RESEARCHERS AND CLINICIANS: INTERNATIONAL DATA AND PERSPECTIVES
    Ken Laidlaw, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
  16. APATHY AND NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SYMPTOMS IN ALZHEIMER
    Philippe Robert, Centre Memoire de Ressources et de Recherche, France
  17. ORGANIZATION AND ENGAGEMENT OF GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRICS STUDENTS AT THE NATIONAL, REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVEL
    Anthony L. Kupferschmidt, Simon Fraser University, Canada
  18. “NEW LOOK AT FILIAL PIETY IN EAST ASIA: CHANGING FAMILY SUPPORT FOR THE ELDERLY”
    KYU-TAIK (Ph.D., Univ. of Michigan, 1974) SUNG (South Korean), Univ. of Michigan; Exc. Director, Elder-Respect, Inc., United States of America
  19. TEACHING GERONTOLOGY ACROSS BORDERS: THE GREAT PLAINS INTERACTIVE DISTANCE EDUCATION ALLIANCE (GREAT PLAINS IDEA) AND THE EUROPEAN MASTER’S IN GERONTOLOGY (EUMAG)
    Peter Martin, Iowa State University, United States
  20. SLEEP DISORDERS IN OLDER PERSONS
    Christophe Arbus, CHU Toulouse, France
  21. PAIN IN OLDER PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA, NEW APPROACHES IN A PROGRESSING RESEARCH AREA
    Sandra Zwakhalen, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
  22. COGNITIVE TRAINING IN LATER ADULTHOOD: FINDINGS FROM FOUR INTERVENTION PROGRAMS
    Willis Sherry, University of Washington, United States
  23. CROSS-NATIONAL EVIDENCE ON HEALTH CHANGE WITH AGEING
    Dorly Deeg, VU University Medical Centre, The Netherlands
  24. SUPPORTIVE TECHNOLOGIES IN LATER LIFE
    Frank Oswald, University of Heidelberg, Germany
  25. THE CHALLENGES OF SCREENING FOR DEMENTIA IN MULTICULTURAL SOCIETIES.
    Bilkish Cassim, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
  26. CHANGING FAMILIES / EMERGING ISSUES AND NEEDS
    Rosemary Blieszner, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, United States
  27. PSYCHOSOCIAL PREDICTORS OF LATER LIFE DISPARITIES
    Toni Antonucci, University of Michigan, United States
  28. LONGITUDINAL PERSPECTIVES ON HEALTH DISPARITIES WITH AGING: COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF HEALTH AND RETIREMENT
    David Weir, University of Michigan, United States
  29. IMMIGRATION AMONG OLDER MIGRANTS OF COLOR
    James Jackson, University of Michigan, United States
  30. RESEARCH DIRECTIONS OF THE MACARTHUR FOUNDATION AGING SOCIETY NETWORK
    John Rowe, Columbia University, United States
  31. OLDER PERSONS IN DISASTERS
    Cheng Sheung-Tak, City University of Hong Kong, China
Social Research, Policy and Practice

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  1. INFORMAL CAREGIVING : FROM OBSERVATION TO ACTION
    ALAIN GRAND, Université Toulouse 3, France
  2. JURISPRUDENTIAL GERONTOLOGY: THE CONCEPTUALIZATION OF LAW AND AGEING
    Doron Israel, Haifa University, Israel
  3. COMPARISONS OF GENERATIONAL AND CULTURAL CHANGE IN THE ‘DEVELOPED’ WORLD: THE IMPACT OF THE BABY BOOMERS ON POLICY AND IDENTITY.
    Simon Biggs, King's College London, United Kingdom
  4. END OF LIFE CARE IN LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES: THEORETICAL AND PRACTICE PERSPECTIVES
    Deborah Parker, The University of Queensland, Australia
  5. EVIDENCE BASED PSYCHOSOCIAL INTERVENTIONS FOR OLDER ADULTS
    Nancy Kropf, Georgia State University, United States
  6. AGING, A CONSIDERABLE ACHIEVEMENT FOR HUMANITY – THE ILC PERSPECTIVE
    Françoise Forette, ILC France, France
  7. SPINNING STRAW INTO GOLD: EXPANDING OPTIONS FOR ELDERS AS HUMAN AND SOCIAL CAPITAL IN RAPIDLY AGING ASIA-PACIFIC
    Takeo Ogawa, Yamaguchi Prefectural University, Japan
  8. CROSS-NATIONAL STANDARDS OF QUALITY INDICATORS IN MULTIPLE SECTORS
    John Morris, Hebrew SeniorLife, United States
  9. STATE SOCIAL POLICIES FOR FAMILY CAREGIVERS IN FOUR COUNTRIES: WHAT LESSONS CAN WE LEARN?
    Kalyani Mehta, National University of Singapore, Singapore
  10. URBAN AGING: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES
    Victor Rodwin, International Longevity Center -USA, United States
  11. ARE THERE VALID REASONS FOR AGE-BASED INEQUALITIES IN MEDICAL TREATMENT?
    Constantina Safiliou-Rothschild, 50+Hellas and ADEG, Greece
  12. RECONCILING EMPLOYMENT AND FAMILY CARE IN EUROPEAN WELFARE STATES
    António Fonseca, Catholic University of Portugal, Portugal
  13. SOCIAL CLASS AND AGE RELATIONS IN LATER LIFE
    Marvin Formosa, University of Malta, Malta
  14. SOCIOECONOMIC INEQUALITIES IN HEALTH IN OLDER PEOPLE
    Hans Bosma, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
  15. GLOBAL AGEING AND THE RECONCILIATION OF EMPLOYMENT AND CARE FOR OLDER FAMILY MEMBERS – DO DIFFERENT CULTURAL CONTEXTS RESULT IN VARYING RECONCILIATION STRATEGIES? AFRICAN, ASIAN, EUROPEAN AND NORTH AMERICAN RESPONSES
    Andreas Hoff, Oxford University, United Kingdom
  16. LONELINESS IN OLD AGE
    Kaisu Pitkala, University of Helsinki, Finland
  17. ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES OF POPULATION AGEING THROUGH CAPACITY BUILDING AND TRAINING
    Joseph Troisi, International Institute on Ageing, Malta
  18. PRISMA : IMPLEMENTATION AND IMPACT OF A COORDINATION-TYPE INTEGRATED SERVICE DELIVERY (ISD) SYSTEM FOR FRAIL OLDER PEOPLE
    Réjean Hébert, Health and Social Services Centre ¡V Sherbrooke University Geriatrics Institute , Canada
  19. AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON PREVENTION OF PHYSICAL RESTRAINT USE
    Gabriele Meyer, University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany
  20. OLDER PEOPLE IN EMERGENCIES:EDUCATION FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
    Rory Fisher, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, Canada
  21. SOCIAL ROLES OF OLDER ADULTS IN MULTIGENERATIONAL FAMILIES: STRUCTURAL, CULTURAL, AND NATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS
    Merril Silverstein, University of Southern California, United States
  22. AMBIENT ASSISTED LIVING AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN ELDERLY
    José C. Millán, University of A Coruña, Spain
  23. USE OF AN INTEGRATION INDEX TO COMPARE HOME CARE DELIVERY FOR OLDER PERSONS IN 11 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
    Jean-Claude Henrard, Versailles University, France
  24. TERRITORIES AND ICT AS REGARDS AGEING: WHAT PUBLIC POLICIES?
    Liliane Piot, Caisse des dépots et Consignations , France
  25. DIGITAL AGING
    Donghee Han, Research Institute of Science for the Better Living of the Eldely, Korea, Republic of
  26. INTERDISCIPLINARITY IN GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRICS : SOCIETY, CULTURE AND EPISTEMOLOGY RESHAPING LINKS BETWEEN DISCIPLINES
    Marie Beaulieu, U. of Sherbrooke, Canada
  27. MIGRANT LONG-TERM CARE WORK AS A RISING CHALLENGE FOR ELDER CARE RESEARCH, POLICY AND PRACTICE (II): INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
    Virpi Timonen, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
  28. “THE KEY ROLE OF THE UNIVERSITIES OF THE THIRD AGE IN ACTIVE AGING”
    Rosita Kornfeld-Matte, P. Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
  29. MIGRANT LONG TERM CARE WORK AS A RISING CHALLENGE FOR ELDER CARE RESEARCH, POLICY AND PRACTICE (I): RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN EUROPE
    Gloria Gutman, Simon Fraser University, Canada
  30. A CROSS-CULTURAL EXAMINATION OF INFORMAL AND FORMAL SYSTEMS OF ELDERCARE IN INDIA, JAPAN AND THE U.S.
    Denise Burnette, Columbia University , United States
  31. ELDER ABUSE : THE NEEDS FOR THEORY
    Ariela Lowenstein, University of Haifa, Israel
  32. LIVING STANDARDS AND WELLBEING AMONG OLDER PEOPLE
    Charles Waldegrave, Family Centre Social Policy Research Unit, New Zealand
  33. RECONCEPTUALIZING THE EXPERIENCE OF LIVING WITH DEMENTIA: FROM PASSIVE RECIPIENT TO ACTIVE CITIZEN
    Ruth Bartlett, University of Bradford, United Kingdom
  34. EMERGING TRENDS OF POPULATION AGING: DEMOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVE
    Peng Du , Renmin University of China, China
  35. IMMIGRATION, EMIGRATION AND AGING: MULTISOCIETAL PERSPECTIVES
    Sara Carmel, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
  36. ETHICAL ISSUES WITH ADVANCING AGE
    Robert Moulias, Espace Ethique AP-HParis, France
  37. SUPPORTING SUSTAINABLE INFORMAL CARE – THE EUROCARERS FRAMEWORK
    Henk Nies, Vilans, Netherlands Centre of Expertise for Long-term Care, The Netherlands
  38. ELDER ABUSE: A MULTI-COUNTRY COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SOCIAL POLICY AND PRACTICE.
    LIA Susana DAICHMAN, Intl Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse, ILC Argentina, Argentina
  39. SENIOR CITIZENSHIP : FROM MYTH TO REALITY. CHALLENGES AND CROSS-NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON SENIOR CITIZENS PARTICIPATION TO DECISION MAKING
    Michèle CHARPENTIER, UQAM/ REIACTIS, Canada
  40. “AGEING AND SEXUALITY – THE POSSIBILITIES FOR CARE”
    Andrew King, Kingston University, United Kingdom
  41. RECENT PREVALENCE RESEARCH IN ELDER ABUSE: EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVES
    Bridget Penhale, University of Sheffield, UK, United Kingdom
  42. URBANISATION AND AGEING: NEIGHBOURHOOD INFLUENCES ON SOCIAL INTEGRATION AND HEALTH INEQUALITY.
    Chris Phillipson, Keele University, United Kingdom
  43. NEW PERSPECTIVES ON RURAL AGEING
    Catherine Hennessy, University of Plymouth, United Kingdom
  44. AGEING AND POLITICS IN EUROPE AND THE USA
    Alan Walker, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
  45. SYMPOSIUM ON SUPPORTING ELDERLY PEOPLE DISCHARGED FROM HOSPITALS
    Edward Leung, United Christian Hospital, Hong Kong
  46. OLDER WORKERS UNDER GLOBALIZATION – EMPLOYMENT AND RETIREMENT IN TIMES OF RAPID SOCIAL CHANGE
    Dirk Hofaecker, State Institute for Family Research, Germany
  47. LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE COMPARISON USA-EUROPE
    Thomas Klie, Protestant University of Applied Sciences, Freiburg, Germany
  48. SUBSTITUTIVE HOSPITAL AT HOME MODELS AROUND THE WORLD: IMPACT ON HEALTH AND WEALTH IN OLD PATIENTS
    Nicoletta Aimonino, San Giovanni Battista Hospital, Italy
  49. SOCIAL PENSIONS AND OLDER PEOPLE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
    Peter Lloyd-Sherlock, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
  50. CARE WORKERS AND QUALITY OF SERVICES IN PUBLIC LONG-TERM CARE PROGRAM
    Sung-Jae Choi, Seoul National University, Korea, Republic of
  51. PSYCHOSOCIAL INTERVENTIONS IN DEMENTIA CARE: EFFECTIVENESS AND IMPLEMENTATION
    Myrra Vernooij-Dassen, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, The Netherlands
  52. BUILDING THE HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE TO SERVE AN AGING AMERICA
    Alexandre Kalache, The New York Academy of Medicine, United States
  53. BRIDGING RESEARCH AND PRACTICE: TOWARD A GLOBAL MODEL OF GERONTOLOGY EDUCATION
    Ed Rosenberg, Appalachian State University, United States
  54. UNDERSTANDING AND COMPARING PUBLIC AND PRIVATE GUARDIANSHIP IN THE UNITED STATES AND IN FRANCE
    Pamela Teaster, University of Kentucky, United States
  55. FROM SENSORS TO INFORMATICS-BASED TELEHOMECARE: MAKING REMOTE MONITORING WORK
    Mary Parker, MKHP Associates, LLC, United States
  56. SMALL-SCALE, PERSONALIZED NURSING HOMES: A GLOBAL PHENOMENON?
    Rosalie A Kane, University of Minnesota, United States
  57. ACADEMIC CAREERS IN GERIATRICS: AN INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON ABOUT DEMANDS AND SUCCESS
    Cornel Sieber, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, Germany
  58. AGEING IN PLACE: OPTIONS FOR OLDER PEOPLE IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
    Anthea Tinker, King's College London, United Kingdom
  59. CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEFS ABOUT DEMENTIA
    Robert Schrauf, Pennsylvania State University, United States
  60. SILVER WORKERS INSTITUTE SESSION
    Yung-Ping Chen, University of Massachusetts Boston, United States of America
  61. FORGING A GLOBAL MOVEMENT ON AGE-FRIENDLY CITIES
    John Beard, World Health Organization, Switzerland
  62. ROLE OF PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS AND INTEGRATED CARE FOR THE ELDERLY
    Isabelle Vedel, Solidage Research group, Canada
  63. ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS: CROSS NATIONAL COMPARISON OF STRATEGIC ACTION PLANS
    Howard Bergman, Jewish General Hospital - McGill University, Canada
  64. PRESIDENTIAL SYMPOSIUM - COMPRESSION OF MORBIDITY: HAS IT COME TRUE?
    Renato Maia Guimarães, Hospital Universitário de Brasília , Brazil
  65. NEW DEPARTURES IN CRITICAL GERONTOLOGY: MULTI-LEVEL PERSPECTIVES ON POWER AND INEQUALITY
    Chris Phillipson , Keele University, United Kingdom
  66. AN AGEING SOCIETY … WITH OR WITHOUT SENIOR CITIZENS? FIRST RESULTS OF A CROSS NATIONAL INITIATIVES OF RESEARCH ON THE ISSUE
    Jean-Philippe Viriot Durandal, REIACTIS, France