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Tuesday July 7th

17:30 - 19:00

Symposia

     

SB7 144      FOR A NEW DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Amphitheatre Bleu
17:30 - 19:00

Chair(s): Bruno DUBOIS (Paris, France)

SB7 144-1      NEURO-IMAGING AND ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Giovani FRISONI (Brescia, Italy)
SB7 144-2      BIOMARKERS AND ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Harald HAMPEL (Munich, Germany)
SB7 144-3      NEW CONCEPT AND NEW DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA FOR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
Bruno DUBOIS (Paris, France)

Tuesday July 7th

17:30 - 19:00

Symposia

     

SD7 145      SUBSTITUTIVE HOSPITAL AT HOME MODELS AROUND THE WORLD: IMPACT ON HEALTH AND WEALTH IN OLD PATIENTS
Room 241
17:30 - 19:00

Chair(s): Alain FRANCO (Grenoble, France)

SD7 145-1      HOSPITAL AT HOME AS A LINK BETWEEN THE HOSPITAL AND THE COMMUNITY: THE EXPERIENCE OF TORINO
Vittoria TIBALDI (Pocapaglia , Italy)
SD7 145-2      META-ANALYSIS OF HOSPITAL IN THE HOME (HITH): THE EFFECT OF SUBSTITUTING CARE AT HOME FOR CARE IN HOSPITAL
Gideon CAPLAN (Sydney, Australia)
SD7 145-3      SPECIAL CHALLENGES IN DISSEMINATING HOSPITAL AT HOME IN THE US HEALTHCARE SYSTEM: LESSONS FOR THE FIELD
Bruce LEFF (Baltimore, United States of America)
SD7 145-4      HOME HOSPITALIZATION IN JERUSALEM: 18 YEARS OF COST EFFECTIVE CARE
Jeremy JACOBS (Jerusalem, Israel)

Tuesday July 7th

17:30 - 19:00

Symposia

     

SB7 146      WHY PALLIATIVE CARE NEEDS GERIATRICS
Room 242 A
17:30 - 19:00

Chair(s): Giovanni GAMBASSI (Rome, Italy), Jean-Pierre MICHEL (Geneve, Switzerland)

SB7 146-1      PALLIATIVE CARE AND GERIATRICS: PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE
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SB7 146-2      PALLIATIVE MEDICINE IN GERIATRICS, NOT ONLY CANCER
Chiara CATANANTI (Rome, Italy)
SB7 146-3      PALLIATIVE CARE AND TERMINAL STAGE DEMENTIA
Miel RIBBE (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
SB7 146-4      WHO GUIDELINES FOR BETTER PRACTICE
Agis TSOUROS (Copenhagen, Denmark)

Tuesday July 7th

17:30 - 19:00

Symposia

     

SB7 147      CANADIAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY SYMPOSIUM: DEVELOPING AND ASSESSING GERIATRICS CURRICULUM – TRAINING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF AN AGING SOCIETY
Room 242 B
17:30 - 19:00

Chair(s): Chris FRANK (Kingston, Canada)

SB7 147-1      HOW MUCH GERIATRICS ARE CANADIAN MEDICAL TRAINEES TAUGHT?
Janet GORDON (Halifax, Canada)
SB7 147-2      FAMILY MEDICINE CARE OF THE ELDERLY TRAINING: DEVELOPING CURRICULA FOR A VARIETY OF ROLES.
Christopher FRANK (Kingston, Canada)
SB7 147-3      WEB BASED INSTRUMENTS FOR EVALUATION OF GERIATRICS CURRICULA.
John KIRK (Montreal, Canada)
SB7 147-4      STANDARDIZED ASSESSMENTS OF CLINICAL EVALUATION REPORT (STACERS) FOR SUMMATIVE EVALUATION IN GERIATRIC MEDICINE FELLOWSHIP.
Janet KUSHNER KOW (Vancouver, Canada)

Tuesday July 7th

17:30 - 19:00

Symposia

     

SB7 148      OUTCOME ASSESSMENTS AMONG GERIATRIC PATIENTS IN INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE
Room 251
17:30 - 19:00

Chair(s): Cornel SIEBER (Nuernberg, Germany), Niccolo MARCHIONNI (Florence, Italy)

SB7 148-1      HOSPITAL MORTALITY AND INTENSITY OF CARE OF ELDERLY PATIENTS IN ICU
Dominique SOMME (Paris, France)
SB7 148-2      PROGNOSTIC FACTORS FOR SEVERE INFECTIONS IN GERIATRIC PATIENTS.
Hans Juergen HEPPNER (Nuremberg, Germany)
SB7 148-3      PROGNOSTIC FACTORS FOR CARDIO-PULMONARY RESUSCITATION IN GERIATRIC PATIENTS
Niccolo MARCHIONNI (Florence, Italy)
SB7 148-4      PROGNOSTIC FACTORS FOR GERIATRIC PATIENTS IN ICU WITH ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Katrin SCHMITT (Nuremberg, Germany)

Tuesday July 7th

17:30 - 19:00

Symposia

     

SD7 149      INFORMAL CAREGIVING : FROM OBSERVATION TO ACTION
Room 252 AB
17:30 - 19:00

Chair(s): Marie Aline BLOCH (Paris, France)

SD7 149-1      INFORMAL CAREGIVING : A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
Alain GRAND (Toulouse, France)
SD7 149-2      CHANGES IN INFORMAL CARE OVER FOUR YEAR FOR ELDERLY PERSONS WITH ALZHEIMERS DISEASE
Sandrine ANDRIEU (Pennsylvania, United States of America)
SD7 149-3      PROCESS AND OUTCOMES FOR CAREGIVERS : NEW MULTIDIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT APPROACHES
Steven ZARIT (New York, United States of America)
SD7 149-4      CAREGIVER INTERVENTION RESEARCH : PAST RESULTS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS
Mary MITTELMAN (Toulouse, France)

Tuesday July 7th

17:30 - 19:00

Symposia

     

SD7 150      INTERDISCIPLINARITY IN GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRICS : SOCIETY, CULTURE AND EPISTEMOLOGY RESHAPING LINKS BETWEEN DISCIPLINES
Room Maillot
17:30 - 19:00

Chair(s): Marie BEAULIEU (Sherbrooke, Canada)

SD7 150-1      An historical perspective on interdisciplinary: Muslims, Christians and Jews in XV century in Granada
Miguel OROZCO (Granada, Spain)
SD7 150-2      An interprofessionnal or an interdisciplinary problem? Distinctions to develop an analytical scheme of interdisciplinarity based on the case of a long-term care hospital.
Yves COUTURIER (Sherbrooke, Canada)
SD7 150-3      Interdisciplinary teams in Latino America: proposals and functioning.
José Fernando GOMEZ (Manizales, Colombia)

Tuesday July 7th

17:30 - 19:00

Symposia

     

SD7 151      BUILDING THE HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE TO SERVE AN AGING AMERICA
Amphitheatre Bordeaux
17:30 - 19:00

Chair(s): Alexandre KALACHE (New York, USA)

SD7 151-1      THE FUTURE GERIATRIC WORKFORCE: THE CHALLENGE TO PHYSICIANS TO PREPARE FOR AN AGING AMERICA
John ROWE (New York, United States of America)
SD7 151-2      THE CRITICAL NEED FOR BUILDING CAPACITY IN THE FIELD OF GERIATRIC NURSING
Terry FULMER (New York, United States of America)
SD7 151-3      RETOOLING FOR AN AGING AMERICA: THE RESPONSE FROM SOCIAL WORK AND FAMILY CAREGIVERS
Carol RAPHAEL (New York, United States of America)
SD7 151-4      TOMORROW
Patricia VOLLAND (New York, United States of America)

Tuesday July 7th

17:30 - 19:00

Symposia

     

SA7 152      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
Room 342 A
17:30 - 19:00

Chair(s): Monique FERRY (Valence, France), Guy CHAZOT (Lyon, France)

SA7 152-1      SELENIUM AS AN ANTI AGEING NUTRIENT
Margaret RAYMAN (Guilford, United Kingdom)
SA7 152-2      CHROMIUM AND AGING
Richard ANDERSON (Belstville, United States of America)
SA7 152-3      ZINC SUPPLEMENTATION IN ELDERLY PEOPLE: BENEFITS AND LIMITS
Anne-Marie ROUSSEL (La Tronche, France)

Tuesday July 7th

17:30 - 19:00

Symposia

     

SA7 153      IMPLICATION OF BUTYRYLCHOLINESTERASE IN DEMENTIA: PRECLINICAL AND CLINICAL EVIDENCES
Room 342 B
17:30 - 19:00

Chair(s): Thierry DANTOINE (Limoges, France), Roger BULLOCK (Swindon, United Kingdom)

SA7 153-1      UPDATE ON BUTYRYLCHOLINESTERASE ENZYMOLOGICAL PROPERTIES AND ON REVERSIBLE SELECTIVE BUTYRYLCHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS IN PRECLINICAL STUDIES
NIGEL GREIG (Baltimore, United States of America)
SA7 153-2      LAST DATAS FROM CLINICAL STUDIES OF BUTYRYLCHOLINESTERASE IMPLICATION IN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND COGNITIVE DECLINE
ROGER BULLOCK (Swindon, United Kingdom)
SA7 153-3      BUTYRYLCHOLINESTERASE IN PARKINSON’S AND LEWY BODY DISEASES AND IN SUBCORTICAL SYMPTOMS OF DEMENTIAS
GUSTAVO ARBO (Asuncion, Paraguay)

Tuesday July 7th

17:30 - 19:00

Symposia

     

SD7 154      SOCIOECONOMIC INEQUALITIES IN HEALTH IN OLDER PEOPLE
Room 343
17:30 - 19:00

Chair(s): Hans BOSMA (Maastricht, The Netherlands)

SD7 154-1      WEALTH AND DISABILITY IN 11 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES: RESULTS FROM THE SHARE STUDY.
Farizah MOHD HAIRI (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
SD7 154-2      DO CHILDHOOD AND ADULT SOCIOECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES EXPLAIN THE WITHIN AND BETWEEN COUNTRY DIFFERENCES IN THE BIRTH COHORT EFFECTS ON COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING IN OLDER ADULTS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE? RESULTS FROM THE HAPIEE STUDY.
Martin BOBAK (London, United Kingdom)
SD7 154-3      PERSONALITY AND HEALTH AS PREDICTORS OF INCOME DECREASE IN OLD AGE: INDIRECT AND DIRECT SELECTION AS EXPLANATION OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC HEALTH DIFFERENCES?
Danielle GROFFEN (Maastricht, The Netherlands)
SD7 154-4      HEALTH INEQUALITIES IN EARLY OLD AGE: THE ROLE OF PARTICIPATION IN SOCIALLY PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES.
Morten WAHRENDORF (Dusseldorf, Germany)

Tuesday July 7th

17:30 - 19:00

Symposia

     

SC7 155      PSYCHOSOCIAL PREDICTORS OF LATER LIFE DISPARITIES
Amphitheatre Havane
17:30 - 19:00

Chair(s): Toni ANTONUCCI (Michigan, USA), Lisa BERKMAN (Cambridge, USA)

SC7 155-1      ETHNIC DIFFERENCES IN EARLY LIFE EXPERIENCES AND DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS ACROSS THE LIFE COURSE
Cleopatra CALDWELL (Ann Arbor, United States of America)
SC7 155-2      KEEPING QUIET OR FIGHTING IT OUT: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF MARITAL CONFLICT AND WELL-BEING
Kira BIRDITT (Tokyo, Japan)
SC7 155-3      THE IMPLICATIONS OF RECIPROCITY FOR DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS IN JAPAN AND THE U.S.
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SC7 155-4      PSYCHOLOGICAL RESOURCES AND THE LINK BETWEEN SOCIAL INEQUALITY AND HEALTH IN ADULTHOOD AND OLD AGE – FINDINGS FROM THE GERMAN AGEING SURVEY
Clemens TESCH-ROEMER ()

Tuesday July 7th

17:30 - 19:00

Symposia

     

SC7 156      SUPPORTIVE TECHNOLOGIES IN LATER LIFE
Room 351
17:30 - 19:00

Chair(s): Frank OSWALD (Heidelberg, Germany), Hans-Werner WAHL (Heidelberg, Germany)

SC7 156-1      OLDER ADULTS AND THE USE OF E-HEALTH INFORMATION
Sara CZAJA (Miami, United States of America)
SC7 156-2      ANALYZING OUTDOOR MOBILITY OF COMMUNITY DWELLING ELDERS WITH COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT BY MEANS OF TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES IN ISRAEL AND GERMANY: DATA FROM THE PROJECT SENTRA
Frank OSWALD (Heidelberg, Germany)
SC7 156-3      USING TECHNOLOGY TO MANAGE PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC ILLNESSES: RESULTS OF THE SAPHE PROJECT
Andrew SIXSMITH (Vancouver, Canada)
SC7 156-4      EVALUATION OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES BY RESIDENTS AND STAFF IN THE INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT: DATA FROM THE PROJECT BETAGT
Katrin CLASSEN (Heidelberg, Germany)
SC7 156-5      DISCUSSION
Rick J. SCHEIDT (Manhattan, United States of America)

Tuesday July 7th

17:30 - 19:00

Symposia

     

SD7 157      ETHICAL ISSUES WITH ADVANCING AGE
Room 352 AB
17:30 - 19:00

Chair(s): Robert MOULIAS (Paris, France), Norah KEATINGS (Edmonton, Canada)

SD7 157-1      THE ETHICAL NEED FOR A SEMANTIC CONSENSUS ON A GOOD USE OF THE GOOD WORDS IN GERONTOLOGY
Robert MOULIAS (Paris, France)
SD7 157-2      INTERGENERATIONNAL RIGHTS AND DUTIES : THE MISSING LINK FOR SOCIAL COHESION
Norah KEATING (Edmonton, Canada)
SD7 157-3      THE RIGHT TO REMAIN AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY
Rosita KORNFELD (Santiago do Chile, Chile)
SD7 157-4      AGEISM AND AGE DISCRIMINATION : NEGLECT IN ETHICS RESEARCH, PRACTICE AND POLICY
Astrid STUCKELBERGER (Geneva, Switzerland)

Tuesday July 7th

17:30 - 19:00

Symposia

     

SD7 158      ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES OF POPULATION AGEING THROUGH CAPACITY BUILDING AND TRAINING
Room 353
17:30 - 19:00

Chair(s): Joseph TROISI (Msida, Malta)

SD7 158-1      AGEING IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA:MAJOR CHALLENGES FOR CAPACITY BUILDING AND TRAINING
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SD7 158-2      GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRICS EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE GLOBAL CONTEXT: THE NEED FOR STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES
Gloria GUTMAN (Vancouver, Canada)
SD7 158-3      TRAINING IN THE FIELD OF AGEING IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN : SOME GOOD PRACTICES
Pedro Paolo MARIN (Santiago, Chile)
SD7 158-4      IMPLEMENTING THE MADRID INTERNATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION ON AGING THROUGH CAPACITY BUILDING AND MANPOWER TRAINING
Joseph TROISI (Msida, Malta)