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Technical Seminar of the Directorate General for the Elderly 2023 'Integral Person-Centred Care: we continue to move forward'.

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 Location: Centro Cultural Eduardo Úrculo (Madrid)

After establishing a general "theoretical" framework, the components linked to older people and professionals, the physical environment and organisations will be presented at different tables.

Ethical aspects and the growing trend towards deinstitutionalisation and the promotion of ageing at home, a fundamental pillar of municipal services for the elderly, will also be addressed. Knowing that the experience in the model is greater in the world of centres and especially in residential centres, it is essential to address the model also at home.

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IX International Congress on Dependence and Quality of Life "Social and health integration: a reality check".

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 Location: Barcelona / Online

This event focuses on the need to work, following the experience of the COVID, on the urgent development of real socio-health services in the framework of long-term care, demanding them in both institutional and home settings; as well as on the need to have sufficient and appropriate professionals from the social and health sectors, working as a team, in an integrated manner, to tackle, with guarantees and quality, the comorbidity that affects the elderly and that has repercussions on their health and on the rest of their lives.

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XXXIII Annual International Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics: Loneliness and social isolation. New challenges and resources

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 Location: Museo Verbum - Vigo

Although it is difficult to measure social isolation and loneliness accurately, there is strong evidence that many adults aged 50 and older are socially isolated or lonely in ways that put their health at risk. Older people are at greater risk of loneliness and social isolation because they are more likely to face factors such as living alone, losing family or friends, chronic illness and hearing loss.

This congress of the Sociedade Galega de Xerontoloxía e Xeriatría will reflect on this complex phenomenon with very diverse expressions.

Congress website

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Older people and unwanted loneliness

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 Location: Errenteria

In this conference, Sara Marsillas, researcher at Matia Institute, will analyse the diversity of experiences of loneliness experienced by the elderly, as well as the keys that can help to build a healthy relationship with this feeling. 

The event is organised by Duintasuna Elkartea, the Association of Retired and Pensioners of Gipuzkoa, for the afternoon of 5 October in the Sala Reina in Errenteria. Limited capacity.

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Loneliness: the great challenge of the 21st century

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 Location: Málaga

The importance of social relationships has been extensively studied for decades, highlighting their relevance to people's physical and mental health. Loneliness is understood as a painful experience experienced in the absence of social relationships, feelings of belonging or due to a sense of isolation. This phenomenon arises as a result of a perceived discrepancy between social needs and their availability, i.e. it is an emotional state that reflects the subjective experience of the socially isolated.

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Course of the specific and on-demand training programme: Older Adults and Quality of Life. Unwanted loneliness in older adults

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 Location: Santiago de Compostela

The course, aimed at both professionals and students of the USC, "Elderly and Quality of Life: unwanted loneliness in older adults", is part of the specific training studies and on demand organised by the Centre of Own Studies of the USC and is organised by the Red Cross Chair. These studies are oriented to continuous training, aimed at specific groups, in this case, with knowledge, experience and interest in gerontological intervention.

Course fact sheet

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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.

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Conference: Loneliness, ageing and gender

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 Location: Barcelona

The conference "Loneliness, ageing and gender" is organised by the gerontology research group of the University of Barcelona and aims to reflect on the diversity of situations of unwanted loneliness in older people and the impact of public policies in addressing them.

It will be held on Friday 19 November from 9 a.m. at the Palau Macaya in Barcelona (Pg. de Sant Joan, 108).

Scientific programme

9:30h Welcome by Feliciano Villar. Professor of Psychology. University of Barcelona.  

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"Let's talk about loneliness: What does the evidence point to? Main reflections and findings of the Bakardadeak study".

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 Location: Online

On Monday 7 September at 17:30h we invite you to the webinar "Let's talk about loneliness: What does the evidence point to? Main reflections and findings of the Bakardadeak study". We will share some of the main results obtained in the Bakardadeak (Loneliness) study, funded through the Adinberri Programme of the Department of Economic Promotion, Rural Environment and Territorial Balance of the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa and the Department of Social Policies.

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International Forum on Loneliness, Health and Care

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 Location: Madrid

Loneliness is a social phenomenon and a deeply personal experience that makes it complex to address. Unwanted loneliness has become a public health problem to which Madrid City Council has been responding through various initiatives such as the Madrid City of Care Plan.

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