Links
NATIONAL INTERNET LINKS ON GEROPSYCHOLOGY
This page will give an overview of significant national activities and initiatives within the context of GeroPsychology.
Austria
Some links on geropsychological projects, NGOs and research institutes in Austria:
1) Working groups
http://www.boep.or.at/Gerontopsychologie.241.0.html: Section Gerontopsychology in the Austrian Psychological Association. Offers information and trainings for psychologists
http://www.alzheimer-selbsthilfe.at/: Information for people and their relatives on Alzheimers Disease. Offers education for caregivers
http://alzheimer-gesellschaft.at/: Information on Alzheimers Disease.
http://www.alzheimer-hilfe.at/: Information for people and their relatives on Alzheimers Disease. Offers education for caregivers and training for patients
http://www.uni-salzburg.at/portal/page?_pageid=138,574547&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL: Working group “gerontopsychology”. Offers education in clinical Gerontopsychology and Gerontopsychotherapy in some nursing homes
http://www.gnpoe.at/arbeitsgruppen: working group in the Austrian Neuropsychological Association
http://www.psychotherapie.at/gerontopsychotherapie : Section Gerontopsychotherapy in the Austrian Psychotherapeutic Association (ÖBVP)
2. Educations/ studies
http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/de/studium/demenzstudien/index.php: Offers education and training for persons, working with people suffering from dementia
http://85.25.60.246/t3_plejaden/index.php?id=29: Information and training for older people and their caregivers.
http://www.ait.ac.at/ : Does studies in AAL. For example http://www.aaluis.eu/
3. Information on Aging
http://www.statistik.at/web_de/statistiken/bevoelkerung/bevoelkerungsstruktur/bevoelkerung_nach_alter_geschlecht/index.html: Information about aging in Austria
http://www.fgoe.org/gesundheitsfoerderung/infos/erster-osterreichischer-demenzbericht: First Austrian Report on Dementia
http://www.50plus.at/gedaechtnis/gedaechtnisambulanzen.htm: Information about memory-clinics in Austria
http://www.iccr-international.org/activage/docs/activage-rapidreport-at-de.pdf: Aging Policy in Austria
http://ec.europa.eu/austria/news/2012_01_13_aktives_altern_de.htm : Aging in Austria and some studies. http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_378_fact_at_de.pdf
http://www.bmask.gv.at/cms/site/liste.html?channel=CH0164 : Information about active aging in the country
http://www.bmvit.gv.at/innovation/internationales/aal/index.html AAL-projects in Austria http://www.kleinezeitung.at/nachrichten/wirtschaft/vision/2375645/fuers-alter-geruestet.story : Some examples AAL-projects in Austria
Csech Republic
Česká společnost pro trénování paměti a mozkový jogging www.trenovanipameti.cz
Hestia, o.s. http://www.hest.cz/dobrovolnicke-programy/program-3g/
Elpida pro seniory www.elpida.cz
Informační portál www.helpnet.cz (např. kontakty na Univerzity třetího věku)
Univerzity volného času Praha www.vltavska.cz i v dalších městech ČR
Psychiatrické centrum Praha www.pcp.lf3.cuni.cz
AD Centrum PCP http://www.pcp.lf3.cuni.cz/adcentrum/tp_uvod.html
Rodinný klub Sedmička v pohybu http://www.fitklubhj.cz/
Česká asociace sport pro všechny www.caspv.cz
Svaz tělesně postižených www.svaztp.cz
Evropská komise http://active-ageing-2012.eu
Ministerstvo práce a sociálních věcí http://www.mpsv.cz/cs/11696
Croatia
Some links on geropsychological projects, NGOs and research institutes in Croatia:
http://www.psihologija.hr/ - Croatian Psychological Association
Local community projects:
http://zdrava-sana.istra-istria.hr/index.php?id=3165 – Project Healthy Istria: Programs for Older Citizens of the County of Istria
http://www1.zagreb.hr/vodics/index.html - Guide for older citizens, City of Zagreb
http://www.zagreb.hr/default.aspx?id=5630 Project Gerontological Centres of the City of Zagreb
http://www.rijeka.hr/PsihosocijalnaZastitaOsobaStarije - Psychosocial Assistance Programs for Older Persons, City of Rijeka
Links of several non-governmental organizations providing assistance and psychological counselling to older persons:
http://dugzivot.com/gerontolog.hr and http://www.pravaustarosti.com/ - links of the Association for Protection and Promotion of Older Persons Rights
http://www.dobrobit.hr/ - “Well-being” - psychological counselling and support, training
http://www.prisutnost.hr/ - “Presence” – providing electronic device to alert stand-by volunteers in case of emergency, psychological counselling and support
http://www.zajednickiput.hr/ - foundation, providing social services, accommodation, assistance, and psychological counselling and support
http://www.alzheimer.hr/ - Croatian Association for Alzheimer Disease – medical assistance, and psychological counselling and support
http://www.muh.hr/index.php/about-us - Croatian Pensioners’ Organization
Geropsychology research institutions links:
http://www.pilar.hr/ - Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar, Zagreb
http://psihologija.ffzg.unizg.hr/ - Dept. of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb
http://www.zvu.hr/index.php?lang=en - Dept. of Health Psychology, University of Applied Health Studies, Zagreb
Germany
http://www.geronto.uni-erlangen.org/links.shtml#1
Website with a long list of links in the field of aging throughout Germany and Europe. The site also links to mostly german-speaking websites.
http://www.geronto.uni-erlangen.org
English website of the Institute of Psychogerontology at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (Prof. Lang)
http://www.psychologie.uni-heidelberg.de/ae/apa/index-en.html
English website of the Psychological Ageing Research unit at the University of Heidelberg (Prof. Wahl).
http://www.dggg-online.de/englisch.php
English language site of the Germany Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics.
http://www.dza.de/en/homepage.html
English website of the Germany Centre of Gerontology in Berlin. includes also information on the Germany Aging Survey.
http://www.grp.hwz.uni-muenchen.de/
English website of the Generation Research Program of Bavaria, a centre of interdisciplinary research in ageing, brain research, usability, and assistive systems.
Luxembourg
ALA (Association Luxembourgeoise Alzheimer; Luxembourg Alzheimer Association); www.alzheimer.lu
ALGG (Association Luxembourgeoise de Gérontologie / Gériatrie; Luxembourg Gerontology / Geriatric Association ; Contact : dieter.ferring@uni.lu);
RBS - Center fir Altersfroen (RSB Centre for Ageingn) www.rbs.lu
Research Unit INSIDE, University of Luxembourg; Domain “Ageing and Life span Development” http://wwwfr.uni.lu/recherche/flshase/inside; Contact: dieter.ferring@uni.lu)
Spain
http://www.imsersomayores.csic.es/
This is the Institutional PORTAL from the National Institute of the Elderly and Social services and the National Research Council. It can be found:
Documents: http://www.imsersomayores.csic.es/documentacion/index.htm
Legislation: http://www.imsersomayores.csic.es/senileg/index.htm
Statistics: http://www.imsersomayores.csic.es/estadisticas/index.htm
Research (Projects): http://www.imsersomayores.csic.es/seniinv/index.htm
Psychology and health: http://www.imsersomayores.csic.es/salud/index.htm
Social resources: http://www.imsersomayores.csic.es/recursos/index.html
International: http://www.imsersomayores.csic.es/internacional/index.htm
Agenda and Courses: http://www.imsersomayores.csic.es/senieve/index.htm
Institutions: http://www.imsersomayores.csic.es/enlaces/index.htm
This page show a “Founder” for any information all over Spain about the elderly, age, and ageing.
http://www.envejecimientoactivo2012.es/imserso_01/envejecimiento_activo_2012/index.htm
In this page it can be found al institutions, activities, good practices, etc. developed in Spain at occasion than the European year of Active Ageing.
http://www.envejecimientoactivo.com/
It is an announcement of the publication: “White book of Active Ageing”
http://www.imserso.es/imserso_01/envejecimiento_activo/libro_blanco/index.htm
It can be found the book in pdf.
http://www.envejecimientoactivo.es, http://www.vivirconvitalidad.com
It is a site with information for ageing well.
http://www.investigacion.cchs.csic.es/gie/node/6
It contains research on ageing conducted by the National Research Agency (CSIC, Scientific Research Council).
http://www.uam.es/centros/psicologia/paginas/geronto/
It contains research on ageing developed at the Autonomous University of Madrid.
http://www.envelliment.org/index_cast.php
Ageing Institute of Autonomous University of Barcelona
Turkey
Turkish Psychological Association