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IPA Distinguished Service Awards

Every two years during each IPA Congress, IPA recognizes those who have provided extraordinary service and contributions to geriatric mental health in three distinct categories: the field of psychogeriatrics, congress host country (this year – The Netherlands), and the IPA organization. For IPA, there is no greater honor. For this reason, the IPA Board of Directors submits the nominations and makes the selection, with one exception – service to host country. For this award, the IPA Board of Directors generally solicits nominations from key figures within the congress host country. The congress host country award represents IPA’s ongoing commitment to the development of psychogeriatrics around the world. This award is viewed as yet another opportunity to recognize and enhance care in a particular country or region.

Service to the Field of Psychogeriatrics
With this Award, IPA recognizes colleagues who have provided extraordinary service to the field of Psychogeriatrics. Recipients have demonstrated inspiration, leadership, vision, ethics, innovation, organizational development and motivation in areas of Psychogeriatrics which include service delivery, advocacy/public policy, training, multidisciplinary care, community care, research, scholarly activities, writing, etc.

Service to Congress Host Country
With this Award, IPA recognizes people who have provided extraordinary service in the area of psychogeriatrics to the Congress host country. Recipients have demonstrated inspiration, leadership, vision, ethics, innovation, organizational development and motivation in areas of Psychogeriatrics which include service delivery, advocacy/public policy, training, multidisciplinary care, community care, research, scholarly activities, writing, etc.

Service to the International Psychogeriatric Association (IPA)
IPA appreciates and recognizes those exemplary professionals who have devoted their leadership and catalyzing efforts to the service of IPA. The Service to IPA Award is presented to colleagues who have been, or are currently, extremely important to the growth and development of the IPA organization. These are leaders whose contributions go above and beyond in their creative energy to guide the path of the organization in a variety of ways.

Recipients

2011

Distinguished Service to the Field of Psychogeriatrics

Martin Prince, United Kingdom
Martin Prince is known worldwide as the leader of the 10/66 Group. He has coordinated the 10/66 Project over the past decade. His work in identifying the prevalence and burden of dementia in developing countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America is ground breaking. Just as importantly, he has empowered local researchers and communities to better understand the needs of older people with dementia and their carers and to develop services for them.

The 10/66 group itself is a rare phenomenon as it includes members all around the globe. But beyond the extraordinary scientific power and productivity of this action-research group, it is the fact that his research has changed the biased view of the dementia in the Third World.

Moreover, its research, that involves epidemiology and development of psychogeriatric services, has contributed substantially to ameliorate the medical practice for demented and other psychogeriatric patients. Papers from the 10/66 Group have been regularly presented at the IPA events. Prof. Prince was one of the three plenary speakers at the IPA 2010 International Meeting.

Colleagues and disciples of Professor Prince also admire his many personal qualities, such as indefatigable, friendship and humility.

Distinguished Service to the Field of Psychogeriatrics in the Congress Host Country

Marlies Veldhuijzen van Zanten-Hyllner, The Netherlands
During her career, Marlies Veldhuijzen van Zanten-Hyllner, MD has demonstrated inspiration, leadership, and vision in the field of Psychogeriatrics especially in the vocational training of nursing home physicians and now in the area of national policy.

Marlies Veldhuijzen van Zanten-Hyllner has been active as a nursing home physician from 1981 until 2010. From 1993-2005, she taught at the vocational training of nursing home physicians in Amsterdam (VUmc). In 2003, she started her own coaching bureau in the field. She has been chair of the society of nursing home physicians. Last year, she became Deputy Minister of old age care in The Netherlands.

Thea Heeren, The Netherlands
Thea Heeren is a pioneer for Geriatric Psychiatry in The Netherlands. She has served as a leading light for the field, both in research and on the organizational level. As a longtime chair of the department of Old Age Psychiatry, Dr. Heeren was pivotal in obtaining the recognition of Old Age psychiatry as a specialized area within the residential training for Psychiatrists.

Distinguished Service to IPA

Helen Fung-kum Chiu, Hong Kong, Peoples Republic of China
Helen Fung-kum Chiu, immediate past president of IPA, has been an outstanding leader and champion for IPA at all times during her career. She has fostered close collaborations and networks within the organization, been encouraging of new members and all aspects of research in their fields and has been an outstanding IPA President.

Professor Chiu has made an extraordinary contribution to IPA with her leadership in the Asia region. She is a scholar involved in the psychogeriatric services. Her combination of being a hard worker, efficient but silent, always calm and warm with any delegate attending the IPA events is a model of leadership for many.

2009

Distinguished Service to the Field of Psychogeriatrics
Henry Brodaty, Australia

Distinguished Service to the Field of Psychogeriatrics in the Congress Host Country
David Conn, Canada
J. Kenneth Le Clair, Canada
Nathan Herrmann, Canada

Distinguished Service to IPA
David Ames, Australia
Joel Sadavoy, Canada

2007

Distinguished Service to the Field of Psychogeriatrics
Siegfried Kanowski, Germany

Distinguished Service to the Field of Psychogeriatrics in the Congress Host Country
Kazuo Hasegawa, Japan
Shunsaku Hirai, Japan
Masaaki Matsushita, Japan
Tsuyoshi Nishimura, Japan

Distinguished Service to IPA
Jacobo Mintzer, United States

2005

Distinguished Service to the Field of Psychogeriatrics
Lars Gustafson, Sweden
Dilip Jeste, United States
Bengt Winblad, Sweden

Distinguished Service to the Field of Psychogeriatrics in the Congress Host Country
Her Majesty, Queen Silvia, Sweden
Astrid Norberg, Sweden

Distinguished Service to IPA
Alistair Burns, United Kingdom

2003

Distinguished Service to the Field of Psychogeriatrics
Ewald “Bud” Busse, United States
David Jolley, England, United Kingdom.

Distinguished Service to the Field of Psychogeriatrics in the Congress Host Country
Gene Cohen, United States
Barry Lebowitz, United States.

Distinguished Service to IPA
Edmond Chiu, Australia

2001

Distinguished Service to the Field of Psychogeriatrics
Carl Eisdorfer, United States
Raymond Levy, England

Distinguished Service to the Field of Psychogeriatrics in the Congress Host Country
Jean-Marie Leger, Limoges, France

Distinguished Service to IPA
Barry Reisberg, United States

1999

Distinguished Service to the Field of Psychogeriatrics
Tom Arie, United Kingdom
Kazuo Hasegawa, Japan
Jean Wertheimer, Switzerland

Distinguished Service to the Field of Psychogeriatrics in the Congress Host Country
Joel Sadavoy, Canada
Ken Shulman, Canada

Distinguished Service to IPA
Sanford Finkel, United States

1995

Distinguished Service to the Field of Psychogeriatrics
Herbert Bower, Australia
Lissy Jarvik, United States
Felix Post, United Kingdom
Sir Martin Roth, United Kingdom

1993

Distinguished Service to the Field of Psychogeriatrics
Manfred Bergener, Germany
Gösta Bucht, Sweden
Kazuo Hasegawa, Japan

1989

Distinguished Service to the Field of Psychogeriatrics
Manfred Bergener, Germany
Sanford I. Finkel, United States
Zior Kaneko, Japan
Naotake Shinfuku, Japan