Stockton Center on Successful Aging (SCOSA)

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

Upcoming SCOSA Programs

View Older Adult Education Brochure - Winter/Spring 2012

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Time to Tell Autobiographical Writing Project -
Personalized online and ongoing instruction to help you chronicle the stories of your life. Work toward a finished publication at your own pace. Register online by clicking here.

Maintaining a Healthy Mind -
January 31, 2012, 10:30am, Ventnor Senior Center, 6500 Atlantic Ave., Ventnor
February 7, 10:30 am - Egg Harbor City Senior Center, 341-351 Cincinnati Ave.
February 21, 2012 10:30 am - Dr. Leinweber Center, 235 Dolphin Ave., Northfield
February 28, 10:00 am - Egg Harbor Twp. Center, 5045 English Creek Ave.

Workshops with Confidential Memory Screening. Memory functioning to enhance successful aging presented by Christine Gayda, Ph.D., New Jersey Licensed Psychologist, SCOSA Service Chair and Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology at Stockton. Click here for more information.

Efficiently Independent – Save Energy, Save Money
February 8, 10:30 am - Stockton Campus Center, Room 5
February 22, 10:30 am - Buena Senior Center, 600 Central Ave.

Free information session presented by NJPIRG’s Energy Service Corp at Stockton. Learn how to reduce your energy use and save money on utilities while learning about programs available to you to help you remain independent through rebates and services to help pay bills. NJPIRG’s Energy Service Corp can also provide free individual winterization services to homeowners.

Senior Home Safety and Fall Prevention - Make Your Home "Aging Ready"
February 8, 10:30 am - Margate Community Pavilion, 101 S. Huntington Ave.
February 14, 10:30 am - Hammonton Senior Center, 310 Bellevue Ave.

Doug Schindler, MS, CAPS, a Certified Aging-In-Place Specialist (CAPS), will provide information on how you can safely stay in your home as you age. He will discuss common accidents in the home and their financial costs while focusing on low cost or no cost solutions to help keep you safe and accident free, especially in the area of fall prevention.

Professional Seminar - Culturally Competent Practices with Latino Clients & Families: Building on Evidence Based Principles
February 23, 2012 4:30 pm - 7:00 pm - The Shores of Wesley Manor, 2201 Bay Avenue, Ocean City, NJ
The Stockton Center on Successful Aging is Pleased to Present: Dr. Merydawilda Colon, Associate Professor of Social Work and Coordinator of Stockton’s Social Work Program. The seminar, designed for professionals, para-professionals, and other caregivers who work with older adults is free of charge and includes a complimentary dinner. Upon completion, participants will receive 2 CEs for Social Workers. The program is sponsored by Right at Home and The Shores of Wesley Manor. Click here for flyer. Register by 2/17/12. Click here to register (note: due to holiday, registration information will be available by 1/20/12).

Announcements

Important and Timely: Government Debt in Europe and the U.S.

In April, SCOSA and the Notre Dame Club of South Jersey hosted our 2011 Hesburgh Lecture with Michael J. Pries, Ph.D., Professor of Economics and Econometrics at the University of Notre Dame. The title of the lecture was "Our Growing National Debt and What It Means for Our Economic Future". Dr. Pries, a Macro-Economists, discussed the structural debt issues in Greece, Portugal, Italy and Spain and predicted some of the turmoil we have experienced in late July through early August.

Click Here for Streaming Video of Lecture

SCOSA Older Adult Education Program "Telling True Tales", presented by Professor Judy Copeland, featured in The Stockton Times. Click here to read the article.

Channel 40 Health Update with Robin Stoloff Interview with Dr. Lisa Cox on Successful Aging - click here to view

Medicines in Development and Other Approaches to Arthritis Treatment
Presented at the July meeting of the South Jersey Senior Marketing Group, presented by SCOSA in conjunction with www.WeWorkforHealth.org/newjersey.
Other Useful Links:
Click here to download Arthritis 2011 Report on Medications in the Pipeline for Arthritis
Click here for link to July 30, 2011 NPR Radio Program on "People's Pharmacy": Alleviating Arthritis. (Program is available as Podcast, or streaming audio - NJN used to air at 9:00pm Fridays, WHYY does not. Search NPR to find station that covers it to listen live.
Click here for US CDC Report and Toolkit for health campaign: "Physical Activity: The Arthritis Pain Reliever".
Click here for the Arthritis Foundatoin (U.S.), and click here for their report, "Physical Activity is Natural Pain Reliever for Arthritis".