a service of the UNC Institute on Aging Information Center
November 2003
News
NCHAN Funding Extended
The North Carolina Healthy Aging Network (NCHAN) received a funding extension to continue for a third year. This latest funding for fiscal year 2003-2004 from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) extends what was originally a two-year project. Read more...
IOA Research & Education Day Planned
The Institute on Aging and partners are planning a research/education 1/2 day (~1:00 to 6:30 p.m.) on Tuesday, January 20th, in Chapel Hill in an effort to bring the aging research, training and education programs together. Students and faculty are encouraged to give presentations in the form of papers and/or posters. A Call for Presentations will be sent out the week of November 10th, and will also be posted on the Institute's website.
Wake Agency Receives Award for Seniors' Physical Activity
Resources for Seniors, Inc., a Wake County nonprofit organization, recently accepted an award from The National Council on the Aging, as one of the Top Ten Senior Physical Activity Programs in the Country. This award recognizes outstanding creative technical assistance in promoting the growth, development and expansion of Senior Centers and/or State Association of Senior Center Organizations. Read more...
November is National Family Caregivers Month
The U.S. Administration on Aging web site has a publicity and information kit available for National Family Caregivers Month, including fact sheets on various aspects of elder care.
Good News About NC Colleagues
Mary H. Palmer, UNC School of Nursing, is a co-editor of American Journal of Nursing March 2003 Supplement, volume 103, number 3: State of the science on urinary incontinence.
Upcoming Events in NC
November 3-5, 2003 Aging With Grace: New Frontiers- Research to Practice Hendersonville, NC
November 5, 2003 Program
on Aging Lecture Series
Arthritis: Intervention and Management
November 5, 2003 Duke Center
for the Study of Aging and Human Development Distinguished Lecture Series
Community-Based Pharmaceutical Care for Older Patients
November 5, 2003 UNCG
Gerontology Program
Economic Security and Retirement in Difficult Environments: the U.S. in
the 1930s and Today
November 6, 2003 IOA
Seminar Series
Doing Clinical Research with People Near Death
November 6-7, 2003 Assistive Technology Expo
Raleigh, NC
November 12, 2003 Program
on Aging Lecture Series
Older Drivers: Intervention and Management
November 13, 2003 IOA
Seminar Series
Depression in Later Life
November 19, 2003 Program
on Aging Lecture Series
In-Patient Geriatric Unit: A Team Approach to Palliative Care
See the complete calendar.
Featured Web Site
National Council on Aging
Health Promotion Institute
Best Practices in Health Promotion and Aging
http://www.ncoa.org/
The Health Promotion Institute of the National Council on Aging has devoted this section of its web site to links to the 2002 and 2003 winners of its Best Practices in Health Promotion and Aging awards. Ten programs throughout the U.S. are featured.
This web site and others have been selected for inclusion in AgeLib, the IOA's Digital Library of aging resources. Search AGELIB now.
New Library Resources
These are selected new additions to the AgeLib Digital Library. The links below will open a new window displaying the AgeLib record.
A statistical profile of Hispanic older americans aged 65+.
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the record
Aging and ethnicity: knowledge and services.
view the record
Grandparents living with grandchildren: 2000.
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the record
Population ageing: social, health and gender issues.
view the record
Reforming the U.S. retirement income system: the growing role of work.
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New & Notable
These are recently published items by North Carolina faculty. For the complete list, see New & Notable Publications.
Blazer, Dan G.; Fillenbaum, Gerda G.; Gold, Deborah T.; Burchett, Bruce M.; Hays, Judith C. (2003). APOE e4 as a Predictor of Subjective Quality of Life in a Biracial Older Person Community Sample. Journal of Aging and Health 15(4): 645-60.
Marshall, V.M.; Marshall, J.G. (2003). Ageing and Work in Canada: Firm Policies. The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance 28(4): 625-639.
Mason, D.J.; Newman, D.K.; Palmer, M.H. (2003). Changing UI practice. American Journal of Nursing, March 2003 Supplement, 103(3): 2-3.
Newman, D.K.; Palmer, M.H.(eds). (2003). State of the science on urinary incontinence. American Journal of Nursing, March 2003 Supplement, 103(3).
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