2010 NC Conference On Aging Update
The call for presentations for the North Carolina Conference on Aging will be available in mid-February. Registration and sponsor/exhibitor information will be available later in the spring. Under the theme, Building a Livable and Senior-Friendly North Carolina, conference topics will include: Safe Communities; Advancing Health; Economics of Aging; Access and Choice in Services & Supports; Lifelong Engagement and Contribution; Homes and Neighborhoods. Visit the Conference web site for updates.
IOA CPHAR Openings: Apply By March 15
The Institute on Aging Carolina Program on Health and Aging Research (CPHAR) has two openings for postdoctoral fellows, and three openings for predoctoral fellows. Postdoctoral fellows are recruited nationally. Predoctoral applications are accepted from currently enrolled UNC doctoral students.
Supported by a National Research Service Award from the NIH to the UNC Institute on Aging, CPHAR has 39 faculty mentors from public health, the social sciences, and clinical sciences, and a strong commitment to aging research focusing on diversity and minority issues, rural health, health promotion, health services, and aging workforce research. Fellows will have the opportunity to publish from their doctoral work, participate in ongoing research, and develop new projects. The application deadline is March 15, 2010.
For more information, see www.aging.unc.edu/research/cphar/.
UNC Pharmacy, Public Health Faculty Find Disparities In Elders' Medication Use
New research by UNC professors from the Eshelman School of Pharmacy and the Gillings School of Global Public Health shows that older black patients have more medication-related problems than their white counterparts, and nonadherence (not taking their medicines as directed) is a particular issue for this group. Lead author Mary Roth McClurg noted, however, that the study "also suggests that medication-related problems, in general, are prevalent in older adults,[and] persist over time when no one intervenes." The article appears in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. Read more and view a video interview at the School of Pharmacy web site.
Good News For NC Colleagues
Dr. George Pink, UNC Dept. of Health Policy and Management, and a mentor and steering committee member for the IOA CPHAR program, has been appointed the Humana Distinguished Professor of Health Informatics. He is also a fellow of UNC's Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research.
NC DAAS Announces Maddox, Messer, Busse Awards
The North Carolina Division of Aging and Adult Services recently announced recipients of its 2009 Awards in Aging, recognizing individuals, organizations and programs that exhibit outstanding work with the state’s aging population. Two agencies, The Shepherd’s Center of Greater Winston-Salem and the Orange County Department on Aging, shared the Messer Award. AARP North Carolina won the Maddox Award, and Wake Resources for Seniors received the Busse Award. Read the detailed press release.
Registration Open For UNCG Summit
Aging is Good Business: Opportunities for Entrepreneurs, a one-day summit scheduled for April 14, 2010 at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, is now open for registration. Scheduled speakers include Dr. Rick Moody and authors Dr. Edward Rogoff and David Carroll.
Aging Workforce Interest Group: March And April Programming
The Aging Workforce Interest Group has scheduled topics and speakers for March 16 and April 20. In March, Rick Stone and colleagues from the NC Department of Cultural Resources will present on the subject of workforce planning, and in April, Moses Carey, Jr. of the NC Employment Security Commission and the Orange County Commission will speak about job development and unemployment in North Carolina. February's topic and speaker are listed under events, below.
IOA Senior Leaders News
With sadness, we announce to the aging community that Emily Paynter, a member of the IOA Senior Leaders Class of 2010, passed away in January. Read her obituary. Her warm and engaging spirit and enthusiasm for the aging field will be fondly remembered.
Henry Edmonds, a Class of 2008 Senior Leader, was interviewed for an article in the News and Observer about his work in recruiting more minority subjects to studies of Alzheimer's disease.
Census 2010: NC Needs A Complete Count
The US Census Bureau's Older Adult Initiative for North Carolina needs the help of all older adults in North Carolina, and their service providers and caregivers, to insure a complete count of the state's elderly population. It is especially important to reach out to homebound older adults. Visit the North Carolina Census 2010 web page for more information.
February Aging Observances
Newsletters from Nonprofits
The Winter 2010 issue of the Virginia Center on Aging e-newsletter, Age in Action,is now available.
Aging & Health Promotion News
New Online Training Modules For Healthy Aging Programs Created By IOA Staff. Mary Altpeter, Director of Healthy Aging Initiatives and Interim Co-director of the IOA, and Danielle Borasky, IOA Associate Director for Information Services, have produced a series of three new online training modules, “Making Effective Presentations About Your Evidence-based Health Promotion Programs,” for aging services providers and their partners. Funded by the Center for Healthy Aging at the National Council on Aging, each of the three modules in this series covers the basics about tailoring a presentation to a specific audience, organizing the presentation flow and themes, developing attractive slides with appropriate use of graphics, describing the key components and strategies of an evidence-based program, and presenting program data. The modules include illustrative slides and downloadable slide templates drawn from state evidence-based health promotion initiatives funded by the Administration on Aging, as well as a wealth of resources for planning and delivering presentations to both scientific and community audiences. The modules are available at: http://www.healthyagingprograms.org/content.asp?sectionid=158
New from NC Researchers
Palmer, Mary H.; Busby-Whitehead, Jan. Relationship between heart failure and overactive bladder. Current Bladder Dysfunction Reports. In Press. Published online January 21, 2010.
Rosenberg, E.; Jullamate, P.; de Azeredo, Z. (2009). Informal care giving: Cross-cultural applicability of the person-environment model. Health Sociology Review 18(4): 399-411.
Roth, M.T.; Esserman, D.A.; Ivey, J.L.; Weinberger, M. Racial disparities in the quality of medication use in older adults: Baseline findings from a longitudinal study. Journal of General Internal Medicine. In press. Published online December 11, 2009.
Roth, M.T.; Watson, L.C.; Esserman, D.A.; Ivey, J.L.; Hansen, R.; Lewis, C.L.; Weinberger, M. (2009). Methodology of a pilot study to improve the quality of medication use in older adults: Enhancing Quality in Psychiatry Using Pharmacists (EQUIPP). American Journal of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy 7: 362-372.
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.
Claims characteristics of workers aged 65 and older/ report
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Connecting and giving: a report on how midlife and older Americans spend their time, make connections and build communities/ report
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Data sources on older Americans 2009/ report
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Disability just before retirement often leads to poverty/ report
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National evaluation of the demonstration to improve the recruitment and retention of the direct service community workforce/ report
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Featured Web Site:
Community Partnerships for Older Adults
partnershipsforolderadults.org
Community Partnerships for Older Adults (CPFOA) is a national program funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to help communities develop leadership, innovative solutions and options to meet the needs of older adults over the long term.
CPFOA currently supports 16 communities in deciding how best to care for their older adult population now and in the future. Each community has established a partnership that is developing innovative solutions to help older citizens remain in their homes and neighborhoods and to continue to live full, rich lives. The web site contains a useful section on strategic communications for this type of partnership.
Upcoming Events In NC
February 16-17, 2010
Continuing Professional Education
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
February 17-18, 2010
Aging Boot Camp
Sponsored by NC Association on Aging
Greensboro, NC
Registration Closed
February 18, 2010
IOA Seminar Series
Medication Issues for Older Adults
Gina Upchurch, RPh, MPH, Executive Director, Senior PharmAssist, Durham, NC
3:30-5:00pm, 2nd fl. conference room, 720 MLK Jr. Blvd., Chapel Hill
February 19, 2010
TimeSlips Training in Northeast North Carolina
Sponsored by Center for Creative Aging North Carolina
http://www.cca-nc.org/ccanc_specialevents.html
Registration deadline: February 11
February 23, 2010
Aging Workforce Interest Group
Annette A. Byrd, Manager Global Flexibility and Performance, GlaxoSmithKline and Reecie M. Dolan, Communications Project Coordinator, GlaxoSmithKline
Collaboration and Connections: How Generations Work at GSK
1:00-2:30pm, 2nd floor conference room, 720 MLK Jr. Blvd., Chapel Hill
February 23-24, 2010
Continuing Professional Education
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
February 25, 2010
IOA Seminar Series
Breast Cancer in Older Women: A Model for Integrating Geriatric and Cancer Issues
Hyman B. Muss, MD, Professor, UNC School of Medicine, and Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
3:30-5:00pm, 2nd fl. conference room, 720 MLK Jr. Blvd., Chapel Hill
February 26, 2010
The NIH Health and Retirement Study: Tribulations in conducting a multi-disciplinary study
Dr. Bob Wallace, University of Iowa.
12-1 pm, Kirkland Room, UNCG Elliott University Center, Greensboro
http://www.uncg.edu/gro/geroresearch.uncg.edu/News/index.html
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.Publication of this newsletter is announced via email listserv. Current and past issues may be viewed at any time at http://www.aging.unc.edu/news/newsletter.html . To join one of our lists, please visit www.aging.unc.edu/news/lists.html for more information. If you have information that you would like to include in this newsletter in the future, please send it to aginginfo@unc.edu at any time.