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Tuesday July 7th

15:45 - 17:15

Symposia

     

SB7 129      THE CALIFORNIA FALL PREVENTION CENTER OF EXCELLENCE: A MODEL WITH INTERNATIONAL APPLICATIONS
Amphitheatre Bleu
15:45 - 17:15

Chair(s): Laurence RUBENSTEIN (Los Angeles, USA), Jon PYNOOS (Los Angeles, USA)

SB7 129-1      THE CALIFORNIA FALL PREVENTION CENTER OF EXCELLENCE: HISTORY AND VISION
Jon PYNOOS (Los Angeles, United States of America)
SB7 129-2      KEY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND PRODUCTS
Debra ROSE (Fullerton, United States of America)
SB7 129-3      REGIONAL AND STATEWIDE COALITIONS AND NETWORKING
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SB7 129-4      THE INSTEP MODEL PROGRAMS: EVALUATION AND COST-EFFECTIVENESS
Laurence RUBENSTEIN (Los Angeles, United States of America)

Tuesday July 7th

15:45 - 17:15

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SB7 130      VISION AND HEARING IMPAIRMENT IN THE ELDERLY – IMPLICATIONS FOR HEALTH, FUNCTION AND SOCIAL LIFE
Room 241
15:45 - 17:15

Chair(s): Else VENGNES GRUE (Oslo, Norway)

SB7 130-1      1. RECENT LOSS OF VISION – A HAZARD WITH IMPACT ON SOCIAL LIFE; A CROSS-NATIONAL STUDY OF HOMECARE CLIENTS IN 12 COUNTRIES
Else Vengnes GRUE (Oslo, Norway)
SB7 130-2      2. VISION AND HEARING LOSS IN NORWEGIAN NURSING HOME RESIDENTS – DO WE PROVIDE APPROPRIATE CARE?
Helle K FALKENBERG (Kongsberg, Norway)
SB7 130-3      3. HEARING LOSS IN THE ELDERLY – HOW ARE THEY AFFECTED?
Jorunn SOLHEIM (Oslo, Norway)
SB7 130-4      4. SEVERE COMBINED VISION AND HEARING IMPAIRMENT IN OLDER PEOPLE.
Else Marie SVINGEN (Oslo, Norway)
SB7 130-5      5. SENSORY IMPAIRMENT IN HIP-FRACTURE PATIENTS 65+ YEAR AND EFFECTS OF HEARING/VISION INTERVENTIONS ON FALL FREQUENCY
Else Vengnes GRUE (Oslo, Norway)

Tuesday July 7th

15:45 - 17:15

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SB7 131      SUPPORT TO DEVELOP GERIATRIC MEDICINE IN COUNTRIES WITHOUT ACCEPTED SPECIALTY
Room 242 A
15:45 - 17:15

Chair(s): Helgi KOLK (Tartu, Estonia), Alain FRANCO (Grenoble, France)

SB7 131-1      DEFINITION OF THE GERIATRIC PATIENT - DEVELOPMENT AND CONSENSUS (SGM UEMS)
Ian HASTIE (London, United Kingdom)
SB7 131-2      QUALITY ASPECTS AND CONSENSUS RECOMMENDATION FOR TRAINIG (UNDERGRAD./POSTGRAD.), TRAINING FACILITIES AND TRAINERS
Luettje DIETER (Osnabrueck, Germany)
SB7 131-3      SUPRANATIONAL EXAMINATION IN GERIATRIC MEDICINE
Frühwald THOMAS (Wien, Austria)
SB7 131-4      FROM EAMA TO ALMA, TRAIN AND TEACH THE (FUTURE) TRAINER AND TEACHERS
Sieber CORNEL (Nürnberg, Germany)

Tuesday July 7th

15:45 - 17:15

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SB7 132      ORAL HEALTH IN FRAIL GERIATRIC PATIENTS
Room 242 B
15:45 - 17:15

Chair(s): Jean-Pierre MICHEL (Geneva, Switzerland), Serge FERRARI (Geneva, Switzerland)

SB7 132-1      THE BURDEN OF DENTAL NEGLECT AS A CONSEQUENCE OF FRAILTY
Ross BRYANT (Vancouver, Canada)
SB7 132-2      HOW TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO DENTAL CARE FOR THE INSTITUTIONALISED POPULATION – BARRIERS AND SOLUTIONS
Ina NITSCHKE (Zurich, Switzerland)
SB7 132-3      COMMUNITY SERVICE LEARNING IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES: DENTAL STUDENTS
Mario BRONDANI (Vancouver, Canada)
SB7 132-4      TOOTH LOSS, DENTAL PROSTHESES AND NUTRITION IN THE ELDERLY POPULATION
Frauke MÜLLER (Geneva, Switzerland)

Tuesday July 7th

15:45 - 17:15

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SB7 133      SKELETAL MUSCLE POWER AND AGING: BIOLOGICAL DETERMINANTS AND FUNCTIONAL IMPLICATIONS.
Room 251
15:45 - 17:15

Chair(s): Roger FIELDING (Boston,USA)

SB7 133-1      MECHANISMS UNDERLYING THE AGING-RELATED SLOWING OF MUSCLE CONTRACTION FROM THE MOTOR UNIT, MUSCLE CELL TO THE MOTOR PROTEIN LEVEL.
Lars LARSSON (Uppsala, Sweden)
SB7 133-2      ORIGINS OF MUSCLE WEAKNESS IN OLD AGE.
Marco NARICI (Manchester, United Kingdom)
SB7 133-3      HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY AND SKELETAL MUSCLE POWER IN POST-MENOPAUSAL WOMEN.
Sarianna SIPILA (Jyvaskyla, Finland)
SB7 133-4      INTERVENTIONS THAT IMPROVE LOWER EXTREMITY MUSCLE POWER IN ELDERLY HUMANS.
Roger FIELDING (Boston, United States of America)

Tuesday July 7th

15:45 - 17:15

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SB7 134      RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS IN THE ELDERLY : CHALLENGES IN 2009
Room 252 AB
15:45 - 17:15

Chair(s): Gaëtan GAVAZZI (Grenoble, France), Marc PACCALIN (Poitiers, France)

SB7 134-1      THE BURDEN OF RTI IN THE ELDERLY: CHALLENGES IN DIAGNOSIS
Gaëtan GAVAZZI (Grenoble, France)
SB7 134-2      CHALLENGES IN ANTIBIOTICS RESISTANCE FOR RTI
Karl WEISS (Montreal, Canada)
SB7 134-3      PREVENTING RTI IN THE ELDERLY: CURRENT CHALLENGES
Mark LOEB (Hamilton, Canada)

Tuesday July 7th

15:45 - 17:15

Symposia

     

SB7 135      FALLS IN THE ELDERLY: RECENT FINDINGS AND ONGOING RESEARCH ON DETECTION OF ‘AT-RISK’ ELDERLY POPULATIONS.
Room Maillot
15:45 - 17:15

Chair(s): Mary TINETTI (New Haven, USA)

SB7 135-1      1- OVERVIEW OF RISK FACTORS FOR FALLS
Mary TINETTI (New Haven, United States of America)
SB7 135-2      2- A META-ANALYSIS-BASED STUDY ON RISK FACTORS FOR FALLS IN AN ELDERLY POPULATION
Frederic BLOCH (Paris, France)
SB7 135-3      3- CASE-BY-CASE ASSESSMENT METHOD TO DETECT RISK FACTORS OF FALLS
Gilles KEMOUN (Poitiers, France)
SB7 135-4      4- REVIEW OF NEW METHODS FOR EARLY DETECTION AND SECONDARY PREVENTION OF FALLS IN THE ELDERLY POPULATION
Anne-Sophie RIGAUD (Paris, France)

Tuesday July 7th

15:45 - 17:15

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SD7 136      SENIOR CITIZENSHIP : FROM MYTH TO REALITY. CHALLENGES AND CROSS-NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON SENIOR CITIZENS PARTICIPATION TO DECISION MAKING
Amphitheatre Bordeaux
15:45 - 17:15

Chair(s): Anne-Marie GUILLEMARD (Paris, France)

SD7 136-1      WHAT DOES SENIOR CITIZENSHIP MEANS?
Jean-François BICKEL (FRIBOURG, Switzerland)
SD7 136-2      GREY POWER : MYTH AND REALITY
Jean-Philippe VIRIOT DURANDAL (Strasbourg, France)
SD7 136-3      COLLECTIVE AND INTERNATIONAL ACTIONS FOR AND BY THE SENIOR CITIZENS.
Guy BEDARD (Burkina Faso)
SD7 136-4      FROM SOCIAL EXCLUSION TO INCLUSION. CHALLENGES FOR POLICIES, PRACTICES AND RESEARCH ON AGING.
Michèle CHARPENTIER (Montreal, Canada)

Tuesday July 7th

15:45 - 17:15

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SB7 137      ANEMIA IN THE ELDERLY:EMERGING CONCEPTS IN OCCURRENCE, CAUSE, AND TREATMENT
Room 342 A
15:45 - 17:15

Chair(s): William ERSHLER (Baltimore, USA )

SB7 137-1      ANEMIA IN US OLDER ADULTS: PREVALENCE, CAUSES AND TRENDS
Jack GURALNIK (Baltimore, United States of America)
SB7 137-2      RED CELL DISTRIBUTION WIDTH AS A NOVEL PREDICTOR OF MORTALITY
Kushang PATEL (Baltimore, United States of America)
SB7 137-3      AGE ASSOCIATED MILD PRO-INFLAMMATORY STATE AND ANEMIA
Luigi FERRUCCI (Baltimore, )
SB7 137-4      DEFINING MYELODYSPLASIA IN UNEXPLAINED ANEMIA
Andrew ARTZ (Chicago, United States of America)
SB7 137-5      ANEMIA IN THE ELDERLY: TREATMENT CONSIDERATIONS
William ERSHLER (Baltimore, United States of America)

Tuesday July 7th

15:45 - 17:15

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SC7 138      “NEW LOOK AT FILIAL PIETY IN EAST ASIA: CHANGING FAMILY SUPPORT FOR THE ELDERLY”
Room 342 B
15:45 - 17:15

Chair(s): Kyu-taik SUNG (Seoul, South Korea)

SC7 138-1      NEW LOOK AT FAMILY SUPPORT IN CHINA: CHANGING WAY OF PRACTICING FILIAL PIETY
Peng DU (Beijing, China)
SC7 138-2      NEW LOOK AT FAMILY SUPPORT FOR THE ELDERLY IN GREATER CHINESE COMMUNITIES IN EAST ASIA
Nelson CHOW (Hong Kong, China)
SC7 138-3      NEW LOOK AT FAMILY RELATIONS OF SENIORS IN JAPAN: CHANGING PRACTICE OF FILIAL PIETY
Wataru KOYANO (Ageo City, Japan)
SC7 138-4      NEW LOOK AT FILIAL PIETY IN SOUTH KOREA: CHANGING WAY OF TREATING THE ELDERLY
Kyu-taik SUNG (Michigan, United States of America)

Tuesday July 7th

15:45 - 17:15

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SD7 139      MIGRANT LONG-TERM CARE WORK AS A RISING CHALLENGE FOR ELDER CARE RESEARCH, POLICY AND PRACTICE (II): INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
Room 343
15:45 - 17:15

Chair(s): Virpi TIJMONEN (Dublin, Ireland)

SD7 139-1      MIGRANT WORKERS PROVIDING LONG TERM CARE TO OLDER PERSONS: CANADIAN POLICY AND EXPERIENCE
Gloria GUTMAN (Vancouver, Canada)
SD7 139-2      MIGRANT LIVE-IN HOMECARE WORKERS IN ISRAEL: FINDINGS FROM A RECENT STUDY
Esther IECOVICH (Beer Sheva, Israel)
SD7 139-3      MIGRANT CARE WORKERS IN SINGAPORE - THE ASIAN EXPERIENCE
Kalyani MEHTA (Singapore, Singapore)
SD7 139-4      CROSS-CULTURAL ENCOUNTERS IN SWEDISH ELDERLY CARE: THE CHALLENGES THAT MIGRANT CARE WORKERS POSE TO GERONTOLOGICAL PRACTICE
Sandra TORRES (Norrköping, Sweden)

Tuesday July 7th

15:45 - 17:15

Symposia

     

SC7 140      GLOBAL ISSUES IN SOCIAL INCLUSION OF OLDER ADULTS
Amphitheatre Havane
15:45 - 17:15

Chair(s): Norah KEATING (Alberta, Canada), Scharf THOMAS (Staffordshire, UK)

SC7 140-1      DEMOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVES ON SOCIAL EXCLUSION
Adele HAYUTIN (Stanford, United States of America)
SC7 140-2      GLOBALISATION AND AGEING: NEW PATTERNS OF SOCIAL INCLUSION AND EXCLUSION
Chris PHILLIPSON (Staffordshire, United Kingdom)
SC7 140-3      LATER-LIFE INEQUALITIES IN ACCESS TO BASIC HEALTH CARE: PERSPECTIVES FROM SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Isabella ABODERIN (Oxford, United Kingdom)
SC7 140-4      SOCIAL INCLUSION/EXCLUSION: AN ASIA-PACIFIC PERSPECTIVE
Kevin CHENG (Hong Kong, China)

Tuesday July 7th

15:45 - 17:15

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SC7 141      MANAGING SENIOR MOBILITY ACROSS THE WESTERN CONTINENTS
Room 351
15:45 - 17:15

Chair(s): Anne DICKERSON (Greenville, United States)

SC7 141-1      USING SAFE SYSTEM PRINCIPLES TO ENHANCE OLDER DRIVER SAFETY AND MOBILITY
Jim LANGFORD (Clayton, Australia)
SC7 141-2      TECHNOLOGY FOR ASSESSING OLDER DRIVERS AND ASSISTING THEM TO DRIVE SAFELY
Michelle PORTER (Winnipeg, Canada)
SC7 141-3      USING INSTRUMENTED VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY TO MONITOR THE DRIVING PERFORMANCE OF OLDER ADULTS
Lisa MOLNAR (Ann Arbor, United States of America)
SC7 141-4      IMPLEMENTATION OF SAFETY PROGRAMS FOR OLDER DRIVERS
Anne DICKERSON (Greenville, United States of America)

Tuesday July 7th

15:45 - 17:15

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SB7 142      INTEREST FOR MEASURING BLOOD PRESSURE AND ARTERIAL STIFFNESS FOR THE EVALUATION OF CARDIOVASCULAR RISK IN INSTITUTIONALIZED ELDERLY PEOPLE OVER 80
Room 352 AB
15:45 - 17:15

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

SB7 142-1      Systolic hypertension and its determinants in the elderly
Michel SAFAR (Paris, France)
SB7 142-2      RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN BLOOD PRESSURE AND ARTERIAL STIFFNESS IN INSTITUTIONALIZED ELDERLY PEOPLE OVER 80: RESULTS OF THE PARTAGE MULTICENTRIC STUDY
Athanase BENETOS (Nancy, France)
SB7 142-3      ARTERIAL FUNCTION IN THE VERY ELDERLY: WHY A GERIATRICIAN SHOULD CARE OF?
Angelo SCUTERI (Rome, Italy)
SB7 142-4      BLOOD PRESSURE CONTROL AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE VERY ELDERLY
Ulrich VISCHER (Thonex, Switzerland)

Tuesday July 7th

15:45 - 17:15

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SD7 143      SOCIAL CLASS AND AGE RELATIONS IN LATER LIFE
Room 353
15:45 - 17:15

Chair(s): Marvin FORMOSA (Msida, Malta), Paul HIGGS (London, United Kingdom)

SD7 143-1      THEORISING SOCIAL CLASS IN LATER LIFE: POWER, IDENTITY AND LIFESTYLE
Marvin FORMOSA (Msida, Malta)
SD7 143-2      SOCIAL CLASS, SOCIAL CAPITAL AND DIVERSITY IN LATER LIFE: A SECONDARY ANALYSIS OF THE BRITISH REGIONAL HEART STUDY (1978-2003) USING MULTIPLE CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS
Ian Rees JONES (Gwynedd, United Kingdom)
SD7 143-3      AN INTERSECTIONAL APPROACH TO CLASS IN OLD AGE
Neal KING (Virginia, United States of America)
SD7 143-4      CLASS, IDENTITY AND STRATIFICATION IN LATER LIFE: WHAT CAN A FOCUS ON ETHNICITY TELL US?
James NAZROO (Manchester, United Kingdom)