The Aging Exchange Is Coming Up In April; Submit Poster Abstracts By March 18th
UNC-Chapel Hill graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, clinical scholars, and faculty with an interest in aging are invited to submit poster abstracts 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. Margaret Moss, PhD, Yale University School of Nursing, will present a guest lecture titled, "American Indian Aging Policy and Research." For more information, including the call for posters and submission forms, see the Aging Exchange web page. The deadline to submit a poster abstract is March 18 at 5pm.
The Call For Presentations Has Been Issued For The North Carolina Conference on Aging
The Call for Presentations for the 2011 North Carolina Conference on Aging is now available via the Conference web page. The abstract submission deadline is April 22, 2011. This year's conference will take place on October 18-20 at the Hilton Charlotte University Place in Charlotte, NC. Following the very successful 2010 Governor's Conference on Aging, the theme of this year's conference is: "The Community Response: Implementing the Plan for a Livable, Senior Friendly North Carolina". We look forward to having you with us in Charlotte this year!
IOA Senior Leadership Initiative Accepting Class of 2012 Applications, Due 4/15/11
The Senior Leadership Enhancement Initiative is a program sponsored by the UNC Institute on Aging with support provided by AARP-NC, the NC Association on Aging, and the NC Association of Area Agencies on Aging. The program is open to any person aged sixty and over currently residing in North Carolina. Participants will 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. Apply for the program.
Southern Gerontological Society Meeting Registration Open
Registration is open and the preliminary program is available for "The New Aging Enterprise", the 32nd annual meeting of the Southern Gerontological Society in Raleigh, April 14-17. The early registration deadline is March 1, and the hotel reservation deadline is March 15.
Submit Abstracts For National Aging Meetings By March Deadlines
There is still time to submit abstracts for the 40th Annual Meeting of the American Aging Association, taking place in Raleigh. The 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.
2010 NC Census Data Slated For Release
This week, the U.S. Census Bureau anticipates releasing local-level 2010 Census population counts for five states including North Carolina. Included will be summaries of population totals, as well as data on race, Hispanic origin and voting age. Read more.
Gerontologist Gordon Streib Has Died At 92
Dr. Gordon Streib, retired from the University of Florida as a Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus of Sociology, died February 17, 2011 at Oak Hammock Continuing Care Retirement Community in Gainesville, FL. A Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America, Dr. Streib was a founding member of the Southern Gerontological Society which named its Gordon F. Streib Distinguished Academic Gerontologist Award after him. Read his online obituary.
Online Giving To The IOA Made Easier
The UNC Institute On Aging has a direct donation link available on its Support the IOA web page. Contributions help fund the various research, education and service activities of the Institute.
Volunteer Opportunities With Project Compassion
Project Compassion, a Chapel Hill non-profit organization helping to create community and provide innovative support in caregiving, end of life, grief and for people living with serious illness, has openings on its Support Teams and Circles of Care Teams.
Aging & Health Promotion News
Two Upcoming IOA Seminars Focus on Health Promotion Programming
On March 28 and April 25, 2011, the meetings of the UNC Institute on Aging Seminar Series will address health promotion at the program and system levels. In March, Dr. Mary Altpeter, IOA Senior Research Scientist, and Dr. Leigh Callahan of the UNC School of Medicine and Thurston Arthritis Research Center, will discuss their work in revising and evaluating the Arthritis Foundation Walk With Ease Program. On April 25, Audrey Edmisten, NC DAAS Program Lead for the Living Healthy/Chronic Disease Self-management Program, and Sabrena Lea, Director of the NC DHHS Office of Long Term Services and Supports, will present their discussion of Changing Systems, Changing Lives. The seminars take place at the Institute on Aging on from 3:30-5:00pm.
New from NC Researchers
Researchers from the UNC Institute on Aging (IOA) have produced a special issue of the journal Library Trends, with the theme "Workforce Issues in Library and Information Science, Part 2". Ten of the articles are based on data from the Workforce Issues in Library and Information Studies (WILIS) conducted at the IOA with funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). IOA-affiliated authors are Dr. Joanne Gard Marshall, Dr. Victor Marshall, Dr. Jennifer Craft Morgan and Cheryl A. Thompson.
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.
The eldercare study: Everyday realities and wishes for change / report
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Upcoming Events In NC
March 14, 2011
IOA Seminar Series /
ECRA Seminar
The Disparity by Race in
Later-Life Health: A
Methodological
Challenge
Jim Mitchell, PhD
Senior Research
Scientist, UNC Institute
on Aging; Professor of
Sociology and Family
Medicine and Director
of the Center on Aging
at East Carolina
University
3:30-5:00 pm
March 17-18, 2011
Project Compassion Support Team Development Conference
Carol Woods Retirement Community, Chapel Hill
Early registration ends March 4th
March 17th and 18th, 2011
Aging Boot Camp
North Carolina Association on Aging
Garner Senior Center, Garner
Registration full; wait list via Bill Lamb at: bill_lamb@unc.edu
March 21, 2011
IOA Seminar Series
Medication Therapy
Management for Older
Adults
Mary Roth, PhD
Associate Professor,
Pharmaceutical
Outcomes and Policy,
UNC Eshelman School of
Pharmacy
3:30-5:00 pm
March 25, 2011
Webinar for nursing home administrators and directors of nursing
Recreational Therapy to Improve Quality Indicators in Skilled Nursing Facilities
Register
March 28, 2011
IOA Seminar Series
Revising & Evaluating
the Arthritis Foundation
Walk with Ease Program
Mary Altpeter, PhD
Senior Research
Scientist, UNC Institute
on Aging and Director,
Healthy Aging Initiatives
Leigh Callahan, PhD
Associate Professor,
Departments of
Medicine and Social
Medicine, and Director
of Methodology Core,
Thurston Arthritis
Research Center, UNC
3:30-5:00 pm
Save The Dates
April 29, 2010
Project Compassion’s Spring Symposium 2011: Fueling Your Caregiving Journey
Cedars of Chapel Hill Retirement Community Auditorium
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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