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ALTENPFLEGE 2010
ALTENPFLEGE reconfirms role as care sector’s flagship show
Visitors praise high quality of event / Companies report good business / Job exchange enjoys successful premier
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Altenpflege 2010 – Europe’s Leading Event for the Care Sector: from March 23rd to 25th at the Hannover Exhibition Center
From March 23rd to 25th, the northern German city of Hannover will function as a magnet for the international nursing and care services industry. The relevant experts, decision-makers and specialists will all flock to the Hannover Exhibition Center for the ALTENPFLEGE 2010 exhibition, which — now in its 21st year — will serve as a complete microcosm of the future of the industry, underscoring its status as the flagship exhibition for the nursing and care services sector.
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Star Gastronomy Meets Institutional Catering: Star chef Mario Kotaska to cook live at ALTENPFLEGE 2010
Mario Kotaska is one of the most popular TV chefs around. Now the affable star with the tousled blond hair and the distinctive glasses has confirmed his participation at ALTENPFLEGE 2010.
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Health Minister Rösler to open ALTENPFLEGE 2010
Federal Health Minister Philipp Rösler (36, FDP) will officially open ALTENPFLEGE 2010. Running from March 23rd to 25th in Hannover, this three-day exhibition is considered Europe’s leading exhibition for the care sector.
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€5,000 prize awaits winner of Altenpflege Award 2010
This year the Altenpflege Award 2010 is once again being presented at ALTENPFLEGE, Europe’s Leading Exhibition for the Care Sector. The award is dedicated to finding optimum ways of reducing or eliminating restrictions on personal freedom in care institutions. The Altenpflege Award 2010 carries a prize purse of EUR 5,000.
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“Top-fit at an Advanced Age” — featured project at the ALTENPFLEGE 2010 Catering and Housekeeping Forum
The project entitled “Top-fit at an Advanced Age — Healthy Eating Means Better Living”, organized by the German Nutrition Society (DGE) highlights “Quality Catering Standards in Stationary Care Institutions”. The project is produced in cooperation with the German housekeeping association dgh.
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Management Congress at ALTENPFLEGE 2010: Concentrated, highest-quality information for care service managers
The Management Congress at ALTENPFLEGE 2010 offers three days of concentrated information and communication of the highest quality. The editors of Häusliche Pflege magazine have tailored the congress to meet the needs of managers of ambulatory and stationary care institutions, with a series of high-caliber speakers scheduled to appear.
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Care Congress at ALTENPFLEGE 2010: Focus on key care topics — usefulness guaranteed
The editors of Altenpflege magazine have put together a wide-ranging program of useful information for this year’s Care Congress.
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High-caliber forums at ALTENPFLEGE 2010
ALTENPFLEGE 2010 is back with forums featuring high-caliber speakers on all the current and relevant care service themes, including home care management, catering and housekeeping and personnel recruitment.
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“Mining the Potential in People’s Minds”: International Management Forum — a special highlight at ALTENPFLEGE 2010
This year’s high-caliber supporting programs have been seamlessly integrated with the exhibition. A special highlight involves the International Management Forum entitled “Mining the Potential in People’s Minds — Personnel Development Strategies and Innovations in European Elderly Care”.
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lebensräume 2010: Special display showcases spectacular innovations in future care services
Professional care services would be unimaginable without modern technology. The use of service robots to provide care-related services is not just an idea, but is already being actively researched at prominent universities. Although Germany remains skeptical about the Asian applications for “artificial people”, intelligent partial solutions are already being employed for many jobs in the elderly care sector. For the seventh time, the “lebensräume” special display will showcase insights and prospects involving the latest trends in outpatient and stationary care structures, spotlighting this controversial debate.
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“lebens(t)räume 2010”: The student competition on the topics of universal design and assisted living reports a record-breaking number of participants
“lebens(t)räume”, the student competition, is now in its seventh year and reports a larger number of participants than ever before: a total of 321 entries were submitted from 23 countries from around the world. In comparison, there were 174 submissions from 16 nations in 2009. Vincentz Network GmbH & Co. KG in Hannover, which is hosting the competition during the ALTENPFLEGE 2010 (March 23 to 25) on the Hannover Exhibition Grounds this year, is very pleased that this competition has drawn such international attention.
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New: ALTENPFLEGE 2010 INNOVATIONS AWARD - Publicity for the best ideas!
Publicity guaranteed — for the best products and services in the field of elderly care competing for an ALTENPFLEGE 2010 INNOVATIONS AWARD, presented for the first time on March 24th at the ALTENPFLEGE 2010 exhibition. The winner will receive a publicity package worth €25,000.
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Management award: Altenheim Future Award 2010 at ALTENPFLEGE 2010 in Hannover
Offered by the editors of Altenheim magazine, the Altenheim Future Award 2010 is dedicated to rewarding meritorious initiatives and projects undertaken by elderly care institution managers
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Large-scale job exchange makes Hannover debut at ALTENPFLEGE 2010: New job, new luck
While the economic crisis has led to a massive loss of jobs in many industries, hundreds of thousands of new job opportunities are being created in the care sector. According to the latest studies, the number of jobs in the care sector may even triple by 2050, making for a total of 2.2. million people involved in providing professional care services. What at first glance may sound quite positive is nevertheless confronting the owners and operators of elderly care institutions with a set of increasingly major challenges. Many regions are already experiencing a shortage of qualified care workers — a situation which can only get worse.
The Job Exchange at ALTENPFLEGE 2010 is dedicated to helping combat the growing shortage of qualified care workers.
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ALTENPFLEGE announces new key visual
The previous “Altenpflege + ProPflege” nursing exhibition now has a new name: “ALTENPFLEGE — Leading Exhibition for the Nursing Industry”. The tradeshow logo, i.e. “key visual”, is also new, sporting a more modern and more elegant design for a more targeted impact on nursing industry managers.
Altenpflege+ProPflege 2008: Care networks — challenge of the future Europe’s flagship
Running from February 12 to 14 at the Hannover Exhibition Center, the 19th Altenpflege+ProPflege 2008 exhibition brought together 36,000 trade visitors and 747 exhibitors from 17 nations. With the highest number of exhibitors ever (2006: 721) plus strong visitor attendance, the European Exhibition and Congress for Nursing, Therapy, Care and Professional Patient Care was able to confirm its leading position. “The growth trend in the industry was clear visible at this trade fair,” declared Holger Göpel from show organizer Vincentz Network, adding: “The need for investment and procurement in outpatient and stationary nursing and therapy is growing constantly due to the changing demographics.” This analysis was shared by exhibitors, 87 percent of whom were satisfied with the overall success of their participation. And over 90 percent reported their expectations had been largely fulfilled or even exceeded.
Lars Pennigsdorf
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