North Carolina Conference On Aging News
Please continue to save the dates, October 13-15, 2010, for the North Carolina Conference on Aging. Early registration will begin soon and will initially be announced via the conference listserv. Subscribe here to receive registration and sponsorship information as it becomes available.
DeFriese Awards: Limited Time Left To Nominate A Recipient
The UNC Institute on Aging is currently accepting nominations for the 2010 Gordon H. DeFriese Career Development in Aging Research Awards. These annual awards honor Dr. DeFriese's thirty-year distinguished career in the conduct and development of research to improve the quality of lives of older North Carolinians, and especially his unwavering commitment to developing and supporting the careers of his colleagues. One $5,000 award to support research activities in the field of aging will be available for a UNC-Chapel Hill junior faculty or staff member, and two $2,500 awards will available for doctoral students. Please visit the DeFriese Awards web page for the application form and additional information. Application deadline: May 14, 2010.
Aging Workforce Interest Group: May 18 Program, Note Time Change
The Aging Workforce Interest Group will have its final meeting of the semester on May 18, 2010, from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. at the IOA in the second floor conference room. A panel will discuss the results of the Governor's Policy Roundtable on the Economics of Aging, held in April. Please rsvp to Peter Stein, Associate Director for Aging Workforce Initiatives to reserve a seat, pstein@schsr.unc.edu or 966-6818.
Apply By May 28 To Be A Senior Leader
The UNC Institute on Aging is now accepting applications for the Senior Leadership Enhancement Initiative Class of 2011. This program is sponsored by the Institute with support provided by AARP-NC, the NC Association on Aging and the NC Association of Area Agencies on Aging. The Senior Leadership Initiative recognizes the importance of older adult leadership in addressing issues affecting senior citizens, providing opportunities for candidates to broaden their understanding of aging in North Carolina, develop their leadership skills through an individualized learning agreement, participate in a leadership project, and participate in training made available through the Institute on Aging. Learn more and download the 2011 application. Applications are due by May 28, 2010.
Students Mentored By IOA, CGEC Complete Yearlong Falls Prevention Capstone Project
A team of four UNC-CH students recently completed their second year MPH Capstone project by working with the UNC Institute on Aging, Carolina Geriatric Education Center, and NC Falls Prevention Coalition to address older adult falls prevention in the state. Community partner mentors were Ellen Schneider of the UNC Institute on Aging and Rebecca Hunter and Sarah Lowman of the Carolina Geriatric Education Center. The NC Division of Public Health funded several of the activities conducted during the year by students Jennifer Nomides, Leilani Ogan, Alyse Talbot and Daniel Cothran. These included focus groups and surveys, development of the NC Falls Prevention Coalition slogan, “Stay Strong, Stay Active, Stay Standing”, creating falls prevention educational materials for older adults and health care and service providers, researching and drafting policies and legislation, and assisting with regional falls prevention workshops. Read more...
Good News For NC Colleagues
UNC-Chapel Hill faculty, in collaboration with faculty from Duke University and other organizations, have published two special issues of the quarterly journal Alzheimer's Care Today. Based on an evaluation they conducted of the Alzheimer's Association Foundations of Dementia Care training program, the articles from the January-March and April-June, 2010 (vol. 11, nos. 1 and 2) issues of the journal can be found on the IOA's New & Notable Research Publications web page. Representing the UNC Department of Family Medicine, the Schools of Nursing, Social Work and Public Health, and the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research are Dr. Philip Sloane, Dr. Sheryl Zimmerman, Dr. Anna Song Beeber, Dr. John Preisser, Dr. David Reed, C. Madeline Mitchell and Susan Fletcher. Representing Duke University's School of Nursing and Center for Aging and Human Development are Dr. Eleanor McConnell, Dr. Kirsten Corazzini, Dr. Deborah Lekan, Dr. Mary Champagne, Dr. Donald Bailey, Dr. L. Richard Landerman, and Richard Sloane.
IOA research scientists and staff were all featured authors in the Fall 2009 (vol. 58, no. 2) issue of Library Trends. Examining aging workforce issues within a specific profession, Dr. Jennifer Craft Morgan, IOA Associate Director for Research, Dr. Joanne Gard Marshall, IOA Senior Research Scientist, Dr. Victor Marshall, IOA Senior Research Scientist, Dr. Susan Rathbun Grubb, IOA Research Scientist, Cheryl Thompson, IOA Project Manager, and Brandy Farrar, IOA Graduate Research Assistant, authored articles for the special issue devoted to Workforce Issues in Library and Information Science, from the study of the same name led by Dr. Joanne Gard Marshall.
Alice Keene, special projects coordinator with Pitt County Community Schools and Recreation and a founding member of the NC Healthy Aging Coalition, was recently honored when a new recreation facility was named for her. The Alice F. Keene Park in Greenville features two softball fields, four multi-purpose fields, a large playground, four horseshoe pits, four bocci areas, and more than a mile of paved walking trails. Tireless in her efforts to promote older adult health programming in the state, Alice said that she is honored by the recognition, but adds in her collaborative spirit, “We have all worked together to build understanding for the need for recreation and physical activity facilities for citizens of all ages in our state.”
Alzheimers Caregiver Education Forums Scheduled Throughout 2010
The Western Carolina Chapter of the Alzheimers Association will be presenting full-day and half-day Regional Caregiver Education Forums throughout the year around North Carolina. These forums are for family and professional caregivers as well as the general public. Continuing Education contact hours are offered for most long term care health care professionals. Visit the Chapter web site for more details.
Matter Of Balance Coach Training- Rutherford County
Matter of Balance, the nationally recognized falls prevention program for seniors, will be holding coach training at the Rutherford Senior Center from June 2-3, 2010. Coaches for this program are trained by Master Trainers to lead participant classes for seniors. Please contact Ashley Newell of BeActive North Carolina at ashley@beactivenc.org or 919-287-7002 if you are interested in becoming a coach.
May Is Older Americans Month
Visit the United States Administration on Aging page on Older Americans Month to learn about the history of this 48-year tradition. The Census Bureau annually prepares a Facts For Features release in conjunction with OAM as well.
Aging & Health Promotion News
New Online Learning Module: Creating a Business Plan for Evidence-based Health Promotion Programs. 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 ninth online learning module in a series funded by the Center for Healthy Aging at the National Council on Aging. Creating a Business Plan for Evidence-based Health Promotion Programs is designed to provide step by step guidance, tools, tips and resources for creating a well-organized business plan. The goal of the module is to help evidence-based health promotion programs diversify their financial resources and build a reliable long-term funding base. Previous modules are available in two series. Series 1 covers the basics of designing and planning health promotion programs, and series 2 covers how to make presentations about and describe your health promotion programs.
NC DAAS receives $1M grant to expand Living Healthy program, features testimonial from Living Healthy participant. The North Carolina Division of Aging and Adult Services News Featured Profile for May is a testimonial from a participant in the Living Healthy Chronic Disease Self Management Program. After participating in the program, Maurice Estella Wilson decided to become a workshop lay leader as well. A new $1,000,000 grant from the US Department of Health and Human Services will help expand Living Healthy in North Carolina to several thousand participants, with the goal of reducing hospital stays, healthcare costs, and the daily stress of living with chronic disease.
New from NC Researchers
LaMantia, M.A.; Scheunemann, L.P.; Viera, A.J.; Busby-Whitehead, J.; Hanson, L.C. (2010). Interventions to Improve Transitional Care Between Nursing Homes and Hospitals: A Systematic Review. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 58: 777-782.
LaMantia, M.A.; Platts-Mills, T.; Biese, K.; Khandelwal, C.; Forbach, C.; Cairns, C.; Busby-Whitehead, J.; Kizer, J.S. (2010). Predicting Admission to the Hospital and Returns to the Emergency Department for Elderly Patients. Academic Emergency Medicine 17: 252-59.
Platts-Mills, T.F.; Travers, D.; Biese, K.;, McCall, B.; Kizer, S.B.; LaMantia, M.; Busby-Whitehead, J.; Cairns, C.B. (2010). Accuracy of the Emergency Severity Index Triage Instrument for Identifying Elderly Emergency Department Patients Receiving an Immediate Life Saving Intervention. Academic Emergency Medicine 17: 238-43.
Sloane, Philip D.; Williams, Christianna S.; Zimmerman, Sheryl. (2010). Immigrant status and intention to leave of nursing assistants in U.S. nursing homes. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 58(4): 731-737.
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.
Building for strength : North Carolina's strategic plan for preventing injuries and violence 2009-2014 / report
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Health care reform provisions affecting older adults / report
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Featured Web Site:
CDC Healthy Aging Research Network
http://www.prc-han.org/
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Healthy Aging Research Network (HAN) has worked since 2001 to develop and implement a national research and dissemination agenda related to the public health aspects of healthy aging. HAN's Member Center universities, which include UNC at Chapel Hill, are a subset of CDC's Prevention Research Centers located in Schools of Public Health throughout the United States. Strong partnerships with community-based groups are fundamental to HAN's success. The Network's web site is a well-organized wealth of tools, publications and research information. Currently, a survey soliciting input on promoting environmental policy change to support healthy aging is open via the Network's home page.
Survey responses are invited in order to inform content for upcoming webinars and other activities.
May Events In NC
May 10, 2010
Building a Livable and Senior Friendly North Carolina Governor's Policy Roundtables
Asheville
May 11, 2010
North Carolina Study Commission on Aging
10:00 am, Room 544, Legislative Office Building, Raleigh
Information: Janice O. Mobley-Bennett, Committee Assistant, (919) 733-5780 or mobleyla@ncleg.net
May 15, 2010
Greensboro Memory Walk
May 18, 2010
Aging Workforce Interest Group
Highlights of "The Economics and the Business of Aging" Policy Roundtable
Kim Dawkins Berry, Area Agency on Aging and Roundtable Organizer; Ellen Whitlock, Senior Resources of Guilford and Chair of the Economics Roundtable; and a representative of the Governor's Advisory Council on Aging
1:30-3:00pm, 2nd floor conference room, 720 MLK Jr. Blvd., Chapel Hill
May 18, 2010
NC TraCS Evidence Based Intervention Workshop
Raleigh
May 18-20, 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
May 19, 2010
Building a Livable and Senior Friendly North Carolina Governor's Policy Roundtables
Boone
May 25, 2010
Building a Livable and Senior Friendly North Carolina Governor's Policy Roundtables
Charlotte
May 26, 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
May 26, 2010
NC TraCS Evidence Based Intervention Workshop
Greensboro
May 26, 2010
Changing Lives Through Person-Centered Practices
Embassy Suites Hotel, Greensboro, NC
Contact Libby Phillips at 919-962-0650 for more information.
Save The Dates
June 2, 2010
Building a Livable and Senior Friendly North Carolina Governor's Policy Roundtables
Wilmington
June 9, 2010
NC TraCS Evidence Based Interventions Workshop
Rocky Mount
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.