3rd Australasia Ageing Investment Forum – March 1 and 2, 2016

“The 3rd Australasia Ageing Investment Forum themed ‘Attracting institutional investors into aged care: Showcase of best-in-class assets and operational models in Australia and New Zealand’ offers insights and updates on the latest innovative and sustainable models used among the industry’s top leaders. The business and operational models aimed to enable better delivery of housing, care and allied health services.

With the rising profile of high quality undervalued assets in the ageing sector, more capital sources are emerging to fund the sector. The event provides a platform for both profits and not-for-profits opportunities to consolidate and expand based on their core capabilities, thus spearheading the future of Australasia’s US$197 Billion market.”

AAL Call 2016 Information Day – 8 March 2016

The AAL Association will organize an INFO DAY on Tuesday, 8 March 2016 to inform the European community about the next call topic of the AAL Programme:

“Living well with dementia – The contribution of ICT to integrated solutions for enabling the wellbeing of people living with dementia and their communities”

People with dementia are confronted with a syndrome that increasingly affects their memory, thinking, behaviour and ability to perform everyday activities. The average duration of dementia is between 2 and 10 years and ranges from mild cognitive impairments to severe dementia. Dementia is overwhelming not only for the people who have it, but also for their caregivers and families and impacts them physically, psychologically and economically. Dementia is strongly linked with age. Existing treatments for neurodegenerative diseases are very limited and only treat the symptoms, rather than addressing the cause. In addition, no new drug treatment for Alzheimer’s disease has been approved in the past five years. This means that care and support to increasing numbers of people who have MCI/dementia, their carers and communities will be needed in the coming years. ICT technologies offer enormous potential to support not only people with dementia to live well, but also their families, informal carers and professional carers.

The aim of this call is to support innovative, transnational and multi-disciplinary collaborative projects with a clear route to market and added-value for the different types of end-users. A key priority underlying this challenge will be to bring together technologies and services to create ICT based solutions with a clear route to market addressing the aspirations and challenges that will enable the wellbeing of people with dementia and their communities (family, caregivers, neighbourhood, service providers, care system, etc.).

The challenge, as well as the procedures for applying and for searching partners, will be explained during the event. Please note that the agenda of the event will be available soon.

The Future of Ageing – 2016 Play Up Convention March 14, 2016

Imagine!
Future cities creating age friendliness, creative tech for an ageing population, system redesign, new models of aged services disrupting old thinking, cultural curation creating new experiences, social entrepreneurship and more.

The 2016 Aging in America Conference will be held in Washington DC, March 20-24

Over 3,000 attendees from across the nation and abroad attend the conference to learn, network and participate in the largest multidisciplinary conference covering issues of aging and quality of life for older adults. Mark your calendar now to be a part of this dynamic community of professionals.

One of the biggest conferences in US.

Senior Housing News Summit  Thursday, April 7th 2016

Event Description

IFA Copenhagen Summit, 17-19 April 2016

“It is essential to offer reablement models of community health and social care that focus on multi-disciplinary, individualized care for both the older person and the caregiver” – Diabetes Working Group

The IFA in partnership with DaneAge is convening the inaugural IFA Copenhagen Summit on 17-19 April 2016 in Copenhagen, Denmark on Reablement and Older People.

This high-level knowledge exchange platform is targeted towards key decision makers in government, business and civil society as a means of developing the social and economic case for future policy.

ATSA Independent Living Expo – May 18 & 19, 2016

The ATSA Independent Living Expo will have over 100 exhibitors displaying a wide range of products and services in assistive technology, mobility solutions, pressure care, employment support, accessible recreation/holiday ideas, modified motor vehicles and a lot more.

ATSA Independent Living Expo is open to visitors of all ages, including those with a disability, seniors and their families, friends and carers.

A key feature of the Expo is the FREE Clinical Education Program – run in rooms conveniently located next to the exhibition floor.

The International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health aims to be a meeting point for those that study and apply information and communication technologies for improving the quality of life of the elderly and for helping people stay healthy, independent and active at work or in their community along their whole life.

ICT4AWE facilitates the exchange of information and dissemination of best practices, innovation and technical improvements in the fields of age-related health care, education, social coordination and ambient assisted living. From e-Health to intelligent systems, and ICT devices, this will be a point of interest for all those that work in research and development and in companies involved in promoting the well-being of aged people, by providing room for industrial presentations, demos and project descriptions.

CONFERENCE AREAS

. Ambient Assisted Living

. Telemedicine and e-Health

. Monitoring, Accessibility and User Interfaces

. Robotics and Devices for Independent Living

. HCI for Ageing Populations

CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS

Leszek Maciaszek, Wroclaw University of Economics, Poland and Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

William Molloy, Centre for Gerontology and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, UCC, Ireland

PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS

Carsten Röcker, Ostfestfalen-Lippe UAS and Fraunhofer IOSB-INA, Germany Martina Ziefle, RWTH-Aachen University, Germany John O’Donoghue, Imperial College London, United Kingdom

KEYNOTE LECTURE

Ana Fred, Instituto de Telecomunicações / IST, Portugal

The 7th Ageing Asia Innovation Forum is returning on 26 – 27 April 2016.

Theme ‘Integrated Care and Ageing Friendly Communities’, the 7th Ageing Asia Innovation Forum will be hosting international keynote speaker – Dr Audrey Weiner, President and CEO, Jewish Home Lifecare, USA, who will be sharing with us the innovative approaches to eldercare to support ageing-in-place.