FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Aging in place offers options for aging population and for careers

Greenville, NC (Sept. 30, 2011)--By the year 2050, the number of Americans living to be 85 years of age or older will have increased fivefold. As the population ages, there could be a serious shortage of services and lack of equal access for aging adults who need care. In North Carolina, for example, 43% of the existing continuing care retirement centers are concentrated in 7 of the state's 100 counties.

In the article "Innovative and Complementary Approaches to Aging in Place" published in the most recent issue of the Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, researchers at East Carolina University and North Carolina State University say that older adults' preferences combined with limited private and public resources indicate that aging in place (i.e., remaining at home rather than moving to a long-term care facility) may be the best way to meet the needs of an aging population.

The IFHE e-book on Global Sustainable Development is embarking on Phase 3, which will be launched at the IFHE Congress in Melbourne in 2012. Attached please find the brief. Please read and see if you are interested in contributing to this edition.

Contact miriamodonoghue@gmail.com
Miriam O' Donoghue
Chairperson
IFHE Programme Committee - Consumers and Sustainability

Programme Committee Project -
ebook - Global Sustainable Development: A Challenge for Consumer Citizens
www.educationforsustainabledevelopment.org

This is a reminder that the deadline for paper, poster, and educational program submissions for the Eastern Family Economics & Resource Management Association Conference (February 29 through March 2, 2012 in Charlotte, NC) is September 26.

Submission guidelines and information about the new student scholarship program are available from the EFERMA web page.

Submission reviewers: Volunteer reviewers for submissions are needed--contact Yoko Mimura (ymimura@fcs.uga.edu) to sign up.

The Board of Directors of ACCi is pleased to announce that the 2012 Annual Conference will be held April 11-13, 2012 at the Memphis Marriott.
http://www.consumerinterests.org/Conference.html

Call for papers

At the The 64th Annual UN DPI/NGO Conference 'Sustainable Societies - Responsive Citizens' which is taking place in Bonn, Germany, 3-5 September 2011 the IFHE delegates met Vandana Shiva, Navdanya International before her keynote speach at the opening ceremony.

Please take your time and  listen to her keynote speach when she focussed on the significance of home economics and  demanded a workshop in  home economics for Wall Street experts
http://unfccc2.meta-fusion.com/kongresse/dpi64/templ/play.php?id_kongresssession=3859.

This was a wonderful experience and great succss for home economics and for the IFHE delegates.

Many participants are visiting the IFHE exhibition related to the conference theme!
Tomorrow an IFHE workshop will be conducted.

A press release and report will follow in the next IFHE newsletter.

International Federation for Home Economics (IFHE)
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