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NC*AGING e-newsletter #2
a service of the UNC Institute on Aging Information Center
January 3, 2001
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SENIOR PHONE DIRECTORY ONLINE
The 2000 Senior Phone Directory is now available online! This valuable
directory is published in hard copy by the North Carolina Department of
Health and Human Services, Older Adult Health Unit. Now, the Institute
on Aging makes it available to you in electronic format:
http://www.aging.unc.edu/infocenter/seniorphone/.

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RURAL AGING PUBLICATION ONLINE
The Institute on Aging will publish the report from the North Carolina
Governor's Advisory Council on Aging Symposium on Rural Aging, held in
Raleigh in April 2000. The printed publication is still at the printer,
however you can view the full text online at:
http://www.aging.unc.edu/infocenter/resources/2000/ruralaging.pdf

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OLDER AMERICANS ACT SIGNED
In November 2000, Bill Clinton signed into law H.R. 782, the "Older
Americans Act Amendments of 2000" which reauthorized the Older Americans
Act of 1965 and added support for new programs including the National
Family Caregiver Support Program. Read the text of:

42 USC 35 Programs for Older Americans (Older American Act)
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/42/ch35.html

PL 106-501 Older Americans Amendments
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d106:HR00782:|TOM:/bss/d106query.html|

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NEW BROWSE FEATURE in AGELIB
AGELIB, the Institute on Aging's database of aging related resources now
has a browse function. Built in categories allow you to quickly retrieve
records on specific topics such as Aging demographics, Diversity, and
more.  Try this new feature by going to
http://www.aging.unc.edu/infocenter/agelib/browse.html.

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DO YOU HAVE A JOB OPENING? LOOKING TO VOLUNTEER? SEEKING RESEARCH
COLLEAGUES?
Post it on the 'Aging in North Carolina' bulletin board located at
http://www.aging.unc.edu/news/ (click on 'Aging in North Carolina
Forum').

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UPCOMING EVENTS IN NC
A complete calendar is available at http://aging.unc.edu/calendar.html

January 10, 2001 | Nurturing Myth, Self-Expression & Meaning for the
Older Adult | 9am-4pm | Raleigh, NC | http://www.wakeahec.org

January 18-19, 2001 | Challenges in Geriatric Practice: 12th Annual
Conference | Chapel Hill, NC | Sponsored by the Schools of Medicine,
Pharmacy and Nursing at UNC-CH

January 22, 2001 | Distinguished Lecture - Rosalie A. Kane, Ph.D. |
2:00pm | King Hall Auditorium, UNC Wilmington, Wilmington NC

January 23, 2001 | Annual Poster Symposium on Aging & Distinguished
Lecture - Rosalie A. Kane, Ph.D. | 3:30pm | Hill Alumni Center, Chapel
Hill, NC | http://www.aging.unc.edu/news/2000/1205disting.html

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NEW RESOURCES AVAILABLE
These are a few of the recent acquisitions of the IOA Information
Center. Our entire collection of resources (including print materials,
full text electronic materials, and web sites) is searchable via our
database, AGELIB, at http://aging.unc.edu/infocenter/agelib/.

AgeWork : your doorway to aging related jobs
http://www.agework.com/

Because we care : a guide for people who care
http://www.aoa.gov/wecare/

Salber, Eva J. (1983). _Don't send me flowers when I'm dead : voices of
rural elderly._ Durham, NC: Duke University Press.

Stone, Robyn I. (2000). _Long-term care for the elderly with
disabilities : current policy, emerging trends, and implications for the
twenty-first century._ New York: Milbank Memorial Fund.
http://www.milbank.org/0008stone/index.html

Stone, Robyn I. (2000). _The future of the long term care workforce:
it's not 'just the economy, stupid'._ Presentation for the UNC Institute
on Aging, Chapel Hill, NC.
http://www.aging.unc.edu/infocenter/resources/2000/stoner/

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