Thanks again to all for your thoughtful email to me on the occasion of my (complete!) retirement, June 30th.  Many of you expressed hope that the newsletter and jobs list will continue. Again, at this point Center staff are evaluating what might be possible to continue once their resource situation becomes clearer.  If you would like to express your desire for the newsletter and jobs list to continue, please send a “snail” mail to:

Guy Micco, MD, Director & Desi Owens, MS, MSW, LCSW
Resource Center on Aging
50 University Hall, MC 7360
Berkeley, CA 94720

The jobs list serve will continue through the month of June.  

Continued thanks to all for your generosity and support.

ON THE WEB

Aging in the Media

From the NY Times

Parsing the New Law on Long-Term Care: Call it Senator Edward M. Kennedy’s final bequest, By PAULA SPAN, Published: May 3, 2010, http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/04/health/policy/04land.html?nl=health&emc=healthupdateema3

From CBS News

• 90 Year-Old's First Prom, CBS News, May 3, 2010 http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6456931n&tag=mg;mostpopvideo
• Senior Dancers Bring it on, May 6, 2010, http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6467810n&tag=contentMain;contentBody

National Public Radio

• Marketplace Money
• How much does it cost to live to 100?, Friday, May 7, 2010, http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/05/07/mm-how-much-to-live-100/
• Taking over your parents' finances, Friday, May 7, 2010, http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/05/07/mm-taking-over-parents-finances/
• Fresh Air
  Hoarding: When Too Much 'Stuff' Causes Grief, http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126386317
• The DIANE REHM Show:  Gail Sheehy: "Passages in Caregiving", Thursday, May 13, 2010 . http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2010-05-13/gail-sheehy-passages-caregiving

Consumer Resources

New Vitamin D recommendations for older men and women, International Osteoporosis Foundation, Nyon, Switzerland May 10, 2010. http://www.iofbonehealth.org/newsroom/media-releases/detail.html?mediaReleaseID=132

Stay up to date on basic health and wellness information for older adults from the National Institutes of Health at Senior Health: http://nihseniorhealth.gov/index.html

Stay up to date on Medicare at:  http://www.medicare.gov/Updates.asp

NIH Publication No. 09-5503, April 2009, Can Alzheimer’s Disease be Prevented? http://www.nia.nih.gov/NR/rdonlyres/63B5A29C-F943-4DB7-91B4-0296772973F3/0/PreventAlzBkletBLU_042909.pdf

Finding Quality Nursing Home Care: Advice from The American Geriatrics Society's Foundation for Health in Aging, http://www.healthinaging.org/public_education/nursing_home_tips.php

How to Navigate the Newly Reformed Health Care System,05/04/2010, New Report Explains What Consumers need to watch for; Lays out Next Steps, Consumer Reports, http://pressroom.consumerreports.org/pressroom/2010/05/how-to-navigate-the-newly-reformed-health-care-system-.html

Research & Reports

Don't forget to check out What's New on AARP Policy & Research at:http://www.aarp.org/research

Joseph F. Coughlin, PhD, Director, AgeLab, Engineering Systems Division, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Maintains a blog on aging at AgeLab.  To subscribe see: http://www.disruptivedemographics.com/search?updated-min=2010-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-05%3A00&updated-max=2011-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-05%3A00&max-results=16(scroll down on the right hand side to “subscribe”)

Community Colleges and Caregiver Training: Implications for Policymakers, By James P. Nyberg, The Caregiving Project for Older Americans, Spring, 2010 http://www.ilcusa.org/media/pdfs/CTI_Issue_Brief_Mar_2010.pdf

CLASS: A New Voluntary Long-Term Care Insurance Program, By Paul N. Van de Water, April 16, 2010.  The new health reform law establishes a federal, voluntary long-term care insurance program, known as Community Living Assistance Services and Supports, or CLASS. This brief paper describes the need for CLASS, explains its benefits and financing, and corrects some misconceptions about the program's effect on the federal budget. http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=3156

CENTER FOR FAMILY AND DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH [BOWLING GREEN UNIVERSITY]: "Gender, Divorce, and Expectations of Support from Adult Children," by I-Fen, May 2010,http://www.bgsu.edu/downloads/cas/file81493.pdf

CENTER FOR RETIREMENT RESEARCH AT BOSTON COLLEGE,  Accurately Measuring Health Over the Life Course, Fabian Lange and Doug McKee, April 2010, http://crr.bc.edu/images/stories/Working_Papers/wp_2010-5.pdf

Preventing Elder Abuse and Neglect in Older Adults: Tips from the American Geriatrics Society Foundation for Health in Aging.http://www.healthinaging.org/public_education/elder_abuse_tips.php

Genworth 2010 Cost of Care Survey, Home Care Providers, Adult Day Health Care Facilities, Assisted Living Facilities and Nursing Homes, April, 2010. http://www.genworth.com/content/etc/medialib/genworth_v2/pdf/ltc_cost_of_care.Par.14625.File.dat/2010_Cost_of_Care_Survey_Full_Report.pdf Learn about the cost of long term care for your specific state and region at: http://www.genworth.com/content/products/long_term_care/long_term_care/state_maps.html

Full Committee Hearing - Ensuring Fairness for Older Workers, Senate Committee on Health Education Labor and Pensions, Date: Thursday, May 06 2010, 10:00 AM: http://help.senate.gov/hearings/hearing/?id=466c8557-5056-9502-5d37-67384ccdc18a

Age Wave/Harris Interactive, What Alarms Americans Most About Having a Long Term Care Illness?,April 12, 2010,http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/genworthfinancial/43150/

NIH State-of-the-Science ConferencePreventing Alzheimer’s Disease and Cognitive Decline, April 26–28, 2010, Bethesda, Maryland, http://consensus.nih.gov/2010/alzstatement.htm

Social Security Policy Brief Distributional Effects of Raising theSocial Security Payroll Tax by Dave Shoffner,2010, http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/policybriefs/pb2010-01.pdf

NEW! SAGE Expert Trading Card, David Kipling Dr. David Kipling of Cardiff University shares his passion for replicative senescence, underwater photography, and more.  See:  http://sagecrossroads.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=ee2c96e4810edaad710ee4956&id=442fdb9c87&e=3BnPK6bW00 

Does Staying Healthy Reduce Your Lifetime Health Care Costs? by Wei Sun, Anthony Webb, and Natalia Zhivan, May 2010, Issue Brief #10-8, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, http://crr.bc.edu/images/stories/Briefs/ib_10-8.pdf

Poorly Performing Nursing Homes: Special Focus Facilities Are Often Improving, but CMS's Program Could Be Strengthened, GAO-10-197 March 19, 2010. http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-197

Older Californians At Risk for Avoidable Falls, May 2010, Steven P. Wallace et. Al, CENTER FOR HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH [UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-LOS ANGELES] http://www.healthpolicy.ucla.edu/pubs/Publication.aspx?pubID=405

Funding the Public Transportation Needs of an Aging Population, David Koffman, Richard Weiner, Amy Pfeiffer, Scott Chapman, Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates, San Francisco, California, March 2010, http://www.apta.com/resources/reportsandpublications/Documents/TCRP_J11_Funding_Transit_Needs_of_Aging_Population.pdf

Research & Reports-International (by country)

Australia

Dementia and the take-up of residential respite care, Bulletin 78, APRIL 2010,Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, http://www.aihw.gov.au/publications/aus/bulletin78/11314.pdf

Reverse mortgages and older people: growth factors and implications for retirement decisions, Catherine Bridge et al, for the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute

UNSW-UWS Research Centre, May 2010 http://www.ahuri.edu.au/publications/download/70512_fr

Canada

Residential Care Facilities: 2007/2008,  Statistics Canada, Minister of Industry, 2010. http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/83-237-x/83-237-x2010001-eng.pdf

Sweden

Study of Dementia in Swedish Twins, 1990-1999, Principal Investigator(s): Gatz, Margaret, University of Southern California, and Karolinska Institutet (Stockholm), Petersen, Nancy, Karolinska Institutet (Stockholm), 1990-05--1999-03, Date of Collection:  1990-05-21--1999-03-07 Universe:  All pairs of same-sex twins from the Swedish Adoption/Twin Study of Aging sample from the Swedish Twin Registry born in 1935 and earlier. http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/NACDA/studies/25963

Taiwan

The Impact of National Health Insurance on Treatment for High Blood Pressure among Older Taiwanese, Prakash, Archana, and Mary Beth Ofstedal, May 2010. http://www.psc.isr.umich.edu/pubs/abs/6395

General International

Universal Minimum Old Age Pensions Impact on Poverty and Fiscal Cost in 18 Latin American Countries, Jean-Jacques Dethier, Pierre Pestieau, Rabia Ali, The World Bank, Development Economics Department, Chief Economist’s Office, May 2010, http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/IW3P/IB/2010/05/06/000158349_20100506135339/Rendered/PDF/WPS5292.pdf

Practice Resources

The Center for Civic Partnerships created Aging Well in Communities has developed A Toolkit for Planning, Engagement & Action.  This toolkit gives local governments the resources they need to successfully plan for aging well in their communities.  See: http://www.civicpartnerships.org/docs/services/CHCC/aging-well-toolkit.htm

The Administration on Aging provides an eNewsletter and periodic eNews alerts that offer up-to-date information on aging. To subscrube see: http://www.aoa.gov/AoARoot/Press_Room/Enews/index.aspx

Crane Library Web Picks of the Week  Continued thanks to Laurie Blanchard for her generosity in letting us duplicate these. If you wish to subscribe to the Web Pick of the Week, go to: http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/info-ltc
Environmental Geriatrics  http://www.environmentalgeriatrics.org
• Talking Mats® help involve people with dementia and their carers in decisionmaking is the latest publication (April 2010) from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation on Talking Mats®.  Talking Mats® is a low-technology communication framework, developed at the University of Stirling, to help people with communication difficulties express their views. A simple system of picture symbols, placed on a textured mat, allows people to indicate their views about various options within a topic by placing the relevant image below a visual scale.
  This paper explores whether people with early and moderate stage dementia and their family carers can use Talking Mats together to help them feel more involved in decisions about managing their daily lives. The link below also contains other information about Talking Mats®: http://www.jrf.org.uk/publications/talking-mats-decision-making
• Programs to Manage Aggressive Behaviour http://www.cadth.ca/media/pdf/L0089_Programs_Manage_Aggressive_Behaviour_in_Long-Term_Care_Patients_final.pdf
  In response to concerns from nursing staff in LTC facilities about physical aggression, and the wish to minimize the use of physical and pharmacological restraints, some LTC facilities want to train their nursing staff to deal with potentially aggressive patients in a manner which decreases or averts the physical aggressiveness without use of restraints.
  This April 2010 report from the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technology in Health summarizes and appraises the evidence for programs to reduce aggression.
• Depression among seniors in residential care http://secure.cihi.ca/cihiweb/dispPage.jsp?cw_page=PG_2935_E&cw_topic=2935&cw_rel=AR_2129_E More than two in five (44%) Canadian seniors living in residential care homes are diagnosed with or have symptoms of depression, according to a new study released May 20, 2010, by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI).
  The study, Depression Among Seniors in Residential Care, is one of the largest of its kind in Canada to examine the prevalence of depression and the impact it has on persons living in residential care facilities, such as long-term care, nursing or personal care homes. Based on data from CIHI’s Continuing Care Reporting System, the study included nearly 50,000 residents age 65 and older across four provinces and one territory (Nova Scotia, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and the Yukon).CIHI’s study found that, while about one in four (26%) seniors living in a residential care facility had a diagnosis of depression, a further one in five (18%) had symptoms of depression with no documented diagnosis. Residents were considered to have symptoms of depression if they had a score of at least 3 on the Depression Rating Scale, which measures symptoms such as persistent anger, tearfulness and repetitive anxiety.

NEW AT THE CENTER LIBRARY

To use the library, make an appointment with the Center's Academic Coordinator, Desi Owens: mailto:desiowens@berkeley.edu.  To view the Center’s library database on line see: http://opac.libraryworld.com/cgi-bin/opac.pl?command=signin&libraryname=ucb%20center%20on%20aging

DeFalco, A. (2010). Uncanny Subjects: Aging in Contemporary Narrative. Ohio State University Press.

Bern-Klug, M.E., Ed. (2010). Transforming Palliative Care in Nursing Homes: The Social Work Role. Columbia University Press.

Bastings, A. (2009) Forget Memory: Creating Better Lives for People with Dementia. The Johns Hopkins University Press.

NEW PUBLICATIONS

Research Findings in the Economics of Aging, edited by David A. Wise (2010, ISBN: 9780226903064, 504p.), http://www.press.uchicago.edu/presssite/metadata.epl?mode=synopsis&bookkey=6952615

Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World, edited by Jonathan Gruber and David A. Wise (2010, ISBN: 9780226309484, 384p.). http://www.press.uchicago.edu/presssite/metadata.epl?mode=synopsis&bookkey=8612444

Special Issue on Informal Caregivers: Beyond Self Care, March 2010, Guest editor: John Piette, Sage Publications. http://chi.sagepub.com/current.dtl

Empowered Work Teams in Long-Term Care: Strategies for Improving Outcomes for Residents and Staff, By Dale E. Yeatts, Ph.D., Cynthia M. Cready, Ph.D., and Linda S. Noelker, Ph.D., Health Professions Press, 2008. http://www.healthpropress.com/store/yeatts-29418/index.htm

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

The Gerontological Society of America maintains a national/international calendar at: http://www.geron.org/Resources/Events Calendar

Bay Area

June 4,
Proposal Writing Seminar in San Francisco, CA on June 4, 2010. For every grantseeker who wants to learn how to write proposals geared to foundations, and for experienced grantseekers who are initiating a foundation fundraising campaign.  See: http://foundationcenter.org/marketplace/catalog/product_training.jhtml?id=prod2860010

June 14
National Expert on Healthy Aging to Speak at Buck Institute, Dr. John W. Rowe will be the featured speaker at a special community seminar on Monday, June 14, at 10:30 a.m.  Dr. Rowe is a national expert on healthcare economics and the co-author of the popular book Successful Aging.  Dr. Rowe, who is a Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management in the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health will discuss “Myths & Realities of an Aging Society.” To reserve a space, call (415) 209-2030 and leave a message with your name, phone number, and the names of any guests who will attend with you.  You will receive a call-back confirming your reservation. You can also e-mail: mailto:events-rsvp@buckinstitute.org 

Tuesday, June 22
Exciting New Training Opportunity! Law School forSocial Workers,
2:00 to 5:00 PM
St. Mary's Event Center - 1111 Gough Street in SF
Presented by: Michael Gilfix, Esq. Gilfix & LaPoll Associates, LLP and Stephen Harris, MBA, Institute on Aging.
Topics Will Include:

• Medi-Cal, Long Term Care Planning
• Fundamentals of Estate Planning
• The Advance Health Care Directive
• Special Needs Trusts
• The Revocable Living Trust
• Conservatorship
• The Durable Power of Attorney
• And much more .

Limited free parking available onsite.  3 Continuing Education units available for BRN, LCSW and MFTs.
For further information and to register visit: http://socialworklaw.eventbrite.com/  or call (650) 493-8070 

June 26
OWL SF June Meeting
10:00-12:00 Noon, Mechanics Institute, 57 Post Street, San Francisco
Understanding the New Health Reform Package: What It Will Mean to You.
Ellen Shaffer, PhD and co-director of the Center for Policy Analysis will make this understandable for us.  Ellen has been a leader in health care reform, as an advocate for single payer and then a leader for the realities possible in the federal program. Her ability to make the complex understandable has made her a favorite at OWL SF. Guests Welcome.  Handicap Accessible.  For more information contact: Sheila Malkind <mailto:smalkind@sbcglobal.net

July 19-23
Stagebridge’s 4th Annual Performing Arts Camp will be held July 19-23. Registration is now open at http://www.stagebridge.org/10pac50.htm or call (510) 444-4755 for more information. Each year sells out, so don’t wait.

California

Webinar Series, Aging Services of California
• Understanding and Contesting Federal Deficiencies, July 21, 2010, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
For complete information on each seminar, and/or to register see:  http://www.aging.org/source/Meetings/cMeetingFunctionDetail.cfm?section=Events&product_major=10LEGAL&functionstartdisplayrow=1

July 14-15 Save the Date!
Demography, Economics, and Epidemiology of Aging
RAND is pleased to announce the 17th annual RAND Summer Institute (RSI) on the Demography, Economics, and Epidemiology of Aging. The RAND Summer Institute, which is an annual conference that addresses critical issues facing our aging population, is comprised of the Workshop on Aging and the Mini-Medical School for Social Scientists. The Workshop on Aging will be held July 14-15, 2010 at the RAND Corporation headquarters in Santa Monica. The conference serves as a vehicle to provide additional training to researchers new to the field of aging. The conference is sponsored by the National Institute on Aging and the NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research.  See:  http://www.rand.org/labor/aging/rsi/demography.html

National

Webinar Series
Mather LifeWays Institute on Aging has developed a wellness webinar series to provide wellness information for professionals to use in their work with older adults and staff in a variety of settings.  Schedule
June 23rd – Toward a New Paradigm: Foundations in Whole-Person Wellness
July 21st – Blazing a Trail Towards a Culture of Wellness: A National Survey
August 18th – Moving Beyond the Physical Dimension: Creating Multi-Dimensional Experiences
September 15th – Workforce Wellness: Helping Employees Become Healthy, “Wealthy”,  and Wise
October 20th – Evaluation & Assessment: Your GPS on the Road to Whole-Person Wellness
For more information see: http://aginginaction.com/2010/04/introducing-our-new-wellness-webinar-series/

Three Special Forums on Wednesdays May 19, June 16, and July 14  Each forum will begin with a clear delineation of key facts and challenges. Panelists representing divergent perspectives will then illuminate central aspects of the Social Security debate and the audience will be invited to pose questions. Howard Gleckman, a resident fellow with the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center and the author of Caring for Our Parents, will moderate.  For information about the full program see: http://www.urban.org/events/future-of-social-security.cfm.  This series will eventually be available on line.  For information contact: mailto:UIRetirementPolicy@urban.org

Sept. 15-17
International Conference on Aging in the Americas: Issues of Disability, Caregiving, and Long-term Care Policy, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS-AUSTIN  See http://www.utexas.edu/lbj/caa/index.php

International

12th & 13th of July
The 2010 Healthy Cities Conferencewill be held at Stamford Plaza Brisbane, Australia. The conference will be held over two days, with optional tours/workshops on the 14th July. It will be a platform for Government and Industry sector professionals to discuss causes, effects and solutions that relate to population health, sustainability, natural resource management, transport, climate change and urban design. The Conference will examine the prerequisites for a "Healthy City".
See http://www.healthycities.com.au/ for Call for Papers and Registration.

Monday 19th July 2010
Futures of Ageing: Science, Technology and the Body
You are warmly invited to the 3rd Annual Conference of the Ageing, Body and Society study group.  We are delighted that the British Library, St Pancras, London, are our co-hosts for this conference, that enables us to present our research in a very special, prestigious and engaging venue, close to the centre of London.
A One Day Conference:  British Library, St Pancras, London:http://www.bl.uk/aboutus/quickinfo/loc/stp/index.html
For information:Jenny CairnsEvents CoordinatorThe British Sociological AssociationTelephone: +44 (0)191 383 0839Facsimile:  +44 (0)191 383 0782
Email: mailto:Jenny.cairns@britsoc.org.uk
Visit our website at http://www.britsoc.co.uk/

30th August to 1st September
"Designs On Our Future"
Join us for the 3rd International Urban Design Conference being held from 30th August to 1st September 2010 at the National Convention Centre- Canberra, Australia. The conference will focus on a variety of themes and topics:
• Growth
• Demographic change
• Housing diversity and affordability
• Settlement patterns
• Preparedness
• Resilience
• Infrastructure and sustainability in the "New" Australia
• Transport system requirements
• Energy efficient building design
• Effective governance and leadership
• Sustainable higher density development
• Renewable development
• Managing the carbon footprint of new and existing cities
• The future of public spaces
• Food and resource vulnerability  
See: http://www.urbandesignaustralia.com.au/

15 to 17 September
The 2nd Annual Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) Joint Programme will take place from 15 to 17 September 2010 in Odense, Denmark.
See:  http://www.aal-europe.eu/

National & International
For more Gerontology Conferences Worldwide and Upcoming events in gerontology, geriatrics, aging and related fields see:
http://www.conferencealerts.com/aging.htm

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

The Rosalinde Gilbert Innovations in Alzheimer's Disease Caregiving Legacy Awards:  Application Now Available on Family Caregiver Alliances's Website at: http://www.caregiver.org/caregiver/jsp/content_node.jsp?nodeid=2188

‘At Home With Growing Old’ was founded in 2009 and is a group that meets once a month in the Bay Area. Its goal is to connect people from different disciplines around the topic of aging and to provide the seed for new, innovative collaborations between designers, social workers, health care professionals, regulatory agencies and communities. We are now on the web and invite people to visit us at http://www.athomewithgrowingold.com and/or participate in our group.  For more information contact: Susi Stadler: "Stadler Architecture: <mailto:stadlerarch@sbcglobal.net>

 

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