News & Highlights
Register Now for NCCOA, Oct. 19-21
The North Carolina Conference on Aging, scheduled for October 19-21, 2005, is a professional conference providing educational and networking opportunities for anyone interested in long-term care, vital aging, family issues, work and retirement, leadership, and professional development. The Conference actively seeks the participation of local, regional and state-level service providers, educators, students, consumers, volunteers, clients, caregivers, policymakers, and administrators. The early registration deadline is September 15th; register now!
IOA Fall Seminar Schedule
The UNC Institute on Aging is pleased to announce its Fall 2005 Aging Seminar Series schedule. The Seminar Series presents weekly seminars on a variety of aging topics, led by experts from across campus. Download the schedule.
IOA Appoints New Research Scientists
Institute on Aging Director Victor Marshall is pleased to announce the appointment of several individuals as Research Scientists. New Senior Research Scientists are Malcolm Cutchin, Joanne Gard Marshall and Ilene Siegler. Gracie Boswell has been named a Research Scientist after completing her two-year CPHAR postdoctoral fellowship. Read more...
White House Conference on Aging (WHCoA) Update
Jan Busby-Whitehead, Director of the UNC School of Medicine Program on Aging, and Associate Director for Clinical Affairs, UNC Institute on Aging, was recently named an At-Large Delegate to the WHCoA. Read more... Copies of presentations made during WHCoA Policy Committee meetings are available for download. Topics are varied and include baby boomers, older workers, global aging, and more. See our collection of links to the presentations. Also available for download are copies of event reports, priorities reports, and final reports from North Carolina agencies preparing for the WHCoA. Access all these through our web site on North Carolina's Preparation for the WHCoA.
DEAR Center Seeks Grant Proposals
The Program on Demography and Economics of Aging and the Life Course (DEAR), whose purpose is to support the development of increased research at UNC-CH in the areas of aging-related social, economic, and demographic behavior, seeks proposals for seed grants from UNC-CH faculty to support the development of new research projects. The National Institute on Aging (NIA) has received large increases in funding for extramural research in these areas. Read more...
Film Screening at UNC-Greensboro
The UNC-G Gerontology Program will be showing the 2005 video, 'Maggie Roars', an entertaining look at the legacy and advocacy of the Gray Panthers' Maggie Kuhn, on September 19, 2005, at 5:30pm in the Ferguson Room at the Elliot University Center. The film will be followed by speaker Ann Johnson, a highly respected North Carolina voice for advocacy and advisor on aging to Governor Easley. All are invited.
Good News for NC Colleagues
Dena Shenk, Director of the Gerontology Program at UNC-Charlotte, has received a grant from the Alzheimer's Association, along with co-investigator Boyd Davis, for their research on "Culturally Competent Materials on Communication and Dementia."
Dana Burr Bradley has left UNC Charlotte to become Cliff Todd Distinguished Professor of Gerontology in the College of Health and Human Services, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green. She was also appointed Director of the WKU Center for Gerontology. Contact her at dana.bradley@wku.edu
Featured Web Site
UNC Health Sciences Library: Geriatric Practice
www.hsl.unc.edu
In cooperation with the UNC-CH School of Nursing, the Health Sciences Library has developed a new Geriatric Practice page to provide direct links to numerous aging resources and programs. Included are links to portals, research sites, listings of UNC aging-related programs, relevant online tutorials and research guides and selected consumer health resources.
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.
Epidemiology of aging: an ecological approach
view the record
Home safety for people with Alzheimer's disease
view the record
Social Security: history and politics from the New Deal to the privatization debate
view the record
Social theory, social policy and ageing: a critical introduction
view the record
Update on the older worker
view the record
New & Notable
Dilworth-Anderson, Peggye; Brummett, Beverly H.; Goodwin, Paula; Williams, Sharon Wallace; Williams, Redford B.; Siegler, Ilene C. (2005). Effect of race on cultural justifications for caregiving. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences 60B(5): S257-S262.
Frey, Bruce B.; Daaleman, Timothy P.; Peyton, Vicki. (2005). Measuring a dimension of spirituality for health research: validity of the spirituality index of well-being. Research on Aging 27(5): 556-77.
Altpeter, Mary; Mitchell, James; Pennell, Joan. (2005). Advancing social workers' responsiveness to health disparities: the case of breast cancer screening. Health & Social Work 30(3): 221-32.
Kimuna, Sitawa R.; Knox, David; Zusman, Marty. (2005). College students' perceptions about older people and aging. Educational Gerontology 31(7): 563-72.
Resnick, Barbara; Orwig, Denise; Wehren, Lois; Zimmerman, Sheryl; Simpson, Marjorie; Magaziner, Jay. (2005). The Excercise Plus Program for older women post hip fracture: participant perspectives. The Gerontologist 45(4): 539-44.
Davis, Boyd (ed.) (2005). Alzheimer talk, text and context: enhancing communicaton. New York: Palgrave-MacMillan.
Shenk, Dena. (2005). There was an old woman: Maintenance of identity by people with Alzheimer's dementia. In Alzheimer talk, text and context: enhancing communication. Boyd Davis, ed. New York: Palgrave-MacMillan. pp. 3-17.
Mitchell, Jim; Mathews, Holly F.; Mayne, Linda. (2005). Differences in breast self-examination techniques between Caucasian and African-American elderly women. Journal of Women’s Health 14(6): 476-484.
For a list of items recently published by North Carolina faculty, see New & Notable Publications.
Aging & Health Promotion News
Web-based falls prevention resources. Falls prevention is a crucial issue in health promotion for
the elderly. Among adults aged 65 and over, more than 1/3 fall each year, many times with permanent negative
effects on their mobility. Here are some resources for use in developing falls prevention programs in the community:
Preventing Falls for Sixty-Plus Adults-
a manual from the Senior Injury Prevention Program;
stopfalls.org- the web site of the Fall Prevention Center of Excellence;
Falls Free Action Plan- the NCOA's falls prevention web site.
A list of additional resources can be found in the August 2005 issue of the American Society on Aging newsletter,
HealthWord.
Expansion of Medicare prevention program. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is expanding the Medicare Health Support program, formerly known as the Chronic Care Improvement Program. More than 25 national organizations, including AARP, JCAHO, NCOA, the American Dietetic Association, the American Cancer Society, the Alzheimer's Association, the American Lung Association and the Visiting Nurse Association will partner with the new prevention-focused program. Partners will work jointly with the agency to promote involvement in this population-based disease management program. Visit the Medicare Health Support program web site for FAQ's, program highlights, data analysis and a fact sheet.
Upcoming Events in NC
September 15, 2005 Seminar Series (CPHAR)
Executive functions and aging: Cognitive and neurological approaches
Presenter(s): Marilyn Hartman, Dept. of Psychology
10-11:30 am, UNC Institute on Aging, 2nd floor conference room
September 15, 2005 UNC School of Medicine Program on Aging Lecture Series
Successful Aging in Nursing Homes: Myth or Reality?
12:00-12:50 pm
September 15, 2005
The New Medicare Presecription Drug Coverage Program- free educational seminar
6:00 - 7:00 pm, Wynwood of Chapel Hill, 2220 Farmington Drive, Chapel Hill, 919-933-1430
September 19, 2005
Lessons in Advocacy: featuring speaker Ann Johnson and the film "Maggie Roars"
5:30-7:00 pm, UNCG Elliot University Center
September 22, 2005 Seminar Series (CPHAR)
Politics of Aging: Is there care in Medicare? Is there aid in Medicaid?
Presenter(s): Laura Feldman, Grassroots Mgr., Nat'l. C'tee. to Preserve Social Security and Medicare
10-11:30 am, UNC Institute on Aging, 2nd floor conference room
September 22, 2005 UNC School of Medicine Program on Aging Lecture Series
Life Begins with Retirement
12:00-12:50 pm
September 22, 2006
Alzheimer's Memory Walk BBQ Fundraiser
5:00-7:00 pm, Alterra Wynwood and Clare Bridge, Chapel Hill, 919-933-1430
September 26-October 2, 2005
North Carolina Senior Games State Finals 2005
Raleigh, NC
September 29, 2005 Seminar Series (CPHAR)
Tube feeding: Expectations, function and the persistence of hope
Presenter(s): Tim Carey, Director, Sheps Center
10-11:30 am, UNC Institute on Aging, 2nd floor conference room
September 29, 2005 UNC School of Medicine Program on Aging Lecture Series
Spirituality in Later Life
12:00-12:50 pm
October 19-21, 2005
2005 North Carolina Conference on Aging
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