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Project #:
QLK1-CT-2002-02447
Acronym:
SENIOR FOOD-QOL

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Jump to links for: Older People, Research Organisations, Nutrition, Social Sciences,
Ageing, Practictioners, Policy Makers, Relevant Conferences,
Selected Databases & Information, Miscellaneous

EU & Other Projects
Ageing Well - European Study of Adult Well Being
AgeNet Project - UK project that functioned from 1997-2000
AHEAD - Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old - USA
Berlin Aging Study

BOLSA - Bonn Longitudinal Study on Aging
Crownalife Functional Food - (QLK1-2000-00067)
EnableAge - (QLKG-CT-2001-00334)
German Aging Survey
German Centre of Gerontology
Growing Older Program - UK ESRC research programme
Health and Retirement Study (HRS) - USA
Healthsense Healthy ageing - (QLK1-1999-00010)
Interdisciplinary Longitudinal Study of Adult Development (ILSE)
Isoheart - (QLK1-2001-00221)
Longitudinal Aging Study of Amsterdam (LASA)
Norwegian Life Course, Ageing and Generations Study (norLAG)
Oasis Old Age and Autonomy - (QLK-CT-1999-02182)
Osteodiet - (QLK1-1999-00752)
Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) Vitage - (QLK1-1999-00830)
WHO Quality of Life - (WHOQOL-OLD)
Zenith - (QLK1-2001-00168)

Older people
Age Concern - UK
Association of Retired and Persons over 50 - UK
Care Networking Ltd - UK
Help the Aged - UK
National Pensioners Convention - UK
Swedish Association for Senior Citizens (Sveriges Pensionärsförbund SPF)
Women's Royal Voluntary Service - meal delivery - UK
Providing integrated health and social care for older persons - issues, problems and solutions (PROCARE) - UK
CARMEN Integrated Care and Services for Older People - UK

Research organisations
British Society of Gerontology
British Society for Research on Aging
Danish Society for Clinical Nutrition (Dansk Selskab for Klinisk Ernćring)
International Association of Gerontology website
Swedish Gerontological Society (Sveriges Gerontologiska Sällskap)

Nutrition
Danish Society for Clinical Nutrition (Dansk Selskab for Klinisk Ernćring)

Social sciences
European Sociological Association (ESA)

Ageing
Argentinian Society for Gerontology and Geriatrics (La Sociedad Argentina de Gerontologia y Geriatria)
Australian Association of Gerontology
Brasilian Society for Geriatrics and Gerontology (Sociedade Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia)
British Geriatrics Society
British Society for Research on Ageing
British Society of Gerontology
Canadian Association of Gerontology
Danish Institute for Gerontology (Gerontologisk Institut) or www.gerodan.dk (Dansk Gerontologisk Selskab)
Die Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Gerontologie - (in French and German only)
European Association of Geriatric Psychiatry
Finnish Gerontological Society (Geriatrian kotisivu)
French Society for Geriatrics and Gerontology (La Société Francaise de Gériatrie et Gérontologie)
Geriatric Society of India
German Society for Geriatrics (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geriatrie)
German Society for Gerontology and Geriatrics (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gerontologie und Geriatrie)
Gerontological Society of America
Gerontology Society of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Hellenic Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics
Hong Kong Association of Gerontology
International Association of Gerontology
International Association of Gerontology - European Region
International Network for Research on Elder Care
International Psychogeriatric Association
International Society for Gerontechnology
Israel Gerontological Society
Italian Society for Gerontology and Geriatrics (La Societŕ Italiana di Gerontologia e Geriatria)
Maltese Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics
Netherlands Society of Gerontology (Nederlandse Vereniging voor Gerontologie)
Research Committee on the Sociology of Ageing (RC11) of the International Sociological Association (ISA)
Section: Aging and Society (Sektion Alter[n] und Gesellschaft) of the German Sociological Association (Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie)
Spanish Society for Geratrics and Gerontology (La Sociedad Espanola de Geriatría y Gerontologia
Swedish Gerontological Society (Sveriges Gerontologiska Sällskap)
Swedish Society for Research on Ageing (Avdelning för Gerontologi och Äldrevĺrd)

Practioners
Community Practioners and Health Visitors Association Special Interest Group for Older People

Policy makers
Older people’s services at the Department of Health (UK)
European Union Ageing Policy

Relevant Conferences
' Ageing Societies, New Sociology' - 6th Conference of the European Sociological Association in Murcia, Spain, September 23-26, 2003

56th Annual Scientific Meeting of The Gerontological Society of America. San Diego, CA, USA, November 21-25, 2003

7th Asia/Oceania Regional Congress of Gerontology. Tokyo, Japan, November 24-28, 2003

International Microsimulation Conference on Population Ageing and Health: Modelling our Future. Canberra, Australia, December 8-12, 2003

International Conference on Aging Disability and Independence: Arlington, Virginia, USA. December 4 - 6, 2003

European Academy of Nutritional Sciences 2004: Diet Diversification and Health Promotion, Vienna, Austria, May 14-15, 2004

8th Nordic Nutrition Conference. Public Health Nutrition, Třnsberg, Norway, June 20-23, 2004

20th World Congress for the International Federation of Home Economics (IFHE), Kyoto, Japan, August 1-7, 2004

' Ageing Societies and Ageing Sociology: Challenges and Possibilities'. University of Surrey, hosted by the Centre for Research on Ageing and Gender (CRAG), University of Surrey, UK, September 7-9, 2004

Challenging Perceptions of Later LifeBritish Society of Gerontology Annual Conference, University of Surrey, hosted by the Centre for Research on Ageing and Gender (CRAG), University of Surrey, UK, September 9-11, 2004

12th Annual European Public Health Association (EUPHA), Oslo, Norway, October 7-9, 2004

9th Karlsruhe Nutrition Congress, Karlsruhe, Germany, October 10-12, 2004

Fourth European Congress on Nutrition and Health in the Elderly People, Toulose, France, November 4-5, 2004

4th Annual meeting of the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA), Amsterdam, the Netherlands, June 16-18, 2005

Upcoming US Genrontological Society conferences, 2005

Selected Databases and Information
AgeLine Database provided by AARP - USA
AgeSource Worldwide Online Database - provided by AARP
European Alzheimer's Disease Consortium (EADC)
Gerontology Literature Online (Gerontologische Literatur)
GeroLink - Gerontological Links
INSTRAW Gender Aspects of Ageing
Network for European Social Policy Analysis (ESPAnet)
Nutrition and the Elderly: A Resource Guide for Community Educators - USA
Swedish National Study on Aging and Care (SNAC)
Web Sites on Aging, Administration on Aging (AoA) - USA

Miscellaneous links
AARP - American Association of Retired Persons
AGE - European Older People's Platform
AGE Concern - Institute of Gerontology - UK
Age Action Ireland
Alzheimer-Europe
Centre for Policy on Ageing - UK
Center for Policy Research, Aging Studies Program, Maxwell School, Syracuse University - USA
Centre for Research on Ageing and Gender (CRAG) - UK
Centre for Social Policy Research and Development, University of Wales - UK
Centre for Sociological Research, Spain (Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas)
Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)'s programme on population ageing
ESHEL-Net, The Network for Aged in Israel
Eurolink Age
European Federation of the Elderly - Secrétariat Général
European Federation of Retired and Elderly Persons (La Fédération Européenne des Retraités et Personnes Agées)
For Seniors, Switzerland Pro Senectute - Stiftung für das Alter
German Centre for Research on Ageing (Deutschen Zentrums für Alternsforschung)
German Centre of Gerontology (Deutsche Zentrum für Altersfragen)
Institute for Human Development, Life Course and Aging, University of Toronto
International Institute on Ageing - United Nations Malta
JDC-Brookdale Institute - Israel
National Institute on Aging - USA
National Institute for Research of Population and Demography (L'Institut National d'Études Démographiques)
Research Group on Aging and the Life Course (FALL) (Forschungsgruppe Altern und Lebenslauf)
Research Group on Psychogerontology, University of Nijmegen (Psychogerontologie)
Social Gerontology Group, Uppsala University
Stockholm Gerontology Research Center (Stiftelsen Äldrecentrum)
University of North Carolina - Institute on Aging
UN Programme on Ageing, Department of Economic and Social Affairs
World Health Organization