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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.

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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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Dimensions of inequality

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 Location: Bilbao

Presentation of the monograph ZABALDU #1, a work in which different speakers address the concepts of equality of difference, diversity and non-discrimination and hate crimes from a sociological and legal perspective.

Among the participants, Sara Marsillas, researcher at the Matia Institute, spoke about the paradox of age discrimination and its contribution to social differences.

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Care matters. Gender impact on carers of elderly and dependent people in times of Covid-19.

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 Location: Bizkaia Aretoa, Sala Arriaga.

The aim of the conference is to present the results of the research project "CUMADE. Care matters. Gender impact on carers of the elderly and dependents in times of Covid-19" carried out between June 2020 and June 2021. The aim of the research is to reveal the social dynamics that have had an impact on the care of elderly and dependent people, in order to give visibility to the difficulties that carers have had to face the health crisis, as well as the strategies to face it from the point of view of creativity, empowerment and solidarity.

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Social Work and the Elderly

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 Location: Online

This event, organised by the Col-legi de Treball Social de Catalunya, will focus on two of the challenges on which social work is working most intensely: the transition from an individualised model of home care to a more community-based model and the mistreatment of the elderly.

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17:00h. Presentation of the event by Mercè Civit, Vice-Dean of the Official College of Social Work of Catalonia and Teresa Llorens Carbonell, Coordinator of the Department of Equality and Social Sustainability of Barcelona Provincial Council.

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The reality of older women

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 Location: Elorrio

This talk will take place on 9 March at 18:00h as part of the activities organised by Elorrio Town Council to celebrate International Women's Day. Our colleague Nerea Almazán, researcher at the Matia Institute, will give an overview of "The reality of older women". 

More information: berdintasuna@elorrio.eus.

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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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Conference "The many faces of Ageism"

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 Location: Online

Age discrimination against older people, or ageism, is an indisputable reality in today's society. With this conference, organised by the Imserso, the aim is for people to learn about the discrimination suffered by the elderly from a scientific-technical point of view, what types of discrimination there are, where it manifests itself most intensely, what its consequences are, what types of discrimination there are, what studies exist on this problem, what instruments exist to combat it, etc.

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19th October 2021

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Conference: Practical applications for promoting good treatment in the framework of person-centred care

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 Location: Palma de Mallorca

Next Thursday, 28th March, Mayte Sancho, Director of Planning at Matia Fundazioa, will give a talk on good treatment of the elderly at the Caixaforum Space in La Palma. At the end of the conference, copies of the "Protocol for action in situations of domestic abuse and self-neglect" will be handed out to those attending.

Imagen Conferencia Mayte Sancho en Palma

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“Todos contra el abuso y maltrato a las personas mayores”. Towards dignity and excellence in the treatment of older people

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 Type: Conference
 Location: Valladolid

Organised by the Confederación Estatal de Mayores Activos (CONFEMAC), this conference is aimed at health professionals; social services professionals; nursing home professionals; day centres with day-care units; social care day centres; social services inspection services; forensic doctors; boards of directors of associations for the elderly; teachers of health training courses; private elderly people and any other people related to gerontology.

Free registration. Limited places.

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