==========================<>============================== NC*AGING e-newsletter #13 a service of the UNC Institute on Aging Information Center December 10, 2001 ==========================<>============================== IOA RECEIVES DISTANCE EDUCATION GRANT The Institute on Aging has just received a Distance Education Grant from UNC-CH that will be co-directed by Associate Directors, Mary Altpeter and Jim Mitchell. Titled, "The North Carolina Consortium on Aging: Expanding Access to Aging Education," this grant will provide the needed resources to expedite the process of building the infrastructure and operations of the Consortium. The grant will also enable IOA staff to create a pool of shared educational resources and a regular emailed digest of citations, tips and suggestions for distance education in aging. INSTITUTE ON AGING SENIOR LEADERSHIP ENHANCEMENT INITIATIVE Applications for the 2002 class of Senior Leadership Candidates are due to the Institute on Aging by January 26, 2002. The Senior Leadership Enhancement Initiative program is open to any older person currently residing in North Carolina. The Initiative recognizes the importance of older adult leadership in addressing issues affecting themselves and the supports necessary to complement the skills and experiences brought by the participants to the program. Participants engage in a fifteen-month program that includes a series of seminars, tutorials, and networking opportunities related to emerging aging issues in North Carolina and the development of an individualized personal leadership development plan tailored to the unique needs of each participant. A stipend of $2000 is included to assist in the implementation of the personal leadership development plan. This program was initiated through the Duke Long Term Care Resources Program and receives continuing support from Duke for the stipends. Applications and additional information about the program can be downloaded from the IOA website, http://www.aging.unc.edu/service/seniorleaders/apply.html NORTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE ON AGING DATES SET The site and dates for the 2002 North Carolina Conference on Aging have been confirmed. The conference will be held October 29-31 at the Marriott Downtown in Greensboro. Conference single or double room rates will be $89 per night at the host hotel. The registration fee has yet to be determined. The conference theme will be "2020 In Sight: The Future is Upon Us" and general program tracks being planned include long-term care, healthy aging, family issues, developing clinical skills, management and leadership, work and retirement, gerontological education and workforce development, and living independently. To sign up for regular communications, visit the IOA website, http://www.aging.unc.edu/news/lists.html and request to be added to the conference listserv. A call for presentations will be issued in January. NC CENTER FOR CREATIVE RETIREMENT ACHIEVES MILESTONES The NC Center for Creative Retirement at UNC-Asheville raised $3.9 million for its new facility, the Reuter Center, and will hold a groundbreaking on December 8th. The Center has also received a grant to launch Leadership Training for Older Persons (LTOP), a senior empowerment program for low-income and minority elders. Additionally, the first two classes in the Smith Barney Intergenerational Computer Literacy Program have been completed. In this program, UNC-A undergraduates taught 35 low-income and minority senior citizens computer basics and how to gain access to free public computers. Ronald Manheimer, PhD, is Executive Director of the Center. DISTINGUISHED LECTURES SCHEDULED The Institute on Aging is pleased to announce that Professor Joseph E. Quinn will present in the Institute's Distinguished Lecture Series. His topic is Social Security reform. The lecture will take place at the UNC- Chapel Hill Friday Center on Monday, March 4, 2002 at 3:30pm, with a reception to follow. It will be repeated on the following day at East Carolina University; details of that schedule will be announced later. Dr. Quinn is a Professor of Economics at Boston College and the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. He has done extensive research on aging issues. His work has covered the economics of aging with emphasis on the economic status of the elderly, Social Security reform, the determinants of the individual retirement decision, and trends and patterns of labor force withdrawal among older Americans. Professor Quinn's work using the Retirement History Survey from the 1970s was summarized in Passing the Torch: The Influence of Economic Incentives on Work and Retirement. He is now working with the Health and Retirement Survey, analyzing the nature and timing of retirement in the 1990s. He has served on numerous boards and was co-chair of the Technical Panel on Trends and Issues in Retirement Savings for the 1994-95 Advisory Council on Social Security. Dr. Quinn received his B.A. from Amherst College and his Ph.D. in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. UNC-CH CERTIFICATE IN AGING PROGRAM RECEIVES GRANT SUPPORT The Office of Distinguished Scholarships and Intellectual Life at UNC-CH has funded a grant to offset the expense of hosting the monthly dinner seminar series of the interdisciplinary graduate Certificate in Aging program during the Fall 2001 semester. ANNA KATHERINE BORASKY ARRIVES IOA Librarian Danielle Borasky, and husband Dave, became the proud parents of Anna Borasky on November 6th, 2001. Danielle describes Anna as "amazing," and the family is doing well. CORRECTION: ARTICLES IN EDUCATIONAL GERONTOLOGY, V27, NO7 Our announcement in the last issue of NC*AGING left out the fact that work of faculty from a number of North Carolina universities was featured in Educational Gerontology, v27, no7. East Carolina University, UNC-Wilmington and Central Piedmont Community College all had authors featured, as well as UNC- Charlotte. Again, a list of authors and articles is available at http://www.aging.unc.edu/research/notable.html. <<<<>>>> GOOD NEWS ABOUT NC COLLEAGUES Linda George, Professor of Sociology at Duke University, was presented with the Kleemeier Award at the recent annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America. This is the GSA's highest award. Marlene Rosenkoetter is leaving UNC-Wilmington to assume the position of Dean of the School of Nursing at the Medical College of Georgia, effective January 1, 2002. Marlene was co-chair of the very successful Summer Symposium on Aging held this year. Congratulations and best wishes on this new appointment. <<<<>>>> FEATURED WEB SITE: Center for Aging in Diverse Communities http://medicine.ucsf.edu/divisions/cadc/ This resource center for African American and Latino research is based at the University of California, San Francisco, and is jointly funded by the National Institute of Aging, the National Institute of Nursing Research, and the Office of Research in Minority Health. It is one of six such centers in the country, creating a national link to resources and research opportunities for the purpose of decreasing racial disparities in health by focusing on research in disease prevention, health promotion, and disability prevention for African American and Latino elderly. 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 December 11, 2001 - LECTURE - Heart Failure in the Elderly: Current Challenges and Future Directions. Distinguished Guest Lecture Series: Michael W. Rich, MD. Sponsored by Duke University Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development. 5:00pm, Rauch Conference Room, White Zone, 1st Floor, Duke Clinics, Durham NC. December 13, 2001 - PUBLIC HEARING - Input for Finalization of Interim Olmstead Plan. North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. 6-8pm, Room 267, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center, 600 East 4th Street, Charlotte, NC. http://www.dhhs.state.nc.us/docs/olmstead.htm December 18, 2001 - PUBLIC HEARING - Input for Finalization of Interim Olmstead Plan. North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. 6-8pm, Mendenhall, ECU campus, Greenville, NC. http://www.dhhs.state.nc.us/docs/olmstead.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/. Bernard, Miriam. (2000). Promoting health in old age : critical issues in self health care. Buckingham ; Philadelphia, PA: Open University Press. IOA Call Number: RA564.8 .B47 2000 Merritt, Dick; Fox-Grage, Wendy; Rothouse, Marla; Lynn, Joanne; Cohn, Felicia; Forlini, Janet H. (1998). State initiatives in end-of-life care : policy guide for state legislators. Washington, DC: National Conference of State Legislatures. Available online: http://www.ncsl.org/programs/pubs/comp1.pdf Moen, Phyllis; Plassmann, Vandana S.; Sweet, Stephen. (2001). The Cornell midcareer paths and passages study : summary, 2001. Ithaca, NY: Bronfenbrenner Life Course Center, Cornell University. Available online: http://www.lifecourse.cornell.edu/archives/misc/midcareer_2001.pdf Moen, Phyllis; Erickson, William A.; Agarwal, Madhurima; Fields, Vivian; Todd, Laurie. (2000). The Cornell retirement and well-being study : final report 2000. Ithaca, NY: Bronfenbrenner Life Course Center, Cornell University. Available online: http://www.lifecourse.cornell.edu/archives/misc/retirement_study.pdf Raphael, Dennis; North York Heart Health Network. (2001). Inequality is bad for our hearts : why low income and social exclusion are major causes of heart disease in Canada. Toronto: North York Heart Health Network. Available online: http://www.yorku.ca/wellness/heartFullReport.pdf ==========================<>============================== This newsletter is distributed to the email lists of the IOA (ioanews, ioafaculty-uncch, cia). 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