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| Keynote 3 |
Ageing in a foreign land: The Experience of Older Migrants in the UK |
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Prof Christina R. Victor, Brunel University, London |
| Keynote 4 |
Ageing with technology: normative questions about telecare |
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Prof Dick Willems, University of Amsterdam |
| Keynote 5 |
Making (English) health services fit for an ageing population: What else needs to happen? |
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Prof David Oliver |
| Keynote 6 |
Clothing , Embodiment and the Cultural Turn |
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Prof Julia Twigg, University of Kent |
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| Symposium |
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| Paper 1 |
It's all in the mind: Using perceived age to target and market to the over 50s |
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Lisa Edgar & David Bunker, the Big Window Consultancy Limited |
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| Sessions |
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| Session 1 |
Cardiovascular Health and Lipid Profile in Octogenarians: LiLACS NZ |
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Ruth Teh, The University of Auckland |
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| Session 2 |
Homotaurine as possible disease-modifying therapy in Alzheimer disease: preliminary results |
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Walter Gianni, INRCA-IRCSS, Rome |
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| Session 4 |
Prevalence of undiagnosed cognitive impairment and prevalence of undiagnosed depressive mood in Thai elderly with type 2 diabetes: a community-based study |
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Supaporn Trongsakul, University of East Anglia |
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| Session 5 |
The Burden of Frailty, rather than Age, is Predictive of Hospital Length of Stay in Older Acute Medical Inpatients: Evidence and Implications for Commissioning |
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Mark Taylor, University of Salford |
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Potentially Avoidable Hospital Admissions of Aged Care Residents with Palliative Care Needs |
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Michal Boyd, University of Auckland |
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Human Rights, Health Care Rationing, Older People & End-of-life Decisions |
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Jo Milner, University of Salford |
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| Session 6 |
Healthy Ageing: Perspectives of Older Adults referred to the Hamara Active Lifestyle Scheme |
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Grania Fenton, Univeristy of Leeds |
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Attitudes & beliefs that predict intention to undertake exercise & physical activity among community dwelling South Asians aged 60+: a feasibility study |
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Maria Horne, University of Manchester |
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Universities and the contribution of learning in later life to active ageing and community cohesion |
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Keith Percy, Lancaster University |
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| Session 7 |
TE PUAWAITANGA O NGA TAPUWAE KIA ORA TONU .. Culture and Advanced Age: Recruitment Into The LiLAC Study NZ |
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Karen J Hayman, University of Auckland |
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Understanding the ageing-technology nexus: the need to cross disciplinary boundaries |
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Louis Neven, University of Utrecht |
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| Session 8 |
Physical functional measures and falls risks among older adults with under nourishment living in residential institutions |
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Devinder Kaur Ajit Singh, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia |
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Person-centered/person-centred care: Comparative understandings of best practice in long-term care for older people in the US and UK |
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Kezia Scales, University of Nottingham |
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| Session 9 |
Experiences of ovarian cancer in older women |
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Kerry Gemmell, University of Melbourne |
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Pains, Joys and Secrets: Nurse-led Group Therapy with Depressed Older Adults |
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Douglas C. Nance, National Institute of Geriatrics, Mexico |
