The NC Center For Health And Wellness At UNC Asheville, In Partnership With The NC Falls Prevention Coalition Announces The Release Of PSAs To Prevent Falls
The NC Center for Health and Wellness at UNC Asheville, in partnership with the NC Falls Prevention Coalition, is excited to announce the release of three new public service announcements (PSAs) to prevent falls (linked below).
The mission of the Standing Strong North Carolina campaign is to prevent falls and save lives. These PSAs will connect people to the new website launched by the NC Center for Health and Wellness, StandingStrongNC.org, to find tips and resources to prevent falls.
Simple Steps to Prevent Falls – Debbie Antonelli
Talk to the ones you love – Peggy & Paul
Find an exercise program that works for you – Brad Allen
New coloring book seeks to educate about substance abuse
McDowell Partnership for Substance Awareness (MPSA), one of the NCCHW’s partners, has created a coloring book featuring general lessons for young children and animals and places across WNC. The coloringbook was designed by members of the MPSA and they hope that this can be a revenue creator for their work addressing substance use in McDowell County. Now available on Amazon, “Sassy Learns Lessons with Friends” was published on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023.
Land of Sky Regional Council Honored with Impact Awards
UNC Asheville and North Carolina Center for Health and Wellness are partners on Land of Sky’s award-winning Advancing Equity and Inclusion in Evidence Based Health Promotion Programs
The NC Center for Health and Wellness and the NC Falls Prevention Coalition Mark Falls Prevention Awareness Week
The NC Center for Health and Wellness and the NC Falls Prevention Coalition mark Falls Prevention Awareness Week September 18-22 this year with a weeklong webinar series, a new website and an online tool to help older adults in North Carolina stay falls-free.
The NC Center for Health and Wellness was invited to contribute a policy brief to the Healthy Aging Focus Issue of the NC Medical Journal for March/April 2023 about Programs and Policies to Prevent Falls in NC.
BOLD NC 2023 Dementia Caregiver Data Brief
In 2020, the NC Division of Aging and Adult Services (DAAS) was awarded a three-year grant by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to build capacity statewide to address dementia through the Building Our Largest Dementia Infrastructure (BOLD) Initiative. NCCHW partnered with DAAS to provide program evaluation and data visualization products for the project. Louise Noble, a member of our Culture of Results team, produced a report titled “2023 North Carolina Dementia Caregiver Data Brief: Costs, Unique Challenges and Future Implications.” Its aim is to increase awareness about the unique and significant challenges faced by North Carolina caregivers caring for a loved one with dementia.The incidence of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in North Carolina is increasing as are healthcare costs and the costs of both formal and informal care. Numerous studies have documented the disproportionately higher costs of caring for a person with dementia compared with other conditions and the wider array of challenges that are unique to caregiving for someone with dementia. As the state continues its efforts to address ADRD, consideration should be given to the undue costs and additional challenges which may be encountered by those with dementia and their families and caregivers.
SBP Feb 2023 Intergenerational Social Connectedness Report
As part of an ongoing partnership with the Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC) on an initiative called the Social Bridging Project, the Center produced a report titled “Social Bridging Project Brief February 2023 – Intergenerational Social Connectedness: A Multi-Pronged Strategy to Address Social Isolation and Loneliness, Reduce Ageism and Increase the Older Adult Workforce.” The brief details the evaluation of the project’s staff and student callers and discusses the symbiotic nature of intergenerational programming and its interface with, and potential impact on, social isolation and loneliness, ageism and older adult health care workforce shortages. The Social Bridging Project was formed in May 2020 as a response to concerns about the potential impact of social isolation on older adults as a result of the pandemic. Its aim was to provide older adults who were isolated or lonely with a source of social connection, technology support and referrals to needed resources. High rates of social isolation and loneliness in multiple age groups across the state indicate the need for continued post-pandemic programming of this kind. We are pleased to announce that the NC Division of Aging and Adult Services (DAAS) will extend its partnership with us in 2023 in support of the Social Bridging Project.
PLACE-BASED HEALTH: The Unique Approach of UNC Asheville-UNC Gillings Master of Public Health Degree
The NC Center for Health and Wellness partners with Academic Affairs at UNCA and Gilling School of Global Public Health to offer a place-based Masters of Public Health program in Asheville.
NC Falls Prevention Coalition Hosts “Powerful Innovative Practices to Prevent Falls” Conference, March 3
The NC Falls Prevention Coalition and the NC Center for Health and Wellness will host a falls prevention conference online and in-person on Friday, March 3 at the Friday Center for Continuing Education on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill. Click above for more information about the conference and to register.
Chronic Conditions and Fall Risk: Cross-Promoting Programs Across the Continuum of Care
Click above to read this article written in collaboration with Ellen Bailey, the Falls Prevention Program Manager with NC Center for Health and Wellness for the National Coalition on Aging (NCOA).