News & Highlights
A Full Plate Awaits At NCCOA
The 5th Annual North Carolina Conference on Aging is only 2 weeks away, and this year's program is jam-packed with presentations supporting the theme, 'Boomers Turning 60: Implications for All of Us'. Conference Chair Bill Lamb offers these comments from his welcoming remarks in the program: "Demographers liken the Boomer Generation to a 'Pig in the Python'. Well, the pig has been swallowed; now we get to see what digestion is like! ... We issued a call for presentations for this conference related to livable communities; economy of aging; healthy aging; family intergenerational relations and family caregiving; elder rights; gender, race and class; and long term care. We received more responses than ever before. This should make for a rich and diverse learning experience." Late registration is still open for the October 25-27th event.
Program To Precede NCCOA Conference
'Medication Management 101: What You Need to Know! What You Need to Do!', sponsored by AARP North Carolina, the UNC School of Pharmacy, the UNC School of Medicine Program on Aging, and the Carolina Geriatric Education Center will be held in the auditorium of the Sheraton Imperial Hotel in Research Triangle Park from 12 noon to 4 pm on October 24, 2006. The program is free, but pre-registration is required. Download a detailed agenda and the registration form.
IOA Names Assistant Director for Communications and Progam Relations
The Institute on Aging is pleased to announce the appointment of Ellen C. Schneider as Assistant Director for Communications and Program Relations. She has worked as the Healthy Aging Program Manager at the IOA since 2004, with an emphasis on civic engagement and evidence-based health promotion. Read more...
Cutler Joins UNCG Gerontology Faculty
Dr. Neal E. Cutler, noted expert in financial gerontology, has been named Associate Director of the Gerontology Program at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Dr. Cutler previously held the Boettner/Gregg Chair in Financial Gerontology at Widener University. Read more...
NC Immunization Branch Offers Flu Shot Reminder
The flu is worse than the common cold - much worse. It can cause hospitalization and even death. Adults 65 and older are particularly at risk for developing serious complications from the flu. The best way to prevent the flu is to get a flu vaccination each fall. October or November is the best time to get vaccinated, but getting vaccinated in December or even later can still help you prevent the flu. The flu shot cannot give you the flu. It CAN protect you from a serious illness. For more information about the flu shot, or to schedule your appointment to get a flu vaccination, contact your doctor or health department today. Visit www.immunizenc.com for more information.
Good News For NC Colleagues
Mary Roth, Assistant professor in the UNC School of Pharmacy Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, has been awarded a Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award from the National Institute on Aging. Roth will receive $699,170 over five years to support her project to design, implement and evaluate a medication management program to improve the quality of medication use for older adults.
Professors Peter Uhlenberg, Dept. of Sociology, UNC at Chapel Hill, and Charles Longino, Jr., Dept. of Sociology, Wake Forest University, are the recipients of the 2006 and 2005 Matilda White Riley Award, respectively. The award is given by the Behavioral and Social Sciences Section, Gerontological Society of America. Read more...
New WHCOA Report Released
The 2005 White House Conference on Aging Final Report, "The Booming Dynamics of Aging: From Awareness to Action" is now available. It is 175 pages long, in .pdf format.
Featured Web Site
NC DHHS: Helping Older Adults
www.dhhs.state.nc.us
The North Carolina Division of Health and Human Services offers a summary page with links to programs within the NC Division of Aging and Adult Services. This page creates
a portal from the parent agency to guide citizens to state assistance with healthy aging, elder living arrangements, elder quality of life, safeguarding elderly rights
and interests, and supportive services.
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.
Age discrimination
view the record
Cultural competence and health literacy: making your health promotion program accessible to diverse groups of older adults
view the record
Death of a spouse: the impact on income for senior men and women
view the record
The role of grandmothers in developing countries
view the record
New & Notable
Altpeter, M.; Bryant, L.; Schneider, E.; Whitelaw, N. (2006). Evidence-based health practice: Knowing and using what works. In S. M. Enguidanos (ed.), Evidence-based interventions for community dwelling older adults (pp. 1-11). Binghamton, NY, Haworth Press. (Reprinted from Home Health Care Quarterly: The Journal of Community Care, 25 (1/2): 1 - 11.)
Calleson, Diane C.; Sloane, Philip D.; Cohen, Lauren W. (2006). Effectiveness of mailing "Bathing Without a Battle" to all US nursing homes. Gerontology & Geriatrics Education 27(1): 67-79.
Prohaska, Thomas; Belansky, Elaine; Belza, Basia; Buchner, David; Marshall, Victor; McTigue, Kathleen; Satariano, William; Wilcox, Sara. (2006). Physical activity, public health, and aging: critical issues and research priorities. Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences 61: S267-S273.
Rabiner, Donna J.; O'Keeffe, Janet; Brown, David. (2006). Financial exploitation of older persons: challenges and opportunities to identify, prevent, and address it in the United States. Journal of Aging and Social Policy 18(2): 47-68.
Shenk, Dena; Groger, Lisa eds. Aging Education in a Global Context. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press, 2006. (Published simultaneously as Gerontology and Geriatrics Education, vol. 6, no. 1).
Williams, Christianna S.; Tinetti, Mary E.; Kasl, Stanislav V.; Peduzzi, Peter N. (2006). The role of pain in the recovery of instrumental and social functioning after hip fracture. Journal of Aging and Health 18(5): 743-762.
For a list of items recently published by North Carolina faculty, see New & Notable Publications.
Aging & Health Promotion News
IOA partners with interdisciplinary Thurston Arthritis Center team to conduct CDC-funded evidence-based health promotion project. Dr. Leigh Callahan, a Thurston Arthritis Center research faculty and associate of the IOA, is principal investigator of newly funded three-year study titled, “Evaluation of the Walk With Ease Program Among People with Arthritis.” Dr. Mary Altpeter of the IOA is co-investigator, along with Drs. Thelma Mielenz of Thurston and Jean Goeppinger of the School of Nursing. This project is designed to evaluate the Arthritis Foundation program, Walk With Ease, in individuals with arthritis. The goals of the project are to: 1) demonstrate that the Walk With Ease program can increase physical activity and fitness levels among people with arthritis, 2) demonstrate that Walk With Ease has arthritis-specific benefits, and 3) evaluate the feasibility of disseminating the Walk With Ease program through state health department arthritis programs, local chapters of the Arthritis Foundation, and aging services agencies in 24 sites.
Upcoming Events in NC
October 16, 2006
Family Care for Frail Elders: How Nurses Can Make A Difference
Patricia G. Archbold, RN, DNSc, FAAN - Carol Hogue Distinguished Lecturer, Duke Carolina Visting Professorship in Geriatric Nursing
3:00pm, Carolina Club, Chapel Hill, NC
October 24, 2006
Medication Management 101: What You Need to Know! What You Need to Do!
12-4 PM, Sheraton Imperial Hotel & Convention Center, Research Triangle Park, NC
October 24, 2006
"Quest for Quality: A Town Meeting on Long Term Care"
6:30-8:30pm, West Market Street United Methodist Church, 302 West Market St., Greensboro, NC
Additional information: Sabrena Lea, 336-294-4950
October 25-27, 2006
5th Annual North Carolina Conference on Aging
Sheraton Imperial Hotel & Convention Center, Research Triangle Park, NC
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