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The SilverEco® and Ageing Well International Awards winners are…

The SilverEco® and Ageing Well International Award winners and finalists were revealed during the awards ceremony in Tokyo (www.silvereco.org/awards/).

The Global Business Hub Tokyo opened its doors to welcome the ageing well international stakeholders for the 2019 ceremony; they all participated in round tables discussions regarding demographic transition and the Silver Economy: government policy, ageing initiatives, best practices and innovative solutions in different countries.

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Strong partnerships at ELDEX Asia

Three international aging organizations, the International Council on Active Aging (ICAA), CommonAge, SilverEco.org, a leading Singapore association and the Gerontological Society of Singapore, have announced their partnership with ELDEX Asia.

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Register for the Ageing Well Japan Study Tour now!

From Tuesday 11th to Saturday 15th of June 2019 a unique tour to discover the Silver Economy “made in Japan” is organised on the occasion of the SilverEco and Ageing Well International Awards.

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OEWG 10: What you can do

The Tenth Working Session of the Working Group will be held from 15 to 18 April 2019, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York and member states will discuss the rights to social security and social protection, and education and lifelong learning. This is how you can help:

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Take the “Wimoov-AG2R LA MONDIALE” survey on elderly mobility!

As the autonomy of the elderly becomes an issue within French society, elderly people’s mobility is becoming a subject of discussion. In order to understand it better, AG2R LA MONDIALE, in partnership with the Wimoov association, has launched a survey whose results should be published in November 2018. If you are over 60 years old, take 5 minutes to answer the survey! And, what’s more important, do not hesitate to transfer it to other +60 year old people!

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French-Japanese cooperation on Innovation and Digital Economy

The launching event of the French-Japanese cooperation on Innovation and Digital Economy took place at Station F, Paris, on July 13th 2018. It was organised by the French and Japanese governments and JETRO, a government-related organization that works to promote mutual trade and investment between Japan and the rest of the world.

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How to detect the warning signs of dementia using a mobile phone

How to detect the warning signs of dementia using a mobile phone? An international team of scientists has examined the issue and developed a simple and cost-effective test. [Read more…] about How to detect the warning signs of dementia using a mobile phone

92 years old and still perched on parallel bars

Gymnastics is very strenuous , even more parallel bars that require a great arms strength and a strong abdominal belt. Despite that, some tournaments take place for elderly, especially the Turnfest in Berlin, where athletes come and go since last 3rd of June. But one of them drew all the attention : the 92-year-old German Johanna Quaas.

An impressive performance

With her 92 birthdays and her green leotard, she overwhelmed all the audience with her unbelievable performance. johanna quaas bars 92Enrolled in the 70 and more category for parallel bars, she reached the 5th place.
A fantastic performance for this old lady when we know how much physical efforts this sport requires. “The crowd on tuesday showed that people wanted to convince themselves that it was actually possible at her age” wrote the Taggespiel.

Read more : “Sports and the elderly : benefits and advice for a completely safe practice”

 

Gymnastics inside her DNA

This 5th place feels like the achievement of a lifetime dedicated to gymnastics. Indeed, Johanna Quaas, who was born in 1925, started gymnastics very early. “From the earliest days, I’ve been training myself doing flips and climbing on the bars,” she said to RBB. Unfortunately, the ban on doing gymnastics in Germany after World War 2 prevented her to realize her dream. Instead, she became a famous sport teacher : two of her students went to the Tokyo 1964 Olympics. Then, at the age of 57 years old, she started gymnastics again and won the elderly tournament 11 times. This success gave her the “world’s oldest gymnast” of the 2012 Guiness Records Book. We don’t know yet if Johanna will keep on training and performing in tournaments, she actually hesitated before starting her 6 months training before the Berlin tournament.

Study : Stopping aging : will it be possible ?

Is “stopping aging” going to be possible in the future? An international team of searchers has been working to find a medication, that could stop the process of aging by repairing a damaged DNA. Explanations…

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Summer 2015 is one of the hottests across Europe ever registered

During the last few days, the European continent has known one of its hottest heat waves ever. The Red Code of Heat Alerts has been launched in several countries of Southern and Eastern Europe until today. [Read more…] about Summer 2015 is one of the hottests across Europe ever registered

A centenarian woman won a world record during a swimming competition

On April 5th, 2015, during an elderly people’s swimming competition that took place in the city of Ehime, the Japanese centenarian Mieko Nagaoka beat the world record during a 1.500 meters swimming course.

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