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.

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Article in the New York Times

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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.

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

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

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

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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)

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".

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.

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

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)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.