Hope you're all having a wonderful summer!

Special Publication Notice:  For many reasons, a decision has been made to publish the newsletter monthly rather than bi-weekly.  New Resources on Aging will now reach you on the 3rd Friday of the month.  We will not decrease the amount of information, rather each edition of the newsletter will or should be larger.  In addition, events for the calendar will need to be submitted with the new publication date in mind.  A copy that includes all events that have not expired will be updated monthly at: 
http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/~aging/ResourcesinAging.html  We hope this will not be an inconvenience for anyone.  The next newsletter will be published Friday, September 19th.

Tips to combat heat-related health problems during the summer months from San Mateo County Health Department are included at the end of the newsletter, and will be included through September.  If you would like copies of this flyer Contact: Beverly Thames, (650) 573-3935 at The San Mateo County Health Department

Let us know if you have made a donation and would like to be included on our Donation Page on our WEB site at: 
http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/~aging/donation.html

Continued thanks to all for your generosity and support.

If you would like to use the UC Berkeley Resource Center on Aging library, please email Desi Owens at:mailto:desiowens@berkeley.eduor phone Desi at 510-643-6427.  The library database can be seen at: http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/~aging/library.html Click on the sentence: Click here to connect to the Resource Center on Aging Library online database.

All Internet links in this newsletter have been checked.  Please allow sufficient time for links to load, especially pdf (Portable Document Format) documents.   To view a pdf document, you will need the Adobe® Acrobat® Reader  available free from Adobe at: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2_allversions.html  If for some reason a link does not work, copy and paste the address into your browser.

ON THE WEB

Aging in the Media

Doctors Seek to Improve End-of-Life Care Recent studies show that barely a third of patients have had major conversations with oncologists about end-of-life care. Betty Ann Bowser reports, 07-11-2008.  See: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/july-dec08/endcare_07-11.html

Rise Seen in Medical Efforts to Treat the Very Old  By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS, Published: July 18, 2008, New York Times.  See: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/18/health/18old.html

Medicare and Doctors' Incomes.  A new study by doctors at Cambridge Health Alliance in Massachusetts looks at the incomes of some medical specialists.  Here & Now, Monday, July 28, 2008, http://www.here-now.org/shows/2008/07/20080728.asp

After a Stroke, a Scientist Studies Herself Fresh Air from WHYY, June 25, 2008  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91861432&sc=emaf

Agency Sees Theft Risk for ID Card in Medicare, New York Times, By ROBERT PEAR, Published: June 22, 2008 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/22/washington/22medicare.html?ref=us

Most Patients Happy With German Health Care, Morning Edition, July 3, 2008  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91971406&ps=bb1&sc=emaf

Carol Levine, Championing The Caregiver's Cause, Fresh Air from WHYY, July 21, 2008:  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92736021&sc=emaf

In Strangers, Centenarian Finds Literary Lifeline  New York Times, By SARAH KRAMER, August 1, 2008.  See: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/01/nyregion/01read.html?incamp=article_popular_4

Research & Reports

Don't forget to check what's new at AARP Policy & Research at:  http://www.aarp.org/research/whatsnew.html

Also see the new postings to the Aging Resource Translator (ART) blog at:  http://www.agingresearchtranslator.com/blog.php

A new report from PHI, Occupational Projections for Direct-Care Workers 2006-2016, confirms the rapid demand for services is outpacing the growth of the labor force. See: http://www.directcareclearinghouse.org/download/BLSfactSheet4-10-08.pdf

Impact of California's Medi-Cal Long Term Care Reimbursement Act On Access, Quality and Costs by Charlene Harrington, Ph.D., RN Janis O'Meara, M.P.A. Eric Collier, Ph.D., RN Taewoon Kang, Ph.D. Caroline Stephens, M.S., RN Jamie Chang, M.A. April 1, 2008.  See:  http://www.pascenter.org/documents/CHCF_NH_Reimbursement.pdf

The Distribution Of Public Spending For Health Care In The United States, 2002, by Thomas M. Selden and Merrile Sing, Health Affairs, 2 9 July 2008.  Public spending disproportionately flowed to seniors, whose benefits were more than five times those of children, despite increases in children's eligibility for public coverage.  Download at:  http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/reprint/hlthaff.27.5.w349v1

Sharp rise in female centenarians [in the Netherlands], Web magazine, 19 June 2008.  See:
http://www.cbs.nl/en-GB/menu/themas/bevolking/publicaties/artikelen/archief/2008/2008-2492-wm.htm

The ELSA study is a longitudinal survey of ageing and quality of life among older people in the United Kingdom that explores the dynamic relationships between health and functioning, social networks and participation, and economic position as people plan for, move into and progress beyond retirement.  See:  http://www.esds.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=5050

From the Urban Institute
• Job Market for Aging Boomers Will Favor Brains Over Brawn, The Urban Institute, July 23, 2008,  Visit: http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?ID=901187
• Will Employers Want Aging Boomers? PDF | Printer-Friendly Page: http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?ID=411705&renderforprint=1

The 21st Century Multi-Generational Workplace by Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes, Ph.D. and Michael A. Smyer, Ph.D.  See:  http://agingandwork.bc.edu/documents/IB09_MultiGenWorkplace_001.pdf

Two reports from Elderhostel
• What Will Baby Boomers Want from Educational Travel?
• Mental Stimulation and Lifelong Learning Activities in the 55+ Population
can be found at:  http://www.elderhostel.org/research/

NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS REPORT: Measures of Cognitive Functioning in the 1994-2000 Second Longitudinal Study of Aging by Laura A. Pratt, Julie D. Weeks, and Margie R. Goulding (_National Health Statistics Report_ No. 2, July 2008, .pdf format, 16p.).  http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr002.pdf

The Health Data for All Ages (HDAA) website will be combined with the Trends in Health in Aging (THA) website to form the Health Data Interactive online site. This new site will contain the best of both of the existing sites in one convenient place. The new site will be available and fully operational in the fall of 2008.  More details to follow.

The AARP report, “A Balancing Act: State Long-Term Care Reform,” is online at  http://www.aarp.org/research/longtermcare/programfunding/2008_10_ltc.html

The Geographic Distribution and Characteristics of Older Workers in Kentucky: 2004 from the Census Bureau can be seen at:  http://www.census.gov/prod/2008pubs/ledow04ky.pdf

Practice Resources

aarpinternational.org, is a new online site for AARP International.  They publish The Journal - a biannual publication covering topics on international policy concerning the health and financial security of a global aging population.  See:  http://www.aarpinternational.org

The Institute for Geriatric Social Work Announces an online Course Open to the Public Compulsive Hoarding in Older Adults ($60, 4 CEUs) Compulsive Hoarding in Older Adults is an introductory course that provides basic information needed by social service practitioners in their work with older adults who exhibit hoarding behaviors. The goal of this course is to provide practitioners with a better understanding of the possible causes of compulsive hoarding, its trajectory, and how it affects the individual's behavior and ability to function within the home and community. The course discusses assessment tools, as well as the methods of treatment and intervention that researchers and social service providers are developing in their work with compulsive hoarders. Case studies provide concrete examples of how hoarding behaviors may be manifested and treated. There is material available for downloading throughout the course. To register for this course, please visit: http://www.igsw.org  Click on Announcements.  For more information: mailto:info@igsw.org

The Arts in Aging Toolkit developed by The National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts, the National Center for Creative Aging, and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center is designed to increase the expertise of those who direct existing community arts and aging programs and to give others in the community the tools to take the first step-and keep going. See:  http://artsandaging.org/index.php

Crane Library Web Pick of the Week  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
• Alzheimer Knowledge Exchange:  https://www.ehealthontario.ca/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=1355&mode=2 The site contains a wealth of resources and tools well worth the time spent exploring. The following are highlights of the site:
  • The Resources Section of the site points to some excellent resources organized by the topics Driving, Oral Care, Aboriginal and Spirituality. For example, the Driving section brings together an assortment of tools and resources on issues related to driving and dementia. The Aboriginal section includes the "New Visions and Understanding Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias within Aboriginal Individuals‰ report on the findings and outcomes of a roundtable discussion that examined culturally appropriate dementia services for Aboriginal peoples. https://akeontario.editme.com/files/Aboriginal/New Visions and Understanding.pdf
  • The Educational Resources section contains the Dementia Education Needs Assessment tool designed to assist professionals working in organizations that provide care to older persons with dementia to make decisions about continuing education programs related to dementia (Alzheimer Disease or related dementias ADRD) https://www.ehealthontario.ca/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=1294&PageID=0&cached=true&mode=2
  • The Planning Tools sections provides the report on Ontario's five-year Alzheimer Strategy in 2004, the Roundtable on Future Planning for People Affected by Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias,  as well as the Toolkit to accompany the ADRD Planning Framework, A Self Assessment Tool for individuals and organizations to evaluate and improve their responsiveness to the needs of persons with ADRD and their families.
  • Also provided on the site is a Collaboration Space, a web-based support tool for individuals or groups that want to interact around a specific focus. The focus could be a document, a topic, project, activity or the need to have a place to put information many or few can access and respond to. Registration is required to participate.
• Age-friendly Primary Health Care (PHC) Centres Toolkit http://www.who.int/ageing/publications/upcoming_publications/en/index.html This toolkit from the World Health Organization addresses the need for all primary health care workers to be well versed in the diagnosis and management of the chronic diseases and the so-called four giants of geriatrics (memory loss, urinary incontinence, depression and falls/immobility) that often impact people as they age.
• Promoting hydration in older adults: fluid for thought. From the Toronto (Ontario) Best Practice Implementation Steering Committee, this policy and procedure document on hydration management is based on various available best practice sources. http://www.rgpc.ca/best/BPC - Hydration/Policy & Procedure - Hydration Management.pdf
  • Water for healthy ageing : hydration best practice toolkit for care homes http://www.water.org.uk/home/water-for-health/older-people
• National Criteria for Evacuation Decision Making in Nursing Homes, 2008 http://www.fhca.org/news/evacsurvey.pdf This national guide for evacuation decisionˆmaking in nursing homes was developed through a grant funded by the John A Hartford Foundation to the Florida Health Care Association Education and Development Foundation. The goal of the guide is to ensure the safety and quality of care for frail elders living in nursing homes during a national disaster. The report documents standards and practices for long term care facilities to follow during emergencies.
• Catering for Older Vegetarians and Vegans http://www.vegetarianforlife.org.uk/vfl_downloads/cateringguide.pdf This guide provides information and advice for those providing meals for older people who are vegetarians and vegans.
• GROW Coalition: Getting Residents Out of Wheelchairs http://www.growcoalition.org/index.html The mission of the GROW (Getting Residents out of Wheelchairs) Coalition is to support the http://www.growcoalition.org/NHQualityCampaignGoals.pdf Advancing Excellence in America's Nursing Homes campaign by increasing the use of regular chairs for stationary seating rather than extended seating in wheelchairs, and increasing independent ambulation when walking rather than riding in a wheelchair is the norm.

NEW AT THE CENTER LIBRARY (The Center Library Database can be searched on line at:
http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/~aging/library.html)

My Mother, Your Mother: Embracing "Slow Medicine," the Compassionate Approach to Caring for Your Aging Loved Ones (2008) by Dennis McCullough, HarperCollins Publishers, NY

The Last Dance: Encountering Death and Dying (2005) by Lynne Ann DeSpelder and Albert Lee Strickland, Published by McGraw-Hill.

Tom Kitwood on Dementia: A Reader and Critical Commentary (2007) by Clive Baldwin and Andrea Capstick, Open University Press, McGraw-Hill

NEW PUBLICATIONS

The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who've Lived the Longest'  Hear a description of the book on NPR at: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91285403 - 91274144.  Available where all books are sold.

How to Fix Medicare: Let's Pay Patients, Not Physicians_ by Roger Feldman (forthcoming, ISBN: 978-0-8447-4265-6, 120p.).  http://www.aei.org/books/bookID.937,filter.all/book_detail.asp  (This book can be downloaded for free at the above link.)

EXCELLENCE IN DEMENTIA CARE: Research Into Practice, Murna Downs, Bradford University, UK, Barbara Bowers, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.  See: http://mcgraw-hill.co.uk/html/0335223753.html

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Except for UC Berkeley events, the following are all newly submitted events.  For a comprehensive calendar see Resources on Aging on our WEB site at: 
http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/~aging/ResourcesinAging.html 
The Gerontological Society of America maintains a national/international calendar at:http://www.geron.org/calendar.htm.

UC BERKELEY

Saturday October 11, 2008
Engaging Aging Through the Humanities Conference
(visit http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/~aging/ for updates and information.)
• 9 am to 5:30 pm
• Reception to follow
• UC Berkeley, Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities, 220 Stephens Hall, Geballe Room
Popular culture has it that aging and old age are, at best, a nuisance. Medicine seeks to ameliorate their ravages and, in decades to come, will seek to 'cure' them. The purpose of this conference is to look at aging and old age through the various lenses of the arts and humanities. There will be presentations and discussions with an historian, a dancer/choreographer, a neurolinguist, a photographer, an anthropologist, and a musician-neuroscientist.  And, a molecular biologist will consider “the humanities and aging”.
• Registration fee is $45.00 for all attendees. Please register prior to the event through the UC Berkeley Extension either online athttp://www.unex.berkeley.edu/enrollor by phone at (510) 642-4111. You will need to cite course EDP #028415 and pay by credit card. Limited on-site registration begins at 8:30am, with payment by check only.
• Campus map and parking information:http://publicsafetyandtransportation.berkeley.edu/PDFs/PadMap2005.pdf
Sponsors: UC Berkeley Resource Center on Aging/Academic Geriatric Resource Program; UC Berkeley Center for Medicine, the Humanities and Law; UC Berkeley Extension; UC Berkeley Retirement Center; Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities; ASUC Art Studio, A Public Arts Program of UC Berkeley; and UC Berkeley Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.

Bay Area

Wednesday, August 13, 2008, 5:00 pm
Please join us for the release of Love Fills In the Blanks: Paradoxes of Our Final Years a book by Elizabeth Bugental
Laguna Grove Care - Rooftop Garden
624 Laguna Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
(Hor d'oeuvres and refreshments will be served)
To RSVP: call 415-861-3455 ext. 6, or mailto:events@pacificinstitute.org

Starts August 18th  - Fall Semester 2008
City College of San Francisco Health Education and Community Health Studies offers a course for all ages:
Health 10 - Health and Aging: an introduction to Social Gerontology surveying biological, psychological, & sociological aspects of aging with a personal and political perspective
3 units course ($20 per unit), Transferable to CA State Universities and to SFSU's Gerontology Masters Program
CEUs for Nurses
Meets CCSF Graduation requirements
2 sections: meet on Mon. only from 1-4:00 p.m or meet on Mon. & Wed. from 11-12:30 p.m. at CCSF Ocean campus 50 Phelan Ave. off Hwy. 280, BART and Muni nearby
Enrollment info at http://www.ccsf.edu (415)239-3285
For further course info contact Robin Roth  mailto:rroth@ccsf.edu (415)452-5153

August 18 - 22, 2008
Grantseeker Training Institute, San Francisco
Master the keys to successful fundraising in just five days.
WHERE:  Foundation Center, 312 Sutter St. Suite 606, San Francisco, CA
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily
Check-in and coffee: 8:30 a.m. - 9 a.m.
In just one week, the Foundation Center's team of expert instructors will help you...
• Develop strategies to sharpen your fundraising focus
• Learn to articulate your funding requests more powerfully
• Network with peers and colleagues from the nonprofit world
DAY ONE: Develop a fundraising plan
DAY TWO: Get started with mobilizing your board.
DAY THREE: Search for funders that match your needs
DAY FOUR: Master proposal writing
DAY FIVE: Build grantmaker relationships with your proposal
See:  http://foundationcenter.org/marketplace/catalog/product_training_institute.jhtml?id=prod1800001&navCount=0&navAction=push

Saturday, August 23, 10-Noon
OLDER WOMEN STAND TALL!
UCSF physical therapist and Dove model Wendy Katzman, PT,
DPTSc, OCS, will give an overview of the skeletal benefits of physical activity. She will also discuss the results from her recent research, OLDER WOMEN STAND TALL, which included exercises to improve posture by properly aligning muscles, joints, and ligaments. Poor posture can contribute to chronic back pain, and affect the functioning of the body's organs. Plus: good posture also contributes to poise, confidence, and dignity!
Dr. Katzman will also tell us how she was 'discovered' and became a Dove model at age 55 (was it her good posture?).
10 am - 11 am  Socializing/Networking/Planning Meeting 11 am - noon - Wendy Katzman: Older Women Stand Tall
Location:  870 Market St., Room 1185
ALL WELCOME!
For information contact: Sheila Malkind:  mailto:smalkind@sbcglobal.net

September 2-5
ASA’s West Coast Conference on Aging San Francisco
Join more than 800 professionals in aging and design your own customized educational learning experience. You can choose to attend half-day or full-day programs, or create a multi-day program. Select individual courses that match your learning needs, your schedule and your budget.
Fees start at only $70 for a half-day program
• CEU credits are available as well for a nominal fee
• Programs of interest to all aging professionals
• Learn from local and nationally recognized leaders in the field of aging
Subject areas include:
• Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care
• Health and Wellness
• Legal and Ethical Issues
• Behavioral Health
• Long-Term Care Issues
• Brain Health/Cognitive Fitness
• Public Policy
• Caregiving
• Purpose and Meaning in Aging
• Civic Engagement
• Strategic Management
• Diversity Issues
• Transportation
• End-of-Life Issues
• And More!
For information Visit: http://www.asaging.org/asav2/COA08/index_west.cfm

Sunday October 19th
Please save the date for Jewish Family & Children's Services of the East Bay's annual fundraising gala at the Oakland Museum.  Silent Auction, hors d'oeuvres, desserts, and wine (dietary laws observed)
Featured Speakers: Mollie Katzen, author of Moosewood Cookbook, Michael Wild, executive chef of BayWolf Restaurant
To receive an invitation, please email mailto:bross@jfcs-eastbay.org

California

August 24 - August 27, 2008
16th Annual Alzheimer's Associatio
n Dementia Care Conference
Hosted By: Alzheimer's Association
Location: Garden Grove, CA http://www.alz.org/careconference/08/overview.asp

Spiritual Development in Older Adults   Lynn Huber, PhD will explore some of the key issues of spirituality and aging, providing an overview of the spiritual journey and how it relates to the lives of older adults and their caregivers.  As a certified spiritual director, she will share some of the insights that this discipline brings to the health care setting.
Cost: $65.00 registration plus $20 for CEUs
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Two Locations from which to choose
Wednesday September 17, 2008
The Alhambra Retirement Community, Alhambra, CA
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Wesley Palms Retirement Community, San Diego, CA
More Information visit http://www.spiritualityandaging.org/ or phone 714-239-6267.

National

September 04 - September 06
Life@50+ National Event & Expo
Hosted By: American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), Washington, DC. See: http://www.aarp.org/aarp_benefits/natl_events/aarp_benefits/natl_events/dc/

Thursday, September 18
Current Concepts in Nutrition and Aging
The Pyle Center, Madison, Wisconsin
For brochure see:  http://www.uwex.edu/ces/flp/conference/pdfs/currentconcepts2008_brochure.pdf

September 22 - September 25
East Coast Conference on Aging
Hosted By: American Society on Aging
Location: Philadelphia, PA, See: http://www.asaging.org/asav2/COA08/index_east.cfm

September 25
The 2008 Aging Revolution
on Summitis scheduled for September 25, 2008 in Philadelphia, PA and is sponsored by Citizens Bank.
Please check http://www.theagingrevolution.org/2008summit.html for details about the agenda, registration, and sponsorship opportunities as they appear.

Friday, October 10 - Mini Conference
The Power of Positive Aging
Richard Tam Alumni Center, University of Las Vegas, Nevada
8:15 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Information and on-line registration at:  http://gerontology.unlv.edu/ppa.html

Oct. 12-15
American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, in Philadelphia.  For more information, go to http://www.aahsa.org/conferences/default.asp.

October 11 - October 15
NAHC's 27th Annual Meeting
Hosted By: National Association for Home Care & Hospice
Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL, See:  http://www.nahc.org/Meetings/AM/08/

October 23 - October 24
Raising the Bar: Implementing Evidence-Based Programs for Caregivers
Hosted By: Rosalynn Carter Institute and The National Implementation Research Network
Location: Americus, GA, http://www.rciconference08.org/conferencehome.html

January 8-11, 2009
The Silvers Summit, a conference and exhibit area at the 2009 International CES, the world's largest consumer technology tradeshow, will explore the power of technology applied to the issues of an aging global population. The show and conference will be held at the Sands Convention Center in Las Vegas as part of the 2009 International CES, January 8-11, 2009.   Highlighted on the show floor will be the Boom and Beyond pavilion, a home of the future, sponsored by the Center for Aging Services Technologies (CAST).  CAST technology partners will be the key demonstrators in the pavilion.  For more information visit http://www.silverssummit.com/

International

4-6 September, 2008
The 2008 Annual Conference of the British Society of Gerontology will be held between 4-6 September on the Frenchay campus of the University of the West of England, Bristol. The overall theme is Sustainable Futures in an Ageing World. The conference website http://www.bsg2008.org.uk is open for business and welcomes abstracts for papers, posters and symposia. The deadline for receipt of symposium proposals is 30 March 2008. The Conference Planning Group, chaired by Professor Robin Means, welcomes ideas for symposia. The Group has decided that it should itself put forward a symposium theme, namely Involving Older People in Research. It will be organised by Randall Smith (Bristol University)and abstracts of no more than 250 words should be sent as an e-mail attachment to mailto:Lisa.Sinfield@uwe.ac.uk

September 5 - 8, 2008
International Sociological Association (ISA) - RC-11 Sociology of Ageing
Diversities of Ageing: Discourses and Debates
First ISA Forum of Sociology
Sociological Research and Public Debate
Barcelona, Spain
RC11 ŒSociology of Ageing‚ will provide a platform for discourses and debates on the diversity of ageing. We invite abstracts for papers and abstracts for symposia on any topic related to the RC11 Programme theme  Diversities of Ageing: Discourses and Debates. Papers with a cross-national, comparative focus and papers by researchers earlier in their career are particularly welcomed. Papers may be presented orally or as a poster. This call for papers has a deadline for receipt of abstracts by 16 November 2007. For more information contact: Andreas Hoff, Chair of the Programme Committee, Oxford Institute of Ageing, University of Oxford, at mailto:andreas.hoff@ageing.ox.ac.uk. Details on programme information, academic sessions and general information can be found at: 
http://www.isa-sociology.org/barcelona_2008/rc/rc11.htm

September 23-26
It is our pleasure to invite you to attend the 17th International Congress on Palliative Care, to be held September 23-26, 2008 at the Palais des Congrès in Montréal, Canada.
This year's program will feature five plenary sessions, four day long Concurrent Seminars, research fora, and over 80 workshops and symposia.  In 2008 for the first time, the Congress will be a trilingual event, with simultaneous interpretation of selected sessions, including all Plenaries, into Spanish as well as French.  There will also be a special focus on palliative care as a basic human right and how to develop and support programmes and initiatives in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
For more information, or to register please visit http://www.pal2008.com or call 450-292-3456 ext. 227.

30 October 2008
Understanding Families and Relationships over time -CRFR National Conference - 30 October 2008, Edinburgh
A one day conf erence providing an opportunity to consider research that takes a qualitative, longitudinal approach to researching families and relationships. By studying families and relationships over time, we can better understand change, continuity, transitions and stages.
Click here for the full programme and to book a place
http://www.crfr.ac.uk/events/natconference.htm

30 November - 3 December 2008
6th European Congress of Biogerontology - Ageing and individual life history, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands
The conference will focus more specifically on ageing and individual life history.  For more information see:  http://www.biogerontology2008.org/

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

What are the secrets of a long and healthy life?  Some families have the good fortune to live very long lives . . ._We want to know about those families! The LONG LIFE Family Study is  an international research project sponsored by the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health A Collaborative Study of: Columbia University, New York, NY; University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA; University of Southern Denmark, Odense, DK; Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO Please access http://www.longlifefamilystudy.org/ to find out more about this Study.

Tips for Staying Cool During Hot Summer Months

San Mateo County public health officials offer the following tips for staying cool during those hot summer days:
• Drink plenty of fluids
• Stay indoors in the coolest part of the house, especially between 12 noon and 6 p.m.
• A shady spot outdoors may be cooler than in the house, especially if there is a breeze
• Schedule outside activities before noon or in the evening
• Wear lightweight, light colored, loose fitting clothing
• Keep a container of cool water nearby and use wet washcloths to pat the wrists, face and back of neck
• Use small battery-operated hand-held fans and misters
• Wear a wide-brimmed hat when in the sun
• Go to an air conditioned place-spend a few hours at the library, in a movie or at a mall or restaurant
Some signs and symptoms of heat injuries may include:
• Early warnings signs of heat exhaustion
• Muscle cramps
• Nausea
• Headache
• Fatigue
• Increased sweating
• Symptoms of heat stroke - This is a life-threatening emergency.
• Confusion
• Coma
• Hot, dry skin (no sweating)
• Elevated body temperature
• Rapid heart rate
• Shallow breathing
If you suspect someone is suffering from heat stroke:
• Immediately call 9-1-1. Immediately begin aggressive cooling measures.
• Remove victim's clothing
• Cool victim with water: Place large soaking wet cold towels or sheets over the victim or immerse the victim in a tub of cool water
• Place ice packs in the underarm and groin areas

Postings to this list are for informational purposes only and do not constitute endorsement by the Resource Center on Aging or the University of California. Please do not contact the UCB Center on Aging about information on this list. Contact the provider directly. Thank you. If you would like to include an announcement on this list or remove your address from this list, please email: ddriver@berkeley.edu You MUST send the address that is on the list to get it off the list!
Please note that we do not share, sell, or rent your information to anyone.
Please send all correspondence electronically to help us maintain a paper-less office.

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