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NC Healthy Aging Roadmap Open for Business! The North Carolina Roadmap for Healthy Aging (www.ncroadmap.org) is a web-based, interactive site to promote healthy aging throughout North Carolina. The Roadmap is designed for community providers, clinicians, and older adults to find and access the health promotion programs in their communities. Organizations and facilities are invited to review and update current information and post information about new programs and facilities.
The Roadmap contains resources and tools to implement and sustain evidence-based health promotion programs throughout the state. It also includes links to health information databases, listings and contact information for the evidence-based health promotion programs currently available in North Carolina, and listings of master trainers. For each county, the NC Roadmap provides a snapshot of healthy aging data and listings of organizations and facilities that provide health promotion programming to older adults. If you have questions, please contact Tiffany Shubert at tshubert@med.unc.edu.

These are selected new additions to the AgeLib Digital Library. The links below will open a new window displaying the AgeLib record.

Effects of early life on elderly health/ report
view the record

Medicare beneficiaries' out-of-pocket spending for health care services / report
view the record

Overworked and underserved: The crisis facing America's older workers (executive summary) / report
view the record

Featured Web Site:
National Aging In Place Council
www.ageinplace.org
The National Aging In Place Council is an information resource to assist community-dwelling senior citizens. The Council also works to establish local Aging in Place Councils among businesses, public agencies, non-profit organizations, the aging in place professional network, and the health care system. The site is building a library of resources and directories of aging services providers.

NC*AGING e-newsletter #94 \| a service of the UNC Institute on Aging Information Center \| November, 2009
IOA Receives Contract To Study Legal Needs Of Older Adults In October the Institute on Aging received a $26,600 contract from the Division of Aging and Adult Services to conduct an Assessment of the Legal Needs of Older Adults in North Carolina. In addition to support for conducting a senior legal needs survey, this contract is a part of a larger grant received by the Division from the Administration on Aging to establish a Senior Legal Helpline and to support a Senior Law Clinic at Campbell University in Raleigh. Principals on the needs assessment contract include IOA Associate Director for Public Service Bill Lamb and IOA Associate Director for Research Jennifer Craft Morgan, Ashley Rice, Project Manager and Lisa McQueen, UNC MSW student. The legal needs survey will be conducted on a sample of clients registered to receive services funded through the Home and Community Care Block Grant, and a report will be provided to the Division of Aging and Adult Services in the Summer of 2010. SHEPS/CEAL Manual Accepted By CES4Health.info The Manual for Community-Based Participatory Research, jointly authored earlier this year by the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research and the Center for Excellence in Assisted Living, has received the distinction of being accepted as one of the first items for publication by Community-Campus Partnerships for Health, or CES4Health.info. CES4Health is an "online mechanism for peer-reviewing and disseminating products of health-related community-engaged scholarship that are in forms other than journal articles" such as videos, manuals, and curricula. Kenan Distinguished Professor Dr. Sheryl Zimmerman of the UNC School of Social Work was the principal investigator on the project to create the manual. Read more about the original project. AARP Honored By NC Center For Justice AARP North Carolina is one of five recipients of the 11th Annual Defenders of Justice Awards, given by the North Carolina Center for Justice. AARP NC was cited as a vocal policy advocate for all the state's older citizens, in particular those who are most vulnerable and needy. Read more in the NC Policy Watch Weekly Briefing. NCAOA Call For Presentations The North Carolina Association on Aging will hold its annual conference in Greensboro from April 28-30, 2010. Proposals on the theme, "Great Challenges, Greater Opportunities" are due by November 30, 2009. More information is available on the NCAOA web site. SGS Call For Presentations The Southern Gerontological Society has issued a call for presentations for its annual meeting scheduled for April, 2010. The deadline to submit a proposal is December 1, 2009. The conference theme is Applied Gerontology as Community Engagement. Public Policy Fellowships The Institute for Emerging Issues (IEI) at N.C. State University invites applications for the 2010 GlaxoSmithKline Foundation Fellowship Program. Fellows are expected to identify an area of public policy in North Carolina that corresponds with their area of expertise and is important to the future of the state. The fellowship program is open to all full-time faculty at four-year colleges or universities in North Carolina as well as community college faculty. Apply by November 13, 2009. Get more information. University Gazette Features IOA Research Scientist Dr. Joanne Marshall, IOA Research Scientist and Alumni Distinguished Professor in the School of Information and Library Science (where she served as dean from 1999 to 2004) is the subject of the article, "For Marshall, yoga is the path to service, teaching and research" in the October 28, 2009 UNC University Gazette. Newsletters From Nonprofits The latest issue of Age In Action, the newsletter of the Virginia Center on Aging, is now available, with a focus on Alzheimer's Disease and dementia. November Aging Observances National Family Caregiver Month National Memory Screening Day - November 17	Aging & Health Promotion News NC Healthy Aging Roadmap Open for Business! The North Carolina Roadmap for Healthy Aging (www.ncroadmap.org) is a web-based, interactive site to promote healthy aging throughout North Carolina. The Roadmap is designed for community providers, clinicians, and older adults to find and access the health promotion programs in their communities. Organizations and facilities are invited to review and update current information and post information about new programs and facilities. The Roadmap contains resources and tools to implement and sustain evidence-based health promotion programs throughout the state. It also includes links to health information databases, listings and contact information for the evidence-based health promotion programs currently available in North Carolina, and listings of master trainers. For each county, the NC Roadmap provides a snapshot of healthy aging data and listings of organizations and facilities that provide health promotion programming to older adults. If you have questions, please contact Tiffany Shubert at tshubert@med.unc.edu. New from NC Researchers For a list of items recently published by North Carolina faculty, see New & Notable Publications. New from the Digital Library These are selected new additions to the AgeLib Digital Library. The links below will open a new window displaying the AgeLib record. Effects of early life on elderly health/ report view the record Medicare beneficiaries' out-of-pocket spending for health care services / report view the record Overworked and underserved: The crisis facing America's older workers (executive summary) / report view the record Featured Web Site: National Aging In Place Council www.ageinplace.org The National Aging In Place Council is an information resource to assist community-dwelling senior citizens. The Council also works to establish local Aging in Place Councils among businesses, public agencies, non-profit organizations, the aging in place professional network, and the health care system. The site is building a library of resources and directories of aging services providers.
Upcoming Events In NC November 3, 2009 IOA Seminar Series Kristin Corazzini, PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Duke University Does Regulation of Professional Nursing Practice in Nursing Homes Improve Resident Care Outcomes? November 3-5, 2009 Continuing Professional Education- Effective Social Work Practice With Adults UNC-CH School of Social Work Center for Aging Research and Educational Services Information: http://ssw.unc.edu/cares/events2009-10.pdf Register: http://ssw.unc.edu/cares/2009-10Registration%20Form.pdf November 5-6, 2009 Age Wisely Centralina Area Agency on Aging 2009 Annual Conference Charlotte, NC November 6, 2009 Charles Durrett, architect and author, The Senior Cohousing Handbook: A Community Approach to Independent Living 7-9pm, Unity Church of the Triangle, 118 S. Person Street, Raleigh More information: Mike Ortosky, (919) 270-6528, mortosky@sandec.com November 7, 2009 Workshop- Spirit, Service and Community in the Second Half of Life Sponsored by Second Journey and the NCSU Encore Center for Lifelong Enrichment 8:30am - 4:30pm, McKimmon Center, Raleigh, NC November 10, 2009 IOA Seminar Series Kathy Melvin, PhD, Research Associate Professor, Maternal and Child Health, UNC Chapel Hill Muddying the Waters: Controversies in Dissemination Research November 11, 2009 "Caregiver Camp" Free workshop presented by The Adult Center for Enrichment, Emmanuel Senior Enrichment Center and Senior Resources of Guilford 9:00am-2:00pm, First Baptist Church, 1000 W. Friendly Ave., Greensboro, NC Registration deadline is November 4th by phone or email to Deborah Valiton-Carnish at the Adult Center for Enrichment: (336) 274-3559 or dcarnish@ACEcare.org November 17, 2009 Aging Workforce Interest Group Speakers: Dr. John Scott, Professor, UNC Department of Public Policy and Research Scientist, UNC Institute on Aging, and Thomas Goldsmith, Generations Reporter for the Raleigh News & Observer The Aging Workforce in North Carolina: Challenges and Opportunities 1:00-2:30pm, 2nd floor conference room, 720 MLK Jr. Blvd., Chapel Hill November 17, 2009 IOA Seminar Series Mary Altpeter, PhD, Interim Co-Director, UNC Institute on Aging, and Leigh Callahan, PhD, Associate Professor, Medicine, Orthopaedics, and Social Medicine, UNC Chapel Hill Testing Community-based Interventions: Evaluation of Group and Self-Directed Formats of the Arthritis Foundation's (AF) Walk with Ease (WWE) Program November 17 and 18, 2009 Matter of Balance Coach Training 9:00am-1:00pm, Cypress Glen Retirement Community, 100 Hickory Street, Greenville, NC More information/to register: Pitt County Community Schools and Recreation, (252) 902-1975 November 17-19, 2009 Continuing Professional Education- Effective Social Work Practice With Adults UNC-CH School of Social Work Center for Aging Research and Educational Services Information: http://ssw.unc.edu/cares/events2009-10.pdf Register: http://ssw.unc.edu/cares/2009-10Registration%20Form.pdf November 18 and 20, 2009 Matter of Balance Coach Training 1:00pm-5:00pm, AARP-NC State Office, 1511 Sunday Dr., Raleigh, NC More information/to register: Jane Armstrong, jarmstrong@tjcog.org, 919.558.9341 November 24, 2009 IOA Seminar Series (ECRA) Giselle Corbie Smith, MD, Associate Professor, Social Medicine and Medicine, UNC Chapel Hill Engaging Communities of Color in Aging Research Save The Dates December 1, 2009 IOA Seminar Series December 15, 2009 Aging Workforce Interest Group View our complete events calendar at www.aging.unc.edu/events/. Community Bulletin Board and Jobs in Aging Don't forget to check the Community Bulletin Board for other aging-related announcements for seniors, educators, students and professionals. Current listings include research studies in need of subjects. The Jobs in Aging web page lists notices we have received regarding statewide and nationally available positions.
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IOA Receives Contract To Study Legal Needs Of Older Adults

SHEPS/CEAL Manual Accepted By CES4Health.info

AARP Honored By NC Center For Justice

NCAOA Call For Presentations

SGS Call For Presentations

Public Policy Fellowships

University Gazette Features IOA Research Scientist

Newsletters From Nonprofits

November Aging Observances

Upcoming Events In NC

Save The Dates

Community Bulletin Board and Jobs in Aging