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NEWSLETTERNEW YORK, MAY 2018VOL. 21 / NO. 02

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
IAGG UPDATES ………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
IAGG EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING …………………………………………………………………..
UNITED NATIONS 56th Commission on Social Development ……………………………………..
International guidance published on ‘overlooked’ older people with diabetes……………
IAGG 22nd WORLD CONGRESS ………………………………………………………………………………….
IAGG REGIONAL NEWS ……………………………………………………………………………………………
IAGG PROGRAM UPDATES ………………………………………………………………………………………
UPCOMING EVENTS ………………………………………………………………………………………………..
IAGG ADMINISTRATION INFO …………………………………………………………………………...…

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3IAGG 2018 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING2018 IAGG EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING: January 30, 2018, NEW YORK CITY, NY (HIGHLIGHTS)

On January 30, 2018 in New York City, NY
the Executive Committee of IAGG met forthe second time since the secretariat waselected.
MEMBERS PRESENT:John W Rowe (USA) President; Toni
Antonucci (USA) Secretary General; JacquiAngel (USA) Treasurer; Heung Bong Cha(South Korea) Immediate-Past President;
Jose Ricardo Jauregui (Argentina) PresidentElect; Miguel Acanfora (Argentina) Secretary
General-Elect; Marianela Hekman (Brazil)
COMLAT Regional Chair; Isabella Aboderin(Kenya) African Regional Chair; Clemens
Tesch- Roemer (Germany) EuropeanRegional Chair; Prasert Assantachai
Prasert Assantachai (Thailand) Asian/Oceanian Regional(Thailand)
Chair; Kenneth Madden (Canada) North
American Regional Chair; Erin Burk-Leaver (USA) IAGG Operations; Ariana Johnson (USA) IAGG
Operations
GUESTS: Leocadio Rodriguez Manas (Spain) GARN-Director; Norah Keating (Canada)
GSIA-Director; Jean-Pierre Michel (Switzerland) IFGE-Director
SUMMARY: This meeting provided an opportunity for regional chairs to report on the happenings intheir areas as well as offered an opportunity to dialogue about the future structure and movement ofIAGG programs such as GARN, GSIA, and IFGE (“IAGG Federation of Geriatric Education” (formerly titledWAA)). The Secretariat will continue to solicit, gather and distribute information from Regional Officesand Member Societies. Distribution of event information will be conducted on the IAGG website aswell as various IAGG social media platforms. In addition, an ANNUAL REPORT will be submitted in placeof quarterly newsletters.
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UNITED NATION’S 56th COMISSION ON SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
FIFTY- SIXTH SESSION OF THE COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (CSocD56):
JANUARY 29 – FEBRUARY 7, 2018, NEW YORK CITY, NY (HIGHLIGHTS)
Priority Theme for the 2018 Policy Cycle:
Strategies for eradicating poverty to achievesustainable development for all
Priority Topics for the 56th Session:- World Programme of Action concerning
Disabled Persons- Standard Rules on the Equalization ofOpportunities for Persons with Disabilities- World Programme of Action for Youth- Madrid International Plan of Action on Aging,
2002- Family issues, policies and programmesSide Events Focused on Aging:- MIPAA meets SDG1 – Responses to Old-AgePoverty in the UNECE Region- Inequalities in Retirement: Making the Workto-Retirement Transition- Persons with Disabilities: Realizing Equal Rights
and Inclusive Development- Dignity in Older Age – Taking a Rights-BasedApproach to Ageing and Older People- The Age of Ageing- Ageism: A Prejudice against our Future Selves- Meeting the Specific Needs of Older Persons
Facing Poverty – Challenges and Opportunities
for Social Policymaking- Why are Digital Skills Critical for Older
Persons?
- Humanitarian Action for Older Persons: FifteenYears after Madrid

IAGG’s UN Involvement:
IAGG’s UN representatives participated and spoke at
the 56th session. Pictured on the right is IAGG's
Secretary- General, Toni Antonucci, PhD, speaking at
the side-event "Ageism: A Prejudice Against Our
Future Selves". Pictured above is one of IAGG’s UN
Representative, and former IAGG President, Heung
Bong Cha, PhD, raising important questions during thehigh-level panel discussion on “The third Review andAppraisal of the Madrid Plan of Action on Ageing.”

5International guidance published on ‘overlooked’ older people
with diabetes
International guidelines outlining a ground-breaking model for how to manage older people withphysical weakness and fatigue who have diabetes has been published.
An International Position Statement on the Management of Frailty in Diabetes Mellitus was led byProfessor Alan Sinclair of the Foundation for Diabetes Research in Older People at Diabetes Frail (UK)and Professor Bruno Vellas, Chief of the Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics at theToulouse University Hospital, France, and former IAGG President, in collaboration with the Hong Kong
Geriatrics Society and an International Group of Experts.
The document makes a series of recommendations to help doctors and nurses treat the over 70’s who
have diabetes and who may also suffer from conditions linked to physical weakness.
This is the first time guidance has been published internationally on the subject and those involved
have called for a “clear focus on patient safety” and early recognition of the deterioration of a person’shealth as part of the overhaul.
Professor Sinclair said: “Frailty is now recognized as a new complication of diabetes in ageing
populations and needs to be a priority for action. This is because frailty leads to excess disability indiabetes leading to earlier institutionalization, decreased quality of life, and premature death. Yet
early prevention and management should lead to longer, healthier lives.
“Quite simply, older people with diabetes developing frailty are being let down and overlooked by thesystem, that’s why we have developed this international position statement to illustrate and share abetter way of caring for these people.
“It is part of a wider problem as generally older people with diabetes were often overlooked and overmedicated, but we now need to give them the care and attention they deserve.”
The document lays out a specific model for those working in primary, secondary and community careto help them understand how to prevent frailty and ensure the early management of the condition.
It also provides a platform for a model of care to be coordinated across local regions to help thoseolder people with diabetes who are developing frailty, have developed frailty, and those progressing
to disability.
The guidance was compiled because the prevalence of diabetes is increasing among people between
the ages of 60 to 79 years, and frailty may be present in up to one in four in this age range.
In older people with the condition, frailty and loss of muscle mass and strength known as sarcopenia,
have become serious complications which are often overlooked or not diagnosed by healthcare teams.
The guidance was unveiled in the UK at the 4th National Conference of the Older People’s Diabetes
Network (OPDN), which is chaired by Professor Sinclair.
To read the Position Statement in full, click HERE.

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SAVE THE DATE:IAGG 22nd WORLD CONGRESS

22nd IAGG World Congress ofGerontology and Geriatrics
Buenos Aires Sheraton Hotel and Convention Center
Buenos Aires, Argentina
June 20-24, 2021
www.iagg2021.org

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IAGG REGIONAL NEWS
ASIA/ OCEANIA REGIONREGIONAL HIGHLIGHTS- The picture below was taken from Ageing Nepal’s “Voice of Senior Citizens” November newsletter.
The photo visually addresses the World Health Organizations Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs) in an effort to ensure no elderly individuals are left behind.

-The Association of Gerontology India (AGI) developed a post graduate diploma course on“Gerontology & Age Management” in collaboration with University of Calcutta for students whohope to upgrade their knowledge base and broaden their spectrum of expertise. The Silver Circle,
a joint initiative of Support Elders Private Limited (SEPL) and CMIG, builds a platform to improve
the quality of life of elders through positive engagement and self-actualization with an emphasis
to be self-sufficient both financially and emotionally. A workshop (September 21-24, 2017) on
Dementia discussed Origin, Growth and Answers to Challenges in which Gerontologists,
Geriatricians and experts working in the field of dementia participated. An international project“WELLNISS” in collaboration with Scotland, Norway, India and Slovenia focuses on the impact ofcross-cultural connectivity on the wellness of aging individuals.

REGIONAL EVENTS- October 24 -27, 2019: IAGG Asia-Oceania Regional Congress, Health & Wellbeing in the Silver World:
From Bench to Policy, Taipei International Convention Center, Taipei, Taiwan. View program
details HERE.

SOUTH AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN (COMLAT) REGIONREGIONAL HIGHLIGHTS- Colombian Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics released a statement promoting April 7 world
health day "let's talk about depression”. To read the full statement click HERE.
REGIONAL EVENTS- The Regional executive council and local organizing committee continue to plan and prepare forthe 2019 Latin American & Caribbean Regional Congress, which will be held in Uruguay.
- May 17- 19, 2018: XII Colombian and Ibero-American Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics- June 6-8, 2018: Brazilian Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology (SBGG) 21st Congress in Rio deJaneiro. For more information, please follow this link: www.cbgg2018.com.br8

EUROPEAN REGIONREGIONAL HIGHLIGHTS- News from the Turkish Geriatrics Society: Turkish Geriatrics Society is organizing Basic Geriatrics
Courses regularly. Ninth “Basic Geriatrics Course” was held on the 15th of Dec, 2017 in Ankara. The
Ankara Chamber of Doctors was the hosting organization.
Belarusian Republican Gerontological
Public Association held annual scientificmeeting in Vitebsk city 29 November 2017
which was named “Identity attack in themodern world: the problem of dementia”.
More than 250 specialists in gerontology andgeriatrics, primary health care, nursing
houses, social workers took part in discussingof possible ways of development of the WHO
global action plan on the public healthresponse to dementia in Belarus.
The British Geriatrics Society’s journal
Age and Ageing published “Medication usagechange in older people (65+) in England over 20years: findings from CFAS I and CFAS II” and “ZDrugs and Risk for Falls and Fractures in OlderAdults - a Systematic-Review and Meta-analysis”.

Both articles are free to access and can be found by following their respective links above.
The Dutch Society of Gerontology recently began a Dutch School of Gerontology to bring BA, MAand PhD students with an interest in gerontology together. During the School of Gerontology’s
classes of students discuss different themes in gerontology amongst each other and with otherexperts such as faculty, professionals and policy makers, based on their own research projects orthat of others. The goal is to develop and exchange knowledge, and to build a strong nation-widecommunity among young Dutch gerontologists. The first School of Gerontology will take place inApril 2018.

-REGIONAL EVENTS--June 13-15, 2018: 60th Geriatric and Gerontology National Conference (SEGG 2018), which will beheld in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain). For further information click HERE.
July 4-6, 2018: The 47th Annual Conference of the British Society of Gerontology, Ageing in an
Unequal World: Shaping Environments for the 21st Century, will be held at the University ofManchester. Registration is now open for the conference with discounted rates for those whoregister before 26 April 2018. More information can be found HERE.
May 23-25, 2019: IAGG European Region Congress 2019, Towards Capability in Ageing – from cell to society,Gothenburg, Sweden at the Swedish Exhibition and Congress Centre. View program details HERE.

9NORTH AMERICAN REGIONREGIONAL HIGHLIGHTS- The Canadian Academy of Geriatric Psychiatry began offering a Geriatric Psychiatry Online Course
which will consolidate new information on geriatric psychiatry in an innovative, interactive and funmanner. The program features interactive asynchronous online learning modules and is geared
towards psychiatrists, physicians and allied health professionals who are interested in receiving upto-date information about the psychiatric care of the elderly.
REGIONAL EVENTS- October 12 – 13, 2018: CAGP 27th Annual Scientific Meeting will be held in Halifax, Nova Scotia. View
program details HERE.
- October 17-20, 2018: 11th World Stroke Congress (WSC 2018) in Montreal, Canada.
- October 18 – 20, 2018: 47th Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting of the Canadian Association
on Gerontology (CAG) being held in Vancouver, British Columbia (Canada). Abstracts due on April 15,
2018. More information click HERE.
- November 14-18, 2018: Gerontological Society of America’s 2018 Annual Scientific Meeting, The
Purposes of Longer Lives, John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center, Boston,Massachusetts. View program details HERE.

AFRICAN REGIONREGIONAL EVENTS- October 18 – 21, 2018: 34th World Congress of Internal Medicine (WCIM 2018) will take place inCape Town, South Africa. For more information or to register click HERE.

IAGG PROGRAM NEWSGLOBAL SOCIAL INITIATIVE ON AGEING (GSIA)PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
Pictured (left): Norah Keating, Director of the IAGG Global Social Issues onAging (GSIA), met with members of the Sustainable Care program. The
program aims to improve how care is planned, resourced, organized,delivered and experienced, by providing evidence to inform the decisions,policies and actions of governments, employers, families, older people andcare sector stakeholders. The Sustainable Care program comprises 20scholars in 7 universities, linked to an international network spanning 15
countries.

Pictured (right): Norah Keating (IAGG GSIA), Patricia Conboy(HelpAge International), Susan Reinhard (AARP), ClaireChampeix (Eurocarers). Taking part in a network meeting andseminar of the ROSEnet COST Action program, Reducing OldAge Social Exclusion: Collaborations in Research and Policy.
Meetings were held at the Royal Academies for Science and theArts of Belgium in Brussels, February 19-21. Claire Champeix,
Susan Reinhard and Patricia Conboy took part in a policy panel,
Stakeholder Perspectives on Old-age Exclusion and Policy.
Norah Keating presented a workshop on “Identifying Policy
Messages toward Making a Difference"
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UPCOMING EVENTS
SOUTH AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN (COMLAT) REGION
201820192021-June 6-8, 2018: Brazilian Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology (SBGG) 21st Congress in Rio deJaneiro. For more information, please follow click HERE.
August 23- 25, 2018: XV Congress of Argentinian Geriatric and Gerontological Society to take placeat the Sheraton Mar del Pata Hotel. For more information, please click HERE.
October 17- 19, 2019: VIII Congress of the Latin American and Caribbean Committee on Geriatricsand Gerontology . This meeting will take place in Montevideo, Uruguay.
June 20 – 24, 2021: 22nd IAGG World Congress, Buenos Aires Sheraton Hotel and Convention
CenterEUROPEAN REGION
2018- June 13-15, 2018: 60th Geriatric and Gerontology National Conference (SEGG 2018), which will beheld in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain). For further information click HERE.
- July 4-6, 2018: The 47th Annual Conference of the British Society of Gerontology, Ageing in an
Unequal World: Shaping Environments for the 21st Century, will be held at the University ofManchester. Registration is now open for the conference with discounted rates for those whoregister before 26 April 2018. More information can be found HERE.
2019- May 23-25, 2019: IAGG European Region Congress 2019, Towards Capability in Ageing – from cell tosociety, Gothenburg, Sweden at the Swedish Exhibition and Congress Centre. View program details
HERE.

NORTH AMERICAN REGION2018- October 11-13, 2018: The CAGP-CCSMH 2018 Annual Scientific Meeting will be held in Halifax, Nova
Scotia at the Halifax Marriott Harbourfront Hotel. It will be preceded by a one-day Pre-Conference
Course in geriatric psychiatry on October 11, 2018. For more information click HERE.
- October 17-20, 2018: 11th World Stroke Congress (WSC 2018) in Montreal, Canada.
- October 18 – 20, 2018: 47th Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting of the Canadian Association
on Gerontology (CAG) being held in Vancouver, British Columbia (Canada). Abstracts due on April 15,2018. More information click HERE.
- November 14-18, 2018: Gerontological Society of America’s 2018 Annual Scientific Meeting, The
Purposes of Longer Lives, John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center, Boston,
Massachusetts. View program details HERE.

ASIA & OCEANIA REGION
2019
October 24 -27, 2019: IAGG Asia-Oceania Regional Congress, Health & Wellbeing in the Silver World:
From Bench to Policy, Taipei International Convention Center, Taipei, Taiwan. View program details
HERE.

AFRICAN REGION
2018- October 18 – 21, 2018: 34th World Congress of Internal Medicine (WCIM 2018) will take place in CapeTown, South Africa. For more information or to register click HERE.

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