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News ReleaseNovember, 2010 Institute on Aging Well-Represented at This Year’s GSA Annual Scientific MeetingAs President of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA), Dr. Peggye Dilworth-Anderson, UNC Institute on Aging Interim Co-Director and professor of health policy and management in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, led the proceedings of GSA’s 63rd Annual Scientific Meeting held November 19-23 in New Orleans. Dr. Mary H. Palmer, UNC Institute on Aging Interim Co-Director and School of Nursing Umphlet Distinguished Professor in Aging, served as Program Co-Chair on the 2010 Program Committee for the Annual Meeting. Guided by the theme “Transitions of Care: Across the Aging Continuum”, experts in aging and aging-related fields from all across the nation gathered to discuss relevant topics, including innovative strategies for improving care transitions for older adults. Noteworthy sessions for Dr. Dilworth-Anderson included the New Member Meet and Greet, where she welcomed new members to the organization; the President's Opening Plenary Session, headlined by the U.S. Administration on Aging's Assistant Secretary for Aging, Kathy Greenlee, and aging policy expert Robert Blancato; and the Presidential Symposium entitled, "Diffusing Care Coordination Models: Translating Research into Policy and Practice". Together, Drs. Dilworth-Anderson and Palmer organized the first annual Carolina Program in Health and Aging Research Fellows GSA Breakfast, a networking event which brought together past and present fellows and mentors. All of these efforts were critical in solidifying the UNC Institute on Aging as one of the Gerontological Society of America's premier partners in advancing the healthy aging agenda. The Institute on Aging was well represented by symposia, paper, and poster presenters. A list of sessions presented by IOA and other UNC-CH researchers is below. GSA's Annual Scientific Meeting brings together more than 3,500 of the brightest minds in the field of aging. As the largest interdisciplinary aging conference, the meeting is the premier gathering of gerontologists from both the United States and around the world. More information is available at the GSA Annual Scientific Meeting website. GSA Sessions Presented by UNC-CH* Researchers*Includes first authors only; IOA researchers are listed in bold November 19, 201030 Physical Activity as a Risk Factor for Stroke 30 Patient Preferences for Stroke Rehabilitation 90 Transitions in Stroke Care: Findings from the Stroke Telemedicine Access Recovery (STAR) Project 90 Transitions in Stroke Care: Findings from the Stroke Telemedicine Access Recovery (STAR) Project November 20, 2010310 Extending Our Reach: Effective Dissemination of a Geriatric Nursing Clinical Simulation Education 315 Healthy Aging: What Can/Does Science Tell Us? What (or How) Does the Public Want to Know? 340 Entrepreneurship at the Older Ages 375 Transient Delirium and Functional Decline in Acutely Ill Hospitalized Elders 395 Mentoring and the Non-Traditional Student 700 Preference for Hospice Among Older Adults: The Roles of Uncertainty, Spirituality, Gender and Race 700 Preference for Hospice Among Older Adults: The Roles of Uncertainty, Spirituality, Gender and Race November 21, 2010830 Grandparents Assistance to Adult Daughters: Grandchildren's Needs and Grandparental Resources 830 Health State of Grandparents Caring for Grandchildren in Taiwan 995 Environmental Transitions and the Meaning of Home in Old Age: Educational Perspectives 1110 Disability Trajectory among the Elderly with a Functional Limitation: Differences by Social Economic Status 1130 How Do Self-Directed Participants Use the Arthritis Walk With Ease Program AND Comparing the Group versus Independent Format of the Arthritis Foundation Walk With Ease Program: Do Both Formats Work? 1130 The Role of Social Support and Built Environment in the Pathway from Functional Limitation to Disability among the Elderly November 22, 2010 1410 Evaluating Geriatrics Training of Direct Care Workers in Long Term Care: Transitions in Outcomes 1410 Evaluating Geriatrics Training of Direct Care Workers in Long Term Care: Transitions in Outcomes 1445 Developing New or Adapting Interventions: Setting Specific Considerations in Long Term Care 1445 Developing New or Adapting Interventions: Setting Specific Considerations in Long Term Care 1445 Developing New or Adapting Interventions: Setting Specific Considerations in Long Term Care 1445 Developing New or Adapting Interventions: Setting Specific Considerations in Long Term Care 1720 Housing, Nursing Homes, and Residential Care II Presidential Symposium 1950 Medical Care in Assisted Living 1950 Medical Care in Assisted Living 1950 Medical Care in Assisted Living 2200 Direct-Care Worker Training System Development: Challenges and Opportunities November 23, 20102475 Family National Guard, Economic Help, and Childcare: Comparative Analyses of Grandparenting Norms
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