News & Highlights
Meet The Senior Leaders Class of 2008
Brief biographical sketches of the Senior Leadership Initiative Class of 2008 have now been posted on the IOA web site.
Report On The NC LTC Policy Conference
On Monday, April 16th, the Fifth Biennial Long Term Care Public Policy Conference, “In Pursuit of Quality Care,” organized by the IOA and a consortium of aging groups including Friends of Residents in Long Term Care, AARP, the Alzheimer’s Association and the Multiple Sclerosis Society, was held at Glenaire Retirement Center in Cary as a precursor to Long Term Care Advocacy Day at the General Assembly on April 17th. Institute on Aging representatives also participated in the afternoon educational program, attended by 200 advocates, long term care professionals, and other concerned citizens. Dr. Donald Schmechel, an expert in neurodegenerative diseases, gave the keynote speech, and Ran Coble, Executive Director of the North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research, made the closing presentation. Issue panels discussed the needs of mental health clients in long term care, respite care for families providing care, and a means for assessing the quality of care of long term care providers.
May Highlights Aging And Health Issues
The month of May is devoted to the awareness of several aging issues. The theme for this year's Older Americans Month, sponsored by the US Administration on Aging, is 'Making Choices for a Healthier Future'. May is also Healthy Vision Month 2007, highlighting glaucoma awareness, and osteoporosis awareness and prevention month, through the National Osteoporosis Foundation.
Good News For NC Colleagues
Sheryl Zimmerman, PhD, professor of social work and senior research scientist and co-director for the Program on Aging, Disability and Long-Term Care of the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at UNC at Chapel Hill, and Kimberly Johnson, MD, MHS, assistant professor of medicine, Division of Geriatrics, Duke University Medical Center, are among recipients in a pool of $1.5 million in research grants awarded by the American Cancer Society and the National Palliative Care Research Center (NPCRC) for studies aimed at reducing suffering for seriously ill patients and their family caregivers.
DAAS Newsletter On Web
The Winter/Spring 2007 edition of the NC Division of Aging and Adult Services newsletter, At A Glance, is now available in .pdf format.
Call For Papers
The journal Sociological Focus has issued a call for papers on the topic of racial and ethnic inequality in health and healthcare.
IOA to Co-Host 2007 LALI
The second annual national Lifelong Access Libraries Institute will again be co-hosted by the UNC Institute on Aging and the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from July 30 – August 3, 2007. The event will introduce 15 library fellows from across the country to Lifelong Access, a new framework for working with active older adults that promotes productive aging through learning and civic engagement. Read more...
Dilworth-Anderson Book Donated By Sage
The IOA has received a gift of a copy of Sourcebook Of Family Theory & Research from Sage Publications. Dr. Peggye Dilworth-Anderson, Director of the IOA Center for Aging & Diversity, is a co-editor.
Job Opening: Sociology In SC
Winthrop University in Rock Hill, SC has an opening for an instructor in sociology. Read entire posting.
Featured Web Site
The Urban Institute
http://www.urban.org/
As a non-profit economic and social policy research organization, the Urban Institute maintains an extensive web archive of its publications in all areas,
including hundreds of reports on issues affecting retirees and seniors.
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.
How are new retirees doing financially in retirement?
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Older workers: best practices for engaging and retaining older workers
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Regional health assessment of older adults in western North Carolina
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The recent trend towards later retirement
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Will people be healthy enough to work longer?
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New & Notable
For a list of items recently published by North Carolina faculty, see New & Notable Publications.
Aging & Health Promotion News
Free FDA e-newsletter is focused on seniors' issues. The US Food and Drug Administration has published its Winter/Spring 2007 issue of Maturity Health Matters, a free online newsletter published three times a year. This issue focuses on female cancers. The newsletter generally provides older adults, their families and caregivers with information about health, and FDA-regulated products.
ASA's 'Drivewell' training and toolkit. Drivewell is the American Society on Aging national train-the-trainer program to teach aging professionals about driving issues faced by older adults. Visit the Drivewell web site to learn how to train to become a Drivewell local leader and access related resources.
Tool can make doctor visits easier for older adults. The US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has an online tool that can help any patient, but especially the older adult, ask questions of their physicians in an organized way. The Questions Are The Answer site helps the user to build and print a personalized document to take along on doctor visits.
Upcoming Events in NC
May 21, 2007
Tri State Stroke Summit (North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia)
Columbia, SC
http://www.tristatestrokenetwork.org/media/2007TSSNSummitAgenda.pdf
Registration deadline: May 7
May 23, 2007
Conscious Aging: The Journey of a Lifetime
Adult Center for Enrichment conference
Empire Room, Greensboro, NC
Information: Sallie White, 336-274-3559
May 29, 2007
NC Center for Health and Aging (NCCHA) 2nd Annual Spring Summit
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM, Thomas J Bacon Lecture Hall, Mountain Area Health Education Center, Asheville, NC
Contact: Robert Weaver
May 31, 2007
Magnified and Sanctified: Jewish Ritual, Reality and Response at the End of Life
Duke Institute on Care at the End of Life
http://www.iceol.duke.edu/mands/index.html
Save The Dates
September 10-12, 2007
North Carolina Conference on Aging
M.C. Benton, Jr. Convention & Civic Center / Marriott Hotel and Embassy Suites
Winston-Salem, NC
Community Bulletin Board
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Current listings include research studies in need of subjects.
View our complete events calendar at www.aging.unc.edu/events/.
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