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Tuesday July 7th

14:00 - 15:30

Symposia

     

SD7 114      CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEFS ABOUT DEMENTIA
Amphitheatre Bleu
14:00 - 15:30

Chair(s): Robert SCHRAUF (Chicago, USA)

SD7 114-1      STIGMA BELIEFS ABOUT ALZHEIMERS DISEASE: A REPRESENTATIVE STUDY COMPARING JEWISH AND ARAB LAY PERSONS IN ISRAEL.
Perla WERNER (Haifa, Israel)
SD7 114-2      IS ETHNICITY A USEFUL CONCEPT FOR STUDYING DEMENTIA? THE EXAMPLE OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE IN BRAZIL.
Annette LEIBING (Montreal, Canada)
SD7 114-3      INTER-ETHNIC VARIATION IN BELIEFS ABOUT SYMPTOMS OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE IN THE US.
Madelyn IRIS (Chicago, United States of America)
SD7 114-4      SEPARATING OUT CULTURAL BELIEFS ABOUT ALZHEIMERS DISEASE AND AGE-RELATED MEMORY IMPAIRMENT.
Robert SCHRAUF (Pennsylvania, United States of America)

Tuesday July 7th

14:00 - 15:30

Symposia

     

SB7 115      OBESITY IN OLD AGE
Room 241
14:00 - 15:30

Chair(s): Marjolein VISSER (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

SB7 115-1      TRENDS IN OBESITY AND PERCEPTION OF BODY WEIGHT IN THE OLDER POPULATION
Marjolein VISSER (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
SB7 115-2      OBESITY IN OLD AGE AND DISEASE-SPECIFIC MORTALITY
Moniek VAN ZUTPHEN (Bilthoven, The Netherlands)
SB7 115-3      CAN COMMONLY USED CUT POINTS FOR OBESITY BE APPLIED TO OLDER PERSONS?
Noor HEIM (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
SB7 115-4      DEVELOPMENT AND CONSEQUENCES OF SARCOPENIC OBESITY
Sari STENHOLM (Baltimore, United States of America)

Tuesday July 7th

14:00 - 15:30

Symposia

     

SB7 116      THE WAR AGAINST POLYPHARMACY- RETHINKING AND RE-EVALUATION NEEDED FOR EACH AND EVERY DRUG IN THE ELDERLY
Room 242 A
14:00 - 15:30

Chair(s): DORON GARFINKEL ( Pardes-Hana, Israel), DEE MANGIN (Christchurch, New Zealand)

SB7 116-1      NATIONAL CARE OF THE DYING AUDIT HOSPITALS ENGLAND (NCDAH) – LESSONS FOR PRESCRIBING
JOHN ELLERSHAW (Liverpool, United Kingdom)
SB7 116-2      CARDIOVASCULAR RISK MANAGEMENT: DOES EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE MAKE POLYPHARMACY UNAVOIDABLE?
CHRISTIAENS THIERRY (Gent , Belgium)
SB7 116-3      THE MANNER OF OUR DYING: PREVENTION AND POLYPHARMACY
DEE MANGIN (Christchurch, New Zealand)
SB7 116-4      THE WAR AGAINST POLYPHARMACY- RETHINKING AND RE-EVALUTION NEEDED FOR EACH AND EVERY DRUG IN THE ELDERLY
DORON GARFINKEL (Pardes Hana, Israel)

Tuesday July 7th

14:00 - 15:30

Symposia

     

SD7 117      ACADEMIC CAREERS IN GERIATRICS: AN INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON ABOUT DEMANDS AND SUCCESS
Room 242 B
14:00 - 15:30

Chair(s): Mustafa CANKURTARAN (Istanbul, Turkey), Cornel SIEBER (Nuremberg, Germany)

SD7 117-1      ACADEMIC CAREERS IN GERIATRICS: SITUATION IN NORTHERN EUROPE
Cornel SIEBER (Nürnberg, Germany)
SD7 117-2      ACADEMIC CAREERS IN GERIATRICS: SITUATION IN SOUTHERN EUROPE
Sebastien WEILL-ENGERER (Paris, France)
SD7 117-3      ACADEMIC CAREERS IN GERIATRICS: SITUATION IN EASTERN EUROPE
Pierre-Olivier LANG (Geneva, Switzerland)
SD7 117-4      ACADEMIC CAREERS IN GERIATRICS: SITUATION IN MIDDLE EAST ASIA
Mustafa CANKURTARAN (Istanbul, Turkey)

Tuesday July 7th

14:00 - 15:30

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SB7 118      HOW TO ASSESS AND MODIFY THE FALLING RISK AMONG OLDER ADULTS ?
Room 251
14:00 - 15:30

Chair(s): Athanase BÉNÉTOS (Nancy, France)

SB7 118-1      WHY DO FALLS OCCUR IN OLDER ADULTS?
George C. SPATHARAKIS (Itea, Greece)
SB7 118-2      CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF RISK OF FALLS
Severine BUATOIS (Nancy, France)
SB7 118-3      SPATIO-TEMPORAL GAIT ANALYSIS: NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR ASSESSMENT OF DYNAMIC BALANCE, GAIT DISORDERS AND FALLING RISK
Reto KRESSIG (Basel, Switzerland)
SB7 118-4      INFLUENCE OF REHABILITATION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES IN PREVENTING FALLS
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Tuesday July 7th

14:00 - 15:30

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SB7 119      NUTRITIONAL EVIDENCE FOR SLOWING DOWN AGEING PATHOLOGIES
Room 252 AB
14:00 - 15:30

Chair(s): Lisette DE GROOT (Wageningen, the Netherlands), Bruno VELLAS (Toulouse, France)

SB7 119-1      NUTRITION AND OSTEOPOROSIS
Natasja M. VAN SCHOOR (Wageningen, The Netherlands)
SB7 119-2      NUTRITION AND SARCOPENIA
Patrick RITZ (Toulouse, France)
SB7 119-3      NUTRITION AND COGNITION
Martha Claire MORRIS (Chicago, United States of America)
SB7 119-4      NUTRITION AND THE ANOREXIA OF AGEING
John MORLEY (St. Louis, United States of America)

Tuesday July 7th

14:00 - 15:30

Symposia

     

SB7 120      FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STUDY OF COGNITION IN HEALTHY AGING AND NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES.
Room Maillot
14:00 - 15:30

Chair(s): Oury MONCHI (Montréal, Canada)

SB7 120-1      THE CONTRIBUTION OF POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY TO THE STUDY OF AGING AND DEMENTIA
Stefano CAPPA (Milano, Italy)
SB7 120-2      NEUROFUNCTIONAL REORGANIZATION IN AGING: A SPECIAL CASE FOR LANGUAGE?
Yves JOANETTE (Montreal, Canada)
SB7 120-3      NEUROIMAGING STUDIES OF COGNITIVE DEFICITS IN PARKINSONS DISEASE
Oury MONCHI (Montreal, Canada)
SB7 120-4      FRONTO-STRIATAL FUNCTIONAL ABNORMALITIES IN PARKINSONS DISEASE
Antonio P. STRAFELLA (Toronto, Canada)

Tuesday July 7th

14:00 - 15:30

Symposia

     

SD7 121      RECONCEPTUALIZING THE EXPERIENCE OF LIVING WITH DEMENTIA: FROM PASSIVE RECIPIENT TO ACTIVE CITIZEN
Amphitheatre Bordeaux
14:00 - 15:30

Chair(s): John BOND (Newcastle, UK)

SD7 121-1      BROADENING THE DISCUSSION AROUND DEMENTIA: THE SHIFT FROM PERSONHOOD TO CITIZENSHIP
Deborah O'CONNOR (Vancouver, Canada)
SD7 121-2      A CONCEPT ANALYSIS OF CITIZENSHIP IN RELATION TO OLDER PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA.
Ruth BARTLETT (Bradford, United Kingdom)
SD7 121-3      AN ETHIC OF CARE: ANALYZING CITIZENSHIP IN PRACTICE
Tula BRANNELY (Auckland, New Zealand)

Tuesday July 7th

14:00 - 15:30

Symposia

     

SD7 122      “AGEING AND SEXUALITY – THE POSSIBILITIES FOR CARE”
Room 342 A
14:00 - 15:30

Chair(s): Andrew KING (London, UK)

SD7 122-1      COMMUNITY CARE? SEXUALITY, SOCIAL NETWORKS AND CARE IN LATER LIFE
Ann CRONIN (Guildford, United Kingdom)
SD7 122-2      A QUEER KIND OF CARE
Andrew KING (London, United Kingdom)
SD7 122-3      FROM MARGIN TO MAINSTREAM: CHALLENGES IN CONSIDERING THE VIEWS OF ALL OLDER PEOPLE IN THE EVALUATION OF THE NATIONAL SERVICE FRAMEWORK FOR OLDER PEOPLE IN ENGLAND
Jill MANTHORPE (London, United Kingdom)
SD7 122-4      GAY AND LESBIAN CARERS
Elizabeth PRICE (Hull, United Kingdom)

Tuesday July 7th

14:00 - 15:30

Symposia

     

SA7 123      MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF BRAIN AGING AND AGE-RELATED NEURODEGENERATION: GENETICS, SIGNALING, CYTOSKELETAL ABNORMALITY, AND PROTEIN TOXICITY
Room 342 B
14:00 - 15:30

Chair(s): Nozomu MORI (Nagasaki, Japan), Yong-Sun KIM (Chuncheon, Republic of Korea)

SA7 123-1      CITRULLINATED PROTEINS: POTENTIAL DIAGNOSTIC MARKERS OF PRION DISEASE
Eun-Kyoung CHOI (Anyang, Korea, Republic of)
SA7 123-2      TUBULIN DEACETYLASES IN NEURONAL AGING IN VITRO AND IN VIVO
Nozomu MORI (Nagasaki, Japan)
SA7 123-3      HUNTINGTON DISEASE: HUNTINGTIN AND THE CONTROL OF AXONAL TRANSPORT
Frederic SAUDOU (Paris, France)
SA7 123-4      MOLECULAR ETIOLOGIES UNDERLYING PRION DISEASE IN DROSOPHILA MODEL
Yong-Sun KIM (Chuncheon, Korea, Republic of)

Tuesday July 7th

14:00 - 15:30

Symposia

     

SC7 124      OLDER PERSONS IN DISASTERS
Room 343
14:00 - 15:30

Chair(s): Sheung-Tak CHENG (Hong Kong, China)

SC7 124-1      OLDER PEOPLE AND NATURAL DISASTERS: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
Patricia BROWNELL (New York, United States of America)
SC7 124-2      OLDER PEOPLE AND NATURAL DISASTERS: A FOCUS ON DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Sheung-Tak CHENG (Hong Kong, China)
SC7 124-3      MENTAL HEALTH STATUS OF THE ELDERLY IN SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE AREA
Buxin HAN (Beijing, China)
SC7 124-4      THE PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF EARTHQUAKE: A FOCUS ON OLDER PEOPLE
Li-xin CHEN (Beijing, China)

Tuesday July 7th

14:00 - 15:30

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SB7 125      ANTI-AGEING MEDICINE: A REALITY OR FICTION?
Amphitheatre Havane
14:00 - 15:30

Chair(s): Vladimir KHAVINSON (St. Petersburg, Russia), Robert MOULIAS (Paris, France)

SB7 125-1      RESULTS OF A STUDY OF THE SWISS CENTRE FOR TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
Astrid STUCKELBERGER (Geneva, Switzerland)
SB7 125-2      ANTI-AGEING MEDICINE AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS
Jean-Pierre BAYENS (Brussels, Belgium)
SB7 125-3      THE TWO ROADS OF POSITIONING ANTI-AGEING
Hans joachim VON KONDRATOVITZ (Berlin, Germany)
SB7 125-4      ANTI-AGEING MEDICINE TO FIGHTING FRAILTY
Domenico CUCINOTTA (Bologna, Italy)

Tuesday July 7th

14:00 - 15:30

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SB7 126      HOW TO OPTIMIZE DRUG THERAPY IN OLDER PATIENTS?
Room 351
14:00 - 15:30

Chair(s): Jean-Pierre MICHEL (Thonex, Switzerland), Neil WENGER (Los Angeles, United States)

SB7 126-1      MEDICATION SAFETY FOR OLDER PATIENTS: A TYPOLOGY OF ADVERSE EVENTS CAUSES
René AMALBERTI (Saint-Denis, France)
SB7 126-2      MEASURING THE QUALITY OF PHARMACOLOGIC CARE FOR ELDERS
Neil WENGER (Los Angeles, United States of America)
SB7 126-3      OPTIMIZING DRUG THERAPY FOR OLD ADULTS WITH IMPAIRED RENAL FUNCTION
Joel BELMIN (Paris, France)
SB7 126-4      COLLABORATIVE CARE TO OPTIMIZE DRUG THERAPY IN THE ELDERLY
Anne SPINEWINE (Leuven, Belgium)

Tuesday July 7th

14:00 - 15:30

Symposia

     

SB7 127      MULTIMORBIDITY: THE SYNDROME OF THE AGING POPULATION
Room 352 AB
14:00 - 15:30

Chair(s): Mĺrten LAGERGREN (Stockholm, Sweden), Laura FRATIGLIONI (Stockholm, Sweden)

SB7 127-1      OCCURRENCE AND PATTERNS OF MULTIMORBIDITY
Alessandra MARENGONI (Stockholm, Sweden)
SB7 127-2      THE BIOLOGICAL BASIS OF FRAILTY IN THE ELDERLY PERSON
Luigi FERRUCCI (Baltimore, United States of America)
SB7 127-3      FUNCTIONAL LIMITATIONS IN SUBJECTS WITH MULTIMORBIDITY
Jack GURALNIK (Bethesda, United States of America)
SB7 127-4      CARE STRATEGIES FOR PERSONS WITH MULTIMORBIDITY
Mats THORSLUND (Stockholm, Sweden)
SB7 127-5      CHANGES IN MULTIMORBIDITY STATUS BY GENDER AND AGE FROM 60-100: A PRELIMINARY REPORT FROM THE SWEDISH NATIONAL STUDY ON AGING AND CARE (SNAC)
Sara ANGLEMAN (Stockholm, Sweden)

Tuesday July 7th

14:00 - 15:30

Symposia

     

SD7 128      RECONCILING EMPLOYMENT AND FAMILY CARE IN EUROPEAN WELFARE STATES
Room 353
14:00 - 15:30

Chair(s): António M. FONSECA (Porto, Portugal)

SD7 128-1      PROBLEMS OF EMPLOYMENT AND CARE FOR OLDER PEOPLE IN HUNGARY
Zsuzsa SZÉMAN (Budapest, Hungary)
SD7 128-2      APPROACHES TO FINDING THE BEST WAY BETWEEN THE DILEMMA: CONTINUE WORK OR TAKE CARE OF ELDERLY PARENT? – THE CASE OF POLAND AND LITHUANIA
Sarmite MIKULIONIENE (Vilnius, Lithuania)
SD7 128-3      PROBLEMS TO COMBINE CARE WITH PAID WORK AND THE REACTION GIVEN BY THE GERMAN LTCI REFORM
Hanneli DOHNER (Hamburg, Germany)
SD7 128-4      ADDRESSING SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF RECONCILING EMPLOYMENT AND FAMILY CARE IN PORTUGAL
Antonio FONSECA (Porto, Portugal)