Presented to IAGG within the framework of its different activities, these papers can be uploaded for your dissimenation. They are the fruit of participation to our organization’s past workshops, conferences, courses etc and we would like to thank the authors for their kind involvement.
The article of Dr. Isabella Aboderin, IAGG Regional Chair of Africa, in the Lancet
Read the paper on “Older people’s health in sub-Saharan Africa” published in the Lancet, the world’s renowned medical journal. The article highlights the role of older African people in socioeconomic sector and discuss the areas for improvement in advancing healthcare for older persons in the region. To access other articles in the journal, please visit the Lancet website: http://www.thelancet.com/series/ageing
Workshop N°1 on “NURSING HOMES”
Read the papers presented at the Workshop on “Identification of the main relevant domains for clinical research & quality of care in nursing homes” organized by IAGG in Toulouse, France on June 4, 2010 and the final paper published in the JAMDA of March 2011.
- From Epidemiological and Clinical Research to Models of Care
- Nursing Homes in China: Now and the Future
- Pain management in nursing homes as a marker of quality of care
- Clinical Practice in Nursing Homes as A key for Progress
- Descriptive Study of Nursing Home Residents in France: Results of The Rehpa (Recherche en Etablissements D’hèbergement Pour Personnes Agèes) Network Survey
- Integration of Palliative Care in U.S. Nursing Homes
- Long Term Care Medical Education in the US: Training Medical Students, Resident Physicians, and Practicing Physicians.
- Promoting Evidence Informed Improvements in Care Homes:
Nursing Perspectives - End-of-life care for people with progressive dementias:
promoting quality of life. - A Global Agenda for Clinical Research and
Quality of Care in Nursing Homes
Workshop N°2 on “DEMENTIA”
Read some of the papers presented at the Workshop on “Health promotion program on prevention of late onset dementia” organized by IAGG in Geneva, Switzerland on January 13, 2011 as well as the recommendations published in the JNHA.
- The Global Burden of Dementia Worldwide
- Life-course epidemiology in dementia – state of the art
- Implementation Research and Innovation in Public Health: Perspectives on Dementia
- Prevention of Late Onset Dementia: Moving from Randomized Trials to Public Health Intervention.
- Multi-domain preventive interventions: experiences from Finland
- Health Promotion Program on Prevention of Late Onset Dementia
Workshop n°3 “FRAILTY”
Read some of the papers presented at the Workshop on “Promoting access to innovation and clinical research for frail old persons” organized by IAGG in Athens, Greece on January 20, 2012.
- Interest of assessment of frailty in the prevention campaigns and screening
- Frailty: searching for a relevant clinical and research paradigm
- Is It Possible to Define Frailty? Which Criteria in 2012?
- Taking into account of frailty in treating older patients with cardio-metabolic diseases
- Is sarcopenia the best determinant of frailty?
- How to Include The Social Factor in Determining Frailty?
- Evaluation of frailty in cancer aged patients: Clinical interest and tools)
- How might deficit accumulation give rise to frailty?
- Biological markers of frailty
- Frailty of the elderly
Working document - Promiting Access to Innovation for Frail Old Persons
Workshop n°4 “HUMAN RIGHTS”
Some of the papers presented at the Workshop on “Connecting African and Global Endeavour on Human Rights and Older Persons” organized by IAGG in Cape Town, South Africa on October 17, 2012 will soon be available.