==========================<>============================== NC*AGING e-newsletter #26 a service of the UNC Institute on Aging Information Center January 6, 2003 ==========================<>============================== AGING BOOTCAMP The NC Association on Aging hosts an annual training event targeted to new workers in the aging network. This year the Aging Bootcamp will be held in Burlington on February 12 and 13th. While most of those in attendance will be new employees, it is really open to anyone interested in older adult services in North Carolina. A copy of the registration announcement and registration form can be downloaded at http://www.aging.unc.edu/service/bootcamp.pdf. The charge for the workshop is $75, which covers the cost of instruction, materials, breaks and two lunches. This workshop will be limited to the first 30 registrants. Feel free to copy and distribute the forms. Contact Bill Lamb at 919-966-9444 or lamb@mail.schsr.unc.edu with questions. <<<<>>>> WUNC TV TO REBROADCAST ELDERCARE PROGRAM, WITH LOCAL FOLLOW-UP Caregiver and cared-for: many North Carolinians will be both. To address this issue, UNC-TV presents a special rebroadcast of And Thou Shalt Honor, Wednesday, January 8, at 8 PM. This groundbreaking documentary, hosted by Joe Mantegna, focuses on families navigating the medical, financial, legal and emotional challenges of caring for an aging, ill or disabled parent, spouse or friend. At 10 PM, UNC-TV presents Focus On…Caring for Others. This local follow-up surveys statewide resources available to those who take care of others, and provides information on counseling, respite care, meals, transportation and other assistance, along with discussions on long-distance caregiving and dealing with nursing homes. A panel including Lisa Gwyther, Director of the Duke Family Support Program, James Brooks, Director of Project Compassion, and Dr. Sharon Williams, of the Office of Minority Affairs at UNC-Chapel Hill will discuss the issues, decisions, and implications that await many of us. <<<<>>>> EXHIBIT ITEMS REQUESTED FOR AGHE and SGS MEETINGS The Institute on Aging anticipates exhibiting at the AGHE (Association for Gerontology and Higher Education) meetings in St. Petersburg, FL (February 6-9, 2003), and again at the SGS (Southern Gerontological Society) meetings in Richmond, VA (April 9-13, 2003). Programs at UNC Chapel Hill or other North Carolina institutions who wish to exhibit flyers, etc., at the IOA booth should contact Diane Wurzinger, Program Assistant at the Institute (diane_wurzinger@unc.edu or 919-966-9444), to make arrangements. <<<<>>>> PENN STATE POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING PROGRAM IN THE DEMOGRAPHY OF AGING The Population Research Institute at Penn State University provides postdoctoral training in the demography of aging. Funded by a training grant from the National Institute on Aging, the program is in its tenth year of existence. The training program is oriented towards postdoctoral training apprenticeships in four broad areas: 1) aging, family and the life course, 2) aging and health, 3) the formal demography of aging, and 4) the biodemography of aging. Postdoctoral fellows collaborate with program faculty in ongoing research projects and conduct independent research under the guidance of a faculty mentor. Postdoctoral fellows typically have a doctorate in social or biomedical fields related to the training program, which include sociology, anthropology, epidemiology, population genetics, human development, and gerontology. Particular emphasis is placed on matching the research interests of postdoctoral fellows with those of the faculty mentor. For additional information, please contact Robert Schoen, Director of the NIA Postdoctoral Training Program, at 814-865-8869 or schoen@pop.psu.edu, or see http://www.pop.psu.edu/general/postdoc/postdoc_aging.htm <<<<>>>> PROGRAM ON DEMOGRAPHY AND ECONOMICS OF AGING ACCEPTING GRANT PROPOSALS The Program on Demography and Economics of Aging and the Life Course seeks proposals for small grants from UNC-CH faculty, post-doctoral fellows, and graduate students to support the development of new research projects. Applicants can request up to $20,000 for the support of investigator time, research assistance, data purchase, supplies, and other legitimate proposal-development costs. Projects should be completed within 12 months from the start date, and should result in a proposal for external funding or a substantially complete dissertation by the end of the project period. The deadline for Spring 2003 submissions is April 1, 2003. Details of the submission process can be found at www.cpc.unc.edu/dear/proposals.html. Prospective applicants are also welcome to contact the program director David Blau, (6-3962) or associate director Edward Norton , (6-8930, edward_norton@unc.edu) to discuss their ideas before submitting an application. <<<<>>>> 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. Joe Sharkey was recently selected for full membership in both The American Society for Clinical Nutrition and American Society for Nutritional Sciences. He will also co-chair a mini-symposium on "Nutrition and Aging" at the upcoming Experimental Biology 2003 Meeting this April in San Diego. Dr. Sharkey recently received his PhD from the Carolina Program in Healthcare and Aging Research (CPHAR) and is a Fellow of that program. <<<<>>> NEW & NOTABLE Sharkey, J.R., Branch, L.G., Zohoori, N., Giuliani, C., Busby-Whitehead, J., and Haines, P.S.: "Inadequate nutrient intake among homebound older adults in the community and its correlation with individual characteristics and health-related factors." The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2002, 76, 1435-1445. Sharkey, J.R. and Schoenberg, N.E.: "Variations in Nutritional Risk Among Black and White Women Who Receive Home-Delivered Meals." Journal of Women & Aging, 2002, 14 (4), 99-120. For more recently published items by North Carolina faculty, see our list of New & Notable Publications at: http://www.aging.unc.edu/research/notable.html. <<<<>>>> FEATURED WEB SITES: North Carolina Senior Care Program http://www.ncseniorcare.com/ The North Carolina Senior Care Program is a prescription drug access assistance program for NC seniors who meet age, income and disease eligibility criteria. The Program's web site contains a program description, application materials, training materials for providers and senior advocates and answers to frequently asked questions. NCOA BenefitsCheckUp www.BenefitsCheckUp.org The BenefitsCheckUp is the nation's first 50-state online service to provide public benefit screening. BenefitsCheckUp was developed to address the specific problem that millions of older adults are eligible for benefits, such as health coverage, supplemental income and help in paying utility bills, but are not receiving them. Those who could benefit from a wide array of public programs if they knew about them can use this web site to fill out a questionnaire and receive an instant analysis of their eligibility for assistance on the national, state and local level. <<<<>>>> UPCOMING EVENTS IN NC January 27-29, 2003 - CONFERENCE - 2003 Senior Games Conference, Wilmington, North Carolina. http://www.ncseniorgames.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/. Last Acts. (2002). Means to a better end: a report on dying in America today. Last Acts. Available online: http://www.lastacts.org/files/misc/meansfull.pdf Merck Institute of Aging & Health; Gerontological Society of America. (2002). The state of aging and health in America. Merck Institute of Aging & Health. Available online: http://www.miahonline.org/press/content/State_of_Aging_Report.pdf Penner, Rudolph G.; Perun, Pamela; Steuerle, C. Eugene. (2002). Legal and institutional impediments to partial retirement and part-time work by older workers. The Urban Institute. Available online: http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/410587_SloanFinal.pdf Walker, Mary (ed.). (2002). Expert survivors : the oldest old : the thirteenth annual Southeastern Regional Student Convention in Gerontology and Geriatrics : symposia, posters and keynote address. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Gerontology Center. IOA call number: HV 1461 .E9 2002 ==========================<>============================== 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. 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