It is with a heavy heart and great sadness that we report the death of Prof. Gaetano Crepaldi, on January 24 at the age of 93, in his home in Padova, Italy. He was considered a father of Geriatric Medicine in Italy and a mentor for many geriatricians at [...]
The International Federation on Ageing (IFA) is proud to announce another instalment of the Adult Vaccination Healthcare Providers Education ECHO. The program – taking place biweekly from October 18 to December 13 – aims to strengthen healthcare provider skills and competencies to promote and advocate for adult immunization. Building on previous programming and experience, IFA [...]
The EICA President, as a member of the AARP and the Global Council on Brain Health (GCBH), is happy to share the following links to the newly released documents on brain health: New report "Building Better Brain Health for All People" Final press release Short article in Nature Aging: “Equity across the lifecourse matters for [...]
FIP’s commitment to leveraging pharmacists to build confidence and address vaccine hesitancy has been endorsed by 20 organisations, as announced by the federation on December 7, 2022. These organisations are: the Active Citizenship Network (Cittadinanzattiva), the Association of Pharmacists from Portuguese-Speaking Countries (AFPLP), the International Conference of French-Speaking Orders of Pharmacists (CIOPF), the Commonwealth [...]
Professor Stefania Maggi, member of the AARP Governance Committee of The Global Council on Brain Health (GCBH), is pleased to share the press release (https://press.aarp.org/2022-11-4-Dementia-and-delirium-in-the-ER-Providing-better-care-for-older-patients) presenting two videos, that provide key information and action steps that healthcare providers and caregivers can take to reduce risks to brain health. Designed to educate and raise awareness of [...]
The third and last video pill on the topic “Osteoarthritis: conversation on pharmacological and non-pharmacological management in older adults” has been released. The project, including a series of three double interviews, is a joint effort of the European Interdisciplinary Council on Ageing in collaboration with the global pharmaceutical company Viatris, sponsor of the initiative. To be interviewed [...]
The second video pill on the topic “Osteoarthritis: conversation on pharmacological and non-pharmacological management in older adults” has been released. The project, including a series of three double interviews, is a joint effort of the European Interdisciplinary Council on Ageing in collaboration with the global pharmaceutical company Viatris, sponsor of the initiative. To be [...]
EICA is pleased to present a series of three double interview video pills entitled “Osteoarthritis: conversation on pharmacological and non-pharmacological management in older adults”. The project is a joint effort of the association in collaboration with the global pharmaceutical company Viatris, sponsor of the initiative. To be interviewed will be two eminent Italian geriatricians [...]
The Aging Research Center (ARC), a division within the Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society of the Karolinska Institutet, is looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher in Geriatric Epidemiology. Application deadline: July 15, 2021, at 11:59 PM CEST The ARC is a multidisciplinary academic environment, representing medicine (e.g., neurology, [...]
Online applications via VIU website | Deadline extended until March 15, 2021. Go to the event.
