Caregiving Links for November 2023 (Expanded!)
Expanded updates on virtual appearances, events, and resources in from my Care Generations Newsletter.
CARENEWSLETTERS
MY APPEARANCES
Nothing public I can share at this time, but I do want to highlight a few things:
I blogged in response to Pew Research Center's decision to stop utilizing age-birth cohorts (AKA "generations") to report most of their studies. There are certainly methodological reasons for this, but I argue to continue and even improve generational models in caregiving research.
I helped facilitate and scribe for a recent 2-day workshop hosted by the National Institution on Aging discussing the future of population studies in dementia research; it felt good to facilitate in a research setting, and our work that day will one day be available to guide future research.
I'm tagged in a colleague's LinkedIn blog, but I'm hoping to develop a further conversation in my own piece.
EVENTS & DEADLINES
November is National Caregiver Month, and I believe this is the first time it's been recognized at the federal level.
November 28th is apparently the day EVERYONE decided to host a webinar or half-day conference before the holidays:
December 5th: Dementia Friendly Pennsylvania on Promoting Dementia Awareness in African American Faith Communities
2024
Next year's Data-intensive Research Conference will be themed "Harnessing the Power of Linked Data to Study Aging" with abstracts due Feb 1
February 8th: Texas Alzheimer's Research and Care Consortium Symposium
PCORI, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, is seeking nominations for its advisory panels, due March 29
May 14-16: National Center for Training and Technical Assistance on Child, Youth, and Family Mental Health (NTTAC) System of Care Virtual Summit
NEWS
Direct Care Workers and Family Caregivers Join Forces
Is America Ready to Unleash a Multigenerational Force for Good?
How longevity affects financial planning
National Alliance for Caregiving receives funding to strengthen caregiving infrastructure nationwide
Further evidence that Hearing Aids slow cognitive decline
Hastings Center discourages giving dementia drugs to people without symptoms
A deep dive into how mental illness is treated in California's Nursing Homes
The relationship between age and close friendships is not what many think
RESOURCES
The American Society on Aging had a terrific double feature this fall: their academic quarterly, Generations Journal, released a qualitative, narrative-heavy issue themed "How We Talk about Aging", and their magazine Generations Today featured articles on media depictions of aging. Both are available to the public, as are many (but not all) of their webinars.
AARP has also been releasing a lot of new materials, such as an update to their Long-term Services and Supports Report Card and articles on Caregiver Mental Health and results from a recent study on sex and relationships among older adults.
National Alliance for Caregiving has released a Spotlight report on supporting Mental Health of caregivers.
Caregiving.com recently held a National Family Caregiver Summit and posted the videos online.
Generations United: Strengthening Cultural Responsiveness in Intergenerational Programs
Population Reference Bureau: "How Do We Respond to an Aging World?"
NASEM: Addressing the Needs of an Aging Population through Health Professions Education (seems to resonate with Alzheimer's Association's growing attention to Health Systems)
Justice in Aging: What to do when a Long-Term Care facility refuses to accept Medicaid and is threatening to evict
Sign up to receive weekly emails from the National Institute on Aging about Advance Care Planning
Get involved in advocating for the National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers
STUDY RECRUITMENT
CARES Study: help develop a website matching care families with service providers
Due November 22: Survey on Nursing Home Debt
NHATS/NSOC Conference on Dementia Caregiving, abstracts due by January 15
By January 31st: Study of the state of LGBTQ+ Aging
Study of SuperAgers (people who live past age 95) and their children
New Registry for AAPI Caregiving (hosted by UC San Francisco)
New registry for folks with Fronto-Temporal Dementia
COVID-19
JAMA: Forgotten but Not Gone
The John Snow Project joined many others in imploring the CDC to reinstitute masking in healthcare settings
COVID tests and treatments may now be available to you by mail.
Tarrant County, Texas, ONLY: survey assessing local COVID response
More evidence suggesting COVID-19 contributes to neurodegenerative (this link is to a summary on Twitter, but you can find the clinical article linked there) and autoimmune conditions
The last bastion of live nationwide case data may or may not be going away, despite continuing seasonal surges
Some states are accused of undermining vaccination efforts. Any guesses which?
In fact, non-COVID vaccination rates seem to have taken a hit as well.