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Monday July 6th

17:30 - 19:00

Symposia

     

SD6 067      PRESIDENTIAL SYMPOSIUM - COMPRESSION OF MORBIDITY: HAS IT COME TRUE?
Amphitheatre Bleu
17:30 - 19:00

Chair(s): Renato MAIA GUIMARÃES (Brasilia, Brazil )

SD6 067-1      MEASURING AND MONITORING SUCCESS IN COMPRESSING MORBIDITY
James FRIES (Stanford, United States of America)
SD6 067-2      ALTERNATION OF COMPRESSION AND EXPANSION OF MORBIDITY/DISABILITY :GERIATRIC PERSPECTIVES
Jean Pierre MICHEL (Geneva, Switzerland)
SD6 067-3      ARE COMPRESSION OF MORTALITY, MORBIDITY AND DISABILITY UNIVERSAL PHENOMENA?
Jean Marie ROBINE (Montpellier , France)
SD6 067-4      HEALTH CAPITAL, COMPRESSION AND EXPANSION OF MORBIDITY
Renato MAIA GUIMARÃES (Brasilia, Brazil)

Monday July 6th

17:30 - 19:00

Symposia

     

SB6 068      NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT IN NURSING HOMES
Room 241
17:30 - 19:00

Chair(s): Graziano ONDER (Rome, Italy), Agathe RAYNAUD-SIMON (Paris, France)

SB6 068-1      THE PREVALENCE AND IMPACT OF AN UNDERDETECTED PROBLEM
Tommy CEDERHOLM (Uppsala, Sweden)
SB6 068-2      SCREENING AND ASSESSMENT OF MALNUTRITION IN NURSING HOMES
Juergen BAUER (Nuremberg, Germany)
SB6 068-3      VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY AND ITS IMPACT ON FUNCTIONALITY IN NURSING HOMES
Yves ROLLAND (Toulouse, France)
SB6 068-4      TO PEG OR NOT TO PEG
Rainer WIRTH (Borken, Germany)

Monday July 6th

17:30 - 19:00

Symposia

     

SB6 069      SUPPORT PROGRAMS FOR COMMUNITY-DWELLING FRAIL ELDERLY PATIENTS AT THE HOSPITAL-COMMUNITY INTERFACE: A HONG KONG EXPERIENCE
Room 242 A
17:30 - 19:00

Chair(s): Tak Kwan KONG (Hong Kong, China), Man Fuk LEUNG (Hong Kong, China)

SB6 069-1      INTERFACE BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT STREAMS OF PATIENT FLOW: TOWARDS MEDICO-SOCIAL COLLABORATION
Peter MILLARD (Surrey, United Kingdom)
SB6 069-2      RISK PREDICTION MODEL ON ELDERLY EMERGENCY ADMISSIONS: THE HARRPE MODEL
LH TSUI (Kowloon, Hong Kong)
SB6 069-3      HOW FRAIL AND COMPLEX ARE THE HARRPE PATIENTS?
BC TONG (Kwai Chung, Hong Kong)
SB6 069-4      POST-DISCHARGE PROGRAM FOR ELDERLY HEART FAILURE PATIENTS
KY SHA (Kowloon, Hong Kong)
SB6 069-5      AN EVALUATION STUDY OF "ELDERLY CARE AT HOME PROJECT"
PM FUNG (Kowloon, Hong Kong)
SB6 069-6      TARGETED CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOR HIGH RISK OLDER PERSONS REDUCES HOSPITAL BED-DAYS AND SAVES COST
YM WU (Hong Kong, Hong Kong)

Monday July 6th

17:30 - 19:00

Symposia

     

SD6 070      SOCIAL ROLES OF OLDER ADULTS IN MULTIGENERATIONAL FAMILIES: STRUCTURAL, CULTURAL, AND NATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS
Room 242 B
17:30 - 19:00

Chair(s): Merril SILVERSTEIN (Los Angeles, USA)

SD6 070-1      INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS AND SOCIAL MOBILITY AMONG TRANSNATIONAL FAMILIES IN FRANCE
Claudine ATTIAS-DONFUT (Paris, France)
SD6 070-2      CLOSE AT A DISTANCE--CONNECTIVE STRUCTURES IN AGING LEBANESE FAMILIES
Kristine AJROUCH (Ypsilanti , United States of America)
SD6 070-3      THE LEVELING EFFECTS OF GRANDPARENTS ON SIBLING INEQUALITY IN MULTI-PARTNER FERTILITY FAMILY STRUCTURES IN THE UNITED STATES
Linda BURTON (United States of America)
SD6 070-4      NORMS OF INTERGENERATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY AMONG OLDER PEOPLE IN RURAL CHINA
Merril SILVERSTEIN (Los Angeles , United States of America)

Monday July 6th

17:30 - 19:00

Symposia

     

SD6 071      UNDERSTANDING AND COMPARING PUBLIC AND PRIVATE GUARDIANSHIP IN THE UNITED STATES AND IN FRANCE
Room 243
17:30 - 19:00

Chair(s): Pamela TEASTER (Lexington, USA)

SD6 071-1      UNDERSTANDING LAW AND PRACTICE OF GUARDIANSHIP IN THE UNITED STATES
Erica WOOD (Washington, DC, United States of America)
SD6 071-2      UNDERSTANDING LAW AND PRACTICE OF GUARDIANSHIP IN FRANCE
Marie MERCAT-BRUNS (Paris, France)
SD6 071-3      RESULTS FROM A NATIONAL STUDY OF PUBLIC GUARDIANSHIP IN THE UNITED STATES
Pamela TEASTER (Lexington, United States of America)
SD6 071-4      FINDINGS FROM THE EVALUATION OF PUBLIC GUARDIANSHIP IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
Karen ROBERTO (Blacksburg, United States of America)

Monday July 6th

17:30 - 19:00

Symposia

     

SC6 072      ORGANIZATION AND ENGAGEMENT OF GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRICS STUDENTS AT THE NATIONAL, REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVEL
Room 251
17:30 - 19:00

Chair(s): Anthony KUPFERSCHMIDT ( Vancouver, Canada ), Gloria GUTMAN ( Vancouver, Canada )

SC6 072-1      INCREASING VISIBILITY AND ESTABLISHING A UNIQUE IDENTITY IN A LARGER PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION: EXPERIENCES FROM THE EMERGING SCHOLAR & PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION (ESPO) IN THE U.S.
Kelly FITZGERALD (Swansea, United Kingdom)
SC6 072-2      STUDENT ENGAGEMENT: EARLY RESPONSIBILITY FOR A RESPONSIBLE FUTURE
Dafna HALPERIN (Haifa, Israel)
SC6 072-3      ENABLING THE ESTABLISHMENT AND EVOLUTION OF STUDENT ORGANISATIONS - FACILITATORS, BARRIERS, TECHNIQUES AND STRATEGIES: EXPERIENCES OF THE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATION OF GERONTOLOGY
Helen FEIST (Vancouver, British Columbia, Australia)
SC6 072-4      THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF IAGG’S INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF GERONTOLOGY STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
Anthony L. KUPFERSCHMIDT (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)

Monday July 6th

17:30 - 19:00

Symposia

     

SB6 073      A NEW APPROACH TO FALLS AND OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES IN AGEING POPULATION
Room 252 AB
17:30 - 19:00

Chair(s): Manuel MONTERO-ODASSO (London, Canada), Robert CUMMING (Sydney, Australia)

SB6 073-1      RISK FACTORS FOR FALLS. WHAT IS NEW ON THE MENU?
Robert CUMMING (Sydney, Australia)
SB6 073-2      FALLS PREVENTION. THE VALUE OF GAIT ASSESSMENT AND DUAL-TASKING
Manuel MONTERO ODASSO (Ontario, Canada)
SB6 073-3      FALLS AND FRACTURES CLINICS. A UNIFIED APPROACH FOR RISK STRATIFICATION FOR OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES
Gustavo DUQUE (Sydney, Australia)
SB6 073-4      CLOSING REMARKS AND PROPOSED APPROACH
Manuel MONTERO ODASSO (Ontario, Canada)

Monday July 6th

17:30 - 19:00

Symposia

     

SD6 074      SMALL-SCALE, PERSONALIZED NURSING HOMES: A GLOBAL PHENOMENON?
Room Maillot
17:30 - 19:00

Chair(s): Rosalie KANE (Delaware, USA), Hilde VERBLEEK (Maastricht, The Netherlands)

SD6 074-1      LEARNING ABOUT SMALL-HOUSE NURSING HOMES FROM EARLY GREEN HOUSE PROJECTS
Rosalie A KANE (Minneapolis, United States of America)
SD6 074-2      CHARACTERISTICS OF SMALL-SCALE NURSING HOMES IN THE NETHERLANDS AND HOW THEY WORK IN DEMENTIA CARE
Hilde VERBEEK (Maastricht, The Netherlands)
SD6 074-3      SMALL-SCALE NURSING HOMES IN BELGIUM
Anja DECLERCQ (Leuven, Belgium)
SD6 074-4      INNOVATIVE NURSING HOME CARE WITH SMALL-SCALE LIVING IN AN INNER CITY ENVIRONMENT IN TAWIAN
Po-Tsung (Wenbert) CHEN (Taipei, Taiwan)

Monday July 6th

17:30 - 19:00

Symposia

     

SA6 075      WHY WE AGE: THE MODERN SYNTHESIS
Amphitheatre Bordeaux
17:30 - 19:00

Chair(s): Robin HOLLIDAY (Canberra, Australia), Leonard HAYFLICK (San Francisco, USA)

SA6 075-1      WHY WE AGE ?: AN INTEGRATION OF CONCEPTS ACROSS BIOLOGICAL DISCIPLINES
Bruce CARNES (Oklahoma City, United States of America)
SA6 075-2      MOLECULAR DAMAGE AND HETEROGENEITY DURING AGEING: ITS RELEVANCE AND CONSEQUENCE
S. RATTAN (Aarhus, Denmark)
SA6 075-3      WHY WE AGE: A BIODEMOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVE
Jay OLSHANSKY (Chicago, United States of America)

Monday July 6th

17:30 - 19:00

Symposia

     

SD6 076      SUPPORTING SUSTAINABLE INFORMAL CARE – THE EUROCARERS FRAMEWORK
Room 342 A
17:30 - 19:00

Chair(s): Henk NIES (Utrecht, The Netherlands)

SD6 076-1      SUPPORT FOR CARERS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF INFORMATION, ADVICE, ADVOCACY AND TRAINING
Hanneli DÖHNER (Hamburg, Germany)
SD6 076-2      TECHNOLOGY BASED SERVICES FOR CARERS
Geraldine VISSER (Utrecht, The Netherlands)
SD6 076-3      CASH FOR CARE: IMPLICATIONS FOR CARERS
Caroline GLENDINNING (York, United Kingdom)
SD6 076-4      EXPERIENCES OF CARERS IN USING FORMAL SUPPORT AND THE ROLE OF ASSESSING CARERS
Therese JACOBS (Antwerp, Belgium)

Monday July 6th

17:30 - 19:00

Symposia

     

SA6 077      NONCODING RNA AND EPIGENETIC CONTROL OF AGING: FROM WORM TO MAN
Room 342 B
17:30 - 19:00

Chair(s): Eugenia WANG (Kentucky, United States), Anna MCCORMICK (Bethesda, United States)

SA6 077-1      PROGRAMMED MICRORNA SHIFT DURING MID-LIFE: THE START OF AGING FRAILTY
Eugenia WANG (Louisville, United States of America)
SA6 077-2      MICRORNA PROFILING IN ALZHEIMERS DISEASE
Hyman SCHIPPER (Montreal, Canada)
SA6 077-3      TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION OF MICRORNA IN AGING BRAIN AND SENESCENT FIBROBLASTS
Weixiong ZHANG (St. Louis, United States of America)
SA6 077-4      MICRORNA MODULATION OF C. ELEGANS HEALTHSPAN AND LIFESPAN
Monica DRISCOLL (Piscataway, United States of America)

Monday July 6th

17:30 - 19:00

Symposia

     

SC6 078      THE CHALLENGES OF SCREENING FOR DEMENTIA IN MULTICULTURAL SOCIETIES.
Room 343
17:30 - 19:00

Chair(s): Bilkish CASSIM (Congella, South Africa), Tricia WOO (Hamilton, Canada)

SC6 078-1      DEVELOPMENT OF A POCKET TOOL FOR FAMILY AND INTERDISCIPLINARY SCREENING OF AN OLDER PERSON WITH COGNITIVE SYMPTOMS IN CANADA
Kathleen CRUTTENDEN (Fredericton, Canada)
SC6 078-2      CHALLENGES OF SCREENING FOR DEMENTIA IN A MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY WITH LIMITED RESOURCES
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SC6 078-3      THE FACE VALIDITY OF THE DECO IN A SOUTH AFRICAN POPULATION
Serela RAMKLASS (Durban, South Africa)
SC6 078-4      DEVELOPMENT OF AN ALGORITHM FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF DEMENTIA IN A SOUTH AFRICAN POPULATION
Bilkish CASSIM (Durban, South Africa)

Monday July 6th

17:30 - 19:00

Symposia

     

SB6 079      DEFINING SARCOPENIA--- SUMMING UP AN EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACH FROM POPULATION STUDIES
Amphitheatre Havane
17:30 - 19:00

Chair(s): Zhao CHEN (Tucson, USA), Tamara HARRIS (Bethesda, USA)

SB6 079-1      ASSEMBLING THE EVIDENCE FOR SARCOPENIA: CRITICAL ISSUES
Scott GOING (Tucson, AZ, United States of America)
SB6 079-2      SARCOPENIA: AGE, RACIAL/ETHNIC AND SEX VARIATIONS IN RISK FACTORS
Zhao CHEN (Tucson, AZ, United States of America)
SB6 079-3      MUSCLE MASS OR FUNCTION: SARCOPENIA OR POWER? THE STUDY OF OSTEOPOROSIS IN MEN
Peggy MANNEN CAWTHON (San Francisco, United States of America)
SB6 079-4      MUSCLE MASS OR MUSCLE FAT: SARCOPENIA OR MYOSTEATOSIS? THE HEALTH, AGING, AND BODY COMPOSITION STUDY
Tamara HARRIS (Bethesda, MD, United States of America)
SB6 079-5      TOWARDS A DEFINITION OF LOW HANDGRIP STRENGTH IN OLDER MEN AND WOMEN
Marjolein VISSER (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

Monday July 6th

17:30 - 19:00

Symposia

     

SB6 080      EXPERIENCES OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR OLDER AGE
Room 351
17:30 - 19:00

Chair(s): Elisabeth STEINHAGEN-THIESSEN (Berlin, Germany), Mehmet GÖVERCIN (Berlin, Germany)

SB6 080-1      INTEGRATING REMOTE MONITORING IN NATIONAL TELEHOMECARE: A REPORT FROM THE NETHERLANDS
Charles G WILLEMS (Deventer, The Netherlands)
SB6 080-2      DESIGNING ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR SPATIAL NAVIGATION IN OLD AGE
Michael SCHELLENBACH (Berlin, Germany)
SB6 080-3      SENSOR BASED HIP REHABILITATION IN PRACTICE
Mehmet GÖVERCIN (Berlin, Germany)
SB6 080-4      EVALUATION OF WANDERING BY RESIDENTS IN AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY (ALF) USING ULTRA WIDEBAND RADIO RTLS
William D. KEARNS (Tampa, Florida , United States of America)
SB6 080-5      CARE INFORMATICS AS THE BASIS FOR INTEGRATED TELEHOMECARE: LESSONS LEARNED FROM FIELD TESTS
Anthony P. GLASCOCK (Philadelphia, United States of America)

Monday July 6th

17:30 - 19:00

Symposia

     

SA6 081      IMMUNOSENESCENCE: STATE OF THE ART
Room 352 AB
17:30 - 19:00

Chair(s): Tamas FULOP (Sherbrooke, Canada), Jacques TRETON (Paris, France)

SA6 081-1      THE INNATE IMMUNE RESPONSE AND AGING
Tamas FULOP (Sherbrooke, Canada)
SA6 081-2      CHRONIC VIRAL INFECTION AS A DRIVING FORCE FOR T CELLS IMMUNOSENESCENCE
Graham PAWELEC (Tubingen, Germany)
SA6 081-3      B CELL CONTRIBUTION TO IMMUNOSENESCENCE
Michael P. CANCRO (Philadelphia, United States of America)
SA6 081-4      INFLAMAGING: A UNIFYING THEORY FOR IMMUNOSENESCENCE
Claudio FRANCESCHI (Bologna, Italy)

Monday July 6th

17:30 - 19:00

Symposia

     

SD6 082      CROSS-NATIONAL STANDARDS OF QUALITY INDICATORS IN MULTIPLE SECTORS
Room 353
17:30 - 19:00

Chair(s): John MORRIS (Boston, United States)

SD6 082-1      A NEW APPROACH TO ADJUSTING FOR SELECTION BIAS IN QUALITY INDICATORS
Katherine BERG (Toronto, Canada)
SD6 082-2      CROSS-NATIONAL COMPARISON OF NURSING HOME QUALITY INDICATORS
John MORRIS (Boston, United States of America)
SD6 082-3      CROSS-NATIONAL COMPARISON OF HOME CARE QUALITY INDICATORS
Magnus BJÖRKGREN (Kokkola, Finland)
SD6 082-4      CROSS-NATIONAL COMPARISON OF POST-ACUTE CARE QUALITY INDICATORS
Pálmi JÓNSSON (Reykjavik, Iceland)