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Wednesday July 8th

14:00 - 15:30

Symposia

     

SD8 191      ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS: CROSS NATIONAL COMPARISON OF STRATEGIC ACTION PLANS
Amphitheatre Bleu
14:00 - 15:30

Chair(s): Howard BERGMAN (Quebec government Task Force on Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders, McGill University and Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Canada), Florence LUSTMAN (Inspecteur général des finances, Chargée par le Président de la République du suivi du plan Alzheimer France)

Wednesday July 8th

14:00 - 15:30

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SB8 192      GERONTECHNOLOGY FOR OPTIMAL HEALTH IN A MULTIDISCIPLINARY CONTEXT
Room 241
14:00 - 15:30

Chair(s): Herman BOUMA (Vessem, The Netherlands), Alain FRANCO (Grenoble, France)

SB8 192-1      GERONTECHNOLOGY AS A FIELD OF ENDEAVOUR
Herman BOUMA (Vessem, The Netherlands)
SB8 192-2      HOW DO PSYCHOLOGICAL MODELS FIT INTO GERONTECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH
Claudia OPPENAUER (Wien, Austria)
SB8 192-3      HOME AUTOMATION, ROBOTICS, ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY, GERIATRIC TELECARE AND TELEMEDICINE:DO THESE TECHNOLOGIES MATCH?
Francesco FRANCHIMON (Eindhoven, The Netherlands)
SB8 192-4      A MULTIDISCIPLINARY CHALLENGE OF BENEFITS AND RISKS: PREVENTIVE HEALTH ENGINEERING IN EARLIER AND LATER LIFE
Johanna VAN BRONSWIJK (Eindhoven, The Netherlands)

Wednesday July 8th

14:00 - 15:30

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SB8 193      CACHEXIA: A NEW GERIATRIC SYNDROME?
Room 242 A
14:00 - 15:30

Chair(s): William EVANS (Little Rock, USA), John MORLEY (Saint Louis, USA)

SB8 193-1      CACHEXIA–A NEW DEFINITION
William EVANS (Little Rock, United States of America)
SB8 193-2      PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF CACHEXIA
Josep ARGILES (Barcelona, Spain)
SB8 193-3      INVOLUNTARY WEIGHT LOSS IN AGEING AND CHRONIC ILLNESS—COMMON MECHANISMS
Stefan ANKER (Berlin, Germany)
SB8 193-4      PERSPECTIVES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF CACHEXIA
John MORLEY (St Louis, United States of America)

Wednesday July 8th

14:00 - 15:30

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SB8 194      PHYSICAL FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE IN OLDER ADULTS IN ITALY, SWITZERLAND, AND THE UNITED STATES
Room 242 B
14:00 - 15:30

Chair(s): M. Elaine CRESS (Athens, USA), Reto W. KRESSIG (Basel, Switzerland)

SB8 194-1      FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE IN OLDER ADULTS LIVING IN A RETIREMENT COMMUNITY IN ITALY AND THE UNITED STATES.
M. Elaine CRESS (Athens, United States of America)
SB8 194-2      SELF-RATED AND PERFORMANCE BASED FUNCTION IN INDEPENDENT LIVING OLDER ADULTS IN SWITZERLAND.
Reto W. KRESSIG (Basel , Switzerland)
SB8 194-3      DEPRESSION AND NUTRITIONAL STATUS AS PREDICTORS OF PERCEIVED STRESS AND FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE IN RETIREMENT COMMUNITY AND INDEPENDENT LIVING OLDER ADULTS IN SOUTHEASTERN REGION OF THE UNITED STATES.
Stefania ORINI (Travagliato, Italy)
SB8 194-4      PHYSICAL FUNCTION, DYSPNEA AND PAIN AS PREDICTORS OF DISABILITY IN OLDER RESIDENTS OF LOUISIANA, UNITED STATES.
Robert WOOD (Bangor , United States of America)

Wednesday July 8th

14:00 - 15:30

Symposia

     

SD8 195      AGEING IN PLACE: OPTIONS FOR OLDER PEOPLE IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
Room 243
14:00 - 15:30

Chair(s): Anthea TINKER (London, UK)

SD8 195-1      AGEING IN PLACE: THE UK EXPERIENCE
Anthea TINKER (London, United Kingdom)
SD8 195-2      AGEING IN PLACE: THE CANADIAN EXPERIENCE
Gloria GUTMAN (Vancouver , Canada)
SD8 195-3      AGEING IN PLACE: THE AUSTRALIAN EXPERIENCE
Duncan BOLDY (Perth, Australia)

Wednesday July 8th

14:00 - 15:30

Symposia

     

SC8 196      TAKING A "BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL" VIEW OF COGNITIVE AGING
Room 251
14:00 - 15:30

Chair(s): Teresa SEEMAN (Los Angeles, United States)

SC8 196-1      LIFE HISTORIES OF SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT AND ADULT COGNITION.
Teresa SEEMAN (Los Angeles, United States of America)
SC8 196-2      HISTORIES OF "DAILY DIARY REPORTS" ON SOCIAL EXPERIENCE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL STATUS AND ADULT COGNITION
Stefan AGRIGOROAEI (Pennsylvania, United States of America)
SC8 196-3      PSYCHOSOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL PROTECTIVE FACTORS FOR COGNITIVE AND PHYSICAL HEALTH
David ALEMEIDA (Waltham, United States of America)
SC8 196-4      TESTING THE ROLE OF MAJOR BIOLOGICAL REGULATORY SYSTEMS AS MEDIATIONAL PATHWAYS LINKING PSYCHOSOCIAL EXPERIENCE TO ADULT COGNITION
Arun KARLAMANGLA (Los Angeles, United States of America)

Wednesday July 8th

14:00 - 15:30

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SB8 197      THE CENTRAL CONTROL OF MOBILITY IN OLDER ADULTS
Room 252 AB
14:00 - 15:30

Chair(s): Joe VERGHESE (New York, United States), Caterina ROSANO (Pittsburgh, United States)

SB8 197-1      MOBILITY SIGNATURES OF BRAIN DYSFUNCTION
Joe VERGHESE (Bronx, United States of America)
SB8 197-2      COGNITIVE AND GENETIC DETERMINANTS OF GAIT PERFORMANCE AND ADAPTABILITY
Roee HOLTZER (Pittsburgh, United States of America)
SB8 197-3      WHEN IS GAIT AUTOMATIC? INSIGHTS FROM DUAL TASKING AND PHARMACOLOGIC STUDIES
Jeffery HAUSDORFF ()
SB8 197-4      BRAIN NETWORK ANALYSIS OF GAIT CHARACTERISTICS IN OLDER ADULTS
Caterina ROSANO (Tel Aviv, Israel)

Wednesday July 8th

14:00 - 15:30

Symposia

     

SC8 198      EXPERIENCES OF OLD AGE IN DEVELOPING WORLD SLUMS: EVIDENCE AND FUTURE AGENDAS
Room Maillot
14:00 - 15:30

Chair(s): Hans-Joachim VON KONDRATOWITZ (Berlin, Germany), Isabella ABODERIN (Oxford, United Kingdom)

SC8 198-1      EXPERIENCES OF OLDER PERSONS IN SOUTH ASIAN URBAN SLUMS: EVIDENCE FROM CHENNAI, INDIA
Vera-Sanso PENNY (London , United Kingdom)
SC8 198-2      SOCIAL EXCLUSION AND OPPORTUNITY: OLDER PERSONS’ EXPERIENCES AND ACCESS TO SPACE IN NAIROBI SLUMS
Ousmane FAYE (Nairobi , Kenya)
SC8 198-3      EXPERIENCES OF OLD AGE IN URBAN SLUMS IN LATIN AMERICA: EVIDENCE FROM SAO PAULO, BRAZIL
Machado LAURA (Rio de Janeiro , Brazil)
SC8 198-4      URBAN SLUMS AND POVERTY IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH: CONNECTING AGEING POLICY TO MAINSTREAM DEVELOPMENT AGENDAS
Isabella ABODERIN (Oxford , United Kingdom)

Wednesday July 8th

14:00 - 15:30

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SD8 199      FORGING A GLOBAL MOVEMENT ON AGE-FRIENDLY CITIES
Amphitheatre Bordeaux
14:00 - 15:30

Chair(s): John BEARD (Geneva, Switzerland)

SD8 199-1      Background, and history of Age-friendly Cities project
Alexandre KALACHE (Geneva, Switzerland)
SD8 199-2      Age-friendly New York City: Findings and Lessons
Ruth FINKELSTEIN (New York, United States of America)
SD8 199-3      Age-friendly Cities: the experience of Shanghai
Hua FU (Shanghai, China)
SD8 199-4      Age-friendly Cities: the way forward
John BEARD ()

Wednesday July 8th

14:00 - 15:30

Symposia

     

SA8 200      GH/IGF-1 AND INSULIN SIGNALING IN MAMMALS AND ITS RELEVANCE TO HUMAN LONGEVITY
Room 342 A
14:00 - 15:30

Chair(s): Pierrette GAUDREAU (Paris, France ), Jacques EPELBAUM (Montreal, Canada )

SA8 200-1      FUNCTIONAL GENOTYPES IN THE GH/IGF-1 IN HUMANS WITH EXCEPTIONAL LONGEVITY
Nir BARZILAI (New York , United States of America)
SA8 200-2      BRAIN IGF-1 RECEPTOR PROGRAMS MAMMALIAN LIFESPAN
Laurent KAPPELER (Paris, France)
SA8 200-3      NEUROENDOCRINE AGING IN RATS: INTERACTIONS BETWEEN GH/IGF-1 AXIS, ENERGY BALANCE REGULATION AND COGNITION.
Jacques EPELBAUM (Paris, France)
SA8 200-4      THE PITUITARY GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE RECEPTOR CONTRIBUTION TO HEALTHY AGING
Pierrette GAUDREAU (Montreal, Canada)

Wednesday July 8th

14:00 - 15:30

Symposia

     

SD8 201      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
Room 342 B
14:00 - 15:30

Chair(s): Andreas HOFF (Oxford, United Kingdom)

SD8 201-1      "Work restrictions experienced by midlife family carers of older people in six European countries: findings from the EUROFAMCARE project"
Andrea PRINCIPI (Ancona, Italy)
SD8 201-2      "Aging and Caring at the Intersection of Work and Home Life in Canada: Public and Private, Linkage and Boundary"
Anne MARTIN-MATTHEWS (Vancouver, Canada)
SD8 201-3      “Caregiving to elderly persons: context and correlates in the Ibadan Study of Ageing”
Lola KOLA (Ibadan, Nigeria)
SD8 201-4      “Confucianism in transition? Migration, work and care of older people in East Asia"
Henglien CHEN (Lincoln, United Kingdom)

Wednesday July 8th

14:00 - 15:30

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SD8 202      A CROSS-CULTURAL EXAMINATION OF INFORMAL AND FORMAL SYSTEMS OF ELDERCARE IN INDIA, JAPAN AND THE U.S.
Room 343
14:00 - 15:30

Chair(s): Denise BURNETTE (New York, USA)

SD8 202-1      THE ROLE OF INFORMAL AND FORMAL SUPPORTS ON WELL-BEING AND SERVICE USE BY OLDER ADULTS IN INDIA
Denise BURNETTE (New York, United States of America)
SD8 202-2      THE ROLE OF INFORMAL AND FORMAL CARE IN NURSING HOME ADMISSION AMONG PUBLIC LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE BENEFICIARIES IN JAPAN
Li-Mei CHEN (Uegahara, Nishinomiya Hyogo, Japan)
SD8 202-3      TYPES AND PREDICTORS OF COPING STRATEGIES OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN INFORMAL CAREGIVERS
Philip ROZARIO (Garden city, United States of America)

Wednesday July 8th

14:00 - 15:30

Symposia

     

SC8 203      PAIN IN OLDER PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA, NEW APPROACHES IN A PROGRESSING RESEARCH AREA
Amphitheatre Havane
14:00 - 15:30

Chair(s): Sandra ZWAKHALEN (Maastricht The Netherlands)

SC8 203-1      USING MOST VALID ITEMS TO MEASURE PAIN IN OLDER PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA: A NEW APPROACH TO THE ITEM SELECTION OF A OBSERVATIONAL PAIN ASSESSMENT
Sandra ZWAKHALEN (Maastricht , The Netherlands)
SC8 203-2      INFLUENCE OF DEMENTIA ON THE PERCEPTION OF PAIN
Erik SCHERDER ( Amsterdam , The Netherlands)
SC8 203-3      PREVALENCE AND TREATMENT OF PAIN IN NURSING HOME PATIENTS WITH DEMENTIA AFTER ADMISSION AND BEFORE DEATH
Jenny VAN DER STEEN (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
SC8 203-4      PAIN ASSESSEMENT IN PERSONS WITH SEVERE DEMENTIA: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF FACIAL EXPRESSION
Thomas FISCHER (Berlin, Germany)

Wednesday July 8th

14:00 - 15:30

Symposia

     

SD8 204      AMBIENT ASSISTED LIVING AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN ELDERLY
Room 351
14:00 - 15:30

Chair(s): José C. MILLÁN (Coruña, Spain), Ana MASEDA (Coruña, Spain)

SD8 204-1      TELEGERONTOLOGY: A NEW GERONTOLOGY RESOURCE
José C. MILLÁN (A Coruña, Spain)
SD8 204-2      COMPUTERIZED COGNITIVE STIMULATION AND WEBCONFERENCING FOR PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT AND THEIR CARERS
Anne-Sophie RIGAUD (Paris, France)
SD8 204-3      EXPERIENCES FROM FIRST GENERATION SMART HOUSES FOR OLDER PEOPLE
Ad VAN BERLO (Eindhoven, The Netherlands)
SD8 204-4      LESSONS LEARNT FROM THE MPOWER PROJECT - MIDDLEWARE PLATFORM FOR EM-POWERING COGNITIVE DISABLED AND ELDERLY
Erwin FUGGER (Vienna, Austria)
SD8 204-5      COMPANIONABLE – MOBILE ROBOT COMPANION AND SMART HOME SYSTEM FOR PEOPLE WITH MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT
Ana MASEDA (A Coruña, Spain)

Wednesday July 8th

14:00 - 15:30

Symposia

     

SB8 205      HEALTHY AGEING AND PREVENTABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES VACCINES OK
Room 352 AB
14:00 - 15:30

Chair(s): Paul KNIGHT (Glasgow, Scotland), Desmond O'NEILL (Adelaide, Australia)

SB8 205-1      VACCINE AND HEALTHY AGEING
Stefania MAGGI (PADOVA, Italy)
SB8 205-2      THE UPDATED VACCINE GUIDELINES FOR AGEING AND AGED CITIZENS OF EUROPE
Jean-Pierre MICHEL (THONEX-GENEVA, Switzerland)
SB8 205-3      ENSURING THE WILLINGNESS TO VACCINATE AND BEING VACCINATED
Jean-Pierre BAEYENS (OOSTENDE, Belgium)
SB8 205-4      EDUCATIONAL VACCINE TOOLS: THE FRENCH INITIATIVE
Joël BELMIN (IVRY SUR SEINE, France)

Wednesday July 8th

14:00 - 15:30

Symposia

     

SB8 206      DIFFERENT PATHWAYS FOR A COMMON PURPOSE: TEACHING GERIATRIC MEDICINE FOR UNDERGRADUATES STUDENTS
Room 353
14:00 - 15:30

Chair(s): Roberto KAPLAN (Vicente Lopéz, Argentina)

SB8 206-1      STATE OF ART OF GERIATRIC EDUCATION FOR UNDERGRADUATES IN SPAIN
Juan F. MACÍAS NUÑEZ (Salamanca, Spain)
SB8 206-2      TEACHING GERIATRICS IN ISRAEL: FROM THE FIRST CHAIR UP TO PRESENT
David GALINSKY (Beer Sheva, Israel)
SB8 206-3      A 40 YEARS UNEVEN STORY ABOUT A GERIATRIC CHAIR IN AN ARGENTINE UNIVERSITY
José R. JAUREGUI (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
SB8 206-4      HOW TO DESIGN TEACHING PROGRAMS IN GERIATRICS FOR UNDERGRADUATES
Gustavo DUQUE (Sidney, Australia)