==========================<>============================== NC*AGING e-newsletter #4 a service of the UNC Institute on Aging Information Center March 1, 2001 ==========================<>============================== RURAL AGING REPORT PUBLISHED The Institute on Aging has published _Serving Older Adults In Rural North Carolina: Meeting The Challenge_, a report from the North Carolina Governor's Advisory Council on Aging Symposium on Rural Aging, held in Raleigh in April 2000. For information on how to get copies of the report, visit: http://www.aging.unc.edu/news/2001/0220rural.html <<<<>>>> ATTENTION FACULTY AND STUDENTS: AGELINE Are you familiar with AgeLine as a search tool? Produced by AARP, AgeLine is the index to the literature of aging. It is an interdisciplinary database that includes abstracts of aging-related journal articles and books. If you would like to learn more about AgeLine, the IOA Information Center can help. Visit our AgeLine page at: http://www.aging.unc.edu/infocenter/ageline.html <<<<>>>> FEATURED WEB SITE: CENTER FOR DEMOGRAPHY OF HEALTH AND AGING http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/ The Center for Demography of Health and Aging, located at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is one of nine sponsored by the National Institute on Aging. They have an excellent set of links to data set resources and provide a weekly email report on aging research. This web site and others have been selected for inclusion in AGELIB, the Institute on Aging's database of aging resources. You can search AGELIB at: http://www.aging.unc.edu/infocenter/agelib/ <<<<>>>> UPCOMING EVENTS IN NC A complete calendar is available at http://aging.unc.edu/calendar.html March 4-5, 2001 | Faith in the Future: Religion, Aging, and Healthcare in the 21st Century | Duke University, Durham NC March 13/14/15, 2001 | Creating Change in the Long Term Care Continuum: Mission Possible | A Pioneer Network conference | 3 locations: Asheville (3/13), Winston-Salem (3/14), Rocky Mount (3/15) March 20, 2001 | Distinguished Lecture: Malcolm Johnson | "Long Term Care in Turmoil: Comparing Britain and America" | Sponsored by the UNC Institute on Aging | 3:30pm | Bellflower Room, Friday Center, Chapel Hill, NC March 21, 2001 | Distinguished Lecture: Malcolm Johnson | "Long Term Care in Turmoil: Comparing Britain and America" | Sponsored by the UNC Institute on Aging | 7:00pm-9:00pm | UNC Charlotte, Fretwell Room 116 March 27-29, 2001 | NC Association on Aging Annual Training Conference | Winston-Salem, NC March 29, 2001 | Annual George L. Maddox Lecture: James F. Fries, MD | "The Compression of Morbidity - 2001" | 5:00pm | Searle Center, Duke University, Durham NC March 30, 2001 | HIV/AIDS in Older People Conference | 8:00am-5:00pm | Friday Center, Chapel Hill, NC <<<<>>>> 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/. Coburn, Andrew F.; Keith, Robert G.; Bolda, Elise J. (1999). _Multiple hospitalizations among elderly nursing facility residents : Is rural residence a factor?_ Portland, ME: University of Southern Maine, Maine Rural Health Research Center. USM : MRHR 1999-12 Marshall, Victor W. (2001). _Challenges facing older workers in developed nations._ Unpublished paper. Available on the World Wide Web: http://www.aging.unc.edu/infocenter/resources/2001/marshallv2.pdf Mehta, Kalyani. (1997). _Untapped resources : women in ageing societies across Asia_. Singapore: Times Academic Press. HQ1064.A78 U58 1997 United States: Administration on Aging (2001). _Achieving cultural competence : a guidebook for providers of services to older Americans and their families._ Available on the World Wide Web: http://www.aoa.gov/minorityaccess/guidbook2001/CC-guidebook.pdf ==========================<>============================== This newsletter is distributed to the email lists of the IOA (ioanews, ioafaculty-uncch, cia). To join one of these lists, please visit http://aging.unc.edu/news/lists.html for more information. If you have information that you would like to see included in this newsletter or on the IOA web site, please send it to aginginfo@unc.edu. Copyright 2001 UNC Institute on Aging 720 Airport Rd, Suite 100 CB #1030 Chapel Hill, NC 27599 (919) 966-9444 ioa@unc.edu