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Subtle
neurological abnormalities predict adverse health outcomes in healthy
older adults
Subtle
neurological abnormalities as reduced reflexes or disequilibrium
in apparently healthy older adults are independent risk factors
for cognitive and functional decline, hospitalizations for cerebrovascular
events and death. The study was published in the June 23 2008 issue
of the American journal Archives of Internal Medicine by Marco Inzitari,
currently working here at the Institute on Aging of the UAB, and
colleagues from the University of Florence, Italy, and is accompanied
by an editorial by Dr Malaz Boustani of the Regenstrief Institute
Inc., Indianapolis.
Link
to the article
Link
to the editorial
Article
in the New York Times
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article in the news
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Publication of the book Informació i consells per a la
prevenció de la dependència
Fundació
Agrupació Mútia, in collaboration with the Institut
de l'Envelliment de l'UAB, have produced this divulgative book,
directed to the elderly. It includes general information about dependence,
tips to improve personal autonomy and explains the Ley de promoción
de la autonomía personal y atención a las personas
en situación de dependencia.

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InterRAI conference in Barcelona
On
October 31st it will be held the conference State of the art
in geriatric assessment technology, in Casa Convalescència,
organised jointly by the Institut de l'Envelliment, the Hospital
General de Granollers an InterRai Spain. It is aimed at professionals
who work in the field of the attention to the elderly and/or the
disabled, who will be able to gather and share experiences and knowledge
about integral assessment systems. With the participation of scientific
members of InterRai.
Simlultaneous interpretation will be available.
Download
brochure and inscription sheet
More
information at www.interrai-es.org
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Constitution
of the Comité InterRAI España
By
virtue of the agreement signed between the Institut de l'Envelliment
de la UAB, the Fundació Hospital Asil de Granollers and InterRAI,
on 3rd April the Comité InterRAIi España was constituted.
The commitee will follow up and propose the work lines in order
to improve the knowledge of the Rai family of instruments in Spain.
InterRAI is a collaborative network of researchers in over 20 countries
committed to improving health care for persons who are elderly,
frail, or disabled. Its goal is to promote evidence-based clinical
practice and policy decisions through the collection and interpretation
of high quality data about the characteristics and outcomes of persons
served across a variety of health and social services settings.
More
information at www.interrai-es.org
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IV
International Course on Geriatrics
This
fourth edition of the International Course in Geriatric Medicine
once again brings together professors from the USA and Europe to
provide updates based on a review of each of the selected themes,
to which they bring their own professional experience. This course
again involves the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA),
the University of Toulouse, the Autonomous University of Barcelona
and Britain's Luton University. The course is aimed at geriatric
doctors, family doctors, internists and doctors from other specialities
where older people are frequently treated
More
information in the Training
and learning section
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Publication
of the book: Evolución del proceso de envejecimiento de la población
española y análisis de sus determinantes
This
book, published by Fundación Pfizer is an analysis
of the health status of the spanish population, through health habits
and its evolution. Life styles and the most prominent aspects of
the health system are assessed, comparing the evolution of the most
frequent pathologies and the transformation of the life habits by
age groups, analysing national health surveys.

Link:
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Agreement
to create the InterRai Spain committee
The
Institut de l'Envelliment de l'UAB has signed an agreement with
InterRai and the Fundació Hospital Asil de Granollers to
create the InterRai Spain Comittee and to work together in all the
aspects related to InterRai, including action coordination, research
activity and all the InterRai instruments and products.
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Agreement
between the Institut de l'Envelliment and the Fundació Hospital
Asil de Granollers
The
Fundació Hospital Asil de Granollers and the Institut de
l'Envelliment de l'UAB have signed an agreement to carry out research
and training projects in the long term care field.
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Signature
of an agreement with the Fundació Hospital de Sant Jaume
de Manlleu
The
Institut de l'Envelliment de l'UAB has signed an agreement with
Fundació Hospital de Sant Jaume de Manlleu in order to create
a collaboration platform to carry out research and training projects
in the long-term-care field.
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2nd
Gerontonet meeting
Gerontonet
is an european network clinical and research centers related to
aging and the elderly. The 13th and 14th December the second meeting
of this network was held in Casa Convalescència, with participants
from all around Europe and the presence of Renato Guimaraes, president
of the IAGG (International
Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics). During the scientific
sessions several research proposals were discusses, specially about
frailty and sarcopenia in the elderly)

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Article
published in Revista econòmica de Catalunya
As
you can see in the publication
section of this website, in the issue 56 of Revista
econòmica de Catalunya has appeared an article by Mercè
Pérez Salanova, Toni Rivero and Antoni Salvà entitled
"La Llei 39/2006 i l'envelliment : un repte social i econòmic".
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The
Institut, present at the Reunión Anual de la Sociedad
Española de Neurología
The
Institut de l'Envelliment was present in the yearly reunion of the
Spanish Neurology Society, which was held in Barcelona. Three posters
related to quality of life, disability and cognitive training for
Alzheimer disease. You can read the abstracts in the Posters,
communications and proceedings section.
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International
Ministerial Conference on Ageing
Within
the framework of the UNECE Ministerial Conference on Ageing, a civil
society forum was held, with participation of Institut members Antoni
Salvà and Mercè Pérez Salanova. The Conference
is organised by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
and took place the 6th to 8th November 2007 in León (Spain).
More
information in the
Imserso web site and in the
final declaration of the conference
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Series
of talks about aging in the Casal de Jubilats de Cardedeu
This
series of talks is about what happens during the aging process,
what does dependency mean, and how can it be prevented and improve
autonomy. There will be special attencion towards 4 topics which
are of interest for many elderly people: memory loss, urinary incontinence,
falls and healthy nutrition. The talks are open to everyone without
inscription.
For
more information or if you are interested in offering the complete
series or a specific talk contact Laura Coll (93 446 45 06, email:
laura.coll@uab.cat)
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Presence
of the Institute in the IAG European Congress
The
Aging Institute was present in the IV European Congress of the International
Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics, where 4 communications
were presented, related to disability assessment, nutrition, dementia
and social participation, the abstracts can be read in the Posters,
communications and proceedings section.
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Third
edition of the International course on geriatric medicine
The
28th, 29th and 30th June 2007 it took place the third edition of
the International Course on Geriatric Medicine, organized in collaboration
with the University of California-The Angels (UCLA), the Université
de Toulouse, the Universitat Autònoma of Barcelona and the University
of Luton.


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Revised
version of the BVD published
The
latest revision of the Baremo de Valoración de la Dependencia
has been published, in the Imserso
website you can download the instrument and the corresponding
user's manual.
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Presentation
of the study Qualitat de vida de les persones grans a Catalunya
The
7th of February it was held the workshop "QUALITAT DE VIDA, una
Perspectiva Internacional" organised by the Fundació Viure
i Conviure of the Obra Social de Caixa Catalunya. Drs Antoni Salvà
and Ramona Lucas presented the study Quality of life of the elderly
in Catalonia. Nearly 300 people attended the act.
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New
corporate image
The
Institute has adopted a new institutional image, with a new logo
inspired in the oak, a tree which can age while still being tough
and strong, from which a slice has ben taken which shows all its
growth rings.

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