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Monday July 6th

14:00 - 15:30

Symposia

     

SC6 036      COGNITIVE TRAINING IN LATER ADULTHOOD: FINDINGS FROM FOUR INTERVENTION PROGRAMS
Amphitheatre Bleu
14:00 - 15:30

Chair(s): Sherry WILLIS (Seattle, USA), Sylvie BELLEVILLE (Montreal, Canada)

SC6 036-1      THE ACTIVE RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL: MEMORY, PROCESSING SPEED AND REASONING EXECUTIVE TRAINING WITH NON-DEMENTED ELDERS
Sherry WILLIS (Seattle, Washington, United States of America)
SC6 036-2      PLASTICITY OF WORKING MEMORY AND EPISODIC MEMORY IN THE COGITO STUDY: FINDINGS FROM TIME-ACCURACY FUNCTIONS
Yee Lee SHINGL (Berlin, Germany)
SC6 036-3      MEMORY TRAINING OF ELDERS WITH MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT: MEMORY, FMRI AND ERP FINDINGS
Sylvie BELLEVILLE (Montreal, Canada, Canada)
SC6 036-4      INTELLECTUAL AND SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT AS A FORM OF COGNITIVE INTERVENTION
Jennifer LODI-SMITH (Dallas Texas, United States of America)

Monday July 6th

14:00 - 15:30

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SB6 037      TARGETED GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT IN PRIMARY CARE - AN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH COLLABORATION.
Room 241
14:00 - 15:30

Chair(s): Jean-Pierre BAEYENS (Oostend , Belgium), Mario BARBAGALLO (Palermo, Italy)

SB6 037-1      Better assessment and response to older people’s health and care needs in primary care: A global solution?
Ian PHILP (Sheffield, United Kingdom)
SB6 037-2      Promoting Successful Ageing
Jack WATTERS (Sheffield, United States of America)
SB6 037-3      The Dutch EASY-Care Studies
Marcel OLDE-RIKKERT (Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
SB6 037-4      Evaluation of the training programme for the use of the EASY-Care assessment method as part of the Standardcare project
Shirley BACH (Brighton, United Kingdom)
SB6 037-5      CGA with EASY-Care: Priorities for Research and Development
Mario BARBAGALLO (Palermo, Italy)

Monday July 6th

14:00 - 15:30

Symposia

     

SD6 038      LONELINESS IN OLD AGE
Room 242 A
14:00 - 15:30

Chair(s): Kaisu PITKÄLÄ (Vantaa, Finland), Marja JYLHÄ (Tampere, Finland)

SD6 038-1      EFFECTIVENESS OF PSYCHOSOCIAL GROUP REHABILITATION ON LONELY OLDER PEOPLE- A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
Marja JYLHÄ (Tampere, Finland)
SD6 038-2      PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF SOCIAL ISOLATION, LOW SOCIAL PARTICIPATION AND LONELINESS AMONG THE ELDERLY
Pirkko ROUTASALO (Turku, Finland)
SD6 038-3      GLOBAL FEELINGS OF INSECURITY AND LONELINESS IN OLD AGE - OVERLAPPING CONCEPTS?
Niina SAVIKKO (Helsinki, Finland)
SD6 038-4      LONELINESS IN OLD AGE - METHODOLOGICAL AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES
Kaisu PITKALA (Helsinki, Finland)

Monday July 6th

14:00 - 15:30

Symposia

     

SD6 039      OLDER PEOPLE IN EMERGENCIES:EDUCATION FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
Room 242 B
14:00 - 15:30

Chair(s): Rory FISHER (Toronto,Canada)

SD6 039-1      NATURAL DISASTERS THAT REVEAL CRACKS IN GERONTOLOGICAL NURSING PRACTICE
Sandi HIRST (Calgary, Canada)
SD6 039-2      WHAT HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT OLDER PEOPLE IN DISASTERS.
Robert ROUSH ( Houston, United States of America)
SD6 039-3      THE EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL DISASTER AND EMERGENCY ACTION STUDY NETWORK(IDEAS)
Laurie MAZURIK (Toronto, Canada)
SD6 039-4      DISCUSSANT.
Rory FISHER (Ottawa, Canada)

Monday July 6th

14:00 - 15:30

Symposia

     

SD6 040      SOCIAL PENSIONS AND OLDER PEOPLE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Room 243
14:00 - 15:30

Chair(s): Peter LLOYD-SHERLOCK (Norwich, UK), Armando BARRIENTOS (Manchester, UK)

SD6 040-1      SOCIAL PENSIONS AND OLDER PEOPLE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: AN INTRODUCTION.
Peter LLOYD-SHERLOCK (Norwich , United Kingdom)
SD6 040-2      SOCIAL PENSIONS AND OLDER PEOPLE: EVIDENCE FROM BRAZIL AND SOUTH AFRICA
Armando BARRIENTOS (Manchester , United Kingdom)
SD6 040-3      SIMULATING THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS AND COSTS OF AN EXTENDED SOCIAL PENSION SCHEME IN VIETNAM
Wade PFAU (Tokyo, Japan)

Monday July 6th

14:00 - 15:30

Symposia

     

SB6 041      APPROACHES TO FRAILTY IN THE AMERICAS
Room 251
14:00 - 15:30

Chair(s): Kenneth OTTENBACHER (Galveston, United States)

SB6 041-1      FRAILTY INTERVENTIONS AND ETHNIC DIFFERENCES
Kenneth OTTENBACHER (Galveston, United States of America)
SB6 041-2      THE CONCEPT OF FRAILTY: IMPORTANCE, RELEVANCE AND USEFULNESS
Howard BERGMAN (Montreal, Canada)
SB6 041-3      FRAILTY, BIOMARKERS AND INTERDISCIPLINARY IMPLICATIONS
Luis Miguel GUTIERREZ (Mexico City, Mexico)
SB6 041-4      COGNITIVE FRAILTY: TRANSLATING MEMORY PROBLEMS TO USEFUL INTERVENTIONS
Carlos CANO (Bogotá, Colombia)

Monday July 6th

14:00 - 15:30

Symposia

     

SC6 042      RESEARCH DIRECTIONS OF THE MACARTHUR FOUNDATION AGING SOCIETY NETWORK
Room 252 AB
14:00 - 15:30

Chair(s): John ROWE (New York, USA)

SC6 042-1      AGING SOCIETY AND THE ROLE OF THE INTERGENERATIONAL FAMILY
James JACKSON (Ann Arbor, United States of America)
SC6 042-2      INTERVENTIONS TO IMPROVE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING FOR OLDER PEOPLE IN AN AGING SOCIETY
Lisa BERKMAN (Cambridge, United States of America)
SC6 042-3      LIFE-COURSE IMPLICATIONS OF THE AGING SOCIETY
Martin KOHLI (San Domenico di Fiesole, Italy)
SC6 042-4      U.S. POPULATION SIZE AND AGE STRUCTURE IN 2030 AND 2050: FORECASTS FROM THE MACARTHUR FOUNDATION AGING SOCIETY NETWORK
Jay OLSHANSKY (Chicago, United States of America)
SC6 042-5      POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF AN AGING SOCIETY IN THE US.
Robert BINSTOCK (Cleveland, United States of America)

Monday July 6th

14:00 - 15:30

Symposia

     

SC6 043      APATHY AND NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SYMPTOMS IN ALZHEIMER
Room Maillot
14:00 - 15:30

Chair(s): Philippe ROBERT (Nice, France), Jerome YESSAVAGE (Stanford, USA)

SC6 043-1      CLINICAL, CONCEPT AND CRITERIA OF APATHY IN ALZHEIMER
Philippe ROBERT (Nice, France)
SC6 043-2      MEASUREMENT OF APATHY AND NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SYMPTOMS IN ALZHEIMER DISEASE
Chiadi U. ONYIKE (Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America)
SC6 043-3      TREATMENT OF APATHY AND NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SYMPTOMS IN ALZHEIMER DISEASE
Serge GAUTHIER (Verdun, Québec, Canada)
SC6 043-4      DISCUSSANT AND CHAIR
Jerome YESAVAGE (Stanford, United States of America)

Monday July 6th

14:00 - 15:30

Symposia

     

SA6 044      AGEING IS NO LONGER AN UNSOLVED BIOLOGICAL PROBLEM (SUPPORTED BY THE ELLISON MEDICAL FOUNDATION AND CO-SPONSORED BY THE GERONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA)
Amphitheatre Bordeaux
14:00 - 15:30

Chair(s): Leonard HAYFLICK (San Francisco, USA), Robin HOLLIDAY (Canberra, Australia)

SA6 044-1      THE CAUSES OF BIOLOGICAL AGEING ARE KNOWN
Leonard HAYFLICK (The Sea Ranch, CA, United States of America)
SA6 044-2      UNDERSTANDING THE BIOLOGICAL REASONS FOR AGEING
Robin HOLLIDAY (Canberra, Australia)
SA6 044-3      AGEING IS SOLVED BUT ITS SOLUTION ALSO HIGHLIGHTS ITS COMPLEXITY - GEARING UP FOR THE CHALLENGES AHEAD
Thomas KIRKWOOD (Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom)
SA6 044-4      MAKING SENSE (AND MAKING USE) OF PATTERNS OF MAMMALIAN LONGEVITY
Steven AUSTAD (San Antonio, United States of America)

Monday July 6th

14:00 - 15:30

Symposia

     

SD6 045      TERRITORIES AND ICT AS REGARDS AGEING: WHAT PUBLIC POLICIES?
Room 342 A
14:00 - 15:30

Chair(s): Pascal BULEON (Caen, France), Liliane PIOT (Paris, France)

SD6 045-1      INTERNET PUBLIC SERVICES FOR AN AGEING ACTIVE LIFE AND AUTONOMY
Jean-François LEGRAND (Saint Lô, France)
SD6 045-2      USING TELEHEALTHCARE TO DELIVER MODELS OF CARE
Alan BELL (Stirling, United Kingdom)
SD6 045-3      REGULAR SERVICES BASED ON THE TIC AND INTENDED FOR ELDERLY PERSONS LIVING IN ANDALUSIA-ESPANA
Pedro RODRIGUEZ DELGADO (Sevilla, Spain)

Monday July 6th

14:00 - 15:30

Symposia

     

SA6 046      TELOMERE DYNAMICS AND CARDIOVASCULAR AGING
Room 342 B
14:00 - 15:30

Chair(s): Athanase BENETOS (Nancy, France), Jacques TRETON (Paris, France)

SA6 046-1      TELOMERE DYNAMICS AND EVALUATION OF CARDI0VASCULAR AGING : CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS
Abraham AVIV (Newark, NJ , United States of America)
SA6 046-2      VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS SENESCENCE AND TELOMERE ATTRITION IN ATHEROSCLEROSIS
Isabelle GORENNE (Cambridge , United Kingdom)
SA6 046-3      TELOMERE LENGTH IN ATHEROGENIC AND NON ATHEROGENIC TISSUS
Rosine NZIETCHUENG (Nancy, France)
SA6 046-4      CLINICAL EVIDENCE FOR THE IMPLICATION OF THE TELOMERE LENGTH IN THE CARDIOVASCULAR AGING
Athanase BENETOS (Nancy, France)

Monday July 6th

14:00 - 15:30

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SC6 047      LATE-LIFE DEPRESSION AND PSYCHOTHERAPY
Room 343
14:00 - 15:30

Chair(s): Karen MUNK (Aarhus, Denmark), Boo JOHANSSON (Gothenburg, Sweden)

SC6 047-1      DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE AND PSYCHOTHERAPY
Ken LAIDLAW (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
SC6 047-2      DEPRESSION AS A PLACEBO SENSIBLE ILLNESS
Esben HOUGAARD (Aarhus C, Denmark)
SC6 047-3      ELDERLY MEN WITH LATE-LIFE DEPRESSION. IMPLICATIONS FOR PSYCHOTHERAPY
Hanne JENSEN (Aarhus C, Denmark)
SC6 047-4      PSYCHOTHERAPY AND COMPLEX PRESENTATIONS OF DEPRESSION IN OLD AGE
MIke BIRD (Queanbeyan , Australia)

Monday July 6th

14:00 - 15:30

Symposia

     

SB6 048      ANTI HYPERTENSIVE THERAPY AND COGNITIVE FUNCTION
Amphitheatre Havane
14:00 - 15:30

Chair(s): Françoise FORETTE (Paris, France), Olivier HANON (Paris, France)

SB6 048-1      HYPERTENSION AS A RISK FACTOR FOR THE AGING BRAIN AND FOR COGNITIVE DECLINE
Sandra BLACK (Toronto, Canada)
SB6 048-2      CEREBROVASCULAR LESIONS AND COGNITIVE DECLINE
Christope TZOURIO (Paris, France)
SB6 048-3      THE PHARMACODYNAMIC MECHANISMS OF COGNITION ENHANCEMENT BY ANTIHYPERTENSIVE DRUGS
Naoyuki SATO (Osaka , Japan)
SB6 048-4      ANTI- HYPERTENSIVE THERAPY AND COGNITIVE DECLINE IN THE ELDERLY HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS
Olivier HANON (Paris, France)

Monday July 6th

14:00 - 15:30

Symposia

     

SB6 049      STUDIES OF TELEHEALTH AND TELECARE SERVICES FOR OLDER ADULTS WITH CHRONIC ILLNESSES AND THEIR FAMILY CAREGIVERS: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
Room 351
14:00 - 15:30

Chair(s): Mike NOLAN (Sheffield, United Kingdom), Lennart MAGNUSSON (Varvsholmen, Sweden)

SB6 049-1      THE MAINSTREAMING OF AN ICT BASED SERVICE (ACTION) FOR OLDER PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC ILLNESS LIVING AT HOME, FAMILY CAREGIVERS AND PRACTITIONERS IN SWEDEN.
Elizabeth HANSON (Kalmar, Sweden)
SB6 049-2      HOME SERVICES FOR OLDER PEOPLE'S MANAGEMENT OF THEIR OWN LIVES
Josep ROCA (Barcelona, Spain)
SB6 049-3      Web-based Video Conferencing Support Programs for Family Caregivers and for Older Adults with Chronic Disease
Elsa MARZIALI (Toronto, Canada)
SB6 049-4      E-activities for frail older people who do not understand IT
Peter CUDD (Sheffield, United Kingdom)

Monday July 6th

14:00 - 15:30

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SA6 050      AGEING BONE AND GENETICS
Room 352 AB
14:00 - 15:30

Chair(s): SERGE FERRARI (Geneva, Switzerland), RENE RIZZOLI (Geneva, Switserland)

SA6 050-1      GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS ON THE AGEING SKELETON
Douglas P. KIEL (Boston, United States of America)
SA6 050-2      GENETICS OF MALE OSTEOPOROSIS
Luigi GENNARI (Siena, Italy)
SA6 050-3      PLEIOTROPIC EFFECTS OF OSTEOPOROSIS GENES ON AGE-RELATED DISORDERS
Serge FERRARI (Geneva, Switzerland)

Monday July 6th

14:00 - 15:30

Symposia

     

SD6 051      COMPARISONS OF GENERATIONAL AND CULTURAL CHANGE IN THE ‘DEVELOPED’ WORLD: THE IMPACT OF THE BABY BOOMERS ON POLICY AND IDENTITY.
Room 353
14:00 - 15:30

Chair(s): Simon BIGGS (London, United Kingdom)

SD6 051-1      ‘THE IMPACT OF THE BABY BOOMERS ON US PERCEPTIONS OF AGEING AND POLICY’.
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SD6 051-2      ’GENERATION FORMATION OF THE BABY BOOMERS. THE CASE OF FINLAND’
Antti KARISTO (Helsinki, Finland)
SD6 051-3      ‘BOOMER IDENTITY AND CHANGING POLICY STANCES AN AUSTRALIAN PERSPECTIVE’
Hal KENDIG (Concord, Australia)
SD6 051-4      ‘ THE BABY BOOMERS IN THE UK: CONSUMERS OR THE NEW PRODUCERS?’
Simon BIGGS (London, United Kingdom)