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Announcement: Targeted Call For Abstracts
Click here for more information and to submit your abstract
The IFA has now received well over 500 abstracts for the 14th Global Conference in Ageing all of which have been reviewed. Responding to either gaps in the spread of abstracts or key issues globally we are now announcing a targeted call for abstracts in the following areas:
- UN and WHO goals and plans (MIPAA, SDGs and GSAP)
- Building Inclusive Communities
- Campaigns and Advocacy
- Aligning Health Systems
- Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
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| Dr John Feather |
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Dr John Feather (Grantmakers In Aging)
Dr John Feather, along with esteemed colleagues, will be presenting a session on the age friendly movement in under-resourced communities. To learn more, please see the featured sessions below.
Dr John Feather is Chief Executive Officer of Grantmakers In Aging (GIA), the national society of grant-making foundations and other organizations that work to improve the lives of older people.
An organizational sociologist by training, John received his undergraduate education at the University of Texas at Austin and his masters and doctoral degrees at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. In December 2017, John was
awarded a lifetime achievement award from the National Hispanic
Council on Aging.
Grantmakers In Aging (GIA) is the leading membership organization of funders serving the aging in the United States. Recently, GIA launched a new mission, GIA 2.0 which focuses on a future where 1 in 5 Americans is 65 years of age and older.
To learn more about Dr Feather's work, click
here.
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Linda Fieldstone |
Ms Linda Fieldstone (Family Resolutions, LLC)
Ms Linda Fieldstone is being spotlighted for her contributions to two sessions - the first on high conflict family dramas and a second on introducing intergenerational models of conflict resolution.
Ms Linda Fieldstone has vast experience in research, training, and consultation in the United States and internationally. Linda is well recognized for peer reviewed articles on high conflict families, family court services, empirically based parenting plans and parenting coordination and eldercaring coordination.
She is currently Co-Chair of the
Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) and the
Florida Chapter of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (FLAFCC) Elder Justice Initiatives on Eldercaring Coordination, as well as servicing the community through Family Resolutions, LLC, to provide conflict resolution opportunities directly to families of all ages before, during or after court actions.
To learn more about Ms Fieldstone's work in conflict resolution, click
here.
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Jennifer Thompson
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Ms Jennifer Thompson (National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre (CPDC))
Ms Jennifer Thompson will be presenting a symposium on advances in the care of older people living with dementia.
Being the Operations Manager of the Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre (CDPC) at the University of Sydney, Australia, Jennifer oversees all operational, research, and reporting for the Centre.
In her position at the CDPC, she continues to advocate for consumers and works very closely with the Dementia Australia Consumer Network Lead and others to ensure the consumer voice (people with dementia or their carers) informs all CDPC research activities and outputs.
To learn more about Ms Thompson, click here.
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| Sue Bronson |
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It Doesn't Have to be This Way: Intervening in High Conflict Family Dynamics
Session Excerpt:
High conflict family dynamics become a health issue for ageing persons, intensifying physical, psychological and cognitive challenges. However, until recently, there were no court connected efforts to address this issue. To respond to this critical situation, the Elder Justice Initiative on Eldercaring Coordination developed a dispute resolution process for families when conflict impacts the autonomy, care and safety of ageing persons.
This workshop will be of interest to administrators of organizational, agency and court programs; guardians and legal decision-makers, attorneys and legal programs for older people; and direct caregivers, conflict resolution providers, advocates and Councils on Ageing.
Presented by:
Sue Bronson (ACR Elder Justice Initiative on Eldercaring Coordination)
Linda Fieldstone (ACR Elder Justice Initiative on Eldercaring Coordination)
Dr Karim Yamout (Carter Psychology Centre)
To read the full workshop abstract, click here.
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Dr Jennifer Campbell |
Accessing Lessons from Under-Resourced Communities to Inform the Age-Friendly Movement
Session Excerpt:
Despite the exponential growth in the WHO Global Network for Age-Friendly Cities and Communities program, those in lower-income countries remain rare. With a few exceptions, age-friendly efforts have taken place only in mid- to high-resource areas, denying this effective model to areas that stand to benefit greatly from this approach.
There is a perception that the age-friendly model requires considerable funding and human resources to implement, making it not available to low-income/high stress communities.
Grantmakers in Aging (GIA) and HelpAge in this session will present lessons that could be considered age-friendly projects in lower-resourced communities.
Presented by:
Dr John Feather (CEO, Grantmakers in Aging)
Dr Kristin Bodiford (HelpAge USA)
Dr Jennifer Campbell (Grantmakers in Aging)
Jerome Sam-De Maya (HelpAge International)
To read the full symposium abstract, click here.
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Dr Carolina Riveros Ferrada
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Structural and Societal of Elderly Persons in Chile: Formulation Multidimensional Index
Session
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The central hypothesis of this session is that the legal, economic and social systems in Chile promote the structural abuse of elderly persons. Structural and societal abuse of elderly persons in Chile is a broad topic, because the society is not conscious of elderly persons.
The general objective of the research is to generate an instrument that allows us to measure the phenomenon of structural abuse. This will contribute to improving the qualitative and quantitative planning of public policy by allowing the evaluation of the public policy through the application of this instrument.
Presented by:
Dr Carolina Riveros Ferrada (Faculty of Law, University of Talca)
Dr Patricia Rodríguez Cuellar (Faculty of Economy, University of Talca)
Dr Sandra Alvear (Faculty of Economy, University of Talca)
Dr Ángela Arenas Massa (Faculty of Law, University of Talca)
To read the full symposium abstract, click here.
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The IFA is very proud to announce that the City of Waterloo, a member of the Global Network of Age-friendly Cities and Communities, is now a conference partner.
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