==========================<>============================== NC*AGING e-newsletter # 24 a service of the UNC Institute on Aging Information Center November 4, 2002 ==========================<>============================== NC CONFERENCE ON AGING A SUCCESS The First Annual North Carolina Conference on Aging, held at the Greensboro Marriott Downtown last week, was a success! More than 450 people attended the conference which featured many wonderful presentations, award ceremonies, and other events. A special highlight of the conference was a luncheon honoring George L. Maddox, where several of his former students and colleagues shared their memories. The conference sessions provided something for everyone in eight different tracks, which included long-term care, vital aging, family issues, work and retirement, leadership, and professional development. Many thanks to all the presenters for sharing their time and expertise, and to all the sponsors, exhibitors and advertisers who made the conference possible. Watch for upcoming information about next year's conference, planned for September 9-11 at the Adams Mark in Charlotte, on the Conference web site at: http://www.aging.unc.edu/nccoa/ <<<<>>>> POST-DOCTORAL POSITION AVAILABLE AT UNC-CH The Carolina Program in Healthcare and Aging Research (CPHAR), of the University of North Carolina Institute on Aging, announces a post-doctoral opening to commence at any time in the period January 1 to May 1, 2003. Two years of support may be provided. Please communicate intent to apply to the Program Director as soon as possible and no later than December 2nd. The deadline for application is Tuesday, December 10th, and a selection should be made by December 13th. More information about CPHAR, and all application materials can be found at http://www.aging.unc.edu/research/training/ or contact Victor W. Marshall (Ph.D.) Program Director at victor_marshall@unc.edu or Diane Wurzinger, Program Coordinator, at diane_wurzinger@unc.edu. <<<<>>>> IOA PARTNERS ON WOMEN GROWING OLDER WEB SITE The UNC Institute on Aging has established a new partnership with the University Center for International Studies (UCIS). The two organizations, based at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will jointly sponsor the Women Growing Older web site, located at http://www.womenaging.unc.edu/. The site was originally developed with funds from a Title VI grant from the US Dept. of Education, by UCIS and the UNC School of Public Health. The site has been transferred to the UNC Institute on Aging and is now being managed and expanded through continuing support from the UNC Institute on Aging and UCIS. Comments from users are welcome through the feedback link on the site. <<<<>>>> SEND IN NOMINATIONS FOR DEFRIESE AWARDS The UNC Institute on Aging is currently accepting nominations for the 2002-2003 Gordon H. DeFriese Career Development in Aging Research Awards. These annual awards honor Dr. DeFriese's thirty-year distinguished career in the conduct and development of research to improve the quality of lives of older North Carolinians, and especially to his unwavering commitment to developing and supporting the careers of his colleagues. The deadline for nominations is Friday, December 13, 2002. More information and nomination materials are available at: http://www.aging.unc.edu/funding/announce_ghd.html. <<<<>>>> DUKE LEADERSHIP IN AN AGING SOCIETY PROGRAM: INTERNSHIP OPEN HOUSE On Thursday, November 7, 2002, Duke and UNC students interested in applying for a Leadership in an Aging Society Program Internship for the summer of 2003 are invited to attend an Open House from 5:00 to 6:00 pm, Room E, Searle Center, Duke University Medical Center Library. (Light refreshments will be served.) Attendance at this event is not required for applicants, but it is an opportunity to meet current interns, mentors and alumni of the Program. November 7 is the first day that application packets are available for 2003 summer internships. If you need more information about the Open House or are unable to attend but want to request information and an application packet, please contact Sandy Crawford Leak at (919) 660-7542 or scl@geri.duke.edu . POLICY BRIEFING Bonnie Hogue, Director of Federal and State Policy for the Washington Office of the Alzheimer's Association, will hold an informal policy briefing on legislative issues related to frail older adults from 4:00 to 4:45 pm, November 7, 2002, Rauch Conference Room, 15103 Morris Bldg., Duke Clinics (formerly Duke South.) For more information, please contact Sandy Crawford Leak, Duke Leadership in an Aging Society Program, (919) 660-7542 or scl@geri.duke.edu . <<<<>>>> AGING IN NC FORUM Check out the Aging in NC Forum for the latest job postings, news, and discussion: http://www.aging.unc.edu/news/board.html <<<<>>>> GOOD NEWS ABOUT NC COLLEAGUES Dr. Eleanor Krassen Covan, Director of Gerontology and Professor of Sociology at UNC Wilmington, received a $35,000 grant from the Cape Fear Memorial Foundation to facilitate and evaluate several gerontology service-learning projects, including storytelling interventions such as "Time Slips" and puppet therapy with nursing home patients, intergenerational proms in coordination with the New Hanover County Department of Aging, and the collection and sharing of spiritual life histories. Victor Marshall was presented with a Governor General of Canada's Medal in honor of the Queen's Jubilee, at the annual scientific and educational meeting of the Canadian Association on Gerontology. He is one of ten members of the association who received the medal. A founding member of CAG in 1971, he has served in various positions including Vice-President of the Association, has edited its journal, the Canadian Journal on Aging, and has attended its annual meeting every year since 1971. William J. (Jim) McCauley, University of North Carolina-Charlotte, was appointed as Long-term Care Scholar in Residence at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Dr. Betty Wiser, a member of the UNC Institute on Aging Statewide Aging Advisory Committee, was honored for two years of work chairing the Health and Aging Ad Hoc Advisory Committee of the Chronic Disease Directors Association. The award recognized "dedicated efforts and significant contribution to the development of a collaborative relationship between the public health and aging services networks". <<<<>>>> FEATURED WEB SITE: Who? What? Where? Resources for Women's Health and Aging http://www.agingresearch.org/brochures/resourceguide/resourceguide.html This document, a subsection of the web site for the Alliance for Aging Research, features brief descriptions of selected topics affecting aging women, with links to other relevant organizations provided for each topic. 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 November 7, 2002 - INTERNSHIP OPEN HOUSE - Duke Leadership in an Aging Society Program. 5:00 to 6:00 pm, Room E, Searle Center, Duke University Medical Center Library. November 7, 2002 - POLICY BRIEFING - Duke Leadership in an Aging Society Program. Bonnie Hogue, Director of Federal and State Policy for the Washington Office of the Alzheimer's Association. 4:00 to 4:45 pm, Rauch Conference Room, 15103 Morris Bldg., Duke Clinics (formerly Duke South.) November 10, 2002 - RECEPTION - "Vital Aging": An exhibition inspired by the lives of Frances Neal Hargraves and Ella Williams. 2:00-4:30pm, Carrboro Branch Library, McDougle School Media Center, Chapel Hill. (Note: exhibition runs from 11/6/2002 through 1/22/2003.) November 13, 2002 - LECTURE - Program on Aging Lecture Series: Life Enrichment for Older Adults. Gloria Lightsey-Lewis, MDiv, Director, Charles House Adult Day Services. 12 noon - 1 pm, 238 MacNider Building, UNC-CH. November 20, 2002 - LECTURE - Program on Aging Lecture Series: Improving the Quality of Medication Use in Seniors. Mary T. Roth, PharmD, Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Pharmacy. 12 noon - 1 pm, 238 MacNider Building, UNC-CH. <<<<>>>> 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/. Casey, Bernard; Yamada, Atsuhiro. (2002). Getting older, getting poorer? : a study of the earnings, pensions, assets and living arrangements of older people in nine countries. Paris: OECD: Directorate for Education, Employment, Labour and Social Affairs. Available online: http://www.olis.oecd.org/OLIS/2002DOC.NSF/43bb6130e5e86e5fc12569fa005d004c/ b7d9626aa5fd65e0c1256c15004 06481/$FILE/JT00130359.PDF Eschtruth, Andrew D.; Gemus, Jonathan. (2002) Are older workers responding to the bear market? Chestnut Hill, MA: Boston College: Center for Retirement Research. Available online: http://www.bc.edu/centers/crr/facts/jtf_5.pdf Older Americans Report. (2002). Older worker issues : a special report. Silver Spring, MD: Business Publishers, Inc. IOA call number: BPI 2002 Stone, Robyn I.; Reinhard, Susan C.; Bowers, Barbara; Zimmerman, David; Phillips, Charles D.; Hawes, Catherine; Fielding, Jean A.; Jacobson, Nora. (2002). Evaluation of the Wellspring model for improving nursing home quality. New York: The Commonwealth Fund. IOA call number: CMWF 2002-08. Also available online: http://www.cmwf.org/programs/elders/stone_wellspringevaluation_550.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. 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