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Monday July 6th

10:30 - 12:00

Symposia

     

SB6 019      UPDATE: DEVELOPMENT OF THERAPIES AND DIAGNOSTICS FOR THE TREATMENT OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Amphitheatre Bleu
10:30 - 12:00

Chair(s): Bruno VELLAS (Toulouse, France), Ronald PETERSEN (Mayo, USA)

SB6 019-1      NEW MOLECULAR TARGETS EMERGING FROM BASIC SCIENCE WITH A FOCUS ON AMYLOID STRATEGIES
Lennart MUCKE (San Francisco, United States of America)
SB6 019-2      NEW MOLECULAR TARGETS EMERGING FROM BASIC SCIENCE WITH A FOCUS ON PLEIOTROPIC STRATEGIES
Dale SHENCK (San Francisco, United States of America)
SB6 019-3      IMAGING BIOMARKERS FOR EVALUATION OF DISEASE PROGRESSION IN CLINICAL TRIALS
Nick FOX (London, United Kingdom)
SB6 019-4      MOVING THE THERAPEUTIC TARGETS EARLIER IN ALZHEIMERS DISEASE
Ronald PETERSEN (Rochester, MN, United States of America)

Monday July 6th

10:30 - 12:00

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SD6 020      OLDER WORKERS UNDER GLOBALIZATION – EMPLOYMENT AND RETIREMENT IN TIMES OF RAPID SOCIAL CHANGE
Room 241
10:30 - 12:00

Chair(s): Julia MAROLD (Bamberg, Germany), Annika JABSEN (Bamberg, Germany)

SD6 020-1      CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK: CAREER EXITS UNDER GLOBALIZATION – BECOMING RETIRED IN TIMES OF RAPID SOCIAL CHANGE
Dirk HOFAECKER (Bamberg, Germany)
SD6 020-2      THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION OF OLDER WORKERS AND ITS ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES – A COMPARISON OF GERMANY, DENMARK AND THE UNITED KINGDOM
Paul SCHMELZER (Leipzig, Germany)
SD6 020-3      HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT POLICIES FOR OLDER WORKERS: TOWARDS INCREASING EMPLOYMENT INTEGRATION? EVIDENCE FROM GERMAN AND BRITISH FIRM PANEL DATA
Heike SCHROEDER (London, United Kingdom)
SD6 020-4      THE TREND TOWARDS EARLY RETIREMENT IN GERMANY IN THE GLOBALIZATION PROCESS: WHAT COULD BE LEARNED FROM OTHER EUROPEAN SOCIETIES TO INCREASE OLD AGE EMPLOYMENT RATES SUCCESSFULLY?
Sandra BUCHHOLZ (Bamberg, Germany)

Monday July 6th

10:30 - 12:00

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SB6 021      EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVES ON TEACHING GERIATRIC MEDICINE. A JOINED EUGMS AND IAGG-ER SYMPOSIUM
Room 242 A
10:30 - 12:00

Chair(s): Jean-Pierre MICHEL (Geneva, Switzerland), Jean Pierre BAEYENS (Ostend, Belgium)

SB6 021-1      GERIATRIC EDUCATION IN EUROPE: IS IT REALLY IMPROVING?
Alfonso CRUZ-JENTOFT (Madrid, Spain)
SB6 021-2      GERIATRIC MEDICINE, A DEFINITION – DOES IT REFLECT THE NEW SPECIALTY CHALLENGES? SGM UEMS CONSENSUS.
Ian HASTIE (Sutton, United Kingdom)
SB6 021-3      THE EUROPEAN ACADEMY FOR MEDICINE OF AGEING (EAMA): PAST,PRESENT AND FUTURE
Cornel SIEBER (Nürnberg, Germany)
SB6 021-4      MODELS OF GERIATRIC TRAINING IN EUROPE – FROM UNIVERSITIES TO CLINICAL PRACTICE
Eva TOPINKOVA (Prague, Czech Republic)

Monday July 6th

10:30 - 12:00

Symposia

     

SD6 022      AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON PREVENTION OF PHYSICAL RESTRAINT USE
Room 242 B
10:30 - 12:00

Chair(s): Gabriele MEYER (Witten, Germany)

SD6 022-1      REDUCING PHYSICAL RESTRAINTS IN NURSING HOMES. RESULTS OF A PILOT STUDY.
Jan HAMERS (Maastricht , The Netherlands)
SD6 022-2      IMPACT OF HOSPITALS PARTICIPATION IN THE NICHE PROGRAM ON RESTRAINT USE.
Elisabeth CAPEZUTI (New York, United States of America)
SD6 022-3      WHAT WORKS IN A RESTRAINT REDUCTION PROGRAM? FINDINGS FROM RESEARCH PROJECTS IN REHABILITATION SETTINGS.
Claudia LAI (Hong Kong, China)
SD6 022-4      EVIDENCE-BASED GUIDELINE ON PHYSICAL RESTRAINT REDUCTION IN NURSING HOMES.
Sascha KÖPKE (Hamburg, Germany)

Monday July 6th

10:30 - 12:00

Symposia

     

SD6 023      NEW DEPARTURES IN CRITICAL GERONTOLOGY: MULTI-LEVEL PERSPECTIVES ON POWER AND INEQUALITY
Room 243
10:30 - 12:00

Chair(s): Chris PHILLIPSON (Keele, UK)

SD6 023-1      THE IMPORTANCE OF AGING AND THE LIFE WORLD FOR THE PRESENT ECONOMIC CRISIS
Jan BAARS (Den Bosch , The Netherlands)
SD6 023-2      TRANSNATIONAL COMMUNITIES: A THEORETICALLY AND EMPIRICALLY FRUITFUL POINT OF DEPARTURE FOR CRITICAL GERONTOLOGY
Sandra TORRES (Norrköping, Sweden)
SD6 023-3      CRITICAL MICRO-INTERACTIONISM AND LONG-TERM CARE SETTINGS: THEORY, RESEARCH AND ACTION
Rebecca SIDERS (Montreal, Canada)
SD6 023-4      CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ‘FRAILTY’ IN LATER LIFE
Amanda GRENIER (Montreal, Canada)

Monday July 6th

10:30 - 12:00

Symposia

     

SC6 024      SPECIAL SESSION ON FORGIVENESS IN AGING AMERICAN/ISRAELI COLLABORATION
Room 251
10:30 - 12:00

Chair(s): Shira HANTMAN (Upper Galilee, Israel), Roberta GREENE (Texas, United States)

SC6 024-1      A HOLOCAUST SURVIVORSHIP MODEL
Roberta GREENE (Austin, United States of America)
SC6 024-2      CAN WE FORGIVE OR FORGET? FORGIVENESS IN OLD AGE
Shira HANTMAN (Tel Hai, Israel)
SC6 024-3      ERIKSON’S HEALTHY PERSONALITY AND SURVIVORSHIP: LIFE STAGE MEETS LIFE COURSE
Sandra A. GRAHAM (Austin, United States of America)
SC6 024-4      THE ROLE OF PERFORMED MEANING IN SURVIVORSHIP: APPLICATION TO HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS
Marilyn ARMOUR (Austin, United States of America)
SC6 024-5      HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL ISSUES: A HOLOCAUST CONTEXT:
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SC6 024-6      IMAGES OF OLDER HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS
Harriet COHEN (Fort Worth, United States of America)
SC6 024-7      RISK AND RESILIENCE AMONG NAZI HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS
Roberta GREENE (Austin, United States of America)
SC6 024-8      GIVING VOICE TO RESILIENCE: CREATIVE EXPRESSIONS AMONG HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS
Constance CORLEY (Los Angeles, United States of America)

Monday July 6th

10:30 - 12:00

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SB6 025      MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT - DISCUSSED AND LESS DISCUSSED ISSUES
Room 252 AB
10:30 - 12:00

Chair(s): Perla WERNER (Haifa, Israel), Amos KORCZYN (Tel Aviv, Israel)

SB6 025-1      THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF MCI
Karen RITCHIE (Montpellier, France)
SB6 025-2      IS MCI REALLY A SINGLE NOSOLOGICAL ENTITY? - DIFFICULTIES WITH THE DEFINITION
Amos KORCZYN (Tel Aviv, Israel)
SB6 025-3      NOVEL COMPUTERIZED METHODS TO DIAGNOSE MCI - questions and dilemmas
Perla WERNER (Haifa, Israel)
SB6 025-4      ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
Serge GAUTHIER (Montreal, Canada)

Monday July 6th

10:30 - 12:00

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SD6 026      AGING, A CONSIDERABLE ACHIEVEMENT FOR HUMANITY – THE ILC PERSPECTIVE
Room 253
10:30 - 12:00

Chair(s): Françoise FORETTE (Paris, France), Robert BUTLER (New York, United States)

SD6 026-1      DO HEALTH AND LONGEVITY CREATE WEALTH?
Rosy PEREIRA (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)
SD6 026-2      HEALTHY AGING AND DESEASE PREVENTION: THE CASE IN SOUTH AFRICA AND THE NEDERLANDS
Sebastiana KALULA (Cape Town, South Africa)
SD6 026-3      GENDER DIFFERENCES AMONG OLD PERSONS WORLDWIDE: FACTS AND CONCLUSION
Sara CARMEL (Beer-Sheva, Israel)
SD6 026-4      ENSURING HUMAN RIGHTS AND FIGHTING DISCRIMINATION THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
Sally GREENGROSS (Westminster, United Kingdom)

Monday July 6th

10:30 - 12:00

Symposia

     

SB6 027      REDUCED FUNCTIONAL STATUS IN ELDERLY PEOPLE: CONSEQUENCES AND PHYSIOLOGICAL DETERMINANTS
Room Maillot
10:30 - 12:00

Chair(s): William EVANS (Little Rock, United States)

SB6 027-1      FUNCTIONAL STATUS: PREDICTOR OF OUTCOMES
Jack GURALNIK (Bethesda, MD, United States of America)
SB6 027-2      PHYSIOLOGICAL AND METABOLIC DETERMINANT OF FRAILTY
Luigi FERRUCCI (Baltimore, MD, United States of America)
SB6 027-3      BED REST AS A CAUSE OF REDUCED FUNCTIONAL STATUS: LOSS OF MUSCLE AND FUNCTION
William EVANS (Little Rock, AR, United States of America)
SB6 027-4      FAT AND MUSCLE: WHICH HAS THE MORE POWERFUL EFFECT ON FUNCTION?
Bret GOODPASTER (Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America)

Monday July 6th

10:30 - 12:00

Symposia

     

SD6 028      AGEING AND POLITICS IN EUROPE AND THE USA
Amphitheatre Bordeaux
10:30 - 12:00

Chair(s): Alan WALKER (Sheffield, UK), Bob BINSTOCK (Cleveland, USA)

SD6 028-1      AGING AND POLITICS IN THE UNITED STATES
Bob BINSTOCK (Cleveland, United States of America)
SD6 028-2      COLLECTIVE ACTION IN THE AGEING FIELD: TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENT IN FRANCE AND IN THE UNITED STATES
Jean-Phillipe DURANDEL (Besançon, France)
SD6 028-3      THE POLTICS OF AGEING IN GERMANY
Gerd NAEGELT (Dortmund, Germany)
SD6 028-4      TRENDS OF POLITICS OF AGEING IN HUNGARY
Zsuzsa SZEMAN (Budapest, Hungary)

Monday July 6th

10:30 - 12:00

Symposia

     

SD6 029      END OF LIFE CARE IN LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES: THEORETICAL AND PRACTICE PERSPECTIVES
Room 342 A
10:30 - 12:00

Chair(s): Deborah PARKER (Milton, Australia), Katherine FROGGATT (Lancaster, United Kingdom)

SD6 029-1      END OF LIFE CARE FOR OLDER PEOPLE IN LONG TERM CARE: A SYSTEM AND LIFE WORLD PERSPECTIVE.
Jo HOCKLEY (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
SD6 029-2      LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES AS DISCURSIVE ENVIRONMENTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR END OF LIFE CARE
Deborah PARKER (Brisbane, Australia)
SD6 029-3      A CONTESTED STATE IN A CONTESTED PLACE: THEORETICAL UNDERSTANDINGS OF LIVING AND DYING FOR OLDER PEOPLE IN LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES.
Katherine FROGGATT (Lancaster, United Kingdom)
SD6 029-4      TRANSLATING THEORY INTO PRACTICE: STRATEGIES FOR TRANSFORMING LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES
Kevin BRAZIL (Hamilton, Canada)

Monday July 6th

10:30 - 12:00

Symposia

     

SC6 030      FEAR OF FALLING IN OLDER PEOPLE: RESULTS FROM DIFFERENT POPULATIONS
Room 342 B
10:30 - 12:00

Chair(s): Fernando GOMEZ (Manizales, Colombia)

SC6 030-1      FEAR OF FALLING IN DIFFERENT POPULATIONS: HEALTHY AND ILLNESS ELDERLY.
Helene CORRIVEAU (Sherbrooke, Canada)
SC6 030-2      EVIDENCE OF THE PSYCHOMETRIC QUALITIES OF A SIMPLIFIED VERSION OF THE ACTIVITIES-SPECIFIC BALANCE CONFIDENCE SCALE.
Johanne FILIATRAULT (Montreal, Canada)
SC6 030-3      CORRELATES OF ACTIVITY RESTRICTION ASSOCIATED WITH FEAR OF FALLING IN ANDES MOUNTAINS.
Carmen-Lucia CURCIO (Manizales, Colombia)
SC6 030-4      FEASIBILITY OF A COGNITIVE INTERVENTION TO MANAGE FEAR OF FALLING AND ASSOCIATED AVOIDANCE OF ACTIVITY IN COMMUNITY-LIVING OLDER PEOPLE.
G.A. Rixt ZIJLSTRA (Maastricht, The Netherlands)

Monday July 6th

10:30 - 12:00

Symposia

     

SD6 031      ARE THERE VALID REASONS FOR AGE-BASED INEQUALITIES IN MEDICAL TREATMENT?
Room 343
10:30 - 12:00

Chair(s): Konstantina SAFILIOU (Pireas, Greece)

SD6 031-1      AORTIC STENOSIS IN THE ELDERLY
B.J. BOUMA (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
SD6 031-2      AGE-BASED INEQUALITIES IN PRESCRIBING EFFECTIVE DRUGS
Joel ANKRI (Paris, France)
SD6 031-3      AGE-BASED INEQUALITIES IN BREAST CANCER TREATMENT.
Constantina SAFILIOU (Pireas, Greece)
SD6 031-4      LONG-TERM RESULTS OF PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION USING METAL AND DRUG-ELUTING STENTS IN ELDERLY AND YOUNGER PATIENTS
Vassilis VOUDRIS (Athens, Greece)

Monday July 6th

10:30 - 12:00

Symposia

     

SB6 032      PAIN ASSESSMENT AND PAIN TREATMENT APPROACHES IN OLDER PERSONS
Amphitheatre Havane
10:30 - 12:00

Chair(s): Gisèle PICKERING (Clermont-Ferrand, France)

SB6 032-1      PAIN ASSESSMENT IN OLDER PERSONS
Steven GIBSON (Melbourne, Australia, Australia)
SB6 032-2      ANALGESIC DRUGS AND OLDER PEOPLE
Helen GASKELL (Oxford , United Kingdom)
SB6 032-3      NO PHARMACOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO PAIN IN ELDERLY PERSONS
Pat SCHOFIELD (Aberdeen, United Kingdom)

Monday July 6th

10:30 - 12:00

Symposia

     

SB6 033      NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND TREATMENT OF GERIATRIC ANOREXIA/CACHEXIA
Room 351
10:30 - 12:00

Chair(s): John MORLEY (St Louis, USA), Michael SCHUSTER (New York, USA)

SB6 033-1      MUSCLE WASTING IN AGEING: CACHEXIA VERSUS SARCOPENIA
John MORLEY (St. Louis, United States of America)
SB6 033-2      HEART FAILURE, CACHEXIA AND THE OLDER CARDIAC PATIENT
Stefan ANKER (Berlin, Germany)
SB6 033-3      THE ROLE OF CYTOKINES IN GERIATRIC CACHEXIA
Michael SCHUSTER (New York, United States of America)
SB6 033-4      MANAGING CANCER-RELATED ANOREXIA/CACHEXIA IN THE ELDERLY
Giovanni MANTOVANNI (Cagliari, Italy)

Monday July 6th

10:30 - 12:00

Symposia

     

SA6 034      GENETIC, EPIGENETIC AND POST-TRANSLATIONAL MECHANISMS OF AGING
Room 352 AB
10:30 - 12:00

Chair(s): Ladislas ROBERT (Paris, France ), Jay OLSHANSKY (Chicago, United States)

SA6 034-1      INTRODUCTION
Ladislas ROBERT (Paris, France)
SA6 034-2      "A BIODEMOGRAPHIC VIEW OF GENETIC MECHANISMS OF AGING"
Jay OLSHANSKY (Chicago, United States of America)
SA6 034-3      INTERACTION NETWORKS AS TOOLS TO INVESTIGATE THE MECHANISMS OF AGING.
Sylvie RICARD-BLUM (Lyon, France)
SA6 034-4      EPIGENETIC AND POST-TRANSLATIONAL MECHANISMS OF AGING.
Jacqueline LABAT-ROBERT (Paris , France)

Monday July 6th

10:30 - 12:00

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SD6 035      JURISPRUDENTIAL GERONTOLOGY: THE CONCEPTUALIZATION OF LAW AND AGEING
Room 353
10:30 - 12:00

Chair(s): Helen MEENAN (Surrey, United Kingdom)

SD6 035-1      THE NEED FOR "JURISPRUDENTIAL GERONTOLOGY"
Israel DORON (Haifa, Israel)
SD6 035-2      A FEMINIST APPROACH TO ELDER LAW
Kim DAYTON (Saint Paul, United States of America)
SD6 035-3      EQUITY THEORY: RESPONDING TO THE MATERIAL EXPLOITATION OF THE VULNERABLE BUT CAPABLE
Margaret I. HALL (British Colombia, Canada)
SD6 035-4      WHAT CAN ELDER LAW LEARN FROM DISABILITY LAW?
Doug SURTEES (Saskatoon , Canada)