Leeds Healthy Ageing Seminar Series 2008
The Leeds Healthy Ageing seminar series has been planned collaboratively between The Centre for Health Promotion Research, Leeds Metropolitan University and Leeds Institute of Health Sciences & Leeds Social Sciences Institute, University of Leeds. The purpose of the seminar series is to bring together academics, students, service providers, policy makers, older people and anyone else with an interest in healthy ageing to hear about interesting developments in research & practice and to discuss & debate concepts and ideas in ageing research. There are six overarching themes: anti-ageing; policy; medical; methodology; involvement/engagement; socio-economic factors.

16th September 2008 - Alex O'Neil, Joseph Rowntree Foundation

' Help not care - what do older people really, really want? '

The following two seminars will take place at The University of Leeds, The Centenary Gallery, Parkinson Building.

7th October 2008 - Professor Marian Barnes, University of Brighton

' Involvement and Engagement '

11th November 2008 - Professor Thomas Scharf, University of Keele

'Ageing in Cities: Opportunities and Challenges'

To book your place please contact Marianne Kennedy, Email m.kennedy@leedsmet.ac.uk or telephone 0113 8124334.

IFA’s 9th Global Conference on Ageing
Montreal, from September 4 to 7, 2008

Shaping Tomorrow Today, the theme of the Conference and Exposition, will attract leading decision makers, academics and practitioners in the field of ageing as well as innovators in design and technology working to create an enabling environment for older people.

For more information about the Conference, you may visit our website at : www.ageingdesignmontreal.ca

The conference programme is underpinned by three major documents: the United Nations Principles for Older Persons, the UN Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing and the World Health Organization’s Active Ageing Policy Framework.

Three themes will be explored during the four-day Conference in Montréal: Health, Participation and Security. The important inclusion for this conference is that of Design, with the programme examining the impact and relationship of design against these three themes. Design is a major component that must be given greater relevance towards improving the quality of life of our older citizens.

Finally, the fourth component of the conference programme will be focused on the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, providing participants the venue to examine achievements since the 2nd World Assembly on Ageing, held in Madrid in 2002, and to look at future opportunities to maintain focus on the needs of older people

The IFA’s 9th Global Conference on Ageing will feature symposiums, workshops, posters and paper presentations addressing four main tracks:
 
Track A: Health, and the Impact of Design on Health
Track B: Participation, and the Impact of Design on Participation
Track C: Security, and the Impact of Design on Security
Track D: Madrid +5

First ISA Forum of Sociology, Sociological Research and Public Debate
Barcelona, Spain, 5 - 8 September 2008

Demographic ageing and its consequences for our ageing societies and the people living in them have become popular themes of policy reform, public debate, and even TV talk shows. Population ageing has indeed become a global phenomenon - almost all societies worldwide are affected by changes of their population structures, with a decreasing share of younger people and a growing proportion of older people living in them.

This change has implications for our future societies: Fewer younger people mean fewer children and grandchildren, fewer family members and nurses looking after older people in need of care, fewer young workers in the workplace, they may mean fewer people paying social insurance contributions and taxes, fewer people using schools and universities, etc. More older people imply greater numbers of older voters, older consumers, grandparents and great-grandparents, older workers in the workplace, they may mean more older people paying taxes and social insurance contributions, living in poverty and being socially excluded, or studying at university when others retire, etc.

Population ageing is not necessarily apocalyptic or catastrophic for individuals, societies and their social systems - it means a changing balance between older and younger people in society and the challenge of finding new ways of dealing with each other, of communicating between the generations, of supporting each other, of social inclusion and social integration. Ageing can become a risk factor - or an opportunity for realising new potentials.

Demographic ageing also implies changes in international relations, with ageing societies 'importing' younger care workers, who in turn leave behind family members in need of care, or attracting younger workers from disadvantaged regions of the world seeking new opportunities. Furthermore, increasingly individualised life courses, even more so in a globalised world, mean growing "diversities of ageing" - and more diversity in "discourses and debates" about ageing.

For more information on the conference see: http://www.isa-sociology.org/barcelona_2008/rc/rc11.htm

Sustainable futures in an ageing world - BSG Annual Conference
Bristol, 4 - 6 September 2008

The 37th Conference of the British Society of Gerontology is to be hosted by the University of the West of England, Bristol and the University of Bristol. www.bsg2008.org.uk

The overall theme of the conference is Sustainable Futures in an Ageing World and workshops will cover the following six sub-themes:
• Sustainable communities
• Housing and later life
• Income maintenance in later life
• Families and inter-generational support
• Long term care & community care
• Health and well-being

Speakers:

Miriam Bernard, Professor of Social Gerontology at Keele University;

Alex Kalache, Director of the World Health Organizations’s Ageing Program;

Professor Graham Rowles, Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky.

Tony Benn will speak at the conference dinner.

For conference information and enquiries please contact Lisa Sinfield.
University of the West of England
Faculty of Health & Social Care
Glenside Campus
Blackberry Hill
Stapleton
Bristol BS16 1DD
phone: +44 (0)117 32 88487
fax: +44 (0)117 32 88443
email: Lisa.Sinfield@uwe.ac.uk

Fifth European Congress on Nutrition and Health in the Elderly People: Successful aging through diet and healthful lifestyle
Warsaw, 15 September 2008 to 17 September 2008

Preliminary program (extract)

September 15 (Monday), 2008 Dietary patterns and chronic diseases in Europe and the US; Genes in healthy aging; Energy balance, body composition and functionality; Nutrition, physical activity and bone health

September 16 (Tuesday), 2008 Diet and mental health; Nutrition in sustaining quality of life in old age; Malnutrition; Nutrition care: how to improve nutritional intake; Nutrition, aging and/or disease interactions

September 17 (Wednesday), 2008 Public health nutrition related to old age; Recommendations/guidelines for the elderly; Europe: policies and projects

More details: http://nhecongress2008.sggw.pl

Contact Name: Anna Brzozowska
Contact Email: nhecongress2008@sggw.pl
Contact Phone: Tlf. +48 22 59 37 110

2008 Shanghai International Conference on the Development of Old Age Programs

25-28th September, Shanghai International Convention Center, Shanghai, China

Population ageing is a global challenge today. On the one hand, with increasing average life expectancy, the question of service for the elderly as a whole and for the senior and frail elders in particular has attracted more and more attention from society. On the other, with a swelling population of " junior elders" and "healthy elders", more and more people accept the concept of active ageing, and more and more governmental and social organizations adopt policies and measures encouraging the elder people to participate in social activities and make contributions to society.

For the purpose of learning the advanced concept, successful experience and effective practice in rendering service to the elder people and in their participation in social activities from our foreign and domestic counterparts and exchanging views with them, discussing the existing hot and difficult issues and exploring countermeasures and future policy orientation and enhancing international cooperation in this field, we are holding this conference.

Further details and registration available: http://www.iecforsw.com/2008meeting/en_1.html

Exploring the spiritual needs of older people

Tuesday 30 September 2008: 09.30 - 13.00, The Seminar Room, Moseley Hall Hospital, Alcester Road, B13 8JL

The IAH is pleased to host this free workshop, which will be led by Revd Dr James Woodward. The workshop is aimed at all those working with older people and particularly those with an interest in a more holistic model of care. It will include an introduction to understanding and responding to the spiritual needs of older people.

Dr James Woodward, author of ‘Valuing Age: Pastoral Ministry of Older People’, will give an overview of the current literature relating to the spiritual care of older people. The morning will map out some of the practical implications for those involved in care and participants will have an opportunity to reflect on their own experience.

To book a place on this workshop, please contact Jeanette Lane - IAH Administrator on 0121 442 3501. Email: iah.info@iah-wmids.org.uk

Mental Health Today Exhibition

27 November 2008, Manchester Central Convention Complex

Cost: £20 in advance, £25 on the day, 5 tickets for £80


A one day event for everyone working with mental health and people who use services.

Mental Health Today includes a comprehensive seminar programme facilitating debate of current policy, and sharing of best practice.

The day also features interactive zones, and a large-scale exhibition featuring key products, services, projects and organisations.

Established in 2003 and attracting over 2,000 visitors, this event is essential for mental health professionals.


Contact: info@pavpub.com / 01273 623222

Website: www.mhtodayexhibition.com

6th European Congress of Biogerontology - Ageing and individual life history

30 November - 3 December 2008, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands

www.biogerontology2008.org

The conference will focus more specifically on ageing and individual life history

The conference focuses on understanding the determinants of ageing of animals and humans in relation to the individual life history. How does variation in the traits that make up the life history affect individual health and the ageing of the population? Especially research linking early developmental events and processes to the biology of ageing are of interest. These include neuroendocrine, metabolic, epigenetic and other traits influencing the ageing process and health in later life. New strategies that incorporate the full life history, from development to death, will be discussed that allow for parallel investigations of traits in humans and animal models. In this context also the application to ageing research of new tools in bioinformatic analysis and statistical modelling of high dimensional data will be of interest.

The themes that will be developed are

- Metabolic control of life history traits

- Epigenetic control linking developmental events to ageing

- Inflammation and individual age-related phenotypes

- Cellular functions influencing organismal ageing

- Genetic variation, biomarkers, demography and the span of life

- Novel approaches to better understand the ageing phenotype


Fellowships and young investigators award - Some travel fellowships will be available to young researchers and a Young Investigators Award of € 500 will be granted to the best poster presentation of a PhD student or beginning post-doc. All information and fellowship submission document may be found on the congress web site.

Hope to see you in November 2008 in the Netherlands!

Ageing Societies and the Welfare State

organized by the Research Network on Ageing in Europe, will host its first PhD-students' workshop. The workshop is organized in cooperation with the Network for European Social Policy Analysis (ESPAnet). It takes place on December 11-12, 2008 at the Department of Sociology, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands .

Call for papers http://www.opanwales.org.uk/portals/15/docs/ASWS.pdf

The deadline for the submission of abstracts is September 30, 2008.

Contact Kathrin Komp with questions:K.Komp@fsw.vu.nl

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