HIGHLIGHT OF GERIATRICS AND CLINICAL GERONTOLOGY RESEARCH

Nursing home research: the first International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG) research conference.

The International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics held its first conference on nursing home research in St Louis, MO, in November 2013. This article provides a summary of the presentations.

International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics: a global agenda for clinical research and quality of care in nursing homes.

A workshop charged with identifying the main clinical concerns and quality of care issues within nursing homes was convened by the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics, with input from the World Health Organization. The workshop met in Toulouse, France, during June 2010. Drawing on the latest evidence and mindful of the international development agenda and specific regional c...

[Teaching of geriatrics and gerontology at medical schools].

Analysis of goals and approaches in teaching geriatrics and gerontology for undergraduate medical students according to literature and personal 6 years experience. A proposal of "two module model" with introductory module of general gerontology in first years of studium (stress on communication, reflection of the elderly as human beings, their limitations, risks, and needs, lectures for medical...

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The French Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology position paper on the concept of integration

INTRODUCTION The concept of integration, although dating from the 1990s, has only recently appeared in French public health policy. It must be linked with 'coordination', which is the base of most French public policies applied to geriatrics since the 1960s. Herein, we report the French Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology working group's findings according to three axes: definition of integra...