The Aging Exchange Happens This Week At The Friday Center

You may still reserve a place at this week's 7th Annual Aging Exchange by calling (919) 843-2647. The Exchange will be held on April 7, 2011 at the Friday Center from 3:00-6:00 p.m. and is free and open to the public with advance registration. Included are: a lecture by Dr. Margaret Moss, Yale University School of Nursing; presentation of the Gordon H. DeFriese Career Development in Aging Research Awards; poster presentations by UNC-CH graduate students and faculty and a reception with light hors d'oeuvres.

IOA Research Team To Study Low-Income Older Workers

Led by IOA Scientist and Workforce Aging Program Lead Jennifer Craft Morgan, PhD, an IOA team received a Senior Service America research grant that commenced in March. The project focuses on low-income older workers and the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP). It will provide important information about the program, including growing numbers of eligible participants, exemplary programs, best practices, and potential for collaboration with other services. Research results will be shared with the SCSEP network, the larger workforce community, and the aging network. IOA Fellow Cherie Rosemond, Ph.D., and IOA Scientist Peter Stein, Ph.D are Co-Investigators. Read more...

Submit Abstracts By April 22 For The North Carolina Conference on Aging

The deadline for the call for presentations for the 2011 North Carolina Conference on Aging is Friday, April 22, 2011. This year's conference will be held October 18-20 at the Hilton Charlotte University Place Hotel in Charlotte. The 2011 Conference theme is "The Community Response: Implementing the Plan for a Livable, Senior Friendly North Carolina", with tracks including: Family, Intergenerational Relations and Caregiving; Health and the Continuum of Care; Safe Communities; Aging and Diversity; Healthy Aging & Active Engagement; Economy of Aging; and Planning for Livable Communities. Don't miss the opportunity to be part of this important annual event in the aging field. More information is available via the Conference web page.

IOA Web Site Survey Open Until 4/8/11

Please help us evaluate the usefulness of the Institute on Aging web site by completing this brief, 6-question online survey.

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.

IOA Researchers Develop Jobs To Careers "How To" Briefs

The Institute on Aging Jobs to Careers: Transforming the Front Lines of Health Care Evaluation Team has created two new practical, evidence-based briefs. “Preliminary Results for Health Care Employers,” provides a menu of strategies, options, and lessons learned that health care employers should consider when planning and implementing career advancement programs for their entry-level employees. “Preliminary Results for Educational Institutions,” defines the fundamental components of work-based learning, identifies key issues that educational institutions should consider when offering programs to employee learners, and explains the benefits of incorporating work-based learning into existing educational and training strategies. Read more...

There's Still Time To Register For The Southern Gerontological Society Meeting

You may still register for "The New Aging Enterprise", the 32nd annual meeting of the Southern Gerontological Society in Raleigh, April 14-17. The pre-conference, Aging is Good Business: Fitness Pays! has a registration deadline of April 6.

NC Colleagues Share Expertise

Victor Marshall, PhD, Professor of Sociology and IOA Senior Scientist, traveled to Switzerland to present the inaugural lecture for the new inter-university research program LIVES. Based at the PaVie Center at the University of Lausanne and including researchers at the University of Geneva, the new program, funded by the Swiss National Foundation for Scientific Research, is on the theme, "Overcoming vulnerability: Life course perspectives". Dr. Marshall's talk on March 22 was titled "Risk, Vulnerability, and the Life Course". Dr. Marshall also gave seminars at The University of Lausanne and at the Center for Interdisciplinary Gerontology of the University of Geneva.

April and May Aging Observances

• National Healthcare Decisions Day- April 16, 2011
• National Nursing Home Week- May 8-14, 2011
• May will be Older Americans Month. The Census Bureau has already published the Facts for Features page coinciding with Older Americans Month 2011.

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.

New from NC Researchers

New from the Digital Library

Upcoming Events In NC

April 4, 2011
IOA Seminar Series
Geriatric Nephrology: Issues in Research, Practice and Policy
Caroline Jennette, MSW Social Research Specialist, UNC Kidney Center
3:30-5:00 pm

April 7, 2011
Annual UNCCH Aging Exchange
3:00-6:00 pm
William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education

April 14-17, 2011
Southern Gerontological Society (SGS)
32nd Annual Meeting
Raleigh
Preconference April 14: Aging Is Good Business: Fitness Pays!

April 16, 2011
Workshop End-of-Life Decisions
10 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Carolina Meadows, Chapel Hill
www.fcat-nc.org

April 18, 2011
IOA Seminar Series
The Women's Health Initiative (WHI) Hormone Therapy Trials and the Memory Study (WHIMS)
Laura H. Coker, PhD Associate Professor Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
3:30-5:00 pm

April 25, 2011
IOA Seminar Series
Changing Systems, Changing Lives
Audrey Edmisten, RD, LDN, MPH Program Lead, Living Healthy/Chronic Disease Self-management Program, NC Division of Aging and Adult Services
Sabrena Lea, Director of NC DHHS Office of Long Term Services and Supports
3:30-5:00 pm

April 27-28, 2011
UNC CARES Training Event- Cognitive Impairments: It's Not Just Alzheimer's
Iredell County DSS, Statesville, NC
Registration fee, deadline, link: $40.00, 4/20/2011, https://www.ncswlearn.org/plp/catalog/curriculum.aspx?cid=237

April 27-29, 2011
Annual Training Conference: "Building on the Blueprint"
NC Association on Aging
Greensboro
More info: http://ncaoa.org/

April 29, 2010
Project Compassion’s Spring Symposium 2011: Fueling Your Caregiving Journey
Cedars of Chapel Hill Retirement Community Auditorium

Save The Dates

May 12, 2011
Person-Centered Practice Conference
Sponsored by UNC School of Social Work Center for Aging Research and Educational Services

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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