Gerontology & Geriatric Research

International Conference on Geriatrics & Gerontology

July 08-10, 2014 DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Chicago-North Shore Conference Center, USA

Accepted Abstracts

• Caring for confused older patients in general hospitals in the UK: Education and training of health professionals

  Amanda Griffiths, Alec Knight, Rowan H Harwood1 and John R Gladman

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• An operational framework for healthy ageing

  Josephine Boylan

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• The suppressive effect of organism senescence on cancers

  Alvaro Macieira-Coelho

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• Predictive factors for chemotherapy feasibility in elderly patients with solid tumour with a focus on colorectal cancer: Results of the GERCOR old prospective multicenter study

  E Carola , B Chibaudel , Stephanie Trager, Le?la Bengrine-Lef?vre, Joelle Chuzel, Jean Francois Seitz, Patrick Dion, Pascal Artru, Nasredine Aissat, Emmanuelle Sarlon, Florence Woerth, M?lanie Gauthier, Franck Bonnetain and Aimery de Gramont K

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• Hearing loss as a cause of dementia

  Irene Campbell-Taylor

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• Ethics and elderly abuse among demented seniors living in assisted living facilities

  Reza Amini

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• The development, evaluation and transfer of health promotion innovations for seniors: The example of ?jog your mind?

  Sophie Laforest, Manon Parisien and Kareen Nour

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• Sexuality education and services for lesbian, gay, and bisexual elders

  Donna J Bernert & Julie Chaya

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• Therapeutic value of neurotensin receptor agonists in Alzheimer?s disease

  Saobo Lei

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• Novel comprehensive age care services in Egypt

  Amin Amin

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• An examination of policies addressing resident smoking in Ontario, Canada?s private long-term care facilities

  Ashworth J, Watt C and Kulak J

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• State of gerontology in Iran: A sociological perspective

  Mohammad Taghi Sheykhi

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• Need care and use of health services among elderly residents in the city of Sao Paulo: SABE Study

  Daniella Pires Nunes, Brito TRP, Duarte YAOD and Lebr?o ML

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• EEG upper/low alpha frequency power ratio relates to cortex thinning in mild cognitive impairment

  Moretti Davide Vito

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• Psychosocial support for geriatric patients and spirituality at the end of life

  Derya Iren Akbiyik

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• The dependency needs in the activities of daily living performance among elderly Filipinos

  Ergie Pepito Inocian

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• Pattern and appropriateness of prescribing medications to elderly outpatients in Gondar University Referral Hospital, Gondar, Northwestern Ethiopia

  Fitsum Sebsibe Teni

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• Fever of unknown origin in the elderly: Clinical approach

  Gabor Ternak

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• Laughter is the best medicine? an interactive and research based approach to reducing stress

  Gene C Haynes

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• Population changes matter

  Greg Shaw

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• Reframing elder abuse

  Greg Shaw

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• Perceived psychosocial stress among elderly with special reference to their family pattern

  Gurjot Kaur Toor

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• Geriatric Drug Development

  Helen K Edelberg

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• Reorganization of the family for the chronic illness of a geriatric patient

  H?lya Yikilkan

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• The impact of antipsychotics and neuropsychiatric symptoms on the quality of life of people with dementia living in nursing homes

  Julia van de Ven-Vakhteeva, Hans Bor, Roland B Wetzels, Raymond T C M Koopmans & Sytse U Zuidema

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• Impact of implementing educational program on knowledge, attitudes and practices of nurses toward pain assessment and management among the elderly at Mansoura University Hospitals, Egypt

  Karima Elshamy, Nadia Hassan & Eiad Ramzy

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• Strategies for communicating older people with disability

  Karima Elshamy

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• Healthy and therapeutic diets that promote optimal aging

  Karima Elshamy

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• Pain assessment and management in elderly palliative care patients

  Karima Elshamy

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• Driving issues in patients with frontotemporal dementia

  Kristina Turk and Elizabeth Dugan

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• Appropriately diagnosing and managing head and facial pain disorders in the geriatric population

  Larry Charleston IV

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• Palliative and therapeutic harmonization: Shining a light on pharmacotherapy

  Laurie Mallery

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• Palliative and therapeutic harmonization (PATH): Understanding frailty to develop transformative care plans

  Laurie Mallery

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• The elderly microcirculation: Healthy and diseased

  Maggie S El-Nahid

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• Social construction of the elderly in Libya: Perception, communication and discourse (revisited)

  Mayouf Ali Mayouf

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• Geriatric care in India

  Niranjan Venkatatamarao Gummraju and KP Rao

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• m-Health remote care initiatives for the ageing population in developing countries

  Pritish Barua

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• The consequences of age discrimination

  Ramanakumar Anam

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• Neuroprotective and memory enhancing potential of Decalepis hamiltonii: A study on wildtype and disease models of Drosophila melanogaster

  SR Ramesh, Mohammad Haddadi, Samaneh Reiszadeh Jahromi and T Shivanandappa

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• Vascular aging and melatonin beneficial effects

  Rita Rezzani, Favero G, Franceschetti L and Rodella L F

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• Acetaminophen: A major danger to world health

  G Robert N Jones

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• The golgi apparatus in Alzheimer?s disease

  Stavros J Baloyannis

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• Brain Aging

  El-Shenawy

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• Esthetic guidelines in completely edentulous elderly patients

  Shuchi Tripathi

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• Care in elderly homes

  Suleyman Gorpelioglu

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• Low quality of life in osteoarthritic elderly increase risk of falls

  Sumaiyah M, Fadzli F, Rozalli I, Tan MP and Ng CT

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• Family caregivers? perceptions and experiences of caring for a close relative with dementia in China

  Suzhen Liu, Xianqiong Feng, Jiping Li, Haiying Shen and Kathryn Osborne

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• Product Research

  Tina E Difiore and Siba Saker

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• Sleep disorders effect on adherence to health services and behavioral habits in female population aged 25-64 years in Russia: MONICA-psychosocial epidemiological study

  V Gafarov, D Panov, E Gromova, I Gagulin and A Gafarova

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• The role of scf dynamics and skull bio-mechanics in the developing of aging dementia

  Yuri Moskalenko, Tamara Kravchenko and Yulia Andreeva

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• Morbidity and mortality of elderly patients 12 months after starting chronic hemodialysis

  Zorica Dimitrijevic

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• Epidemiology of Alzheimer?s dementia in Tashkent

  Liliya Muhametova

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