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63rd Congress of the Spanish Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology (SEGG). Healthy ageing: a shared challenge

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 Location: Pamplona

Pamplona will bring together the best specialists in geriatrics and social and biological gerontology, both national and international, to talk about what matters to everyone: how to age better and how we can all work together to achieve it.

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II Xornadas de saúde mental: benestar emocional na terceira idade envellecemento activo

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 Location: Casa de Cultura de Bertamiráns

Conference organised by the Concello de Ames, which is aimed at people and professionals from all sectors interested in psychological wellbeing in the elderly and active ageing. It will include a round table, two conferences and two practical workshops.

Among the participants, our colleague and researcher at Matia Institute, Sara Marsillas, PhD in psychology from the USC and expert in healthy ageing, will give the conference "Caring for caregivers".

Participation is free of charge, subject to prior registration via the following e-mail address jornadas.ames@gmail.com

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Plátika" Meeting: AGE Discrimination: Ageism, Ageism and Auto-ageism

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 Location: Palacio de Congresos Europa. Vitoria-Gasteiz

A new edition of the "Plátika" meetings organised periodically by the Bizan Network of the Vitoria-Gasteiz City Council.

This meeting, open to all citizens, will reflect on "Age discrimination: ageism, ageism and self-ageism" and we will work on questions such as: how do I feel about my age, is there a problem with my age, am I being judged because of my age?

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Presentation day: Adinberri SIA

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 Location: Tabakalera, Donostia-San Sebastián

Presentation of AdinberriSIA, the ADINBERRI Foundation's reference platform for the exchange of knowledge, identification of trends and design of futures associated with the main challenges of ageing in Gipuzkoa.
Our colleague Elena del Barrio, co-director of MatiaInstituto, was one of the speakers at a round table where the role that this new space can play in the innovation ecosystem linked to ageing was discussed, and with which Gipuzkoa aspires to become a European region of reference in SilverEconomy.

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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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EH2040: Demography, territory, care, language

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 Location: Usurbil - Residencia Artzabal

Conference organised by the Basque Summer University (UEU), Jakin and Usurbil Town Council with #ElkarEkin, in which questions such as the following are raised: What will the Basque Country be like in the year 2040? What do the demographic trends tell us? How many people will live? Are we moving towards a society of the elderly? What impact does this have on the care model and on pensions? And on territorial balance? And on Basque? And on the organisation of cities? We need to know what the future is and what we want it to be like in order to anticipate the future.

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III Conference on Conciliation, Co-responsibility and Diversity: "The Elderly and Post-pandemic: Rights, Risks and Opportunities"

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 Location: Online or face-to-face (Madrid, C/ Alberto Aguilera, 23)

In this III Conference on Conciliation, Co-responsibility and Diversity organised by the Observatory of Conciliation, Co-responsibility and Diversity of the Comillas Pontifical University, we will debate on the elderly in this post-pandemic period from three important perspectives: legal, economic-business and social-healthcare.

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II Healthy Ageing Workshops: UK - Basque Country

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On 8th April, one of the sessions of the "Healthy Ageing Workshops" organised by the British Consulate will take place, in which our colleague and head of Architectural Design, Heitor G. Lantarón, will talk about the Lugaritz lifelong housing project.

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