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
View Older Adult Education Brochure - Summer 2012
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Current and Upcoming Programs
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.
Senior Home Safety and Fall Prevention - Make Your Home “Aging Ready”
May 2, 10:30 am - 1:30 pm - Buena Senior Center, 600 Central Avenue, Buena
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.
First Wednesday Professional Lecture - The Limits of Medicare: Ignoring Effective Home-based Intervention for Persons with Alzheimer’s disease and their Caregivers.
June 6, 7:30 am – 9:00 am - The Health Center at Galloway, 66 West Jim Leeds Road, Galloway
Major evidence-based psychosocial and bio-psychosocial home-based interventions to improve the quality of life of persons with Alzheimer’s disease and their caregivers and their lack of coverage under the Medicare Home Health Benefit presented by William Cabin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Social Work and SCOSA Research Chair. Click here to register by 5/28. Download Flyer
Putting Clinic & Tour of Seaview Resort
June 18, 10:00 am – 11:30 am - Troon Golf Main Lobby, Seaview Resort, 401 South New York Road
Galloway, NJ 08205 609.748.7616
Meet the golf teaching professionals at Seaview Resort for pointers on putting and a tour of the Seaview Golf Resort, a Troon Golf managed facility, with 36 holes of Championship golf on two of New Jersey’s oldest and most prestigious courses. Register online by clicking here. Registration required - limited capacity.
Tai Chi Chih for Older Adults
June 20, June 27, July 11, July 18 11:00 am – 12:15 pm
The Noyes Museum of Art, 733 Lily Lake Road, Oceanville 609.652.8848 (Call this number to register)
A four week program, presented by Mary Schapker, designed to introduce students to twelve of the twenty movements that comprise the practice of T’ai Chi Chih. It can be performed by anyone regardless of age or physical condition. It requires no special clothing or equipment. (Requires advance registration and commitment to all four sessions. Limited Capacity.)
Tell Atlantic County What You Need - The Atlantic County Division of Intergenerational Services is developing a service plan for years 2013-2015. In order to provide the best service to our seniors and focus our attention where it will do the most good, we need your input. Please take a few moments to complete the survey. Needs Assessment Survey
Stockton Channel 9 will air Aging Insights on Tuesdays and Thrusdays at 7:30pm starting in April.
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".
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