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.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.

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://www.bmask.gv.at/cms/site/liste.html?channel=CH0164 : Information about active aging in the country

Croatia

Some links on geropsychological projects, NGOs and research institutes in Croatia:

http://www.psihologija.hr/ - Croatian Psychological Association

Local community projects:

http://www1.zagreb.hr/vodics/index.html - Guide for older citizens, City of Zagreb

http://www.rijeka.hr/PsihosocijalnaZastitaOsobaStarije - Psychosocial Assistance Programs for Older Persons, City of Rijeka

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

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

Statistics: http://www.imsersomayores.csic.es/estadisticas/index.htm

Psychology and health: http://www.imsersomayores.csic.es/salud/index.htm

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

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