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Participants in the UNCG Gerontology Research Network (GRN) share weekly news and experiences. Learn what colleagues are doing, contribute your news and expertise, and join our network! Send your gerontology and aging-related news to UNCG Gerontology Graduate Assistant Amanda May almay@uncg.edu. Here's the latest GRN newsletter , and previous issues are available farther below.

GRN Lunch & Learn Series! (Print the Flyer)
Bring your lunch and we'll provide the learning opportunities, drinks and healthy desserts!
Unless otherwise specified below, all GRN Lunch & Learn's series are hosted in
UNCG's McIver Building Room 331 from 12 noon to 1 pm on these dates:

Monday, October 5, 2009 - UNCG's Dr. Beth Barba presents Quality Geriatric Nursing Care as Perceived by Nurses in Long-Term and Acute Care Settings. Preview the abstract.
Monday, November 2, 2009 - UNCG's Dr. Cody Sipe presents Community-based initiatives to enhance balance and mobility among older adults at risk of falling.
Monday, November 16, 2009 - Dr. Christina Lengyel, Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Nutritional Sciences at the University of Manitoba, Canada presents Nutritional Risk, Perceptions of Diet, Health and Life Satisfaction of Community-Dwelling Canadian Older Men: The Manitoba Follow-up Study.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010 - speaker to be determined.
Friday, February 26, 2010 - Bob Wallace of the University of Iowa presents The National Institutes of Health Health and Retirement Study and Multidisciplinary Team Building. Note: this event will begin at 11:45 with a luncheon courtesy of the Gerontology Program, followed by our speaker from noon to 1:00 pm at UNCG's Elliott University Center Kirkland Room.
Monday, March 1, 2010 - speaker to be determined.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010 - speaker to be determined.
Monday May 3, 2010 - speaker to be determined.
Volunteer to present your research to the GRN group! Contact Dr. Jan Wassel at jiwassel@uncg.edu

What Is A Healthy Brain? See this new Factsheet from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, a synopsis of 7 articles in a 2009 Special Issue of The Gerontologist, all involving collaboration by Dr. Bei Wu of UNCG.

August 18, 2009 Buettner selected to serve on the editorial board of the International Journal of Non-pharmacological Therapies in Dementia. The first issue will be published January 2010 and will include: "Recreational therapy interventions: a fresh approach to treating apathy and mixed behaviors in dementia " by Linda Buettner and Sue Fitzsimmons. A review on music therapy by Alfredo Raglio, "French clinical practice guidelines for non pharmacological intervention in Alzheimer’s disease and related condition- Issues and perspective", by Jocelyne de Rotrou, Laurence Hugonot, Olivier Hanon, Anne-Sophie Rigaud, "Life Review with people with dementia in care homes: a preliminary randomized controlled trial" by Bob Woods and Sarah Morgan. "User-participatory development of assistive technology for people with dementia – from needs to functional requirements. First results of the COGKNOW project. "by the group of Franka Meiland and Rose-Marie Droes. "Translating research into practice: A pilot study examining the use of Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) after a one-day training course" by Aimee Spector, Martin Orrell and Elisa Aguirre.

July 31, 2009 Living Well With Memory Loss conference at UNCG
8:00 a.m.-4:15 pm at the Wetherspoon Art Gallery, UNCG. Join this group of world renowned gerontology and dementia care experts for this conference on the UNCG main campus! The purpose of this full day conference is to provide innovative best practice methods to maintain an active lifestyle despite the cognitive, emotional and physical disabilities older adults with memory loss so often face. A balance must be found between medical and lifestyle approaches This conference will highlight the latest research along with best practices from around the world. The target audience is recreational therapists, nurses, rehab professionals, long term care administrators, and advocates for older adults. CEU's will be available for Nurses and Recreation Therapists. A certificate of completion will be given to all in attendance. Click here for a flyer and registration information.

July 16, 2009 Dr. Bei Wu participates in $1.3 million NIH grant linking gum disease to memory loss. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded $1.3 million to an interdisciplinary team investigating how oral health affects memory. Dr. Bei Wu, a gerontologist at UNCG, leads the research examining studies of thousands of people. In the new study, the researchers will use several existing data sets to further examine the relationship between oral health and cognitive function over a period of time. Large data sets allow control for several factors that could affect both oral health and cognitive function, such as socioeconomic status and medical conditions including cardiovascular diseases.

June 1, 2009 Dr. Linda Buettner and Suzanne Fitzsimmons recently published NEST Approach: Dementia Practice Guidelines for Disturbing Behaviors. "Healthcare providers serving as behavior specialists for older adults with dementia should be encouraged to examine the Needs, Environment, Stimulation, and Techniques (N.E.S.T.) used in the care of the individual with disturbing behaviors.With this newfound information the team can create an appropriate plan of care and a supportive nest for living an active, engaged life, despite memory loss."

May 13, 2009 Dr. Olav Rueppell, Associate Professor of Biology received a UNCG Research Excellence award!

May 13, 2009 Brandi McCullough, a graduate student in the Department of Sociology, won the George and Beatrice Goldman Fisher Thesis Award for her thesis "React and Go With It: Interviewing Persons with Alzheimer's Disease about their Friendships."

Changing the Way We Age - enjoy this presentation of Colin Milner from the GRN meeting March 24, 2009.

Quite a splash our members made with recent publications in the NC Medical Journal, Sept./Oct. 2008 issue!

Catch up on Gerontology Research Network Newsletter issues!

Gerontology Research Network Newsletter Issue 26 (November 18, 2009)

Gerontology Research Network Newsletter Issue 25 (November 11, 2009)

Page updated: 18-Nov-2009

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