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18 September 2023

The longevity transition: the necessary adjustment of the system to make us happier

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Demographic transitions have been the great advances of humanity.

TRANSHIST

Changes in Intergenerational transfers in the United States from 1961 to 2016

Por:

Ronald Lee

From the Project Summary for Project 4 we quote...

SECURHOME

Application of the principle of proactive responsibility to the processing of...

Por:

Ana Garriga Domínguez

This report will be divided into three parts. the...

PILEP+90

Application of data mining techniques for the identification of healthy and pathological...

Por:

Jaime Gómez Ramírez

Progress and achieved results ImageH deals...

BABEN

2nd Follow-up Report - BABEN

Por:

João Paulo Vilas-Boas

The validation of the Equimetrix system...

ConTerMa

Analysis of thermal comfort in nursing homes in Mediterranean continental climate

Por:

Núria Forcada Matheu

This project is part of the coordinated programme...

OLD-HEPAMARKER

Non-invasive markers of liver cancer, would it be advisable to screen older people?

Por:

Rocío Isabel Rodríguez Macías

According to World Health Organisation (WHO) data...

The Elder Connected, Related and Assisted - EMERIT

EMERITI - Project status and current research

Por:

Juan Francisco De Paz Santana

Current project context This document...

ITINERA2 Project

Follow-up report on the ITINERA2 research project

Por:

Ignacio Pedrosa

This document aims to provide a detailed...

Design, development and evaluation of a cognitive training platform through a brain-computer interface system.

Technological applications on behalf of the elderly

Por:

Víctor Martínez Cagigal

This document includes the "Report 2. Monitoring...

Research projects

BCI

Proyecto de Innovación

BCI tiene el objetivo principal es diseñar, desarrollar y evaluar una plataforma Brain-Computer Interface utilizando técnicas de Neurofeedback.

TRANSHIST

Programa de Investigación

Lessons to deal with ageing. Interaction between the welfare state and the family throughout history

EMERITI

Proyecto de Innovación

EMERITI busca investigar como introducir de forma efectiva el uso de los asistentes de voz por personas de la tercera edad.

SECURHOME

Programa de Investigación

Detection of behavioral changes in elderly people through non-invasive IoT (internet of things) with AI systems

ITINERA2

Proyecto de Innovación

OLD-HEPAMARKER

Programa de Investigación

Noninvasive biomarkers of progression of liver damage and with utility as targets for treatment in elderly patients

ConTerMa

Programa de Investigación

Analysis of thermal comfort in homes for the elderly in the cross-border cooperation area of Spain-Portugal

PILEP+90

Programa de Investigación

Spain-Portugal longevity research program +90

HabINdem

Proyecto de Innovación

habINdem tiene como objetivo fomentar la creación de una comunidad inclusiva para las personas con demencia.

BABEN

Programa de Investigación

Balance BENCHMARK: New technological tools for the valuation and training of postural control, and its validation

To age in society

Reflecting on what is old age and ageing, its content, its opportunities and its potential.

Irene Lebrusán Murillo

Postdoctoral researcher at Harvard University

04 March 2024

When you retire: can retirement be a random imposition?

Juana (she could have been called Antonia or Mercedes, but let's call her Juana) was an incredible secretary at the Spanish branch of an international company.

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Salud · 06/03/2021

Health effects of physical activity

After the age of 40, it is possible to detect a deterioration in the function of physiological systems, with associated anatomical and structural changes. For example, progressive cognitive decline affects memory and learning; skeletal muscle progressively atrophies and weakens (knowned as sarcopenia) and age-related declines in bone mineral density lead to osteopenia and osteoporosis.