10th Asia / Oceania Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG 2015)

Key Topics

• Biological sciences
  • Genetics of longevity and ageing
  • Models of ageing
  • Biomarkers of ageing
  • Mechanisms of ageing and longevity
  • Ageing and metabolism
  • Oxidative stress and ageing
  • Pharmacogenetics, nutrigenics and ageing
  • Stem cell and cell therapy of age related diseases
  • Protein aggregation and ageing
  • Molecular etiology of age related disease
  • Lipoproteins and atherosclerosis
  • Nutritional interventions
  • Health food and herbal medicine
• Epidemiology, clinical practice and health
  • Healthy ageing
  • Longitudinal studies on ageing
  • Cognitive impairment and rehabilitation
  • Comprehensive geriatric assessment
  • Continence
  • Pain assessment and management
  • Psychiatric disorders
  • Falls and mobility
  • Osteoporosis and fracture prevention and management
  • Depression
  • Cardiovascular disease
  • Respiratory disorders
  • Progressive neurological disorders
  • Cerebrovascular disease
  • Metabolic syndromes
  • Neoplastic diseases in older people
  • Hypertension
  • Diabetes mellitus
  • Infection in older people
  • Immunisation of older people
  • Emergency care for older people
  • Geriatric oral health
  • Rehabilitation
  • Peri-operative care for older people
  • Quality in health care
  • Medication management
  • Quality of life
  • Quality in residential care
  • Nutritional assessment and management
  • Effective exercise approaches
  • Translating evidence into practice
• Social research, planning and practice
  • Globalisation and ageing
  • Trends of Asia / Oceania ageing
  • Aged care
  • Care-giving
  • Indigenous services
  • Indigenous elders
  • Culture and cultural differences
  • Refugee and migrant elders
  • Ensuring quality care in residential care
  • Home and community based service models and outcomes
  • Best practice in aged care nursing
  • Person centred services
  • Dying well (preparing for natural death at end of life)
  • Nursing and other workforce issues
  • Pension reform and social security
  • Housing for older people
  • Population ageing and social policy
  • Discrimination on age and gender
  • Urbanisation and migration
  • Suicide in older people
  • Technology adoption
  • Living to advanced age
  • Age friendly environments/communities
  • The built environment
  • The mass media and older people
  • Working into older age
  • Welfare
  • Poverty
  • Family and intergenerational relationships
  • Homelessness
  • Abuse and neglect
• Behavioural and social sciences
  • Work and retirement
  • Family dynamics and mental health
  • Gender issues in ageing
  • Learning and education
  • Cognitive impairment processes in ageing
  • Volunteering and community service
  • Cognitive impairment and quality of life
  • Mental health and well-being
  • Active ageing
  • Ageing well
  • Mental health in rural and regional areas
  • Mental health and primary care
  • Mental health
  • Social engagement and participation
  • Impact of global financial pressures on ageing well
  • Cognitive assessment
  • Stress and ageing
  • Healthy adaptation to retirement
  • Spirituality and ageing
  • Pastoral care
  • Voices of older people (eg. self-help/advocacy)
  • Understanding lived experience
  • Everyday lives of older people

Who should Attend

Gerontologists, geriatrics scholars, policy decision-makers, professional activists, related companies, and researchers.