HomeAgeing

Ageing

Care: at the centre of life and shared

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Our colleague, Maider Azurmendi, Director of Home and Community Care at Matia, is taking part in this cycle of conferences, organised by Astigarraga Town Council, speaking on: "The ageing process and new responses to new needs".

The event will take place on 28 November at 18h in the Erribera Cultural Centre. It will be given in Basque.

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Talks series: "Surveillance system upside down".

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 Location: Oñati

Within the framework of a series of meetings on care organised by Oñati Town Council, our colleagues from Mati Instituto, Nerea Almazán and Nerea Etxaniz will be giving a talk on 9 November entitled: "Growing old in the 21st century. Models and challenges", which focuses on the diversity of realities of the elderly population that clashes with the ageist view that homogenises them.

To do so, we will talk about myths, Social Centres for the Elderly, elderly women and rethink the care we want.

The activity will start at 18:00 on the third floor of Eltzia.

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Lecture: "Virgencita, virgencita, que me quede como estoy"

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 Location: Casa de Cultura de Loiola

Talk organised by Plus55 with our colleague and researcher at Matia Institute, Sara Marsillas, talking about what aspects people over 70 consider when they say they are ageing well and how they think about their desired future.

In addition, some of the main barriers and facilitators that people believe may appear and affect the process of desired ageing will be mentioned.

The event will take place on 14 June at 6 p.m. at the Casa de la Cultura in Loiola. Contact telephone number: 943 45 46 46 05.

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Conference: "The importance of caring for the elderly"

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On Wednesdays 1, 8 and 15 February, the conference 'The importance of caring for the elderly' will be held in Azpeitia. Among the topics to be discussed are the evolution of the ageing society, the unwanted loneliness of the elderly, the public policies of the Azpeitia Town Council to face this challenge and the presentation of the infrastructures to be implemented in the short term.

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Zaharrak gara eta libre

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This Friday we are taking part in a round table entitled "Zaharrak gara eta libre" (We are old and free), which forms part of the cycle of conferences on care organised by Usurbil Town Council and Emagin Elkartea.

Information and registration

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Presentation of the Basque Strategy for the Elderly

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 Location: Vitoria-Gasteiz

Meeting organised by the Basque Government on Friday 20 January at the Palacio de Europa (Vitoria-Gasteiz) from 11:00 to 14:00, in a day of presentation of the "Basque Strategy with the elderly" in which, in addition, the driving projects promoted by the same will be presented, among them: Helduak Zabaltzen, Euskadi Lagunkoia and the Longitudinal Study on ageing and care, all three with the participation of Matia Instituto.

Provisional programme:


11:00-11:45h Presentation of the Basque Strategy with the elderly.

11:45-12:10h Lunch break

Registration form

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International Day of the Elderly 2022

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 Location: Online

Next Thursday 29th September at 18:30h will take place the Conference "Edadismo, retos para el siglo XXI", given by our colleague and co-director of Matia Instituto, Elena del Barrio.

Registration in advance by email: comunicacion.cdmondonedo@caritas.es

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Architectures for ageing

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This UIK summer course addresses different aspects related to the ageing of the population from a social, urban and architectural perspective, with contributions from complementary disciplines. From the urban to the housing scale, we will look at the needs and the socio-economic and gender factors that hinder the ageing process in order to analyse possible measures aimed at improving the quality of life of this section of the population and, through it, of society as a whole, taking into account their life cycles.

Programme

14 de septiembre

Course web page

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Project

Conference on Loneliness and the Elderly - Cycle of Social Challenges in the Balearic Islands

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This event, part of the cycle of social challenges in the Balearic Islands organised by Club Diario de Mallorca and the "la Caixa" Foundation, will consist of a conference focused on giving visibility to the problem of loneliness, how it affects the elderly, how to deal with this reality and what actions are being implemented in the Balearic Islands to accompany people.

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Presentation "Solitude as we age" by Mayte Sancho, psychologist and expert in social gerontology and planning.

Conference website

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62nd Congress of the Spanish Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology

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 Location: Madrid

On 22, 23 and 24 June geriatrics and gerontology will meet at the 62nd National Congress of the SEGG and the 23rd of the SMGG in Madrid to listen to experts who will address the challenge of ageing and which will include new sessions such as expert consultations and controversy on certain topics.

The first plenary session is entitled "Ageing: a challenge" and will deal with Key elements in health in ageing; biological keys to ageing well; different ways of ageing.

Congress website

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