From emily at tcaging.org Mon Feb 9 07:36:45 2009 From: emily at tcaging.org (Emily Farah-Miller) Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 07:36:45 -0600 Subject: [Fallsprevention] MNFP Listserv - Feb. 9 Message-ID: <80B2A7179839464CB92F45D5F4BC8FB02AA86E8DF7@exch.tcaging.org> Anyone Can Fall to air on ECHO TV The MN Falls Prevention Initiative partnered with TPT to produce "Anyone Can Fall." The program will be aired in six languages: Hmong, Khmer, Lao, Somali, Spanish and Vietnamese. The program will also be open-captioned in English. "Anyone Can Fall" will air: Sunday, February 15 - Broadcast in Vietnamese 7:00 pm, Lao 7:20 pm, Khmer 7:40 pm, Spanish 8:00 pm, Hmong 8:20 pm, Somali, 8:40 pm. Sunday, February 22 - Broadcast in Vietnamese 12:00 am, Lao 12:20 am, Khmer 12:40 am, Spanish 1:00 pm, Hmong, 1:20 pm, Somali 1:40 pm. For more information on Anyone Can Fall on ECHO TV, please visit: http://www.echominnesota.org/ Social Marketing for Nutrition and Physical Activity Web Course This course provides training for public health professionals about how to use social marketing to plan nutrition, physical activity, and obesity prevention programs. For more information, please visit: http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/socialmarketing/training/index.htm Social Marketing Resources http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/socialmarketing/ A Meeting of the Minds: Dementia Conference A Meeting of the Minds: Dementia Conference 2009 is co-sponsored by the Alzheimer's Association Minnesota-North Dakota and Mayo Clinic who work together to create a day designed to inform, equip and support persons with dementia, family caregivers and professionals. As in past years, national, regional and local presenters come together to ensure an innovative and insightful conference for the 1000 participants and over 50 sponsors and exhibits. For more information, please visit: http://www.alz.org/mnnd/in_my_community_13666.asp Department of Labor Older Worker Demonstration Grants Grants awarded under the Older Worker Demonstration should focus on providing training and related services for individuals age 55 and older that result in employment and advancement opportunities in high growth industries and economic sectors. Deadline: February 19, 2009 For more information, please visit: http://www.epa.gov/aging/grants/grantofo.htm#2009_0219_grantofo_1 Purpose Prize for Social Innovators Over 60 Open for Nominations Civic Ventures has opened nominations for the 2009 Purpose Prize. In its fourth year, the Purpose Prize awards up to $100,000 to social innovators over 60 who are creating new ways to solve pressing social issues - from education to health care, poverty to global warming. Winners are finding purpose in an encore career and putting their experience to work for the greater good. Nominations, including self-nominations are due March 5, 2009 and can be submitted at http://www.encore.org/prize Nominations Requested for MGS' Dutch Kastenbaum Award The deadline for the Minnesota Gerontological Society 's annual Dutch Kastenbaum Award is Monday, Feb. 23. To nominate someone for the Dutch Kastenbaum Outstanding Gerontologist Award visit the Minnesota Gerontological Society's website at www.mngero.org to download the form and for further instructions. John Heinz Senate Fellowship The Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program is a unique opportunity for professionals in health and aging to receive the experience and skills necessary to make a positive contribution to the development and implementation of health policies that affect older Americans. The nine-to-12-month Program offers fellows the opportunity to participate in a residential track or a non-residential track. Deadline: April 15, 2009. For more information, please visit: http://www.healthandagingpolicy.org/ ------------------------ The Minnesota Falls Prevention Listserv is a vehicle for sharing information related to the Minnesota Falls Prevention Initiative, led by the MN Board on Aging in partnership with the MN Department of Human Services, MN Department of Health and numerous public and private organizations. The Minnesota Falls Prevention Listserv is comprised of 300+ individuals throughout Minnesota, please use this resource to share information and access the expertise of those professionals subscribed to the listserv. To post to the listserv, send your message to: fallsprevention at mailman.stpaul.visi.com To subscribe (or unsubscribe) to the listserv, please visit: http://mailman.stpaul.visi.com/mailman/listinfo/fallsprevention Keep Minnesotans Right Side Up! Learn the easy ways we can reduce falls for Minnesotans, please visit the Minnesota Falls Prevention website at: http://www.mnfallsprevention.org/ ------------------------ Emily Farah-Miller Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging 2365 N McKnight Rd North Saint Paul, MN 55109 Phone: 651-245-2927 Fax: 651-641-8618 emily at tcaging.org www.tcaging.org Senior LinkAge Line(tm) 1-800-333-2433 Helping elders age successfully in Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and Washington Counties. Caution: This e-mail and attached documents, if any, may contain information that is protected by state or federal law. E-mail containing private or protected information should not be sent over a public (nonsecure) Internet unless it is encrypted pursuant to Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging, Inc. standards. This e-mail should be forwarded only on a strictly need-to-know basis. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (1) notify the sender immediately, (2) do not forward the message, (3) do not print the message and (4) erase the message from your system. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.stpaul.visi.com/pipermail/fallsprevention/attachments/20090209/6b9d7b45/attachment.htm From emily at tcaging.org Mon Feb 16 07:45:54 2009 From: emily at tcaging.org (Emily Farah-Miller) Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 07:45:54 -0600 Subject: [Fallsprevention] MNFP Listserv - Feb 16 Message-ID: <80B2A7179839464CB92F45D5F4BC8FB02AAB8040BC@exch.tcaging.org> Sense of balance predicts hip fracture risk Swedish researchers have found a simple way to estimate the risk of hip fracture in older adults; ask them if they have impaired balance. For more information, please visit: http://health.yahoo.com/news/reuters/us_balance_hip_fracture.html ------------------------ New Interactive Online Tool! Community Health Status Indicators Report The goal of Community Health Status Indicators (CHSI) is to provide an overview of key health indicators for local communities and to encourage dialogue about actions that can be taken to improve a community's health. CHSI was produced to give local public health agencies another tool for improving their community's health. The CHSI report contains over 200 measures for each of the 3,141 United States counties. This interactive Web site allows you to select your state and your county and then displays county specific public health data. For more information, please visit: http://communityhealth.hhs.gov/homepage.aspx?j=1 ------------------------ Exercise & Physical Activity: Your Everyday Guide from the National Institute on Aging The National Institute on Aging has released a guide for older adults to help them take charge of an important part of their health. Exercise & Physical Activity: Your Everyday Guide from the National Institute on Aging! discusses the benefits of exercise and physical activity, and shows older adults how to get started, reduce risks, and reward their progress. It contains sample exercises and charts to record their activities. The guide also has tips for getting back on track if there's a break in routine, as well as tips for healthy eating. Personal stories are also interspersed throughout the guide that can serve as inspirations to be more active every day. For more information, please visit: http://www.nia.nih.gov/HealthInformation/Publications/ExerciseGuide/ ------------------------ Hospitalization Happens: A Guide to Hospital Visits for Individuals with Memory Loss A trip to the hospital for a person with memory loss or dementia can be stressful for both the person and the accompanying caregiver. To help family and friends of individuals with memory loss prepare for and deal with hospitalization, the Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral (ADEAR) Center of the National Institute on Aging is distributing the newly updated Hospitalization Happens: A Guide to Hospital Visits for Individuals with Memory Loss. For more information, please visit: www.nia.nih.gov/Alzheimers/Publications/happens.htm ------------------------ Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians Spring Refresher, April 16-17 This annual medical update is intended to help family physicians, residents, medical students, and allied professionals improve their clinical practice, reinforce appropriate practices, and acquire new skills. For more information, please visit: http://www.mafp.org/ ------------------------ Minnesota Critical Access Hospital and Rural Health Conference, June 15-16 Proposals for conference presentations will be accepted through March 13, 2009. Nominations for this year's outstanding individual and team in the field of rural health are due May 4, 2009. For more information, please visit: http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/orhpc/conf/ ------------------------ The Minnesota Falls Prevention Listserv is a vehicle for sharing information related to the Minnesota Falls Prevention Initiative, led by the MN Board on Aging in partnership with the MN Department of Human Services, MN Department of Health and numerous public and private organizations. The Minnesota Falls Prevention Listserv is comprised of 300+ individuals throughout Minnesota, please use this resource to share information and access the expertise of those professionals subscribed to the listserv. To post to the listserv, send your message to: fallsprevention at mailman.stpaul.visi.com To subscribe (or unsubscribe) to the listserv, please visit: http://mailman.stpaul.visi.com/mailman/listinfo/fallsprevention Keep Minnesotans Right Side Up! Learn the easy ways we can reduce falls for Minnesotans, please visit the Minnesota Falls Prevention website at: http://www.mnfallsprevention.org/ ------------------------ Emily Farah-Miller Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging 2365 N McKnight Rd North Saint Paul, MN 55109 Phone: 651-245-2927 Fax: 651-641-8618 emily at tcaging.org www.tcaging.org Senior LinkAge Line(tm) 1-800-333-2433 Helping elders age successfully in Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and Washington Counties. Caution: This e-mail and attached documents, if any, may contain information that is protected by state or federal law. E-mail containing private or protected information should not be sent over a public (nonsecure) Internet unless it is encrypted pursuant to Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging, Inc. standards. This e-mail should be forwarded only on a strictly need-to-know basis. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (1) notify the sender immediately, (2) do not forward the message, (3) do not print the message and (4) erase the message from your system. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.stpaul.visi.com/pipermail/fallsprevention/attachments/20090216/c06f1051/attachment-0001.htm From emily at tcaging.org Tue Feb 17 07:27:44 2009 From: emily at tcaging.org (Emily Farah-Miller) Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 07:27:44 -0600 Subject: [Fallsprevention] MNFP Listserv - Feb 17 Message-ID: <80B2A7179839464CB92F45D5F4BC8FB02AAB8040D0@exch.tcaging.org> Helping Older Adults Find Health Info Online webinar Thurs. Feb. 19 A wealth of health information is now available on the Web-much of it helpful to seniors. The Web is also a good source of Medicare information. But the older adult population may be less familiar with using the Web than other groups. How can you help your clients navigate a sea of sites to find the information they need? In this Webinar, Helping Older Adults Find Health Info Online, we'll answer that question. For more information, please visit: http://www.ncoa.org/content.cfm?sectionid=272 ------------------------ Cognitive Fitness & Brain Health Web presentation The newest online learning opportunities from the American Society on Aging are two talks on cognitive fitness and brain health for elders. Offered by ASA's MindAlert program with support from the MetLife Foundation, the talks provide an introduction to the latest research on ways to maintain and improve cognitive skills and brain health among older adults. Both talks are offered free of charge. For more information, please visit: http://www.asaging.org/asav2/asaconnection/enews/09feb/education.cfm ------------------------ 2008 Winners Announced for the Building Healthy Communities for Active Aging Four communities and local government agencies from around the country are the recipients of the 2008 Building Healthy Communities for Active Aging award. The communities include Portland, Oregon; Casper, Wyoming; Iowa City, Iowa; and Satellite Beach, Florida. This award program recognizes outstanding community planning and strategies that support active aging and smart growth, thereby improving the quality of life of older residents. By adopting smart growth principles, communities can design places that improve health and quality of life for older adults by increasing opportunities for walking and biking as part of everyday life. For more information about each winner, please visit: http://www.epa.gov/aging/bhc/awards/2008/index.html ------------------------ Building Healthy Communities for Active Aging 2009 Award Program EPA added a new category for neighborhood and non-governmental governmental organizations as part of its award program for excellence in Building Healthy Communities for Active Aging. The award program will continue to recognize public-sector entities, including all levels of elected governments, from city councils to state legislatures, and their constituent parts such as planning departments and other executive branch divisions. Entities with the best and most inclusive overall approach to implementing smart growth and active aging on a variety of fronts at the neighborhood, tribe, city, county, and regional level will be recognized in this new category. Applications are due July 17, 2009. To review the application form, please see http://www.epa.gov/aging/bhc/awards/bhcaa-award-entryform.pdf . ------------------------ >From Gray to Green, One Aging Organization's Journey Toward Sustainability A recent publication by the Jefferson area Board for Aging helps us appreciate how addressing the well-being of today's elders can be done in ways that benefit other generations and generations yet to come. The approach showcased here to transform a nonprofit with a mission to serve elders into an increasingly green organization is guided by a practical set of ideas, strategies, and guidelines offered in the Viable Futures Toolkit http://www.viablefuturestoolkit.org. The Jefferson Area Board JABA for Aging partnered in the preparation and publication of the Viable Futures Toolkit. This publication represents Chapter 2 in the story of how JABA is realizing its mission through more expansive results. http://www.viablefuturestoolkit.org/Toolkit%20PDFs/CvilleCaseStudyCh2.pdf ------------------------ REEVE FOUNDATION OFFERS QUALITY OF LIFE GRANTS FOR ORGANIZATIONS SERVING INDIVIDUALS WITH PARALYSIS Deadline: March 1 and September 1 The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation Quality of Life Grants Program awards grants to nonprofit organizations that provide services to individuals with paralysis. Quality of Life grants of up to $25,000 are awarded to programs or projects that improve the daily lives of people with paralysis, with some emphasis on, but not limited to, paralysis caused by spinal cord injuries. Funding is awarding twice yearly to programs in three broad categories: 1) Actively Achieving projects enable people with paralysis to get out and live -- ride a bike, compete in sports, climb a mountain, hike a trail, train for a job, play with friends on a totally accessible playground, work out in a fitness pro- gram, and more. 2) Bridging Barriers projects help people with paralysis over- come obstacles to full participation in society -- operate voice-activated computer technology, modify homes and buildings to make them wheelchair accessible, help with legal problems, access transportation services, and more. 3) Caring and Coping projects help take care of both individuals with paralysis and the people who care for them -- projects may include caregiver support and respite, peer networks, support groups, counseling, consumer and healthcare professional educational conferences, specialized training for healthcare professionals, and more. For more information, please visit: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15016777/reevefdn ------------------------ The Minnesota Falls Prevention Listserv is a vehicle for sharing information related to the Minnesota Falls Prevention Initiative, led by the MN Board on Aging in partnership with the MN Department of Human Services, MN Department of Health and numerous public and private organizations. The Minnesota Falls Prevention Listserv is comprised of 300+ individuals throughout Minnesota, please use this resource to share information and access the expertise of those professionals subscribed to the listserv. To post to the listserv, send your message to: fallsprevention at mailman.stpaul.visi.com To subscribe (or unsubscribe) to the listserv, please visit: http://mailman.stpaul.visi.com/mailman/listinfo/fallsprevention Keep Minnesotans Right Side Up! Learn the easy ways we can reduce falls for Minnesotans, please visit the Minnesota Falls Prevention website at: http://www.mnfallsprevention.org/ ------------------------ Emily Farah-Miller Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging 2365 N McKnight Rd North Saint Paul, MN 55109 Phone: 651-245-2927 Fax: 651-641-8618 emily at tcaging.org www.tcaging.org Senior LinkAge Line(tm) 1-800-333-2433 Helping elders age successfully in Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and Washington Counties. Caution: This e-mail and attached documents, if any, may contain information that is protected by state or federal law. E-mail containing private or protected information should not be sent over a public (nonsecure) Internet unless it is encrypted pursuant to Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging, Inc. standards. This e-mail should be forwarded only on a strictly need-to-know basis. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (1) notify the sender immediately, (2) do not forward the message, (3) do not print the message and (4) erase the message from your system. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.stpaul.visi.com/pipermail/fallsprevention/attachments/20090217/eea62ed0/attachment.htm From emily at tcaging.org Tue Feb 24 07:00:32 2009 From: emily at tcaging.org (Emily Farah-Miller) Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:00:32 -0600 Subject: [Fallsprevention] MNFP Listserv - Feb 24 Message-ID: <80B2A7179839464CB92F45D5F4BC8FB02AB22101C9@exch.tcaging.org> Elderly Falls Injury Prevention Legislation and Statutes Review active and recently enacted legislation on falls injury prevention. For more information, please visit: http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/fallsdata.htm ------------------------ Best-Practice Physical Activity Programs for Older Adults Researchers assessing best-practice physical activity programs for older adults found there were statistically significant benefits with regard to self-efficacy for exercise adherence over time, adherence in the face of barriers, increased upper- and lower-body strength, and exercise participation. The study, published in the February issue of the American Journal of Public Health, used a multisite, randomized trial to test the impact of multiple-component physical activity programs. Researchers note that best-practice, community-based physical activity programs can measurably improve aspects of functioning that are risk factors for disability among older adults. For more information, please visit: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19059858 ------------------------ Medica Foundation 2009 Funding Priorities Updated Letters of Inquiry are Accepted: March 2 - March 27, 2009 Medica's interest areas include: 1) Behavioral Health: Filling the Gaps is a funding opportunity designed to develop capabilities or change processes related to the continuum of behavioral health care service interventions, accessibility and sustainability. Behavioral Health Grants will be up to $50,000. 2) Healthy Living is a funding opportunity designed to modify and enhance lifestyles to achieve optimal health status and quality of life. Priority will be given to new or expanded programs with proven strategies and demonstrated outcomes that target physical activity, nutrition, weight management and obesity. Program expansion is defined as expansion to a different service area or different population served. Healthy Living grants will be up to $30,000. For more information, please visit: http://www.medica.com/C5/C6/MFoundationFundingPriorities/default.aspx ------------------------ The Minnesota Falls Prevention Listserv is a vehicle for sharing information related to the Minnesota Falls Prevention Initiative, led by the MN Board on Aging in partnership with the MN Department of Human Services, MN Department of Health and numerous public and private organizations. The Minnesota Falls Prevention Listserv is comprised of 320+ individuals throughout Minnesota, please use this resource to share information and access the expertise of those professionals subscribed to the listserv. To post to the listserv, send your message to: fallsprevention at mailman.stpaul.visi.com To subscribe (or unsubscribe) to the listserv, please visit: http://mailman.stpaul.visi.com/mailman/listinfo/fallsprevention Keep Minnesotans Right Side Up! Learn the easy ways we can reduce falls for Minnesotans, please visit the Minnesota Falls Prevention website at: http://www.mnfallsprevention.org/ ------------------------ Emily Farah-Miller Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging 2365 N McKnight Rd North Saint Paul, MN 55109 Phone: 651-245-2927 Fax: 651-641-8618 emily at tcaging.org www.tcaging.org Senior LinkAge Line(tm) 1-800-333-2433 Helping elders age successfully in Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and Washington Counties. Caution: This e-mail and attached documents, if any, may contain information that is protected by state or federal law. E-mail containing private or protected information should not be sent over a public (nonsecure) Internet unless it is encrypted pursuant to Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging, Inc. standards. This e-mail should be forwarded only on a strictly need-to-know basis. 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