Programme
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| 29 SEPTEMBER 2010 | ||||
| 12.00 | REGISTRATION OPENS | |||
| Amphitheatre | ||||
| 15.00 |
Opening Ceremony and Welcome Addresses at the 2010 EUGMS Congress
EUGMS President D O'Neill (Irl) Mary Harney TD, Minister of Health, Ireland |
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| Chairpersons: Prof Davis Coakley (Irl) and Prof Jean Pierre Michel (EUGMS) | ||||
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15.40 |
Ageing, Global Health and Human Rights HER EXCELLENCY, MARY ROBINSON (Irl) Founder/President of Realizing Rights: Ethical Globalization Initiative |
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| 16.30 | Ageing and the poetic spirit SEAMUS HEANEY, Nobel Laureate |
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| 18.00 |
WELCOME RECEPTION AT CONFERENCE CENTRE Short Concert |
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| 30 SEPTEMBER 2010 | ||||
| GERIATRIC CHALLENGES | GERIATRIC TECHNIQUES | GERIATRIC TECHNOLOGIES | CORE CURRICULUM | |
| 08.30 | Atherosclerosis, neuro- and cardiovascular risk factors | Operationalization of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessments | Towards more appropriate drug prescription in older people | Neuropsychiatric conditions |
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Are the cardio- and neurological risk factors the same at midlife and in the extreme old age? Miia KIVIPELTO (FI) |
What’s new in CGA? Olav SVETVOLD (No) |
Quality of prescriptions in geriatric patients A SPINEWINE (B) |
Neuropsychological assessment Robert COEN (IRL) |
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From when to what age is it possible to prevent atherosclerosis? L BUEE (F) |
Developments in the Minimum Data Set Palmi JONNSON (Iceland) |
Inappropriate medication use in hospitals Graziano ONDER (I) |
Delirium Barbara VON MUNSTER (NL) |
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Treatment strategy: diet, physical activities or drugs? Do they work in very old people? F RODRIGUEZ-ARTALEJO (SP) |
Submitted Presentations |
New European drug prescription tools: STOPP and START Denis O’MAHONY (IRL) |
Ageing and Intellectual disability H EVENHUIS (NL) |
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| 10.15 | COFFEE BREAK | |||
| 10.45 | Cardio-vascular disease management programs | Sarcopaenia: assessment and preventive measures | Pharmaco-genetics and genetic technology interventions | Respiratory Diseases |
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Emerging guidelines for treatment of hypertension in the very old J Manuel RIBERA –CASADO (SP) |
EUGMS working group on sarcopaenia Alfonso CRUZ-JENTOFT (E) |
Potential applications of stem cell therapies in older people Giovanni ANGELO (I) |
COPD – new approaches | |
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Cardiac resynchronization in older CHF patients Michael FRENNEAUX (UK) |
New approaches to management of sarcopaenia and frailty Jean-Pierre MICHEL (CH) |
Genetics of the oldest old IM REA (Belfast) |
Pneumonia and older people Marc PACCALIN (F) |
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Continuity of care of heart failure patients Anne STROMBERG (FI) |
Sarcopaenic obesity Mauro ZAMBONI (I) |
Individualized prescribing and new technologies Stephen JACKSON (UK) |
Dysphagia and geriatricians | |
| 12.30 | LUNCH | |||
| 13.30 | POSTER ROUNDS | |||
| 14.30 | New integrated management of stroke | Emerging lifestyle priorities, in older people | Integration in practice: focus on extended care residents | Geriatric Giants |
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Innovations in integrated care of the older stroke patient Peter LANGHORNE (UK) |
Dermatoporosis: a promising entity Jean SAURAT (CH) |
If homecare is the goal, what is home in a technological age? Athena McLEAN (USA) |
Urinary incontinence Carlos VERDEJO (E) |
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Thrombolysis and older people with stroke Peter KELLY (IRL) |
Submitted Presentations |
Innovative support for nursing homes Patricia McCORMACK (IRL) |
Faecal incontinence Philippe CHASSAGNE (F) |
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Prevention and management of the late complications in stroke patients Martin O’DONNELL (Canada) |
Submitted Presentations | Submitted Presentations |
Pressure Sores Sylvie MEAUME (F) |
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| 16.00 | COFFEE BREAK | |||
| 16.30 | Sponsored Satelite Symposium | Sponsored Satelite Symposium | Sponsored Satelite Symposium | Sponsored Satelite Symposium |
| 1 OCTOBER 2010 | ||||
| GERIATRIC CHALLENGES | GERIATRIC TECHNIQUES | GERIATRIC TECHNOLOGIES | CORE CURRICULUM | |
| 08.30 |
MCI and conversion into Alzheimer’s Disease |
Innovative approaches to rehabilitation | Technology, health and ageing – a major integrated programme, TRIL | Metabolic disorders |
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How to assess and manage MCI? Peter PASSMORE (UK) |
Robotics and rehabilitation Stefan HESS (De) |
Symposium Presenters to include Ian ROBERTSON (IRL), Richard REILLY (IRL), Brian LAWLOR (IRL) |
Electrolyte disturbances BONNEFOY (F) |
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New brain imaging techniques and prediction of MCI conversion H HAMPEL (D) |
When and why using constraint therapy and older people |
Disorders of mineral metabolism Patrick AMMANN (CH) |
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The tomorrow treatment: antiamyloid vaccination vs anti-Tau drugs? Dominic WALSH (IRL) |
Submitted Presentations |
Diabetes management Ulrich VISCHER (CH) |
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| 10.15 | COFFEE BREAK | |||
| 10.45 | Management of diarrhea epidemics in geriatric wards | Rehabilitation challenges in dementia | Information technology and geriatricians | Core curriculum |
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New Approaches to Clostridium Difficile management Lorraine KYNE (IRL) |
Post cardio- and neuro-vascular acute events Ynge GUSTAFSON (SW) |
Gerotechnology and older people Alain FRANCO (F) |
Driving abilities D O’NEILL (IRL) |
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The gut microbiota and ageing: pro or contra probiotics Paul O’TOOLE (IRL) |
Post upper and/or lower limbs fractures rehabilitation Katharina PILS (A) |
Technology and chronic disease management David CRAIG (UK) |
Identifying elder abuse Jim O’BRIEN (USA) |
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Management of Rota virus epidemics in nursing homes Alberto PILOTO (I) |
Memory and ecological training in demented patients Andreas MONSCH (CH) |
Submitted Presentations |
Assessing Quality of life H Mc GEE (Irl) |
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| 12.30 | LUNCH | |||
| 13.30 | POSTER ROUNDS | |||
| 14.30 | Why longitudinal studies matter for geriatricians | Ethics and the new technologies | New ways of teaching geriatric medicine | Sensory impairments |
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Geriatricians and longitudinal studies Rose-Anne KENNY (IRL) |
New ways of assessing decision making capacity in demented patients Shaun O’KEEFFE (IRL) |
Release of the European standards of pre- and post-graduate geriatric teaching Dieter LUTTJE (D) |
Impact of oral health on nutrition B WÖSTMANN (D) |
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Learning from the oldest-old K ANDERSEN-RANBERG (DK) |
Ethics, dementia and technologies Inger HAGEN (No) |
Integrating gerontology and geriatric medicine in a new medical school Paul FINUCANE (IRL) |
Macular degeneration S BEATTIE (Irl) |
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Early identification of persons at risk of disability DL DEEG (Nl) |
Submitted Presentations |
New techniques and technologies geriatric medicine teaching Paul O’NEILL (UK) |
Hearing difficulties and cognitive impairment | |
| 16.00 | COFFEE BREAK | |||
| 16.30 | Closing Session | |||
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Global ageing and geriatric medicine J BEARD (WHO) |
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Alzheimer's disease as a preventable syndrome F FORRETTE (F) |
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| Close, prizes, and Malaga 2011 | ||||
| 19.00 | CONFERENCE DINNER IN MANSION HOUSE | |||