==========================<>============================== NC*AGING e-newsletter #11 a service of the UNC Institute on Aging Information Center October 1, 2001 ==========================<>============================== IOA GRANT APPLICATION FUNDED BY CDC The Institute on Aging has received word that its two-year grant application to the Centers for Disease Control to develop a Special Interest Project (SIP) in aging has been funded. The UNC Institute on Aging and the Program on Aging of the UNC School of Medicine will spearhead the project, called the “North Carolina Healthy Aging Network”. In collaboration with the CDC and other members of the Healthy Aging Prevention Research Center Network, they will identify clear goals, strategies and action plans to foster research relative to healthy aging, and to effectively disseminate information about healthy aging to various service and consumer constituencies. University researchers and educators, government agencies, senior advocates and community partners will build upon established relationships and interdisciplinary expertise already existing in North Carolina, to contribute to the national agenda while also addressing state-specific challenges in public health and aging. FINAL REPORT OF WORKFORCE IN AGING SURVEY The final report, including results from phase two, of the IOA Workforce in Aging 2000-2001 survey is available at http://www.aging.unc.edu/education/workforce.html. A total of 13,850 surveys of long-term care facilities serving older adults were sent to 881 agencies statewide, with an overall response rate of 15%. SAAC PARTICIPATED IN IOA STRATEGIC PLANNING Members of the Statewide Advisory Council on Aging recently participated in the IOA's strategic planning initiative. They helped review draft goals for research, education and public service and assessed the IOA's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and resources in meeting these goals, and others considered to be crucial to the Institute’s mission. IOA staff will solicit feedback from other groups to help develop a well-informed, participatory document planning process. SEMINAR ON TRANSPORTATION NEEDS OF THE ELDERLY On Thursday, October 11, 2001, from 2:30 to 4:00 pm in McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Room 1301, at UNC-Chapel Hill, Patricia F. Waller, PhD will present “Transportation Needs of the Elderly,” as part of the University of North Carolina Injury Prevention Research Center 2001 Fall Seminar Series. Dr. Waller is Senior Research Scientist and Professor Emeritus, University of Michigan and the founding director of the Injury Prevention Research Center at UNC. The session will focus on what happens when many older citizens find themselves unable to meet their own transportation needs. Communities vary in the availability of public transportation that accommodates the elderly. Dr. Waller returns to discuss the potentials and constraints on future developments of transportation options for the elderly. For more information, call David Kingdon (919) 966-2251 or e-mail kingdon@email.unc.edu. No registration is necessary. ONLINE TRAINING FROM ASA Health professionals, social workers, and graduate students across North Carolina may be interested in participating in online training on Mental Health Issues in Aging. The American Society on Aging is offering web-based training sessions in October and November. Continuing education credit is available, and the sessions can be done in a group or individually. For more information, see: http://www.asaging.org/nlc/online.cfm. NATIONAL FAMILY CAREGIVER SUPPORT PROGRAM The Older Americans Act Amendments of 2000 established the NFCSP. A web site, http://www.aoa.gov/carenetwork/default.htm, was established to assist the aging network in developing caregiver support programs. A recent addition includes reports from a recent conference http://www.aoa.gov/carenetwork/papers09-06-07-01.html that are primarily addressed to caregiver professionals. <<<<>>>> FEATURED WEB SITE: TRIANGLE J AREA AGENCY ON AGING http://www.tjaaa.org The Triangle J Area Agency on Aging (TJAAA) now has a web site. The Triangle J area includes the seven counties of Orange, Durham, Wake, Johnston, Chatham, Lee and Moore. The web site includes: background information on the agency; a directory of services searchable by service type, county, and provider; information on key topics such as long term care and disaster response; a Spanish language information section with links to agencies which provide services to Spanish speakers. A CD-based Internet training course designed for elderly users is also offered. 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/agelib/. <<<<>>>> UPCOMING EVENTS IN NC October 1-7, 2001- EVENT- North Carolina Senior Games, Raleigh, NC October 4, 2001- EVENT- 11th Annual International Day of Older Persons October 11, 2001- SEMINAR – Transportation Needs of the Elderly, 1301 McGavran-Greenberg Hall, UNC-CH, 2:30-4:00 pm. For more information, see above or contact David Kingdon (919) 966-2251 or e-mail kingdon@email.unc.edu. October 12, 2001- CONFERENCE- 10th Annual Healthy Carolinians Conference, Embassy Suites, Greensboro. See http://www.healthycarolinians.org/conference01.htm October 19, 2001- FORUM- 2001 Eloise S. Cofer Family and Community Issues Forum: Family Realities…Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Sponsored by NC State University, 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., North Raleigh Hilton, Raleigh, North Carolina. http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/fcs/fls/announcement2001.html October 20-21, 2001- CONFERENCE- From Age-ing to Sage-ing, Wilmington, NC http://www.secondjourney.net/register.htm <<<<>>>> 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/. Sahyoun, Nadine R., et al. (2001). Changing profile of nursing home residents : 1985-1997. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. Available online: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/agingtrends/04nursin.pdf Connidis, Ingrid A. (2001). Family ties and aging. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. IOA call number: HQ1064.U5 C61135 2001 Walker, Wayland R. Jr.; Dooley, W. K. (eds.) (2001). Aging in rural America : symposia from the twelfth annual Southeastern Regional Student Convention on Gerontology and Geriatrics. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Gerontology Center. IOA call number: UGA : GC 2001 Available online: http://www.geron.uga.edu/pdfs/monograph.pdf Canada. Veterans Affairs Canada. (2001). National best practices in long-term care : caring, sharing, learning. Montreal, Canada: Veterans Affairs Canada. IOA call number: CAN : VAC 2001 Taylor, Philip; Tillsley, Christine; Beausoleil, Julie; Wilson, Robert; Walker, Alan; Department for Education and Employment (Great Britain). (2000). Factors affecting retirement behavior : a literature review. London: Department for Education and Employment. Available online: http://www.dfee.gov.uk/research/re_brief/RB236.doc ==========================<>============================== 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