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International Istanbul Initiative on Ageing

The Report of International Istanbul Initiative on Ageing by Dr.Mahtab Alizadeh

Application Code :

306-0213-0084

Created Date : Sunday, December 29, 2013Update Date : Wednesday, January 22, 2014IP Address :192.168.129.115
Submit Date : Wednesday, January 22, 2014Email : mahtabalizadeh@yahoo.com

Personal Information

Name :	Mahtab
Surname :	Alizadeh
School/Research center :	Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center (EMRI)
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Possition :	Assistant professor
Tel :	+6-21-88808082
E-mail :	mahtabalizadeh@yahoo.com

Information of Congress

Title of the Congress :	International Istanbul Initiative on Ageing
Title of your Abstract :	Elder Abuse: Risk Factors of abuse in Iranian elderly community dwelling
country :	Turkey
From :	Friday, October 04, 2013
To :	Sunday, October 06, 2013
Abstract(Please copy/paste the abstract send to the congress) :	Elder abuse: Risk factors of abuse in elderly community-dwelling Iranians Mahtab Alizadeh-Khoei1, Farshad Sharifi2*, Syeda Zakia Hossain3, Hossein Fakhrzadeh1, Zahra Salimi4 1. Elderly Health Research Centre, Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2. Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Centre, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 3. Discipline of Behavioural and Social Sciences in Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Australia 4. School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Abstract Objective(s): Elder abuse is currently recognized internationally as a common problem with serious consequences for the health and wellbeing of old people. This study sought to produce an estimate of the prevalence of and risk factors for elder mistreatment and types of abuse in an urban Iranian population. Design and Methods: A cross-sectional, population-based, descriptive study was conducted on three hundred elderly, aged 60+ years, utilizing two health centres in Ahvaz, a province in central Iran in 2012. The participants were interviewed in their homes to collect data on risk factors and mistreatment, elder mistreatment being defined as abuse belonging to any of the four major forms: psychological, financial, physical or neglect by an immediate family member, in-laws, or relatives. Results: Elder mistreatment was reported by 14.7% of the participants. Physical (70.4%) and neglect (61.4%) were the most common subtypes of total mistreatments. Univariate analysis showed the most consistent associations of abuse types to be with being female (OR=2.34, CI 1.17 - 4.69), with education (OR=0.36, CI 0.17 - 0.71), and with dependency on children for an income to live (OR=3.18, CI 1.57 - 6.41). A multivariable logistic model indicated income dependency to be the only predictor of mistreatment (OR=2.30, CI 1.10 - 4.81). Conclusion: Our data shows abuse of the elderly to be prevalent. The fact that income dependency is the most important predictor of mistreatment of Iranian elderly suggests that addressing their income status with preventive intervention by establishing a social security system in Iran that provides for the elderly would have significant social welfare benefits. Keywords: Elder abuse, Mistreatment, Risk factor, Iran
Keywords of your Abstract :	Elderly, Iran, Abuse
Acceptance Letter :	http://gsia.tums.ac.ir/images/UserFiles/15158/Forms/306/Aceptance_conference_letter.docx
The presentation :	Oral
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Where has your abstract been indexed? :	none
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The Congress Reporting Form

How many volunteers were present at the Congress? :	more than 100 people
Delegates from which countries presented in the congress? :	USA-Canada-Aus-Turkey-WHo-China-
Were the delegates of any other organizations present in the congress? :	Yes
If yes, please write the names of the organizations in the box :	UN DESA, UNECE, Un DP, UNFPA
What were the responses to your talking points? Were specific questions or concerns raised? :	I had oral presentation. They asked me about the incidence of elder abuse in Iran? And how much this percentage is accurate in Iranian elderly community?
If you met staff members, please list their full names & positions. :	Dr.Jane Barratt, Secretary General International Federation on Ageing. Mr.Mete Bora, Chirman & President Turkey Seniors council Association
Please inform us if there are any follow up actions we need to talk with the members of the congress :	please try to convince of the dignity and respect of the Iranian academic members to attend in the conferences all around the world. Since I added and joint the Iran as a new member, please provide a letter to them as provide a concession registered fee to attend in the next conference and also provide the specific accommodation to the members.
Your experiences about the travel processes(Providing ticket, accommodation,...) :	Awfuller. All fees was so experience! However, you are paying only one milion Toman!
Please give a briefing of your own observations and outcomes of the congress: :	It was wonderful conference as an International Federation conference on ageing. I have been done the membership and nominated of the Tehran Medical University as an Iranian member in this international federation conference on ageing for the first time. So, Iran has been joined to the international federation on ageing. By this way, the representative of Iranian ageing members could attend in each annual meeting. I think it was my great job and task in this conference that I am being honored! Otherwise, I think to attend in this annually congress would be so useful to Iranian academic staff that working in the field of Gerontology & Geriatric to familiar to new themes and subjects. This was an International conference under observed of World Health Organization and other donations from USA, Canada and Australia. This was a multidisciplinary conference, so visiting and meeting of the other academic members from other countries in different fields that are relevant to ageing studies usually could be useful to learn more about ageing field by other sectors such as physiotherapist, health economist, and health policy makers and so on. The other benefit of this conference was attended of private sectors and international companies with a varied range from IBM, Ford company, Mobile and internet companies that to product of some devices to use of old people. Listening to variety presentation from different field was so knowledgeable to me. Meanwhile, in this congress there were many parallel workshops about age friendly cities that were full of new idea and lessons learned to me as a Gerontologist. In this conference there was a chance to inform about the new topic and themes that now, most of the developed countries working on it as a agenda. From my point of view, aged friendly cities issue included many new subject and topics to work on it by students and or as research proposals. In the aged friendly cities workshop, also we had an oral presentation about the report of this project in Iran that was done by Tehran municipally. Besides, I familiar with the some academic researchers who were working in the ageing research institutes in the valuable centers of ageing all around the world. Meanwhile, I found, how could I connect and communicate with them. I was a great opportunity to me! To me, the best and important part of this conference was joined and access to the International Federation on line Journal that they will send it to me. This Journal is a good opportunity to us as an Iranian member to inform an up to date in ageing news from all around the world. On the other hand a nice chance to us to announce or publish our activities or reports on this online Journal and even though sometimes asking a help or consult from the international advisory. From my point of view, there were some interesting educational topics in this conference as well. Those topics included: 1- Revolution in care by Dr. Graeme; Prior from Australian aged care industry 2- Aged friendly cites, by Prof. Ian Philp, UK 3- Dementia care and center for Alzheimer, Canada 4- Building systems of care to functional and dependence in ageing populations by Dr.John Beard, Switzerland 5- MBA manager and chairman broad of the world demographic & ageing Forum by Dr.hans Groth 6- Health care unit of Turkey focusing on medical nutrition for vulnerable patients 7- Insurance sector of Turkish government 8- Technologies to build standardized houses to old people by Gary Lawrence, USA 9- Economist in European ageing society in Turkey by Martin Raiser 10- Health business of elder population and China health strategy and private enterprise by Dr.David Ryan, USA 11- Health and social service programs by Dr.William Reichman, Canada 12- Transition underway, the challenges and opportunities of population aging, and how a focus on the opportunities of an aging society changes the policies needed to prepare.

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