Ageing and Health

Ageing and Health

Course from 2nd to 6th July 2001

Course co-directors José Antonio Gutiérrez Fuentes  (Fundación Lilly)
José Luis Puerta López-Cózar (World Bank)



 

PROGRAMME
:: Monday, 2nd July :: :: Tuesday, 3rd July ::

DEMOGRAPHICS OF AGEING, SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS AND THEIR RELATION TO HEALTH

11.00 a.m.
INAUGURATION
Mr. José Ignacio Echániz Salgado,

Health Advisor for the Community of Madrid

Course co-directors

11.30 a.m.
FIRST LECTURE:
"AGEING AND ECONOMIC MODELS"
Mr. Eduardo Berenguer Comas. Department of Economic Theory. Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences. University of Barcelona.

12.30 p.m.
BREAK

13.00
SECOND LECTURE:
"EPIDEMIOLOGY, PROMOTING HEALTH AND PREVENTION OF ILLNESS"
Mr. Francisco de Asís Babín Vich. Director General of Public Health for the Community of Madrid.

14.00
END OF THE SESSION

17.00
ROUND TABLE
The two speakersand Mr. Felipe Baselga. Manager of the Institute of Statistics in the Community of Madrid.



CLINICAL AND THERAPEUTIC EPIDEMIOLOGY (MORBIMORTALITY) IN OLD AGE

11.00 a.m.
FIRST LECTURE:
"SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS AND THEIR RELATION TO HEALTH IN THE THIRD WORLD"
Mr. José Luis Puerta. World Bank
.

11.45 a.m.
BREAK

12.15 p.m.
SECOND LECTURE:
"CURRENT CONCEPT OF GERIATRICS"
Mr. Alfonso Cruz Jentoft. Geriatric Unit. Hospital Ramón y Cajal. Madrid

14.00
END OF THE SESSION

17,00 horas
ROUND TABLE
The two speakersand Mr. Alberto Portera. Academician at the Royal Academy of Medicine. Director of the Summer Courses of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.


 


:: Wednesday, 4th July :: :: Thursday, 5th July ::

SOCIO-HEALTH CARE SYSTEM FOR THE ELDERLY POPULATION

10.00 a.m.
FIRST LECTURE:
"NEEDS"
Mr. Antonio Saez Aguado. Castilla León Regional Health Manager.

11.45 a.m.
BREAK

12.15 p.m.
SECOND LECTURE:
"MODELS" 
Mr. Marciano Gómez Gómez. Under secretary for the Health Agency in the Community of Valencia.

14.00
END OF SESSION

17.00
ROUND TABLE
The two speakers and Mr. Felipe Baselga. Manager of the Institute of Statistics in the Community of Madrid.



LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCELONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE
10.00 a.m.
FIRST LECTURE:
"NEEDS"
Mr. José Luis Martínez. Tax Inspector at the Treasury Department.

11.45 a.m.
BREAK

12.15 p.m.
SECOND LECTURE:
"MODELS"
Mrs. Mª. Isabel Martínez Cruz. State insurance inspector at the Ministry for the Economy.


14.00
END OF SESSION

17.00
ROUND TABLE
The two speakers and Mr. Javier Hernández Pascual, Director General for Health in the Community of Madrid.



:: Friday, 6th July ::

ADVANCES IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF ILLNESSES IN ELDERLY PEOPLE

 10.00
FIRST LECTURE:
"NEW ADVANCES IN ILLNESSES IN ELDERLY PEOPLE"
Mr. Alfonso Alanis. Vice-chairman of Research at Lilly.

11.45 p.m.
BREAK

12.00
SECOND LECTURE:
"NEW EVIDENCE ON THE ETIOPATHOGENIC BASES OF ALZHEIMER"
Mr. Fernando Valdivieso Amate. Chair of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. "Severo Ochoa" Molecular Biology Research Centre at the Universidad Autonóma de Madrid.

13.30
CONCLUSIONS
Mr. José Antonio Gutiérrez Fuentes.
Course co-director.

13.,45
CLOSE AND DIPLOMA AWARD CEREMONY
Course co-directors:
José Antonio Gutiérrez Fuentes
José Luis Puerta

Authorities:
- Mr. José Ignacio Echániz Salgado. Health Advisor at the Community of Madrid
- Mrs. Pilar Martínez López. Social Services Advisor at the Community of Madrid

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