Events

New Strategies for New Demographics - Brussels, 23-6-08
www.aarpinternational.org/conference/conference_show.htm?doc_id=669747

Transforming elderly care at local, national and transnation levels-Copenhagen, 26/28-6-08
www.sfi.dk/sw52776.asp

Congress of Neurological societies-Madrid, 23/26-8-08
www.kenes.com/efns/

World ageing & generations congress -St Gallen, 28/30-8-08
www.viva50plus.org/dcPage.aspx?pageid=cms_frontend_default_e&pagetype=file&toolbar=e

Global Conference on Ageing and Expo Ageing and Design –Montreal, 4/7-9-08
www.ageingdesignmontreal.ca/en/intro.php

Salon Alzheimer -Paris , 20/22-9-08
www.salonalzheimer2008.com/en-index.htm

Design for all –Augsburg, 24/27-9-08
www.design-fuer-alle.de/#infos

Insights for Marketers Targeting Boomers and Beyond – New York, 2/3-10-08
www.focalystforum.com/Overview/Overview.cfm

Active aging week, 22/28-9-2008
www.icaa.cc/activeagingweek/planningguides/planforactiveagingweek2008.pdf

Miscellaneous

Robots for elder care
www.newswise.com/articles/view/539836/?sc=rssn

Walking for health
www.icaa.cc/walkinghome.htm

Preventing serious falls
www.healthinaging.org/public_education/falls_tips.php

Caregiving technology
www.mymonami.com/MonAmi/

Mobile for blind people
www.letsgomobile.org/en/3521/phone-blind-people/

Training for "age in place" specialists
searchchicago.suntimes.com/homes/news/condos/990298,mack06.article

Falls as leading cause of injuries in senior citizens
www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-balance26-2008may26,0,2131724.story

How to keep elederly out of nursing homes
www.globalaging.org/health/us/2008/state.htm

New concepts for seniors’ housing
www.lemarchedesseniors.com/Strategie_Marketing/enjeux_secteur_habitat_senior--198-2.html

Development of a safer home
www.hi.se/templates/Page____811.aspx

Rapidly aging Japan
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/05/20/asia/AS-GEN-Japan-Elderly-Nation.php

Adaptable shower access for senior housing
www.best-bath.com/products/index.asp?CatID=P14

Tips on how to live to be 100
www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/fea/lifetravel/stories/050408fealivaging.29821d1.html

Improvements in ageing policies
www.helpage.org/Researchandpolicy/AgeDemandsAction/Background

Elder abuse awareness day
www.inpea.net/
www.thewesternstar.com/index.cfm?sid=142009&sc=23

Age-specific preferences
www.euro.centre.org/detail.php?xml_id=1151

Services tailored to meet elders’ needs
www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/06/10/care-shake-up-to-give-users-more-independence-64375-21047815/