News & Highlights
IOA Hosts 2nd Aging Exchange In January
The Second Annual Aging Exchange will take place on January 25, 2005 from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Sheraton Chapel Hill Hotel. This year's event will feature a Distinguished Lecture by Dr. Charles F. Longino, Jr., Director of the Reynolda Gerontology Program at Wake Forest University, President Elect of the Gerontological Society of America, and editor of the Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences. The Institute on Aging and its co-sponsors invite fellows and graduate students from across all departments and programs on the UNC Chapel Hill campus who are interested in aging to submit abstracts by 5:00 pm on December 13, 2004. The event is free and open to the public, but please RSVP to 919-966-9444 by January 17th. More information, applications...
CPHAR Post Doc Position Opening
The Carolina Program in Healthcare and Aging Research (CPHAR) program, based at the UNC Institute on Aging, announces an opening for a new postdoctoral fellowship position for the 2005 fiscal year (with anticipated renewal for a second funding year). The application deadline is February 1, 2005. More information...
AGHE Spring Internship Opening
The Association for Gerontology in Higher Education is accepting applications for a Spring 2005 internship in its Washington, DC Office. The application deadline is January 1, 2005. Find out more...
New Document Addresses Workplace Issues For Caregivers
A new report from the Duke Family Support Program has been created for use by Area Agencies on Aging and others to facilitate discussion about issues facing employees with elder care responsibilities. Absent on the job?: work and elder family care is available on the NC Division of Aging web site.
'In Praise of Age' December Offerings
The Chapel Hill cable show In Praise of Age airs Saturdays at 7:30 pm, with replays Sunday at 7:30 am, 1:30 pm and 7:30 pm on Cable Channel 8. December's programming includes The 2004 Senior Games, part 2, The Senior Services Program of the Chapel Hill Police Department, The Silver Arts Show of 2004 and Music of the Ages.
Good News for NC Colleagues
Congratulations to CPHAR doctoral fellow Joanne Campione, the recipient of the 2004 Clinical Medicine Person-in-Training Award from the Gerontological Society of America. Joanne won for her paper, "The Effects of Statin Adherence on Cholesterol Goal Attainment Among Veterans: A Propensity Analysis."
Aging & Health Promotion News
Bone Health and Osteoporosis: A Report of the Surgeon General. A web page on the US DHHS web site contains a collection of media comprising a new report of the US Surgeon General on osteoporosis prevention. In addition to the full text of the report in pdf format, there are downloadable tips, fact sheets, a 2-minute video and a constituency outreach kit. A print copy of the report is also available to order.
Active aging toolkit. The First Step to Active Health™ web site provides an evidence-based, progressive activity program. The goal of the program is to improve health and functional ability, to promote independence, and to help prevent chronic disease and disability in adults over age 50. The program includes step-by-step recommendations for both patients and providers to improve physical abilities with a variety of simple activities, including cardio/aerobic, flexibility, strength, and balance activities.
Online CEU courses for providers. The US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has several online courses with CEU credit available for professionals who work with older adults. The courses cover topics such as substance use and elder abuse and alcohol/medication abuse issues.
Obesity prevention, health promotion web site for North Carolinians. Fit Together is a web site designed to link North Carolinians to tools for healthier weight and lifestyles. Portions of the site were developed through a collaboration of the Duke University Medical Center Department of Community and Family Medicine, the East Carolina University Department of Family Medicine, the North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians and the North Carolina Pediatric Society.
Featured Web Site
Geriatric Mental Health Foundation
gmhfonline.org
The Geriatric Mental Health Foundation was established by the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry to raise awareness of psychiatric and mental health disorders affecting the elderly, eliminate the stigma of mental illness and treatment, promote healthy aging strategies, and increase access to quality mental health care for the elderly. The site features such offerings as fact sheets on substance abuse, dementia and depression, useful consumer information such as how to find a geriatric psychiatrist and how to recognize depression in elders and a resource list of government and non-profit organizations concerned with various aspects of geriatric mental health.
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.
Absent on the job?: work and elder family care
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An analysis of the literature on disease management programs
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Caregivers and long term care needs in the 21st century: will public policy meet the challenge?
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Measuring the years: state aging trends and indicators
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The Medicare prescription drug benefit: potential impact on beneficiaries
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New & Notable
These are items recently published by North Carolina faculty. For a complete list, see New & Notable Publications.
Ostbye, Truls; Walton, Ruth E.; Steenhuis, Runa; Hodsman, Anthony B. (2004). Predictors and sequelae of fractures in the elderly: the Canadian Study of Health and Aging (CSHA). Canadian Journal of Aging 23(3): 247-153.
Upcoming Events in NC
December 16, 2004 IOA/CPHAR Seminar Series
Carrying Out a Clinical Trial in the Aging Setting
Other Events
January 25, 2005 The Aging Exchange
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