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2010 Presentation Materials

Below are the currently available presentation materials from the conference:

Policy Sessions

Policy Briefs (booklet distributed at registration)

Key Informant Survey (distributed at policy sessions)

Policy Sessions

Results of the Readiness Survey - Jennifer Craft Morgan

Reports from the Policy Sessions - Dennis Streets

Closing Summary - Dennis Streets

Educational Sessions

Wednesday, October 13

1a The Importance of Long Term Care Partnership in NC

1b Map Makers for the 21st Century Workforce: Talent Rejuvenation…

1b How Businesses Can Support Pre-Retirement Planning through…

1b Best Place to Work – Is it Senior-Friendly?

1c Efficacy of Non-pharmacological Approaches to Preventing Alzheimer’s…

1d NORCs: Neighbors Caring for Neighbors

1e Preparing for the New Face of “Retirement” in NC: Libraries and Other…

1f End-of-Life Preferences of North Carolinians: Findings from an AARP…

1g Approaches to the Development of Statewide Legal Assistance Services

1g Monitoring Guardianships for Safety and Quality of Life

1h “Safe and Well” A Program of the American Red Cross

Poster Presentations:

  • Esther Has a Living Will and Other Fairy Tales for Adult Children
  • Aging Awareness, Knowledge, and Attitudes in Pre-Health Professional College Students
  • You're Majoring in What??  Success Stories with an Undergraduate Degree in Gerontology
  • Developing an Infrastructure for Fall Prevention in Rural North Carolina Communities
  • Improving Resident Visual Comfort
  • Implementing the Village Model in North Carolina
  • Promoting Access to Community Dental Services
  • Prevention of Falls and Injuries in Later Life From an Athletic Training Perspective
  • Community Partnerships: Aging Service Innovations
  • Caring Effectively for People with Dementia
  • Strategic and Tactical Paths Forward for the Implementation of the LTC Portions of HR-3590 HR-4872 in North Carolina
  • Older American’s Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue Problems
  • Older Americans’ Use of Prayer for Depression and Arthritis: Gender and Ethnic Differences
  • A Different Type of Double Jeopardy: Aging Among Gay Minorities
  • Psychosocial Challenges for Patient and Caregiver in Cases of Advanced Osteoporosis/Efficacy of Support Groups and Other Complementary Practice Models in Partnership with Medical and Faith Communities
  • Educating the Next Generation of Gerontologists: The Role of Service Learning in Undergraduate Education

Thursday, October 13

Roundtable Presentations:

  • Food Preferences of High Income CCRC Residents
  • Reaching Caregivers before Crisis: A Discussion of Applying Public Relations/Marketing Principles to Help Caregivers Self-identify
  • Adult Day Services - What Difference Does it Make? (additional handout: Adult Day Services Defined)
  • Sexual Histories
  • Grandparent Resource Center: Student Reflections of a Community-Campus Partnership
  • Entrepreneurship at the Older Ages
  • Social Security: Understanding the Benefits (additional handout: When To Start Receiving Retirement Benefits)
  • Barriers to Hospice Utilization in Rural North Carolina
  • Maximizing Intergenerational Potential
  • Exploring the Need and Efficacy of Traditional Support Group Models (Mutual Aid/Self-Help) for Osteoporosis Individuals: Initiating Such Interventions in the Context of Medical/Faith Community Partnerships as Part of an Overall Wellness Protocol
  • Rising Entrepreneurship in Older Adults
  • Getting What You Need: Funding Strategies for Resources for Older Adults
  • Community-Based Stroke Care in North Carolina: The Stroke Telemedicine Access Recovery (STAR) Project
  • Forsyth County Aging Moves into Action

2a Community Connections: Building Community Infrastructures to Support…

2a Piecing it Together: “Service Packages” and Their Impact on Community…

2a Establishing Minimum Standards for Aging at Home

2b Preparing the Direct Care Workers in Long-Term Care in Coming Decade

2c Dissemination of Evidence-Based Programs in North Carolina: CDSMP…

2c Building Capacity to Address Falls Prevention in North Carolina

2d Perfect Information: The Role of Data in Aging and Disability Policy

2d How to Retrofit the Suburbs to Accommodate Aging Households        

2e Write When You Are Ready

2e Empowering Seniors through Lifelong Learning Opportunities

2e Re-envisioning the Gifts of Later Life: A New Framework for Spirituality…

2f A Rainbow of Gray: Challenges Faced by an Aging Lesbian/Gay/…

2f Intergenerational Relations, Immigrant Adaptation, & Elder Care…

2f Healing Pathways: Art Therapy for American Indian Elders

2g Support for Victims and Preventing Victimization as We Age

2h Piedmont Health SeniorCare – A PACE Program

2h MemoryCare: A Community Based Dementia Care Home Model [additional handout: Memory Care Insert]

2h Development of a Care Delivery Model for Durham Community Resident…      

3a Direct Caregivers’ Views on Implementation of Person-Centered Care…    

3a The First North Carolina Governor’s Conference on Aging: …in the 1950’s 

3a A Totally New Concept in Volunteer Management Bringing AWESOME…  

3b Marketing to the Boomer: How to Reach the Largest Consumer Group…

3c Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases: A Critical Health and Aging Issue…

3d Aging in Place: Remote Monitoring and Chronic Care Management

3d Neighborhood Eldercare Homes – A New Model of Residential Care

3d The Effect of Geriatrician Care on Health Care Use

3e Building Your Ranks of Self-Directed Volunteers

3f How the New Health Care Reform Legislation Impacts Older Adults

3g The Experience of Choice within Structured Service Learning: …

3h Building Adult Protective Services: A Remodel for the Community

Friday, October 13

4a “Making it Home” – Ruby the Elephant’s “Person”-Centered Journey

4b Compassion Fatigue: Identifying and Preventing Symptoms (additional handout: Examples of Compassion Fatigue Burnout Symptoms)

4c Movement That Matters (Utilizing Movement & Intention to Calm Difficult…

4d Gardens for Senior Centers and Older-Adult Communities

4d Successfully Operating Multifaceted Physical Activity/Recreation…

4e Life Review: A Legacy Project to Enhance Social & Emotional Well-being

4f “What’s So Funny?” The Role of Humor in Eldercare

4g DeClutter Your Way to an Improved Second Half of Life!!