Save The Date For The 2011 Aging Exchange!
Please join us for the 7th Annual Aging Exchange, an event dedicated to recognizing and promoting research in the field of aging at UNC-Chapel Hill. The Exchange will be held on Thursday, April 7th from 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm at the Friday Center, Chapel Hill. The UNC Institute on Aging, in collaboration with its co-sponsors, will host this event which is free and open to the public. UNC-Chapel Hill graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, clinical scholars, and faculty with an interest in aging are invited to submit abstracts for the event. For more information, including the call for posters and submission forms, see the Aging Exchange web page.
2011 NC Conference on Aging Set For Charlotte
The North Carolina Conference on Aging is scheduled for October 18-20, 2011 at the Hilton Charlotte University Place Hotel. This will be the 9th year for the Conference, which for the last decade has brought together hundreds of aging services providers, advocates, experts in aging, and senior citizens to address aging phenomena, issues, problems and solutions in our state. Watch the Conference web page for the upcoming call for presentations.
IOA Spring Seminar Series Schedule Posted
An ongoing series, the IOA Seminars generally have a research focus but reflect the Institute's commitment to linking research, education and service. They are open to all interested persons. The Spring 2011 seminars will take place on Mondays from 3:30 to 5:00 pm at the UNC Institute on Aging, 720 MLK Jr. Blvd., 2nd floor, in Chapel Hill. View the schedule of speakers.NCAOA Aging Boot Camp, Annual Training Conference
Two North Carolina Association on Aging events are coming up in March and April. Aging Boot Camp will be held March 17 and 18 in Garner. The Annual Training Conference, themed "Building on the Blueprint", is scheduled for April 27-29 in Greensboro. Visit the NCAOA web site to learn more.
Abstracts For National Aging Meetings Due In March
The call for abstracts for the 40th Annual Meeting of the American Aging Association, to be held in Raleigh, is now online. The submission deadline is March 14, 2011.
March 15, 2011 is the deadline to submit abstracts for the 2011 Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America.
NC Colleagues Share Expertise
IOA Senior Research Scientist Victor Marshall, PhD gave the opening plenary address at the Canadian Association on Gerontology Scientific and Educational Meetings, held in Montreal on December 2, 2010. His topic was "Aging, Work and Retirement".
IOA In The Media
Bill Lamb, IOA Associate Director for Public Service, was quoted in the News & Observer in the article, "State Braces for Aging Boomers", on January 9, 2011.
New from NC Researchers
Cagle, J.G.; Kovacs, P.J. (2011). Informal caregivers of cancer patients: perceptions about preparedness and support during hospice care. Journal of Gerontological Social Work 54(1): 92-115.
Van Dussen, Daniel; Culler, Krystal L.; Cagle, John G. (2011). Perceptions About Hospice From a Community-Based Pilot Study: Lessons and Findings. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Published online before print January 4, 2011.
Shubert, T.E.; McCulloch, K.; Hartman, M.; Guiliani, C.A. (2010). The effect of an exercise-based balance intervention on physical and cognitive performance of older adults: A pilot study. Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy 33: 157-164.
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.
An annotated guide to further reading in IGSL [intergenerational service learning] / learning modules/tools
view the record
An overview of intergenerational service learning/ learning modules/tools
view the record
Upcoming Events In NC
February 7, 2011
IOA Seminar Series
Preferred Place of Death for Older Adults
Sharon Williams, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences,
Department of Allied Health Sciences and UNC School of Medicine
3:30-5:00 pm
February 14, 2011
IOA Seminar Series
ECRA Seminar
The Perception and
Social Construction of
HIV Prevention in the
Black Church
Malika Roman Isler, PhD
Research Assistant
Professor, Department
of Social Medicine
UNC School of Medicine
3:30-5:00 pm
February 17, 2011
End of Life Care: Challenges and Interventions
Presented by UNC School of Nursing Center for Lifelong Learning
February 21, 2011
IOA Seminar Series
Who’s too tired to
sleep? Age and its
associated effects on
insomnia-related
physician-office visits
Mairead Eastin
Moloney, PhD
Postdoctoral Research
Fellow, Program on
Integrative Medicine,
Department of Physical
Medicine and
Rehabilitation, UNC
School of Medicine
3:30-5:00 pm
February 24, 2011
2011 Annual Caregiver Education Conference
9:00 a.m. until 3:30 p.m.
Edenton United Methodist Church, 225 Virginia Road, Edenton
call: 252-426-5753 ext. 226 or email: csmith@albemarlecommission.org
February 26, 2011
Red Carpet Rendezvous
Benefit for the Center for Volunteer Caregiving
6:30 to 9:00pm
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 3313 Wade Avenue, Raleigh
For tickets contact
919-460-0567 or www.volunteercaregiving.org
February 28, 2011
IOA Seminar Series
Speaker and topic tba
3:30-5:00 pm
Save The Dates
March 17th and 18th, 2011
Aging Boot Camp
North Carolina Association on Aging
Garner Senior Center, Garner
Register through Bill Lamb at: bill_lamb@unc.edu
October 18-20, 2011
NC Conference on Aging
Hilton Charlotte University Place Hotel
Charlotte
View our complete events calendar at www.aging.unc.edu/events/.
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