SCOSA Vision and Mission
The Stockton Center on Successful Aging promotes education, research, and services to respond to local, regional, and statewide needs related to population aging. The Center’s core mission is to encourage older residents to “age successfully” through vital involvements and engagement in their community. SCOSA Press Release Announcements
♦ Dr. Jessica Fleck will instruct two Mind Alert Workshops in October (free to all older adults):
Stimulate Your Mind and Enhance Memory with Creative Experiences in Mental Fitness. Understanding ways to develop cognitive fitness is important for older adults. Participation in interactive exercise stimulates both sides of the brain with six different forms of intelligences. This variety of learning experiences promotes creativity and memory while having fun. Dr. Jessica Fleck, Stockton Assistant Professor of Psychology and certified Mind Alert Trainer will help you explore mental exercise that brings about memory improvement. Begin today to learn the steps that you can take to maintain and enhance your cognitive and mental functions as you age.
Events Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day
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Hesburgh Lecture - "Deciding to be Green"
Sponsors: The Notre Dame Club of South Jersey |
Laura Carlson, PhD, Professor of Psychology, University of Notre Dame presented "Deciding to be Green" at Stockton on Monday, April 26th. With the growing concern for the protection of the environment, we need to encourage more eco-friendly behavior. Carlson discussed how we can use psychology to explore our relationship with the environment, focusing on why and how we make everyday environmental decisions (e.g., recycling a can or using a reusable bottle). |
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SCOSA has joined the EPA's Earth Day 2010 Campaign with Service and Advocacy. Click here for event notice. 40th Anniversary Celebration of Earth Day with Lecture Deciding to be Green. SCOSA's Involvement in Stockton's Green College Initiative
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 SCOSA Involvement in Stockton's Green College Initiative |
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Note: Since the Osprey is Stockton's mascot, we thought our viewers might be interested in "The Grand Old Lady of the Loch", a female osprey who has now returned for a record 20th consecutive year to her Scottish nesting site. The bird has again completed the 3,000-mile migration from her wintering grounds in West Africa to her summer breeding territory at Loch of the Lowes in Perthshire, confounding wildlife experts in the process. At the ripe old age of 25 years old, she has lived more than three times the average lifespan of an osprey. The fish hawks began breeding again in Scotland in the 1950s after being driven to near extinction. " Click here to read the story in The Independent(UK). Click here to view on You Tube. |
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| Stockton Team at Memory Walk 2010 for the Alzheimer's Association Memory Walk is one of the largest sources of income for the National Alzheimer's Association. By October of 2009 we had 100 team members and near 8000 dollars raised. This year, we have set a Stockton Team fundraising goal of 10,000 dollars. The walk will take place on the Atlantic City Boardwalk on October 24th. Early team building and fundraising is crucial to help us meet and exceed our goals, so please consider joining now. To register for the walk and begin fundraising, click here. |
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SCOSA Scholars Membership Program
The Stockton Center on Successful Aging, in collaboration with the College's School of Graduate and Continuing Studies hopes to dramatically increase the college's educational offerings for older adults. While there is no age-restriction upon enrolling in any of the college's undergraduate or graduate courses, we recognize that short courses, seminars, lectures, study tours, and other activities designed specifically for older learners are all needed in our area.
In order to meet the growing demand for such programs, we are happy to introduce "SCOSA Scholars" - an Annual Membership Program that will offer a variety of educational opportunities for those who are 50 and over. The core offerings of SCOSA Scholars will involve intellectually stimulating, non-credit courses specifically designed for students over 50 years of age who are interested in personal enrichment. Emphasis will be placed on learning for the joy of learning and on keeping in touch with a larger world. In addition, SCOSA Scholars who are 65 or older will have the opportunity to enroll tuition-free on a space available basis in selected undergraduate and graduate credit-bearing courses at the college (additional fees are required).
Click here for a SCOSA Scholars Membership Application. Complete the form, print and mail to the address on the form.
Health Care Reform Bill and Aging Issues
⇒ New Health Care Law Contains Provisions for Older Americans: On Sunday, March 21, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590), which President Barack Obama signed into law on Tuesday, March 23. This comprehensive health care reform bill previously was passed by the Senate on December 24, 2009, and contains a number of provisions that affect older adults. The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) Policy Advisor Brian Lindberg has prepared a document that summarizes these measures. To download the list in PDF format, click on the following link: http://www.geron.org/HCRprovisions.pdf. H.R. 3590 is designed to extend health insurance coverage to 32 million currently uninsured Americans, provide subsidies to help individuals purchase health insurance, prevent insurance companies from discriminating against individuals with pre-existing conditions, strengthen the Medicare program, and provide billions of dollars of funding for public health and prevention when it is fully implemented.
⇒ Provisions Relevant to Aging Services Technologies by the Center for Aging Services Technologies (CAST). Click here to access.
⇒ Alzheimer's and Health Care Reform - click here to read the Alzheimer-specific provisions.
General Notes
♦Click here to download the Summer 2010 Issue of The New Social Worker. Stockton graduate and former SCOSA Newsletter Student Editor, Bonnie Camp's article called "The Visit" is featured on page 30.
♦“Successful Aging - The Public Policy Imperative” Rachel Pruchno, Ph.D., Endowed Professor of Gerontology, Director of Research, New Jersey Institute for Successful Aging UMDNJ-SOM. Power Point Presentation♦ PDF Presentation of Elyse Perweiler's Scholarly Research Lecture held in October, 2009 and titled: Retooling for an Aging America – Critical Issues in the Long-Term Care Workforce can be viewed by clicking here.
♦ Last year SCOSA co-sponsored a lecture by Andrew Yarrow titled: Americans Face Up to the Nation's Finances. The Baltimore Sun has published an article by Andrew Yarrow and Marc Freedman titled: Our 'posterity deficit' Americans must do more to look out for future generations that can be accessed by clicking on the link.
♦ Every Tuesday and Thursday at 9:30pm, Stockton College's educational access channel (Channel 09 on Comcast Cable) broadcasts "CMS and You" produced by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services at US Department of Health and Human Services. Program topics change every month and cover such issues as coverage guidelines for long-term care, Inoculations for the H1N1 and Seasonal Flu, etc.
New Peace Pilgrim Book Discussion Group
For other events sponsored by Stockton and other organizations click here.
Click here for SCOSA Brochure
click here for SCOSA Newsletter
Click here to learn more about Stockton's Gerontology Program
click here to access "How much do social work students and older adults know about Medicare Part D?" co-written by SCOSA's Education Chair, Dr. Christine Ferri and SCOSA's Research Chair, Dr. Lisa Cox and published in Educational Gerontology (Vol. 35, Iss. 5, pgs. 409-415).
Want to know what else is going on at Stockton? Visit these websites.
Performing Arts Center www.stockton.edu/pac
Arts & Humanities www.stockton.edu/arhu
William J. Hughes Center for Public Policy www.stockton.edu/hughescenter
Holocaust Resource Center
Art Gallery www.stockton.edu/artgallery
A portion of the funding for SCOSA's Older Adult Education Programs is granted under Title III of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended, through a grant by the Division of Intergenerational Services, Atlantic County, New Jersey.
Atlantic County Division of Intergenerational Services prides itself on the programs and services it has made available to our communities for more than 30 years. We serve the needs of families, youth, disabled individuals and senior citizens. Caring professionals are available to provide assessment, guidance, counseling, and information and referral. Individual case management insures a personal connection with our residents to insure that their needs are met. This Division provides information and referrals for human service providers through its toll free call center at 1-888-426-9243.
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