NEW PUBLICATIONS

The June issue of the Ladies Home Journal is now out with an article on nursing homes, including abuse of nursing home residents. For only the third time in its history, the Ladies Home Journal has a petition – this one supporting Representative Henry Waxman's (D-Calif.) staffing bill, H.R. 4293. Sign the petition online - www.lhj.com/nursinghome; e-mail your colleagues and friends to sign the petition.

The new book, "Methods in Social Epidemiology," by J. Michael Oakes and Jay S. Kaufman was published in May 2006. Faculty wishing to obtain a desk review copy can write to pseitz@josseybass.com. (Please include the name of your institution, the class, prospective enrollment, and your mailing address with phone number.) For more general information about the book,visit the publisher's website (josseybass.com) where the first chapter (Introduction: Advancing Methods in Social Epidemiology) and the table of contents are posted.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: National Center for Health Statistics "Trends in Health and Aging," (May 2006). "On our site you will find tables on trends in the health of older Americans showing data by age, sex, race and Hispanic origin." http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/agingact.htm

U.S. NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS REPORT: "Health Characteristics of Adults 55 Years of Age and Over: United States, 2000-2003," by Charlotte A. Schoenborn, Jackline L. Vickerie, and Eve Powell-Griner (Advance Data from Vital and Health Statistics No. 370, April 2006, .pdf format, 32 page). http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/ad/ad370.pdf

REGISTER TO VOTE WITH ABSENTEE BALLOT

This year's election day (Nov. 7, 2006) will happen during the APHA Annual Meeting in Boston. Make your voice heard in the ballot box by registering to vote and requesting an absentee ballot before your state deadline! Click here for more information: https://ssl.capwiz.com/apha/e4/?

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

***REMINDER*** THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS FOR THE 2007 ASA-NCOA JOINT CONFERENCE IS JUNE 5!

 There is still time to submit an application to present at the 2007 Joint Conference of the American Society on Aging and the National Council on Aging in Chicago, March 7-10.

The ASA-NCOA joint conference, with more than 4,000 attendees, is recognized as a showcase for programs and projects that can be replicated, a forum for policy discussion and advocacy, and a prime source of information on new research findings in aging.

The theme of this year's conference is "Let's Rethink Aging." Submissions will be accepted in more than 50 categories, from adult day services to workforce issues and everything in between. A complete list of tracks can be found at http://www.agingconference.org.

If you have not received a Call for Presentations, you can find application instructions and submit your application online at www.agingconference.org/jc07/call. If you have received it, make sure you don't miss the June 5 deadline!

The International Conference on Healthy Ageing and Longevity will be held in Melbourne, Australia, Oct. 13-15, 2006. This is the third conference. Previous, highly successful meetings were held in Sydney and Brisbane.

These meetings successfully bought together global leaders in research and practice relating to healthy aging and longevity and I think have been world leading events on these topics.

I think the Melbourne meeting will be very deserving of your attention and strongly encourage you to consider participating and submitting a paper or poster.

Please see the attached announcement and visit the Web site ( http://www.longevity-international.com/) for the call for paper, registration details and other general information. I hope we will have the pleasure of seeing you in Melbourne in October.

EVENTS

Dædalus Winter 2006 : On Aging

 By the American Academy of Arts & Sciences Content at: http://www.amacad.org/publications/winter2006/cover.pdf

Content: Chris Wilson, The century ahead Henry J. Aaron Longer life spans: boon or burden?
Sarah Harper, Mature societies
Paul B. Baltes, Human dignity & the limits of life
Linda Partridge, Of worms, mice & men
Hillard Kaplan, The life course of a foraging species
Dennis J. Selkoe, Deciphering Alzheimer’s disease
Caleb E. Finch, Aging, inflammation & the body electric
Kenneth Clark, The artist grows old
Jagadeesh Gokhale & Kent Smetters, Social Security & the aging of America
Lisa F. Berkman & M. Maria Glymour, How society shapes life spans

"Physical Activity And Successful Aging"
European Group for Research into Elderly and Physical Activity (EGREPA)
Xth International Conference
Sept. 14-16, 2006 Cologne, Germany
Deutsche Sporthochschule (German Sport University)

REGISTRATION IS OPEN NOW # Early bird rate: 140 EUR (before April 15)

# Go to http://www.egrepa.org => conference => registration #

What about joining EGREPA? Pay 40 EUR, save 20 percent conference fee and receive the European Review on Aging and Physical Activity, our new Springer journal.

INFORMATION

Poison Control Centers served over 80 percent of the U.S. population and contributed to a national database from 1993 through 1998 using a standardized data collection form. Persons aged 65 years and over accounted for 18,363 exposures or 2.8 percent of the total unintentional exposures reported to Poison Control Centers from 1993 through 1998. While persons 65 and over accounted for 12.8 percent of the US population there are a number of reasons why older adults are a smaller percentage of Poison Center exposures than younger age groups. The primary reason is that Poison Centers are targeted and advertised primarily as a resource for parents and guardian of infants and toddlers. Children five years of age and younger account for 56.7 percent of all pesticide exposures reported to Poison Centers.

Despite a relatively low percentage among the aged, there is evidence of increased hazard. While those 65 years and older account for 2.8 percent of all pesticide exposures reported to Poison Centers, they accounted for 5.9 percent of the cases with a moderate to major medical outcome, and 27.6 percent of the deaths. Thus, once exposed, older adults are twice as likely to experience a serious outcome and nearly 10 times as likely to die.

An examination of individual classes of pesticides showed that pine oil- and ammonia- based disinfectants and fungicides are more likely to pose risks to older adults. Based on circumstances reported for fatal cases, this risk is often tied to mental incapacity, such as Alzheimer's disease, mistaking a pesticide container for food or drink, or pesticide storage in an unlabeled jar or container.

Source: "EPA Aging Initiative" 

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