==========================<>============================== NC*AGING e-newsletter #32 a service of the UNC Institute on Aging Information Center July 1, 2003 ==========================<>============================== US AOA TO HOLD TOWN HALL SESSION AT NCCOA; REGISTER NOW FOR CONFERENCE The U.S. Administration on Aging has decided to hold its last Town Hall Listening Session in conjunction with the North Carolina Conference on Aging scheduled for September 10-12, 2003, at the Adam's Mark Hotel in Charlotte. The Town Hall Listening Session will be part of the conference's closing session on Friday, September 12. The theme is "A Caring America: Choices for Independence." The session will include remarks from Assistant Secretary on Aging Josefina Carbonell, an opportunity for individuals to provide testimony, and response from a panel of North Carolina leaders in aging. More information about these Town Hall Listening Sessions is available on the web site of the Administration on Aging at http://www.aoa.gov/press/town_hall_meetings/thm.asp. More information about the N.C. Conference on Aging is available at: http://www.aging.unc.edu/nccoa/. Early registration discounts are available until August 9, 2003. <<<<>>>> NIH CONFERENCE JULY 2003 The National Institutes of Health will hold a conference, "Physical Disabilities Through the Lifespan," from July 21-22, 2003 at the NIH. With improvements in health care, developed nations face an unprecedented increase in the number of older individuals living more active lives. Yet, with these advances comes an increase in the number of older individuals with disabilities, resulting from those with serious disabilities living longer, and from the increased prevalence of disabilities associated with aging. This conference will focus on the special problems faced by individuals with physical disabilities as they age. For more information about the conference, including registration information, go to: http://physicaldisabilities.iqsolutions.com <<<<>>>> NC HEALTHY AGING SYMPOSIUM A SUCCESS; MATERIALS AVAILABLE ONLINE On June 18, 2003, the UNC Institute on Aging, the Program on Aging of the UNC School of Medicine, and the Office of Healthy Carolinians hosted the North Carolina Healthy Aging Symposium. The presenters, exhibitors, conference program and materials were highly rated by the more than 110 participants from the public health and aging services sectors throughout the state. To see the conference presentations and materials, go to: http://www.aging.unc.edu/groups/healthyaging/symposium/ <<<<>>>> 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 <<<<>>>> NEW & NOTABLE Kaufman, Gayle; Elder, Glen H. Jr. (2003). Grandparenting and age identity. Journal of Aging Studies 17 (3): 269-282. Travis, Shirley S.; Barnard, Marie A.; McCauley, William J.; Thornton, Megan; Kole, Tristen. (2003). Development of the family caregiver medication administration hassles scale. The Gerontologist 43 (3): 360-368. For additional recently published items by North Carolina faculty, see our list of New & Notable Publications at: http://www.aging.unc.edu/research/notable/notable.html. <<<<>>>> FEATURED WEB SITE: ABA Commission on Law and Aging http://www.abanet.org/aging/ The mission of the ABA Commission on Law and Aging is to strengthen and secure the legal rights, dignity, autonomy, quality of life, and quality of care of elders. The web site offers information for consumers as well as practitioners, and focuses on such topics as elder abuse, long-term care, ethical practices and treatment, and advance directives. 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 September 10-12, 2003 - CONFERENCE - North Carolina Conference on Aging - Charlotte, NC. http://www.aging.unc.edu/nccoa/ A complete calendar is available at http://aging.unc.edu/calendar.html. <<<<>>>> 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/. Center on an Aging Society. (2003). Older Hispanic Americans: less care for chronic conditions. Washington, DC: Center on an Aging Society. Available online: http://ihcrp.georgetown.edu/agingsociety/pdfs/hispanics.pdf Dallek, Geraldine; Biles, Brian; Nicholas, Lauren Hersch. (2003). Lessons from Medicare+Choice for Medicare reform. New York: The Commonwealth Fund. Available online: http://www.cmwf.org/programs/medfutur/dallek_mclessonsforreform_pb_658.pdf Feinberg, Lynn Friss; Newman, Sandra L.; Van Steenberg, Carol. (2002). Family caregiver support: policies, perceptions and practices in 10 states since passage of the national family caregiver support program. San Francisco: Family Caregiver Alliance. Available online: http://www.caregiver.org/national_center/10_state_121802.pdf Nyberg, James; Muller, Charlotte. (2002). Preparing for an aging nation: the need for academic geriatricians. New York: International Longevity Center USA. Available online: http://www.ilcusa.org/_lib/pdf/b20020617.pdf Schnelle, John F. (2002). Labor requirements to implement five care processes consistent with federal nursing home quality standards. Washington: Association for Gerontology in Higher Education. IOA call number: AGHE 2002 United States: Bureau of the Census. (2003). The older population in the United States: March 2002. Washington, DC: United States: Bureau of the Census. Available online: http://www.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/p20-546.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. To unsubscribe from any of these lists, follow the instructions for unsubscribing that are included at the bottom of each message you receive from the list. 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 2003 UNC Institute on Aging 720 Airport Rd, Suite 100 CB #1030 Chapel Hill, NC 27599 (919) 966-9444 ioa@unc.edu