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May 2004
News
CPHAR Postdoc Position Available
The Carolina Program in Healthcare and Aging Research (CPHAR), based at the UNC Institute on Aging, announces an opening for a postdoctoral fellowship position this fiscal year. Details about the program and application procedures are available on the CPHAR website. The anticipated start date for the position will be on or around July 1, 2004, but could be a few months later if necessary.
Martin Kohli to Visit IOA in Late May
Professor Martin Kohli, Department of Sociology of the Free University of Berlin, will be a visiting professor at the IOA from May 17th to June 1st, 2004. He will present a seminar at the Institute on May 18th. Read more...
IOA to Expand Space
The Institute on Aging will be moving into larger space at its main location during the first week in June. The change is in response to a significant expansion of the Institute's various programs, including those of the Center for Aging and Diversity. Read more...
Women Growing Older Web Site Has New Look
Women Growing Older, the web site devoted to international health and aging issues of women, has a new look with an easier to use format. All content has now been evaluated and annotated, and resources may be searched by topic or by geographical region. This site is a joint project of the IOA and the University Center for International Studies, and is managed by the IOA Information Center.
US AOA Releases Strategic Plan for 2003-2008
The new US Administration on Aging Strategic Plan establishes five strategic priorities and related goals and objectives that will be used to focus AoA’s investment of effort and resources over the next five years. The plan is framed by the priorities established by the Assistant Secretary for Aging. Read it...
Publisher Donates Books to IOA
Sage Publications recently donated a number of aging and social science texts to the IOA. These items are now available to borrow from the IOA Information Center. Aging-related titles are listed in the 'New Library Resources' column at right.
Good News for NC Colleagues
Ute Bayen, Ph.D., UNC-CH Associate Professor of Psychology, has been awarded a one-year research fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. She will spend the year at the University of Mannheim in Germany studying eyewitness memory in older adults.
Ann Y. McGee, Ed.D., a former Virginia Department on Aging Commissioner who holds bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees from NC State University, has been appointed executive director for the 2005 White House Conference on Aging. Read more...
Upcoming Events in NC
May 10, 2004 CONFERENCE
9th Annual Geriatric Mental Health Conference
Moses Cone Hospital, Greensboro, NC
May 13 and 14, 2004 CONFERENCE
The Golden Years and Domestic Abuse Conference
Greenville, NC
May 18, 2004 LECTURE
"The Life Course: Evolutionary and Ontogenetic
Dynamics (LIFE), Inheritance: Comparative Perspectives." Professor
Martin Kohli.
1:30-3:30pm, Suite 204, 730 Airport Road, Chapel Hill.
May 26, 2004
8th Annual Golden Jubilee Senior Expo
NC State Fairgrounds, Raleigh, NC
See the complete calendar.
Other Events
May is Older Americans Month. The theme is 'Aging Well, Living Well.' Visit the US AOA web site to learn more.
Hold the date.The 2004 NC Conference on Aging will be held on October 16-20, in a joint meeting with the SE4A (Southeastern Aging Network Training Conference).
The web site for the 18th World Congress of Gerontology, to be held in Rio de Janeiro in 2005, is now live. Note that the deadline for abstract submission is December 31st, 2004.
Featured Web Site
kaiserEDU
kaiserEDU.org
The Kaiser Family Foundation, a source of health policy analysis and information, has introduced kaiserEDU, a new online resource for the academic community. Aging-related topics covered include Medicare, the nursing shortage, health policy development and social determinants of health. Web site features include issue modules, reference libraries, multimedia tutorials, a syllabus library and emailed content updates.
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.
Community resources for older adults: programs and services in an
era
of change
view the record
Dimensions of human behavior: the
changing life course
view the record
Families in later life: connections and
transitions
view
the record
Health, illness, and
optimal aging: biological and psychosocial perspectives
view the record
Psychotherapy with older adults
view the record
The pocket guide to staying healthy at 50+
view the record
New & Notable
These are items recently published by North Carolina Faculty. For a complete list, see New & Notable Publications.
Dilworth-Anderson, Peggye; Goodwin, Paula Y.; Williams, Sharon Wallace. (2004). Can culture help explain the physical health effects of caregiving over time among African American caregivers? Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 59B(3): S138-S145.
Fletcher, Susan K. (2004). Religion and life meaning: Differentiating between religious beliefs and religious community in constructing life meaning. Journal of Aging Studies 18(2): 171-185.
Shenk, Dena; Kuwahara, Kazumi; Zablotsky, Diane.(2003). Older women's attachments to their home and possessions. Journal of Aging Studies 18(2): 157-169.
Shenk, Dena; Moore, Linda; Davis, Boyd. (2004). Teaching an interdisciplinary distance education gerontology course: benefits of diversity. Educational Gerontology 30(3): 219-235.
Shuey, Kim M.(2004). Worker preferences, spousal coordination, and participation in an employer-sponsored pension plan. Research on Aging 26(3): 287-316.
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