North Carolina Conference on Aging Update: Deadlines Approaching

Thinking about attending the 9th North Carolina Conference On Aging? The Conference web site contains all the information you need to plan an enriching conference experience to enhance your expertise in aging policy, research and best practices. Final abstracts are online for workshops, papers, symposia, roundtable discussions and posters in the Conference tracks: Family, Caregiving, Grandparenting and More; Economics of Aging; Health and the Continuum of Care; Healthy Aging & Active Engagement; Planning Livable Senior Friendly Communities; Diversity and Aging; and Safe Communities. The reservation deadline for the hotel block room rate is September 24th, or earlier if the room block fills before that date. The registration deadline to avoid late fees is September 27th.

Time Set For Fall 2011 IOA Seminars

Beginning September 19, 2011, the UNC Institute on Aging Seminar Series for Fall 2011 will be held Mondays from 3:30-5:00 pm at the UNC Institute on Aging, 720 MLK Jr. Blvd., 2nd floor conference room, Chapel Hill. A list of dates, speakers and topics will be published on the Seminar Series web page by September 12.

Students Mentored At IOA Successfully Defend Dissertations

Janette Dill, formerly a predoctoral fellow in the IOA's Carolina Program in Health and Aging Research (CPHAR), has successfully defended her doctoral dissertation in the Sociology Department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The title of her dissertation is: "Jobs or Careers?: Mobility among Low-Wage Workers in Healthcare Organizations." IOA Senior Scientist Victor Marshall was her CPHAR mentor and dissertation co-advisor. As of September, 2011, Dr. Dill is a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award postdoctoral fellow at UNC's Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research.
Rebecca Matteo has successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, “The Economic Consequences of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Clients of Veterans Affairs Canada”. Her supervisor was IOA Senior Scientist Victor Marshall. Her dissertation, a culmination of research undertaken in partnership between the UNC Institute on Aging and Veterans Affairs Canada, explores the financial consequence of PTSD to more specifically identify the economic vulnerabilities of this group of veterans. Other members of her dissertation committee are: Glen Elder, UNC Professor of Sociology and Fellow of the Carolina Population Center; Jon Oberlander, UNC Professor of Social Medicine and Health Policy and Administration; David Pedlar, Research Director of Veterans Affairs Canada; and Mike Shanahan, UNC Professor of Sociology. Dr. Matteo will continue her research as a Health Science Specialist with the National Center for PTSD, Executive Branch, in White River Junction, Vermont.

IOA Senior Scientist Bob Konrad Quoted In The Washington Post

An August 15, 2011 article in The Washington Post quoted Institute on Aging Senior Scientist Bob Konrad on the topic, Home health aides are in demand as hospitals, nursing homes try to trim rolls.

Becky Hunter Named An IOA Senior Scientist

Rebecca Hunter, M.Ed., is now a Senior Scientist at the Institute On Aging, where she is engaged in healthy aging initiatives. Read her bio sketch.

Gerontological And Geriatric Nursing News At UNC Chapel Hill

Dr. Mary H. Palmer, IOA Interim Co-Director and UNC Professor of Nursing, presented at the American Urological Association Foundation Summer Research Conference in Linthicum, Maryland on July 17, 2011 on the topic: "Multidisciplinary Geriatric Urology Research: Urinary Incontinence as Exemplar".
Dr. Palmer is mentoring two visiting international scholars at the UNC School of Nursing. Dr. Sunah Park from Chung-Ang University in Korea researches gerontology and the image of nursing. I Lee, RN, MSN, instructor in the Nursing Department, I-Shou University, Yanchao Campus, Taiwan, is a doctoral student with an interest in the quality of care in nursing homes.
Anna Beeber, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor of Nursing, has been named a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholar for her research project, "Developing Best Nursing Practices in Assisted Living". Read more.

IOA Centralizes Business Operations In August: NC*Aging Newsletter Becomes Quarterly

As part of the extensive budget reductions felt throughout the University, and statewide, effective August 1, 2011, the IOA consolidated its business operations with those of the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research. The action took place without laying off staff. The Sheps Center Business Office will provide business office support, human resources support, facilities support, and pre and post grant management support for the staff and researchers at the IOA.
As part of the IOA's operational changes, the NC*Aging newsletter will shift to a quarterly publication schedule, with the next issue scheduled for December, 2011.

UNCG Gerontology Research Network "Lunch & Learn" Meetings Scheduled

The UNC-Greensboro Gerontology Research Network will hold lunch and learn meetings on September 21 and October 27, each from noon to 1pm in the Elliott University Center Dogwood Room. September's speaker will be Staton Noel, who is pursuing a dual MBA/MS in gerontology, on development and marketing of products to benefit an aging society. October's speaker is William Tullar, Ph.D., Professor in the UNCG Bryan School of Business & Economics, on senior scams. RSVP to Mary Wolfe, mlwolfe@uncg.edu, 336-256-1020.

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Upcoming Events In NC

September 1-2, 2011
Workshop: Working With Older Adults and Their Families
Carteret County Cooperative Extension Center, Morehead City
Registration Fee: $40.00; Registration Deadline: 8/18/2011
Registration Link: https://www.ncswlearn.org/plp/catalog/curriculum.aspx?cid=267

September 7, 14, 21, 28
Learn to “Care Effectively” Classes (for dementia caregivers)
College of The Albemarle, Manteo Campus
Wednesdays, 6 to 8 pm, Cost: $65
Pre-Registration is suggested – Call Sherri at 252-475-9250 or Lynda at 252 475 9251.

September 15-16, 2011
Caregiving conference: Challenges Across the Life Course: Intergenerational Issues in the African American Community
Presented by: WSSU Gerontology Program and North Carolina AARP
Winston-Salem State University Albert H. Anderson Conference Center
More information: Dr. Shannon Mathews, Gerontology Program Coordinator, (336) 750-8804, mathewssh@wssu.edu

September 19, 2011
IOA Seminar: topic tba
3:30-5:00pm, 2nd floor conference room, UNC Institute on Aging, 720 MLK Jr. Blvd., Chapel Hill

September 20, 2011
Workshop: Ethics in Everyday Practice
Senior Services, Inc., Winston-Salem
Registration fee: $20. Registration deadline: 9/6/2011
Registration link: https://www.ncswlearn.org/plp/catalog/curriculum.aspx?cid=236

September 20, 2011
Do You Know Who I Am? An Alzheimer's and Alzheimer's-like Dementia Training Program
Guiding Lights Caregiver Support Center, Raleigh
http://www.guidinglightsnc.org/GuidingLights/Special_Events.html

September 20, 2011 Film/Lecture Series: The Heart's Desire
Sponsors: Second Journey and The Seymour Center
Chapel Hill

September 21, 2011
Lunch and Learn presented by UNC Greensboro Gerontology Research Network
Staton Noel on development and marketing of products to benefit an aging society
Noon-1pm, Elliott University Center Dogwood Room
RSVP to Mary Wolfe, mlwolfe@uncg.edu, 336-256-1020

September 29-30, 2011
Aging Boot Camp
Southport Senior Center, Southport, NC
More information: Nina Walters- ncaoaconferencecord@gmail.com ; 336-602-2219

September 19-25, 2011
North Carolina Falls Prevention Awareness Week

Save The Dates

October 18-20, 2011
NC Conference on Aging
Hilton Charlotte University Place Hotel
Charlotte

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