==========================<>============================== NC*AGING e-newsletter #10 a service of the UNC Institute on Aging Information Center September 4, 2001 ==========================<>============================== SPECIAL PANEL PRESENTATION The IOA will host a special panel presentation on Canadian research on aging and the family. The panel speakers are leading aging and family scholars in Canada: Ingrid Connidis, Carolyn J. Rosenthal, and Anne Martin-Matthews. The panel will be moderated by Barry D. McPherson and include discussion from Victor W. Marshall. All are invited to attend this event on November 12, 2001 from 10am-12pm at the Friday Center in Chapel Hill, NC. Further information on the event and the speakers is available from: http://www.aging.unc.edu/news/2001/0905panel.html COMING SOON: AGGREGATE FINDINGS OF IOA WORKFORCE IN AGING 2000-2001 SURVEY In the spring of 2000, the UNC Institute on Aging convened a team of collaborators to plan the first phase of a two-phase survey of employees serving older adults in the state. The first phase targeted agencies and employees in community-based services under the auspices of the Divisions of Aging and Social Services. Survey findings from the first phase can be found on the IOA website at http://www.aging.unc.edu/education/workforce.html. The second phase was conducted in the spring of 2001, targeting individuals working in long term care and hospice facilities. Analysis is almost complete. The aggregate findings of the survey will be released at the IOA’s next Statewide Aging Advisory Committee meeting on September 21, 2001 and will also be posted on the IOA website. SMALL RESEARCH GRANTS AVAILABLE The Institute on Aging has announced its annual small research grants program. Available to faculty within the UNC system, the grants are for support of research that has the potential to enhance the well-being of older adults in the State of North Carolina. Applications are due Thursday, December 6, 2001. More information and application forms are available at http://www.aging.unc.edu/funding/announce_small.html. UNC SENIOR LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE The Institute on Aging has now assumed lead responsibility for the UNC Senior Leadership Initiative. Four candidates have been selected for the 2001-2002 class. They are Nancy Hall, Rita Spina, Calvin Underwood and Beverly Wheeler. To learn more about these leaders and their respective projects go to: http://www.aging.unc.edu/service/seniorleaders/participants.html. The Initiative is a cooperative effort with Duke’s Long-Term Care Resources Program. NORTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE ON AGING The Annual Summer Symposium and the Annual Conference sponsored by the Division of Aging are merging into a new North Carolina Conference on Aging to be held in the fall of 2002. The Institute on Aging has agreed to sponsor the conference and work through a board of advisors including representatives from the Division of Aging, Universities, the N.C. Association on Aging, the NC Association of Area Agencies on Aging, the Governor’s Advisory Council on Aging and AARP. To join a listserv for regular updates and planning input, go to: http://listserv.unc.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=ncconferenceonaging and follow the instructions to sign up. <<<<>>>> FEATURED WEB SITE: End of Life Physician Education Resource Center (EPERC) http://www.eperc.mcw.edu/ Supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and located at the Medical College of Wisconsin, EPERC is a central repository for educational materials and information about end of life (EOL) issues. Its purpose is to assist physician educators and others in locating high-quality, peer-reviewed training materials. In addition to electronically available documents, the site has a list of core resources for EOL educators and opportunities for training, extramural funding, and pending conferences. Users can enter online discussions with other EOL educators, and submit educational materials for peer review and potential inclusion on the site. This web site and others have been selected for inclusion in AGELIB, the Institute on Aging database of aging resources. You can search AGELIB at: http://www.aging.unc.edu/agelib/. <<<<>>>> UPCOMING EVENTS IN NC September 13, 2001 - EVENT - It Takes a Village: Creating Community Around End-of-Life Care. Sponsored by Project Compassion. 7:00pm-9:00pm. William and Ida Friday Center, Chapel Hill, NC. For more information email projectcompassion@att.net or call 623-5384. September 17-18, 2001 - TRAINING - ServSafe Food Certification Course. Upper Coastal Plain Council of Governments, Rocky Mount. Contact Heather Proctor at 252-446-7377 for more information. September 19-20, 2001 - SEMINAR - Elderlaw & Advocacy Skills Training. Sponsored by AARP Foundation/National Training Project, Friends of Residents in Long Term Care and NC Long Term Care Ombudsman Program. McKimmon Center, NC State University, Raleigh, North Carolina. Call (919) 782-1530 for information. September 19-20, 2001 - CE COURSE/CONFERENCE - Optimum Functioning in Aging: Coping with Loneliness, Depression and Substance Abuse. Hosted by Greensboro AHEC. Moses Cone Hospital, Greensboro, NC. For more information: http://www.gahec.org. <<<<>>>> 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/. Belden Russonello & Stewart; Research/Strategy/Management; AARP. (2001). In the middle: a report on multicultural boomers coping with family and aging issues. Washington, DC: AARP. Available online: http://research.aarp.org/il/in_the_middle.pdf Hawes, Catherine; Phillips, Charles D.; United States. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Office of Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. (2000). High service or high privacy assisted living facilities, their residents and staff: results from a national survey. United States. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Office of Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. Available online: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/hshp.htm Marshall, Victor W.; Heinz, Walter R.; Krueger, Helga; & Verma, Anil (eds.) (2001). Restructuring work and the life course. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. IOA call number: HD6279 .R4 National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on a Research Agenda and New Data for an Aging World. (2001). Preparing for an aging world: the case for cross-national research. Washington, DC: National Academy Press. IOA call number: HQ1061 .D317 2001 Uccello, Cori E. (2001). Are Americans saving enough for retirement? Chestnut Hill, MA: Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. Available online: http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/csom/executive/crr/issues/ib_7.pdf United States. General Accounting Office. (2001). Retiree health benefits: employer-sponsored benefits may be vulnerable to further erosion. Washington, DC: United States. General Accounting Office. Available online: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d01374.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 ---