2017 Recipient of The Global Ageing Network for Excellence in Applied Research Award
NSCA Fall Newsletter 2024
WHAT’S HAPPENING!
OUR FUTURE IS AGING CONFERENCE JUNE 3-4: Our Future is Aging Conference will be held at Mount Saint Vincent University June 3-4, 2025. Call for Abstracts is completed. Thank you to those of you who submitted an abstract. In addition to Dr. Anne Martin-Matthews as our key note speaker on Day 1 we are pleased to announce Dr. Charlene Chu as our Day 2 speaker on the topic of Artificial Intelligence and Aging. You also won’t want to miss our top notch group of panelists talking about current research networks and initiatives that have a focus on aging. REGISTRATION NOW OPEN – early bird rates until April 15. We look forward to see you in June! To register go to http://ourfutureisaging.ca
FREE PUBLIC EVENT – A Fireside Chat… Aging Is Our Future: Navigating the Next 50 Years. Monday, June 2, 2025, 6:30-8:30 pm. In Person: Multi-Purpose Room, 3rd Floor, Student Rosaria Centre, Mount Saint Vincent University. Join us for a thought-provoking discussion about the realities facing today’s and tomorrow’s generation of older adults – the fact that we are living longer. Click here to register for In-Person. Click here to register for Virtual Livestreaming.
NEW ARC-LTC RESEARCH PROJECT ANNOUNCED: A new research paper is now available: Examining Quality of Work Life in Atlantic Canadian Long-Term Care Homes: Protocol for a Cross-Sectional Survey Study, assess the quality of work life among staff in LTC homes in Atlantic Canada. It examines the effects of the work environment on the quality of work life and builds capacity for research in the LTC sector in Atlantic Canada among knowledge users, researchers, and trainees. The objective of this paper is to describe the approach needed to examine the quality of work life and health of care staff in LTC homes. The paper can be found here.
AN EXCITING NEW PROGRAM FROM THE NSCA AND AGING WELL NS: Aging Well Nova Scotia, in partnership with the Nova Scotia Centre on Aging is pleased to announce a new project, Disrupting Ageism in Nova Scotia. Over the next year, Aging Well Nova Scotia will be seeking to understand the lived experience and perceptions of ageism among older adults in our province. We aim to engage older people and the community groups that serve them to identify and create “ageism disruptors” in our communities. As part of this project we are inviting expressions of interest in participating in an “Ageism Disruptors” Advisory committee. The Advisory Committee will contribute insight and knowledge to guide the work; including:
– providing feedback on engagement tools
– providing input on the implementation of activities
– advising on the format of any resources developed for the project.
The Advisory Committee will meet virtually throughout the duration of the project (May 2025-March 2026). Membership to the Advisory Committee will be open to older people, aged 55+ in Nova Scotia, as well as representatives from community organizations working with older people. If you are interested in learning more about our Ageism Disruptors project, and joining the project Advisory Committee please email Erin Henderson at info@agingwellns.ca or call 902-422-0914
SUPPORT THE MSVU AGETASTICS TEAM: Support the MSVU Agetastics Team achieve its goal in the Walk for Alzheimer’s! For more than 10 years the NSCA has been participating in support of the important work of the Alzheimer Society. This year our goal is $2000. Please join our team or donate! https://support.alzheimer.ca/site/TR?team_id=30842…
DR. KEEFE NAMED GERONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA FELLOW: The Gerontological Society of America has named Dr. Janice Keefe as one of its newest fellows under the Social Research, Policy and Practice Section. She received the award recently in Seattle, Washington. (Pictured left; Dr. Keefe, right; Dr. Howard Degenholtz). Congratulations Dr. Keefe! More at: https://www.geron.org/News-Events/GSA-News/Press-Room/Press-Releases/gerontological-society-of-america-selects-2024-fellows
ARCLTC PROJECT SEEKING APPLICATIONS FOR POSTDOC POSITIONS: Understanding and Supporting Quality of Work Life in Long-term Care (LTC) is CIHR-funded research examining Atlantic Canadian LTC Staff Quality of Work Life. The project is seeking applications for 2 – 3 postdoctoral positions available during 2024-2027. Click here for more details.
SCHOLARSHIPS AND ASSISTANTSHIPS AVAILABLE: Full time students pursuing a thesis-based graduate degree in the Mount’s Family Studies and Gerontology or Applied Human Nutrition with a research focus in an area related to long-term care are encouraged to apply for scholarships and assistantship opportunities (up to $10,000 per year) made possible by the Shannex-MSVU Partnership. LINK to the Media page announcement. More: https://www.msvu.ca/shannex-donates-500000-to-msvu-for-healthy-aging-research-innovation/#HealthyAgingNow
RESEARCH ON STAFF QUALITY OF WORK LIFE IN LONG-TERM CARE WRAPS UP SURVEY: The team is pleased to share that more than 2000 staff in 53 care homes in Atlantic Canada completed the survey. Stay up to date on the project activities at www.arcltc.ca
HOME CARE PATHWAYS TEAM SHARING RESULTS: The Pathways team is sharing results to various audiences and working on a number of manuscripts. Stay up to date with news at www.homecarepathways.ca
TRAINING OPPORTUNITY IN DATA ANALYTICS: MSVU is one of several partners of the CAnD3 initiative, an innovative training program in Population Analytics in an Aging Society to equip the next generation of academic and applied population researchers with the knowledge, skills, and networks to support data-driven decision-making in aging societies. Contact nsca@msvu.ca for more information on training opportunities and possible funding through our site. For more information on the CAnD3 initiative go to https://www.mcgill.ca/cand3/