Sponsored by the Finger Lakes Geriatric Education Center, the annual Syracuse Seminar on Aging featured neurobiology of aging researcher Dr. Mark Mattson as the keynote speaker.
A full video of the Seminar is available for download.
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ASI Faculty Associate Merril Silverstein interviewed by KPCC on “Tick of the Biological Clock”
In the U.S., men and women are waiting longer than ever to get married. According to a 2013 report from the University of Virginia, the average age at which men first marry in America has risen to 28.7, and 26.5 for women. And data released last year from the National Center for Health Statistics show that it’s becoming more commonplace for women in their late 30s and 40s to have children.
These demographic changes are creating unintended consequences for another group of people: would-be grandparents who feel that their biological clocks are ticking. Because of the delay, many Americans are having to wait until they are in the 70s to have their first grandchild.
Experts say older grandparenthood has important social implications and has huge impact on the grandparent-grandchild relationship.
Click here to listen to the full interview.
ASI Faculty Affiliate Eric Kingson quoted in New York Times article on “Silver Revolution”
Click here to access the original article in the New York Times.
Douglas Wolf presented on “Trends and Trajectories in Late-Life Disability”
On Friday, February 7, Douglas Wolf presented a lecture entitled “Trends and Trajectories in Late-Life Disability” at the University of Rochester Medical Center. This talk was part of URMC’s Public Health Grand Rounds lecture series.
The Syracuse University Aging Studies Institute hosts a January conference on “Social Support and Service Provision to Older Adults”
The Syracuse University Aging Studies Institute held a conference on “Social Support and Service Provision to Older Adults: Marjorie Cantor’s Legacy to Gerontology” in New York City in January. The event recognized the pioneering scholarship of the late Professor Marjorie Cantor that advanced understanding of the lifestyles of older persons, the importance of caregiver support systems, and needs of elders across class and culture.
The event featured a full-day agenda of aging-related topics and speakers with expertise in those areas, including faculty from the Falk College and Maxwell School and other invited experts. Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services William Corr was the featured speaker. During his address titled “A New Day for Older Americans: Addressing the Needs of Our Aging Population,” he discussed the promise of the Affordable Care Act to meet longstanding needs for our aging population, particularly caregiving and health care disparities among minorities. While the ACA has received plenty of political feedback, Corr said the federal agencies particularly welcome input from scholars that can help expand the health policy community’s knowledge base.
Click here for more information on the keynote speaker, William Corr.
Papers from the 2012 conference on “Aging with Disability: Demographic, Social, and Policy Considerations” published as a Supplement to the Disability and Health Journal
Papers from the 2012 conference on “Aging with Disability: Demographic, Social, and Policy Considerations” have now been published as a January, 2014 Supplement to the Disability and Health Journal. The conference, which was sponsored by the Administration for Community Living (ACL) at the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Institute on Aging (NIA) at the National Institutes of Health, and the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) at the Department of Education, was co-organized by the Center for Aging and Policy Studies and by the Michigan Center on the Demography of Aging at the University of Michigan. The new publication was co-edited by Robert Schoeni (University of Michigan) and Douglas Wolf (Syracuse University), and includes an editorial co-authored by Deborah Monahan (Syracuse University) and Wolf, as well as a paper co-authored by Nina Kohn (Syracuse University).
Click here for more information on the papers.
“Aging in America: The Years Ahead” by Syracuse Alumnus and Photojournalist Ed Kashi
Aging in America chronicles the immense and unprecedented changes confronting America as advanced age goes mainstream. Photographer Ed Kashi and writer Julie Winokur first began this project as an award-winning story published by The New York Times Magazine. They then began documenting in greater detail a broad range of issues relating to aging, from the upsurge of elderly immigrants following their children to America to a tornado’s exacting toll on a rural elderly community. They traveled with the Loners of America, an RV club for mature singles, and delved into a retirement community.
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