BSG Scotland members’ event

7 November 2008, Rooms 3S11-15 Colin Bell Building, University of Stirling

Provisional Programme

12.30 – 13.30 Buffet lunch

13.45 – 14.00 Welcome and introduction by chair, Dr Louise McCabe, University of Stirling

14.00 – 15.00 Members’ research presentations

14.00 – 14.20 Growing older in Malta, Dr Anthea Innes, University of Stirling

14.20 - 14.30 Discussion

14.30 – 14.50 Older people and work activities in Scotland, Corinne Adams, University of Stirling

14.50 - 15.00 Discussion

15.00 – 15.15 Tea/coffee

15.15 – 15.35 Older people’s experiences of falls services, Professor Claire Ballinger, Glasgow Caledonian University

15.35 - 15.45 Discussion

15.45 – 16.00 Closing session – future plans


We hope to provide plenty of opportunity for members to network and exchange news and views. We would like you to bring posters, leaflets and other materials about your work so that these can be displayed at the meeting. We do hope that you will attend this members’ meeting. To attend please contact:
email: susan.tester@stir.ac.uk

Retirement: promised land or barren wilderness?

Tuesday 11 November 2008

This seminar will take place at the Leveson Centre in Temple Balsall, near Solihull,
on Tuesday 11 November 2008
from 11.00 am – 3.15 pm
Coffee will be available from 10.30 am

In a recent survey, fewer than 50% of people chose the word ‘happy’ to describe the way they felt on the first day of retirement. A surprising one in ten felt anxious, sad or lost. At a time when for the first time there are more people of state pensionable age than under 16 and when the over-80s are the fastest growing cohort, it is appropriate that we should take time to look at factors which may influence whether the decades of retirement constitute a promised land or a barren wilderness

The day will begin within two reflections on retirement, one from James Woodward, the Director of the Leveson Centre and the other from Pauline Smith, the End of Life Care Lead from Birmingham Strategic Health Authority, both of whom have many years of working life before them.

They will be followed by Colin and Alison Johnson. Colin retired some five years ago as Publications Director of Christian Education and Alison, Consultant to the Leveson Centre, will retire fully later this year, having enjoyed working flexibly for the past ten years. Colin and Alison will look at the various factors such as health, finance and personal psychology which crucially affect the shape of retirement and whether it becomes a promised land or a barren wilderness. The timetable for the day allows for considerable interaction between presenters and participants and we look forward to your contribution.

This seminar is intended for those approaching retirement, those struggling with being retired, those rejoicing in the retired life and all those who work with retired people!

By the end of the day we hope that participants will have a better understanding of the possibilities and challenges of retirement

The cost of the seminar which includes refreshments and a sandwich lunch is as follows:
Organisations - £50
Charitable and voluntary organisations (including churches) and individuals - £40
Friends of the Leveson Centre - £35 .
Cheques should be made payable to The Foundation of Lady Katherine Leveson. Alternatively you may reserve a place and pay on line.

More information and timetable - click here

Australian Association of Gerontology 41st National Conference

Ageing Landscapes

Fremantle, Western Australia, 18 - 21 November 2008

Landscape themes:

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

Improving Quality of Stroke Care through Stroke Research

Thursday 18 December 2008: 12.30 - 5.00, The Birmingham Medical Institute, 36 Harborne Road, Edgbaston, B15 3AF

The Institute of Ageing & Health - West Midlands (IAH) is pleased to host this meeting, which will be chaired by Dr Rod Brooks, Vice Chair of the Institute of Ageing & Health.

The purpose of this meeting is to look at aspects of the local development of stroke research and its impact on services for improving the care of the lives of patients and their carers.

The meeting will also honour the memory of Dr Jed Rowe, who helped set up Liverpool Crossroads, through a talk about stroke related Crossroad activities.

There will also be presentations from members of the local Stroke Research Network, as well as Cath Sackley - Professor of Physiotherapy Research and others talking about their areas of work.

The meeting will appeal to professionals and service users interested in stroke and its consequences.

Cost: £15.00 IAH members - £25.00 non members - £15.00 if you join at the door or when you book.

Lunch and refreshments will be provided

To book a place, please contact Jeanette Lane
on 0121 442 3501 or email jeanette.lane@sbpct.nhs.uk

Website: www.iah-wmids.org.uk

CPD approval is being sought. Facilitated by Dr Peter Mayer - Honorary President, IAH

Healthy Ageing: The Role of Nutrition and Lifestyle

A British Nutrition Foundation Conference on 13^th January, 2009 in London

Year on year, countries across the world continue to see an increase in life expectancy, largely attributed to the impact of modern medicine and disease eradication. However with this increase in years there often comes an unfortunate rise in chronic morbidity, with the quality of later life severely compromised by ill health.

Given that there is now increasing evidence that environmental factors such as diet and lifestyle also have a significant role to play in healthy ageing, the British Nutrition Foundation has commissioned a Task Force, under the chairmanship of Professor John Mathers from the University of Newcastle, to produce a report outlining the latest thinking on this issue. 

The report will be launched at a conference on 13^th January, 2009 in central London.  Professor Mathers will chair the event which we hope will provide new insights into how diet and lifestyle can promote health into old age and an opportunity for debate for those involved with the problems of ageing, such as yourself.  Further details of the programme can be found at www.nutrition.org.uk/conferences.

XIXth IAGG World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Longevity, Health and Wealth

Paris, 5-9 July 2009

Every four years, the World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics represents a unique and irreplaceable event attended by experts from around the world to discuss the latest findings in the field of ageing. The 19th congress, which is taking place in Paris in 2009, is particularly important, as it coincides with an ideological u-turn. Lifespan extension and the growing number of elderly people, once considered as catastrophic, are now viewed as an indisputable progress.

There is a growing consensus that population ageing is not necessarily contributing to economic decline. The selected theme: “longevity, health and wealth” aspires to illustrate this change in attitude vis-à-vis a global phenomenon of unparallel scale.

With the support of the IAGG (International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics) the “Société Française de Gériatrie et Gérontologie” is delighted to organise an event that will bring together the top representatives from all branches of this expanding discipline.

From the biologist working on the fundamental mechanisms of ageing to the financial agent or head of institution, without forgetting doctors, nurses or psychologists dealing with care or research…. all those concerned with gerontology will have the opportunity to exchange ideas and promote their work. Results from ongoing important research will also be presented for the first time.

More information and programme - click here

The British Society of Gerontology 38th Annual Conference

Culture, Diversity and Ageing

2 - 4 September 2009

Key note speakers: Alan Walker ; Gloria Gutman

Conference themes:

• Cultures of ageing
• Research methods
• Health and wellbeing for older people
• Ageing and technology
• Long-term health and social care
• Diversity and discrimination

For further information contact:
Lisa Sinfield
School of Health and Social Care
University of the West of England, Bristol
Glenside Campus
Blackberry Hill, Stapleton
Bristol BS16 1DD
Telephone +44 (0) 117 32 88487
Facsimile +44 (0) 117 32 88443
E-mail Lisa.Sinfield@uwe.ac.uk

More information - click here

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