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Asia PacificAugust - September 2015

Bulletin

Active AgeingConsortium

Celebrating the 10th Anniversary...

Honorable Matthew Cheung

Welcome to this edition of the ACAP Bulletin!

In July, I had the honor of attending the 5-year anniversary

conference of the Institute for Active Ageing at Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

The conference was coordinated by ACAP members Teresa Tsien and her staff at the IAA-HKPU, and it was attended by more than 400 people from 10 countries!

I was most impressed to hear the speech by the Honorable Matthew Cheung, Secretary of Labor and Welfare Bureau for Hong Kong. He noted that active ageing is a key pillar of the Hong Kong Government’s elderly policy.

He sees “active ageing as part of the essential and constructive efforts upstream in preventing and postponing our senior citizens from falling into the expensive and passive net of institutional and medical care downstream.”

In support of active ageing, the Hong Kong government has:• UpgradedmanyNeighborhood ElderlyCenters to increase capacity of

mobilize volunteers, promote lifelong learning, and provide counseling and carer support.

• Funded district organizations to run activities that promote a sense ofworthiness among the elderly and nurture the spirit of caring for our elderly citizens.

• Launchedapilotprojecttohelpgrandparentsbecomewell-trainedchildcarers in a home setting to promote active ageing, strengthen support to local nuclear families, and ease the demand for child care services.

• Subsidizedpublictransportation—includingrail,buses,andferries—sothatsenior citizens only pay HK$2 per trip anytime.

• EstablishdedicatedcountersinJobCenterstoofferpriorityregistrationandemploymentreferralservicesforjobseekersaged50andabove.

Secretary Cheung illustrated how social policy is supporting active ageing in Hong Kong. ACAP members are keen to hear about active ageing programs in your community. Please share your stories and photos!

On July 24, 2015, Generations United hosted its annual conference in Hawaii and invited Harvard Professor Robert Putnam as the keynotespeaker.Dr.PutnamspokeofhisworkandrecentNewYork Times bestseller, “Our Kids: An American Dream in Crisis”

He expressed great concern of the growing gap between rich kids and poor kids in America today compared to the 1960s when the degree of economicinequalitywassignificantlyless.

The term “Our Kids” when used by his parents when he was graduating from high school in 1959 usually meant all of the young people in his generation. He states that increasingly, the meaning of “Our Kids” is limited to a family’s biological offspring and no one else. Unless we pay attention to the needs of our children and our grandchildren’s generations and address the growing inequality of opportunity, education, income and social support faced by poor kids, we will all pay more for its consequences in the years to come.

Dr. Putnam’s passionate presentation was a rare combination of moving personal stories and solid empirical evidence collected throughout the U.S. Prof. Putnam considers the boomer generation as having a huge potential to use its talents, resources and experience for the greater good. His message seemssuggestthatactiveagingshouldnotjustbeaboutphysical,mental,nutritional,financialorsocialfitness.

His message begs the questions, “Once you have achieved a state of active aging, what purpose does that serve?” The trend towards inequality in the U.S. and its devastating effect on our childrens’ generation suggest that we need to promote active aging so that we can marshal the talent of Boomers to help address the needs for “Our Kids”.

By Cullen HayashidaHawaii, USA

Prof. Robert Putnam,Harvard University.(Keynote speaker)

Intergenerational Conference in Hawaii Keynote speaker challenges Boomers

Special Interview: Introducing Creative Aids &

Resources for the Elderly (CARE)

Please tell us how CARE begun. In 2005, Gary Seow and Carrie Chan started out selling and designing educational toys for

children under their company . Then in 2009 occupational therapists from a local hospital visited Kydz’s booth at an exhibition for kids and asked them to develop something for the elderly. The projecttooktheshapeofatoolkitforcaregiverswhoworkwithdementiapatientsandincludedabagfilledwith42activities–gamesforcognitive,reminiscingandvision,arttherapyandmuchmore.

At the time, we were also getting people coming to our store enquiring about products for grandparents or older parents with dementia. It was then that we decided it was time to do something beyond thedementiaprojectcommissionedby thehospital.We started to introducea rangeofproductsforactiveagers.Wetookitonestepfurtherandnamedtherangeoftoysandresources–CARE(CreativeAids&ResourcesfortheElderly).

What is the core mission/goals of CARE?CARElogoisthatofabamboo“symbolisingstrength,longevity,grace,peace,flexibility,humility,

good health and the ability to cope with adversity”. Our goal is to create a platform with a wide range of creative resources for the elderly, to improve and enrich their lives in their golden years.

How widespread in CARE International? (countries/regions involved)Beyondcateringtoretailcustomers,wealsosupplyourCARErangetothevarioussenioractivity

centres, nursing homes and hospitals in Singapore. We are currently expanding outside Singapore. We are currently working with clients from Indonesia, Philippines and Malaysia and Korea. (next page)

CARE supplies Educational Resources, Books, Educational Toys, Multimedia, Teaching Aids. CARE is also the distributor for suppliers of Learning Resources (USA), Dusyma (Germany), Kaplan (USA), ED Toys (Korea), Creative Teaching Press (USA), Halilit (Israel), Natural Learning Concepts (USA), Pan Asia Publishing Pte Ltd (Singapore) and Nasco (USA). Gary Seow (left) and Carrie Chan during their recent visit to S. Korea

What inspired you toward establishing creative aids & resources for the elderly?

Although Singapore is a well - developed country, the elderly population has limited access tocreativeaids&resourcessuitableforthem.Wewerethinkingoffillingthisgap,tomakeitavailablefor them. Also, we strongly feel the need to improve the lives of the elderly, especially since dementia will be a worrying trend in Singapore.

What are some of the most important/popular aids and resources from CARE for the elderly?

We have games and activities for the elderly to help promote their physical, mental, psychological and social health. Games and activities thatprovidecognitivestimulationandasenseofaccomplishmentwhichareallbeneficialandtherapeutic.

From your experience, what is the future of active ageing in Asia Pacific and how should the society (including enterprises like CARE) respond to late life?

Thefiguresclearlyshowthattheageingprocessisaccelerating,withthenumberofoldpeopleexpected to double at the world level. The challenge for the future is “to ensure that people everywhere can grow old with security and dignity and that they can continue to participate in social life as citizens with full rights”. At the same time “the rights of old people should not be incompatible with those of other groups, and reciprocal intergenerational relations should be encouraged.”(UnitedNations,WorldPopulationAgeing1950-2050,PopulationDivision).

We understand that ageing is an issue which is currently causing increasing concern in Asia. As part of the society, we all have an interest in ensuring that older people can be active participants in society as long as they possibly can. At a company level, we acknowledge that the pioneer generation has an abundance of skills, knowledge and experience. As a company, our role is to continually provide products and activities that will add on to lifelong learning and wellbeing, community cohesion, positive relationships and attitudes, physical and mental health.

You recently visited (Research Institute of Science for the Better Living of the Elderly) RISBLE

and Gagahoho in Busan, what was your impression?It was an enriching trip and we learnt a lot from how the eldercare centres and senior activity

centres operate in Korea. It was encouraging to see the many enriching activities organized for the elderly. Sometimes the activities were even conducted by the elderly for the elderly whichtheydeserve immensecredit for. ItwasalsohearteningtoseeRISBLEandGagahohowork tirelessly to continually promote the awareness of active ageing in Korea. It serves as an motivation to us doing the same for our people in Singapore.

Any other comment?During our course of work, there are moments that we will not forget, including when a

elderlyladycameintothestoretopickoutaCAREproductforherhusbandwithdementia.Itwas a touching moment when she shared that she has been looking for our type of products for a long time.

Formoreinformationvisitwebsite:http://www.kydzedu.com/ Blog: www.kydzedu.blogspot.com

In celebration of its 5th anniversary, PolyU’s Institute of Active Ageing (IAA) held the International Symposium on Active Ageing on 3 July 2015 in Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The opening ceremony was officiated

by The Honourable Matthew Cheung Kin-chung, Secretary for Labour and Welfare of the HKSAR Government; Dr The Honourable Leong Che-hung, Chairman of IAA Advisory Committee; and Professor Timothy W. Tong, PolyU President. Over 400 participants from the Government, business sector, education sectorandNGOsattended the Symposium. Theywere from over 10 countries and regions, including USA, Japan, Singapore,Malaysia,Netherlands,Australia,Korea,mainlandChina, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Professor Hiroyuki Murata of Smart Ageing International Research Center from Japan’s Tohoku University, and Professor Kathryn L. Braun of John A. Burns School of Medicine from the University of Hawaii were the keynote speakers of the event. Researchers from PolyU also shared invaluable insights on active ageing. They were Ir ProfessorZhengYong-pingofInterdisciplinaryDivisionofBiomedicalEngineering;DrAlmaAuof Department of Applied Social Sciences; Dr Jackie Kwok of School of Design; and Dr Kam Hung of School of Hotel and Tourism Management.

Meanwhile,IAAsetupaboothattheRetiree&SeniorFairheldon3-5JulyinHongKongConventionandExhibitionCentre,providingvisitorswithfreeinformationinactivities,relatedresearch and rehabilitation products for senior citizens.

About PolyU’s Institute of Active AgeingThe Institute of Active Ageing (IAA) is an inter-disciplinary centre that brings together

expertise of 23 disciplines across the University’s various faculties and schools, namely living environment, building design and engineering, business and finance, technology, healthand rehabilitation, social policy, biochemistry and traditional Chinese medicine, textiles and clothing, and leisure and recreation.

IAA uses a cross-disciplinary approach to develop education, research and services to nurture manpower and produce evidence-based practices and applications that are essential for an age-friendly society. It also works closely with health care providers, private and public sectors, older adults and their families, and the general public to address issues related to the greying population.

Hong Kong Polytechnic University’s Institute of Active Ageing (IAA) International Symposium on Active Ageing

By Teresa Tsien, Director, Institute of Active Ageing

Prof. Kathryn Braun during the symposium

Background: Japan is a super-aging society. By 2025, it will have the highest ratio of elderly people of any country in the world. Over 25% of the population will be 75 or older, and one in every three persons will be 65 or older. In response to a critical shortage of home-care nurses and nursing stations in Japan, Sasakawa Memorial Health Foundation (SMHF: http://www.smhf.or.jp/e/)

receivedagrant fromTheNipponFoundation (TNF:http://www.nippon-foundation.or.jp/en/),ourparentfoundation,toinitiateaprojectintheareaofhome-carenursing.

In 2014, SMHF introduced a comprehensive program to train nurses in how toestablish and run home-care nursing centers, recognizing that nurses engaged in the fieldofhome-carenursingwillbeessentialtosustainingtheintegratedcommunitycaresystem nowbeingpromotedby theJapanesegovernment.Wecalled thisprojectStart-UpandOperationofTheNipponFoundationHome-careNursingCenters.

EachnursewhocompletesthetrainingprogramwillbecomeadirectorofoneofTheNipponFoundationHome-careNursingCenters. Thesealsoserveascommunityhealth hubs, meaning that the nurse will also act as a coordinator to enhance inter-professional collaboration within the community care system.

Helping nurses to develop as human beings and acquire entrepreneurial acumen: Themainobjectiveofthisintensiveeight-monthtrainingprogramistopreparenursesfor the challenging and rewarding role of home-care nursing. The curriculum aims at total capacity-building of nurses and is designed to equip them with the skills, knowledgeandprofessionaldynamismneeded tooperate TheNipponFoundationHome-careNursingCenters. Theprogram isdividedup intoan initial twomonthsoflectures, followed by 10 weeks of clinical practice, a further two months of lectures and afinalsixweeksspentdraftingbusinessplansandmakingpresentations.

The first course of lectures provides an overview of issues in home-visit nursing,focusing on four main subjects: 1) health governance, 2) marketing and businessmanagement, 3) nursing practice, and 4) “inter-professional collaboration.”

In the lectures on health governance, trainees are introduced to topics such as Japan’s current policies on medical care, long-term care, home-care nursing

Dr. Etsuko Kita, Chair of Sasakawa Memorial Health Foundation

Promoting Home-visit Nursing Care in Japan

and rehabilitation, andsocialwelfare.Formarketing and business management, sessions include domestic and international health economics,financeandmarketing management, accounting, academic writing, drawing up an action plan, community rehabilitation, understanding leadership,andProjectCycle Management (PCM).Nursingpracticelectures cover a wide variety of topics, among them dementia,

swallowing and ingestion, rehabilitation nutrition, sarcopenia, pathology of infectious diseases, infectious disease prevention, physical assessment, long-term care and mental health of the elderly, palliative and hospice care, oral cavity care, end-of-life care, and ethics.

Inthefieldofinter-professionalcollaboration,lecturescoversocialwelfareandlong-term care, legal issues in home-care nursing, family support, orthopedics of the elderly, locomotive syndrome, nutritional management for the elderly, pharmacotherapy, clinical laboratory medicine, nursing research, health literature search, consultative and supporting roles in home-care nursing, collaboration in community health care, nutritional and diet support, terminal care of patient and family, and understanding loss and grief.

After the two months of lectures, students spend most of the next 10 weeks in a clinicalsettingathome-carenursingstationstolearnatfirsthandhowtocommunicatewith and care for home-based patients and their family members. These and other concepts are studied and applied in increasing depth throughout the program. This helps to provide the trainees with the skills and knowledge required for home-visit nursing. Importantly, it enables them to develop skills in information gathering, decision making, and plan execution, all of which are required for operation and management ofTheNipponFoundationHome-careNursingCenters.

To date, 17 nurses have completed the program. Of these, 10 have already or will soon launch TheNippon Foundation Home-careNursingCenters in downtownYokohama,suburbanareasofNagoya,Osaka,andFukuoka,andotherpartsofJapan.Another nine nurses are currently receiving training. We will be grateful to update their progress in the latter issue of this bulletin.

SMHFisfullycommittedtosupportingthetotalcapacitydevelopmentofnurseswhocanplayavitalroleinthefieldofhome-visitnursingcareforasuper-agingsociety,thusenablingmorepeopletoliveouttheirfinaldaysincomfortandwithdignityathome.

The integrated community care system is a system that provides the elderly with housing, medical care, long-term care, preventive services, and livelihood support in an integrated manner. The system needs to be created by municipalities according to the features of each community, aiming to enable people to continue to live in their home towns to the end of their lives with a sense of security (Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare 2013).

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Following is the speech by the Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Mr Matthew Cheung Kin-chung, at the International Symposium on Active Ageing organised by the Institute of Active Ageing (IAA) of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) on July 3, 2015.

Professor Timothy Tong (President of PolyU), Dr Leong Che-hung (Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Institute of Active Ageing, PolyU), Mrs Teresa Tsien (Director of the Institute of Active Ageing, PolyU), distinguished speakers, guests, ladies and gentlemen,

Good morning. It gives me great pleasure to address this high-powered and multi-disciplinary mix of audience comprising experts in gerontology, public health, social policy, biomedical engineering, technology, design and tourism. The breadth and depth of expertise and experience of today’s speakers andparticipantsunderlinethefactthatactiveageingisasubjectwithmultiplefacetsandinterfaces.Letme begin by warmly congratulating the Institute of Active Ageing on organising this most timely symposium to mark its 5th anniversary. There is no better way to celebrate the occasion than hosting this international cross-sectoral intellectual banquet, which will provide good food for thoughts for academics, practitioners and policymakers alike.

Overthepastfiveyears,theIAAhasgonefromstrengthtostrengthunderthecapableleadershipofitsChairman, Dr Leong Che-hung as well as its founder and director, Mrs Teresa Tsien. By pooling academics from 23 disciplines across the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, the IAA has created synergy in promoting andlaunchinginnovativeresearchandinter-disciplinaryeducationalprogrammesonthesubjectsofageingandgerontologywhilstoperatingonaself-financedbasis.

Like many developed economies in the world, Hong Kong is at the threshold of a large demographic shift as the generation of baby boomers starts to retire. Improvements in health and shrinking fertility rates also add to our rapidly greying population. The life expectancy in Hong Kong is currently 81 years for men and 86yearsforwomen,almostthehighestintheworld.Thesefigureswillriseto85yearsformenand91yearsforwomen by 2041. At present, Hong Kong’s elderly population stands at about 1.1 million, meaning that one outofaboutsevenHongKongpeopleisaged65orabove.Thesewilljumptoastaggering2.56millionorone in three by 2041.

Nodoubt,anageingpopulationposeschallengestoHongKong’shealthcare,socialwelfareand

Speech by SLW at International Symposium on Active Ageing

elderly care services. However, we must never forget that, with proper planning, these challenges are not insurmountable. And with challenges always come opportunities. After all, not all old people are frail, poor and need care and support. There are many who are financially capableandphysically self-reliant. Thisshould be particularly the case with the new generation of retirees. Indeed, the business sector is eyeing the growing local silver hair market.

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) Government is committed to improving the livelihood of our senior citizens. The estimated recurrent expenditure on elderly care services in 2015-16 amounts to about $6.8 billion, representing 11.5 per cent of the total recurrent social welfare expenditure. Taking into consideration the spending on social security and health care, recurrent expenditure for the elderly as a whole adds up to a substantial $62 billion or 19.1 per cent of the total government recurrent expenditure.

Active ageing is a key pillar of the Hong Kong SAR Government’s elderly policy. By active ageing, we mean optimising opportunities for health, participation and security in order to enhance the quality of life as people age.Insimpleterms,it isabouthowtoenabletheelderlytostayactive,remainhealthy,keepfitand,moreimportantly, to think positive. I see active ageing as part of the essential and constructive efforts upstream in preventing and postponing our senior citizens from falling into the expensive and passive net of institutional and medical care downstream.

Active Ageing at the Community Level : To improve the hardware and software at the community level for use by our senior citizens, the Government has since 2014-15 increased the annual recurrent funding by some$160milliontoupgradeourSocialCentresfortheElderlytoNeighbourhoodElderlyCentresandenableall subvented elderly centres to increase their manpower and programme expenses, strengthen volunteer mobilisation, counselling service and carer support.

To enhance the attractiveness of the elderly centres to our senior citizens, especially those with better education and wider interests, the Social Welfare Department introduced the Improvement Programme of ElderlyCentres in2012withanallocationof$900millionfromtheLotteriesFund.Sofar,atotalof237elderlycentreshavejoinedtheprogrammetouplifttheirphysicalset-upsuchasacquiringcomputerequipmentforlifelonglearningandfitnessexerciseequipmentforhealth.Governmentfundinghasalsobeenusedtosupportdistrict organisations to run activities which promote a sense of worthiness among the elderly and nurture the spirit of caring for our elderly citizens.

Lifelong Learning and Inter-generational Harmony: To enable our senior citizens to pursue life-long learninginaschoolsettingandleadamorefulfilledlife,theLabourandWelfareBureau(LWB)andtheElderlyCommission launchedtheElderAcademyScheme in2007. TheAcademyencourages theelderly towidentheir social networks and maintain physical and mental well-being. The Scheme seeks to promote cross-sectoral collaboration by making schools and community organisations such as parent-teacher associations co-run an ElderAcademy.Inter-generationalharmonycanbeenhancedsinceyoungstudentscanalsoparticipateinsuchactivities.Therearenow125ElderAcademies.InMarch2014,theGovernmentinjected$50millionintotheElderAcademyDevelopmentFoundationtoensuretheScheme’scontinuousdevelopment.

TheLWBplanstolaunchapilotprojecttohelpgrandparentsbecomewell-trainedchildcarersinahomesetting in order to promote active ageing, strengthen support to local nuclear families and ease the demand for childcareservices.Formaltrainingwillbeofferedtograndparentsonthelatestknowledgeandskillsincaringforyoungchildren.Wehopethatthispilotprojectwillenablegrandparentstoplayanactiveroleinfamilies,thereby narrowing the gap between generations and contributing to the sustainable development of society.

Moving Around: To encourage the elderly aged 65 or above and eligible persons with disabilities to participatemore in community activities, my bureau has been implementing the Public Transport Fare

Concession Scheme for the Elderly and Eligible Personswith Disabilities since June 2012. Under the Scheme, senior citizens can travel on the general Mass Transit Railway lines, franchised buses, ferries and 91 per cent of all green minibus routes at a concessionary fare of $2 per trip anytime. The Government will continue to encourage the remaining greenminibusoperatorstojointheScheme.

This Scheme has proved highly effective in encouraging the elderly to participate more in the community and widen their social networks. It is interesting to note that the number of average daily passenger trips made under the Scheme is around 880 000, including 770 000 trips made by elderly people. This speaks volumes about its popularity. This scheme is estimated to cost the Government $900 million inthisfinancialyear intermsof reimbursementtothepublictransport operators for the differential in fare revenue forgone. I strongly believe that this is money well spent as it encourages our senior citizens to be socially and physically mobile in their golden years. Apart from this transport subsidy scheme, the Government is mindful of the need to ensure barrier-free access not only for people with disabilities but also for our growing elderly population. We should seek to remove or reduce all the hurdles hampering their physical movement in society.

Retraining and Employment: A key pillar in promoting active ageing is to facilitate and enable those “young old”, especially the early retirees, who are willing to work to remain in employment in whatever form. In fact, with Hong Kong’s labour force expected to shrink between 2018 and 2035 as a result of a fast ageing population and falling fertility rate, we need to create an elderly-friendly employment environment. According tothefiguresoftheEmployeesRetrainingBoard(ERB),thedemandfortrainingofmaturepersonshassteadilyincreasedinrecentyears.Forinstance,thenumberofadmittedERBtraineesaged50andaboveincreasedfrom45 300 in 2012-13 to 51 400 in 2014-15.Given this, the ERBwill introduceanewcourseon FoundationCertificate inWorkplaceRe-entry formaturepersons in the thirdquarterof this year. Itwillalsocontinue toexplore its training and services for this group.

In this respect, the Labour Department also plays an important role and provides an array of employment services for this group. Dedicated counters have been set up in all 13 Job Centres of the department to offer priority registrationandemployment referral services for job seekersaged50andabove. From the secondquarter of 2015, the Labour Department is progressively launching a series of measures such as employment briefingsandadedicatedwebpageformaturejobseekers,a large-scalethematic jobfairandexperiencesharingsessionsforemployerstoassistmaturepersonstorejointheemploymentmarket.

Ladiesandgentlemen,Ihavebrieflyoutlinedourmultifacetedandwide-rangingmeasurestoenabletheelderlytoagewellinanactive,dignifiedandgracefulmanner.However,theyarenotmeanttobeexhaustive.While resources and policies are essential, what is fundamental is the public mindset. It requires all of us to change culture and norms to become a more elderly-friendly society.

It is vitally important for us to embrace the challenges of an ageing community in a positive and proactive fashion. We should do all we can to energise, empower, enable, equip and educate our senior citizens to lead an active, meaningful, purposeful and healthy life in their golden years. Whilst the Government has mapped outaholisticstrategytoreplenishandrejuvenateourpopulationintheyearsaheadthroughunleashingthepotential of the local population, encouraging births and attracting young talents from outside Hong Kong, we cannot alter the fact of Hong Kong fast becoming an ageing city. After all, demography is destiny. That said, we should make a virtue of necessity and turn challenge into opportunity. I therefore look to your discussion and deliberation today for useful food for thoughts to make Hong Kong a better place in which to age.

On this note, I wish the Symposium every success and all of you fruitful and stimulating exchanges. Happy birthday, IAA. Thank you.

Prof. Timothy Tong, President of Hong Kong Polytechnic Uni.

OnJuly15th,ILC-BrazillauncheditsnewreportentitledACTIVEAGEING:APolicyFramework inResponsetotheLongevityRevolution at the occasion of the 6th meeting of the Open-EndedWorkingGrouponAgeingat theUnitedNations in

NewYork.The launch was held with participation of the United Nations

Population Fund (UNFPA), the Permanent Mission of Argentina, thePermanent Mission of Canada, the Global Alliance of International LongevityCentres-andspecificallyILCCanada-,theGlobalCoalitiononAgingandtheInternationalFederationonAgeing(IFA).Thelaunchwas organised with the generous support from AARP.

Alexandre Kalache, President of ILC-Brazil and Co-President of the Global Alliance opened the launch which was attended by about 100 persons by saying that he was not programmed to be here in 2015 as he wasborninBrazilin1945whenlifeexpectancywasjust43years.

With a broad scope and a focus on the determinants of active ageing,ACTIVEAGEING:APolicyFrameworkinResponsetotheLongevityRevolutionexaminesageinginthecontextofmajorcontemporarytrends,notably urbanization, globalization, growing inequities, feminization of ageing, migration, technological innovation and environmental and climate change.

It also revisits the Active Ageing framework within the context of the evolving international momentum toward recognition and reinforcement ofthespecifichumanrightsofolderpersons.

The report and its executive summary can be downloaded from www.ilcbrazil.org

A new report from ILC Brazil - ACTIVE AGEING: A Policy Framework in Response to the Longevity Revolution

By Ina VoelckerProject Coordinator International Longevity Centre Brazil

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Mongolian Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics To commemorate its anniversary,theMongolianNationalGerontologyCenterincollaborationwith the Mongolian Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics is planning to organize an international conference in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia from August 20-22, 2015.

The conference aims to provide a forum to discuss the current state of Gerontology and Geriatrics and to identify some of its vital problems. It intends to bring together researchers, policy makers, social workers and health workers from the medical and academic worlds to report and discussonthelatestinformationandexperiencesonthissubject.Thisisagreat opportunity for professionals to present their ideas to doctors and researchers eager for the advancement of the health of older persons as well as visiting the beautiful country of Mongolia.

We believe the knowledge they bring to this conference will inspire developingnationstofocusmorelightontothefieldofGerontologyandGeriatrics.

• Conference topics include:- Clinical sciences - Social and behavioral sciences - Biological sciences - Pharmacy and traditional medicine - Policy making, planning and practice

• Guest Speakers: - Dr. Cullen T. Hayashida (University of Hawaii) - Dr. Dong Hee Han (Research Institute of Science for the Better Living of theElderly:RISBLE)- Ms. Thelma Kay (former Chief of the Social Development Division of UNESCAP)•Contact (For registration or submission of abstracts): Mr. Ayush Batzorig Phone: (+976)-95-013223, (+976)-11-350804 E-mail:Gerontocenter@mongol.net

For more information: Visithttp://www.gerontology.moh.mn/index.php/en/ic

CONFERENCES ORGANIZED BY MEMBER SOCIETIES INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GERONTOLOGY AND

GERIATRICS: PRESENT AND FUTURE, ULAANBAATAR, MONGOLIA, AUGUST 20TH-22ND, 2015