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June 5, 2013
Being sad can make you sick. How we deal with grief affects our health, says Toni P. Miles, director of the Institute of Gerontology at the University of Georgia. She's spearheading a research project studying the connection between loss and health—and how to deal with it.
Miles believes grief can get some of the blame for our problems such as depression, obesity, diabetes, smoking, and...
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May 29, 2013
Whether you lose a loved one to disease, war, or a natural disaster like the tornado that tore apart Moore, Okla., last week, grief is the unwanted visitor that comes knocking at your door.
How we wrestle with grief — and ultimately push ahead to a new life — varies among individuals. But many of us who need help to bounce back are not getting it, health experts warn, jeopardizing our...
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May 29, 2013
Georgia is ranked 43rd in a first-of-its-kind state ranking of seniors’ health status.
Overall, Southern states scored low in the report from the nonprofit United Health Foundation. Tennessee came in 41st, Alabama 44th, Kentucky 45th, Arkansas 46th, Louisiana 48th and Mississippi 50th.
The report focuses on 34 measures of senior health, including physical inactivity, obesity, self-...
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March 29, 2013
24th Annual Student Mentoring Conference in Gerontology and Geriatrics
Hosted by Hotel Indigo in Downtown Athens, GAMarch 29th-30th
Downloadable Call for Abstracts (PDF): Click to view.
We are pleased to announce the call for abstracts and invitation to attend the 24th Annual Southeastern Student Mentoring Conference in Gerontology and Geriatrics. For over two decades, this...
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March 20, 2013
Women are in a unique position to create positive change around the globe, says Susan Fonseca, University of Georgia alumnae and founder of Women@TheFrontier, a forum that highlights women entrepreneurs. And, she says, there’s no better time for women than now because of the exponential rate of change enabled by technology.
Fonseca, who holds UGA degrees in anthropology and law, will lead...
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March 4, 2013
UGA TodayMarch 4 2013, www.news.uga.eduWritten by: Denise Horton | dhorton@uga.eduContact: Jung Sun Lee | leejs@
Studies Find Strong Links Between Food Insecurity, Health Care among Elderly
"Athens, Ga. - A fear of going hungry may be leading many older Georgians to skip medications and cancel doctors' appointments as they juggle limited incomes with prescription costs and out-of-...
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February 11, 2013
On February 11th, 2013, Dr. Anne Glass was featured in the Columns Newspaper:
"Anne Glass, an associate professor of health policy and management and associate director of the Institute of Gerontology, part of the College of Public Health, was awarded $19,948 by the Retirement Research Foundation to support writing a book based on her several years of research on elder co-housing...
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February 4, 2013
The Columns Newspaper featured the Institute of Gerontology’s Mortality Project!
The article, entitled The bystander effect, describes the health consequences felt by friends and family members after a death. Click on the link to view a pdf version of the story.View PDF
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November 19, 2012
As policymakers in Washington struggled to avoid a year-end budget crisis affecting spending on the biggest health programs, gerontologists on the other side of the country were worrying about how to meet long-term care needs of the expanding senior population. At the Gerontological Society of America’s 65th annual scientific meeting in San Diego, Dr. Toni Miles, director of the Institute of...
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November 1, 2012
2012 SYRACUSE SEMINAR ON AGING
The Medicare Expansion, Long Term Care Financing and the Boomer CohortToni P. Miles, MD, Director, Institute of Gerontology, University of Georgia
Thursday, November 1st, 4:00 - 5:30 pm, Global Collaboratory, 060 Eggers Hall
This event was free and open to the public. A reception followed.Link to Maxwell School Center for Poplicy Research at Syracus...
