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The 2008 NCAOA Annual Training Conference

April 16-18, 2008

The Sheraton Atlantic Beach Hotel, Atlantic Beach, NC

Registration forms and detailed information on the Conference is now available by clicking here.

Sponsor information can be obtained by clicking here.

For questions about the conference, please contact Cynthia Davis at cdavis@mideastcom.org

 



2008 NCAOA Excellence in the Field of Aging Awards

will be presented at the Annual Conference in April.  Awards recognize an Executive, a Supervisor, and a front-line Employee.  There is also an award to recognize a public official for support of aging initiatives. To nominate someone for these awards,  complete an application form and submit by March 17 to Candie Rudzinski, NCAOA Awards Chair.

To Access Awards Application Forms, click here.

 

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NC Association on Aging Newsletter October 29, 2007

Greetings!

 

The NC Association on Aging brings you the following update.

 

in this issue

National Senior Center Standards Training Offered
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The NC Senior Center Alliance, a program section of the NCAOA, is offering a new training program for senior center professionals and volunteers focused on learning about national standards for senior centers. The national standards have been developed by the National Institute of Senior Centers (NISC), and form the basis of its national accreditation program.

The training will be held January 17-18 at Rufty- Holmes Senior Center in Salisbury, the only nationally accredited senior center in North Carolina. Rick Eldridge, Center Executive Director (& NCAOA President), is certified by NISC as a National Standards Trainer, and will lead the training. The two-day workshop is especially geared toward those senior centers who have already achieved "Senior Center of Excellence" status with the state, and are looking to further improve their operations and services.

 


Annual Conference April 16-18
Sheraton at Atlantic Beach

 

The 2008 NCAOA Training Conference will be held April 16-18 at the Sheraton Hotel in Atlantic Beach, NC. The NCAOA Board will be finalizing workshop topics soon for tracks involving senior centers, caregiver specialists, nutrition workers, and other aging professionals. If you have a suggestion, feel free to submit it to Conference Chair Cynthia Davis at cdavis@mideast.com .

For information about the Atlantic Sheraton, click on the photo above.

Save the date now - Wednesday thru Friday, April 16- 18 at the oceanfront Sheraton!

 


Salary Study in the Works

 

The NCAOA Board of Directors adopted a goal this year of developing a pilot program for a salary study of various aging positions in our state.

Members of the Board are working with NCAOA Projects Consultant Julie Bell on developing an on-line survey that can capture comparative information which can be compiled and shared across the network.

The first position to be studied will be "HCCBG Lead Agency Directors" in our counties. A different salary study survey will target "Senior Center Directors." The Board hopes to have these surveys ready for distribution in January after field testing is completed this fall.

Based on results from the first two surveys, the model will be refined for use with other aging positions in our network.

 


Thirty Complete "Aging Boot Camp" in Winston-Salem

 

NCAOA's fall session of "Aging Bootcamp" was held October 24 & 25 at the new Senior Services, Inc. building in Winston-Salem. Thirty staff members from various organizations around the state attended this session designed for new employees in the aging network.

NCAOA Board Member Bill Lamb from the UNC Institute on Aging coordinated the training that provided information about how aging programs work in our state. Topics covered by Bill and other presenters included an overview of aging in the state; the health aspects of aging; aging sensitivity; the psycho-socal aspects of aging; basic helping skills; Social Security; Medicare & Adult Medicaid; social services & adult services; and Older American Act programs and services.

The next "Aging Boot Camp" will be held in February or early March.

 


Roxanne Bragg-Cash Elected President of Coalition on Aging

 

NCAOA Immediate Past President Roxanne Bragg-Cash was elected as the new President of the North Carolina Coalition on Aging at its Annual Meeting held in Raleigh September 28.

The Coalition of Aging is comprised of forty-one different aging organizations in the state and meets regularly to collaborate on advancing aging initiatives with the NC General Assembly.

Roxanne replaces Jean Reaves as Chair. Jean was honored for her service by those attending the luncheon meeting held at the NC State University Club.

 

 

CHANGES IN NCAOA LEADERSHIP TAKE PLACE OVER SUMMER

This summer NCAOA, and the aging network, lost a valuable resource when NC Division of Aging & Adult Services Lead Monitor Mark Hensley accepted employment with a non-profit family services organization in Raleigh. Mark served the aging network well for many years and will be greatly missed. Upon departure, Mark was serving as the NCAOA Board Treasurer.

The Board voted in July to name Alan Winstead as our new Treasurer. Alan is Executive Director of Wake County Meals on Wheels and formerly worked for Randolph County Senior Services.

 

 

YOUR NCAOA BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Rick Eldridge, President
Ellen Whitlock, Vice-President
Cynthia Davis, Secretary
Alan Winstead, Treasurer
Roxanne Bragg-Cash, Past President
Jacquie Buttles
Annette Crumpton
Janis Fender
Tami Hefner
Bill Lamb
Mary Mode
Stacie Nelson
Candie Rudzinski
Judi Womack

 

 

The mission of NCAOA is to represent agencies and other professionals in the field of aging who provide home & community based services, and advocate for quality programs which enable older adults and their families to live as independently as possible.

 



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