The activites

Dissemination activities of ABUEL (presentations, contacts, information)
2008–2010

GERMANY

Presentation at 4th World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD), Palais des Congrès (Room 243), Paris July 5, 2009: Soares, J. & Lindert, J. Abuse of the elderly in Europe. » Download presentation (PowerPoint).

GREECE

Information to the Ministry of Health and Social Solidarity (2008).

Presentation in the national radio on the WORLD ELDER ABUSE AWARENESS DAY 15 June 2008.

Information to the NGO 50plus (2009).

Presentation of partial results of the Greek survey in a daily newspaper (second on national basis concerning number of copies sold) on 21st June 2009.

Presentation of partial results of the Greek survey on the 15th of March 2010 in The 8th Panhellenic Conference on Public Health & Health Services.

ITALY

Contacts with a new collaborating organisation for Italy, beside those indicated in the Annex (SPI CGIL, FNP-CISL, UILP) named "Elderly and not only" Consortium, placed in Carpi (Modena - Emilia Romagna region) and involved in projects regarding the prevention of elder abuse in domestic setting (2008-2009).

Presentation of the ABUEL project to the press, pensioners associations and municipal representatives of social services for the elderly (2008-2009).

Contacts with the Social Services of Ancona (2008-2009).

Press Conference on the WORLD ELDER ABUSE AWARENESS DAY 15 June 2008.

Presentation of partial results on the Italian survey to the 19th IAGG World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Paris, July 5th 2009: Lamura G., Quattrini S., Melchiorre M.G., Soares J., & Lindert J. for the ABUEL group, “Prevention of elder abuse and neglect in Italy: recent developments”.

Presentation of partial results on the Italian survey to help-line associations for elderly victims of abuse (TAM of Udine and ALMA of France) in Udine Italy, October 19th 2009.

 

LITHUANIA

Presentation at the meeting of Department of Health Management (May 7, 2009).

Short presentation at the annual conference of Lithuanian Public Health Association (October 28, 2009).

Presentation to the Director of Kaunas Municipality Bureau of Public Health Dr. Asta Garmiene (2009).

Presentation of partial results at the 19th International Conference on Safe Communities, March 23-26, 2010 Suwon, Korea.
» Download presentation (pdf).

Presentation of partial results at The Second European Regional Safe Community Conference Incorporating the 7th Nordic Conference on Safe Communities in Reykjavik, May 19–20, 2010.

PORTUGAL

Presentation at the XI Portuguese Congress of Social Gerontology (Lisbon, 29th - 30th, October 2009). Session: “Prevention of Violence, abuse and neglect against the elderly” (29th of October 2009).

SPAIN

Presentation at the University of Granada website (2009). (http://prensa.ugr.es/prensa/campus/prensa.php?nota=5022)

Presentation at the Website of Medicina TV. Note of Europa Press (2009). (http://profesional.medicinatv.com/noticias/Default.asp?codigo=408674)

Presentations to Health Centres and Municipalities (2008-2009).

Interview of Francisco Torres González about the Project ABUEL on the newspaper 20 Minutos, edition of Granada. February 2009.

Article in the Newspaper El Economista, 2 February 2009.

Article in the Newspaper La Opinión de Granada, 3 February 2009.

SWEDEN

Contact with the National Board of Health and Welfare (2008).

Contact with the Stockholm Centre of Public Health (2008).

Contact with the NGO Age (2008).

Presentation to the Elderly Administration at the Stockholm County Council level (March 2009).

Presentation to the Elderly Administration at the Stockholm Municipality level (March 2009).

Contact with the Political representatives at the Stockholm County Council level (March 2009).

Contact with The Political representatives at the Stockholm Municipality level (April 2009).

Presentation to Political representatives at the Swedish Parliament (April 2009).

Presentation to the Unit for Social Services, Swedish Social Department (June 2009).

Contact with the Swedish Pensioners´ Association (June 2009).

 

MADRID

International conference on the quality of life and maltreatment of elderly in Europe. The conference will be held in Madrid the 28 of June at the Assembly Hall at the Ministry of Health and Social Policy.

 

 

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