An Interactive, Web-Based Roadmap for Healthy Aging

The University of North Carolina Institute on Aging now offers the Healthy Aging Roadmap as an interactive, Web-based wiki tool that allows community and health care providers to upload and share information related to evidence-based health promotion programs. For full story, click here.

Openness Important for Older Adults’ Life Satisfaction

Researchers recognize the importance of being able to adapt to one’s circumstances for subjective well-being. A new study related to being open to new experiences and ideas took this notion a step further. For full story, click here.

Managing Age Discrimination When Seeking Employment

A new qualitative study examined how older job applicants managed the impressions hiring managers had of them and their techniques to combat potential age discrimination. For full story, click here.

Reviewing Factors Related to Charitable Giving

Researchers in the Netherlands published a new study outlining the factors that determine charitable giving. They found that the strongest predictor of giving is simply being asked to give. For full story, click here.

American Older Adults’ Financial Giving

The most common form of financial giving in the U.S. is between parents and children or grandparents and grandchildren. The charitable giving of individuals without children, however, is more complex. New research compares the giving behavior of childless older adults with older adults with children. For full story, click here.

What Influences Charitable Giving?

University of Berlin researchers published a new study outlining the similarities and differences between charitable giving in the U.S. and Germany. In the U.S., the strongest predictors of charitable giving are religious affiliation and education.
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Preparing Physicians to Care for Growing Older Adult Populations

The American Geriatrics Society, the American Medical Association, and the Council of Medical Specialty Societies held a joint meeting in 2009 to address the growing need for geriatric training in all areas of medicine. For full story, click here.

New Family Health Resource Guide Published

Researchers have long documented a complex, complementary relationship between the family environment and health. Aimed at both practitioners and researchers, a new resource guide comprises annotated bibliographies of research on family and health in three broad areas: “Family Processes and Health,” “Caregiving,” and “Families and Health Interventions. For full story, click here.

Assessing the Future of Assisted Living

A book published in late 2008 reviews factors that shape assisted living and its appeal to older consumers. The Assisted Living Residence: A Vision For the Future is an edited volume with contributions from recognized experts in gerontology and long-term care. For full story, click here.

Seniors Housing & Care Journal’s 2009 GE Award-Winning Article for Outstanding Research

The recently published Seniors Housing & Care Journal selected its GE Award for Outstanding Research Article. It was bestowed upon authors who detail the impact of resident satisfaction on whether or not residents recommended their living community to friends—an important way senior living communities can maintain occupancy levels. For full story, click here.

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