Ageing
09 January 2022
The steady and unstoppable growth of ageing people imposes new challenges to be faced as a society and as individuals. Aspects such as the...
03 December 2018
Over the last few decades, advances in medicine combined with healthier diets and lifestyles have led to a steady increase in the life expectancy of...
30 November 2018
At Fundación Matía we support people in the ageing process, and the basis of this support, to know their needs and priorities, is communication....
19 July 2018
Last week two of the Matia Institute's researchers, Elena del Barrio and Sara Marsillas, travelled to the English city of Manchester to participate...
13 September 2016
Diabetes mellitus is a pathology that increases greatly in frequency with age, due to the changes of aging itself, concomitant diseases and...
16 August 2016
Aging is a natural and inexorable process, but there are rules and guidelines that can slow down this process.
Be yourself. It is more important...
18 July 2016
Two years ago, very high and prolonged temperatures were recorded in the summer that were not usual in our environment.
Heat, especially when...
05 October 2015
Many older people live alone. Around 1,860,000. Most of them prefer to live in their own homes for the rest of their lives. More than seven out of...
11 February 2015
Lecture by Dr. Alexandre Kalache on the Review of the Policy Framework for Active Ageing and its Challenges for the Future
Speakers:
Dr Alexandre...
30 May 2014
In an editorial in the prestigious Lancet of 15 March 2014, the crisis in the global care system for the elderly at a Western level (Global elderly...