Jennifer Karas Montez recently published article focusing on the differences in women’s mortality across the U.S. States, received coverage in the New York Times article, “New Clues in the Mystery of Women’s Lagging Life Expectancy.”
To read the article click here
Montez, Zajacova, & Hayward. 2016 “Explaining Inequalities in Women’s Mortality between U.S. States” SSM-Population Health 2:561-571
In collaboration with the Manlius Senior Centre and the Manlius Informed Series, Manlius Library is proud to present the lecture series from The Aging Studies Institute at Syracuse University.
To see the list of speakers, dates and times, click here.
Grandmothers at Work, by Madonna Harrington Meyer is featured in a write up by Richard Eisenberg on Next Avenue and Forbes.
To read the article by Richard Eisenberg click on the below links:
“Grandmothers Caring for Grandkids: Work Live Balance 2016,” Richard Eisenberg, Next Avenue & Forbes
Mary Helen McNeal, Professor and Director of the Elder Law Clinic has published a new article titled, Say What? The Affordable Care Act, Medicare, and Hearing Aids.
To read the article click here.
Health Affairs featured the Article, Addressing “Triggers of Decline” in Older Adults’ Physical, Cognitive, or Mental Health by Katharine McLaughlin.
To read the article click here.
Congratulations to Madonna Harrington Meyer, Chair of Sociology at Syracuse University, who has been awarded the Matilda White Riley Distinguished Scholar Award by the American Sociological Association (ASA) Section on Aging and the Life Course (SALC). In the announcement, Jeylan Mortimer, Chair of SALC, writes “Your contributions to SALC, through your research, public engagement, and service, have been extraordinary throughout your career.” Madonna will receive the award at the American Sociological Association meetings in Seattle in August, and will give the Matilda White Riley Distinguished Scholar Lecture a year later, at the ASA meetings in Montreal.
Luvenia Cowart, in collaboration with Maria Brown, has received a grant from the New York State Department of Health for a project entitled “African American Dementia Caregivers Support Program” which will provide five years of support to the Genesis Health Program.
The Genesis Health Program (GHP) network is a University-Community collaboration to teach and encourage community members to develop and maintain positive health behaviors, attitudes, values and practices. The network’s main goal is to reduce health disparities in minority populations by collaborating with community organizations to identify and address health needs in greater Syracuse and Central New York. The GHP model infrastructure includes ten inner-city churches, a Pastor’s Health Council, and lay health advocate volunteers from the congregations. Previous topics include obesity, diabetes prevention and management, and prostate, colorectal, and breast cancers.
The goals of the African American Dementia Caregivers Support program (AADCS) include: 1) increase knowledge about Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias among inner-city African Americans, 2) increase the use of available services and supports by inner-city African American caregivers, 3) reduce caregiver stress in inner-city African American caregivers. Community partners include the Central New York Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, the Onondaga County Office for the Aging, and Cornell Cooperative Extension.
The AADCS will closely follow the existing GHP model, which includes a pastor’ educational seminar, cultural competency training for community-based partners, a 12-week healthy living program, and church-based seminars. We will additionally offer a lay health advocate’s (LHAs) training and a monthly caregiver’s support and education group, and funding for at-home respite care to enable informal dementia caregivers to attend selected events. Alzheimer’s Association staff will provide education about dementia and dementia caregiving at the pastor’s seminar, 12-week healthy living sessions, church-based surveys, and the LHA training, and will be present at educational events to conduct formal intake interviews and to provide information and referral services to attendees. Other community partners will participate in different events to provide information about formal resources, to educate attendees about self-care, or to lead stress management activities and exercise groups.
The David B. Falk College & Department of Sport Management hosted the Sport For Life Symposium, a documentary focused on enriching the lives of senior citizens through sport and exercise, was premiered.
The event took place on May 4th in Grant Auditorium. Click here to see the Sport For Life Documentary.
