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VAN FORUM: Aging in Place
A Fruitful Year for
the Vital Aging Network
What’s New?
From the Chair
Volunteering Spotlight
For Your Calendar


 

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    • January 2010

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      VAN Forum
      Healthcare Reform in Minnesota: The Impact on Older Adults
      Tuesday, January 12, 2010 - Wilder Center Auditorium, St. Paul, MN
      8:00 AM to 12:30 PM (8:00 AM - 9:00AM registration and continental breakfast; program begins at 9:00 AM)
      Preregistration is required for this forum. Register early - the forum will sell out.
      Fee (includes continental breakfast):
      $20 - General admission
      $10 - Retirees, encore career seekers


      Making Sense of Healthcare Reform
      Rapid growth in healthcare cost puts a strain on families as well as businesses and governments. More individuals are uninsured, especially the self employed and people working for small businesses, and employees' shares of premiums for insurance from employers have risen dramatically (119 percent since1999). Wages have grown much more slowly, causing many to find payment of these premiums difficult.


      What Have you Done for your Health Lately?
      While current national debate on healthcare reform focuses on universal healthcare, many believe that prevention and management of chronic disease warrants much greater attention.


      From the Chair: Proposed Healthcare Reform and Medicine
      The Vital Aging Network's new Chair, Nancy Eustis, Ph.D., offers her perspective on healthcare reform. She writes, " I am pleased and honored to be the new chair of the Vital Aging Network. In keeping with the theme of this bulletin, I will comment on a topic related to national healthcare reform. Add your comments!


      Announcements
      The Minnesota Gerontological Society is currently accepting applications for the Dutch Kastenbaum Award to recognize an outstanding gerontologist who has demonstrated his or her commitment to the field of aging through practice, research, or academics. Nominations are due February 15, 2010.


      Civic Ventures has created a new guide to finding work that matters for those who are searching for a purpose-driven job at midlife.


      Check out VAN's Calendar for upcoming events!


      Learn about volunteer opportunities.

    • November 2009
    • VAN Forum: Building Bridges Understanding the Hmong in our communities
      Building Cultural Competence
      Cultural Etiquette for Interacting with Traditional Hmong
      Connecting Generations through Story
      Strength in Diversity
      Volunteering Spotlight
      For Your Calendar
    • October 2009
    • VAN Forum: Protecting Minnesota's Environment and Saving Dollars: The Clean Water, Land, and Legacy Amendment and Apple Valley's Green Initiatives
      Cut Your Energy Bills: You can save $1,500 with these four strategies
      Clean Water, Land, and Legacy Amendment
      Inform Yourself
      ALVA Leadership Development
      Volunteering Spotlight
      For Your Calendar
    • September 2009
    • VAN Forum: Alzheimer's Awareness: What can you do to prevent, understand, and treat dementia?
      So, What Was I Looking for? Normal Cognitive Aging
      Elder Care Consultants' Class Offering
      The Sand Trap
      Leaving a Legacy
      Alzheimer's: Forgetting Piece by Piece
      Volunteering Spotlight
      For Your Calendar
    • August 2009
    • VAN Forum: ALVA: Turning Your Lifetime of Experience into Leadership That Matters
      Wise Leadership: Putting Your Energy Where It Counts
      Changing Your Life through ALVA: Three Stories
      Launching New Opportunities In Your Life
      Volunteering Spotlight
      For Your Calendar
    • July 2009

    • VAN Forum: Getting a Handle on Social Networking
      Social Networking Offers Many Potential Benefits
      2009 n4a Annual Conference and Tradeshow
      Social Networking 101
      Social Networking: Just One More Way to Maintain Networks
      Volunteering Spotlight
      For Your Calendar
    • June 2009
    • VAN FORUM: Communities for a Lifetime
      Will Your Community Support You as You Age?
      Communities for a Lifetime Legislation
      Forum on Boomers and Civic Engagement
      Getting Help with Your Chores
      From the Chair
      Volunteering Spotlight
      For Your Calendar
    • May 2009
    • Boomers and Civic Engagement
      Making Children's Eyes Light Up through Experience Corps
      Four Stages to Engaging the Volunteers of the Future
      Serve America Act
      From the Chair
      Volunteering Spotlight
      For Your Calendar
    • April 2009
    • Putting Your Passion into Action: Reinventing Volunteerism
      How to Create a Higher-Impact Volunteer Experience
      Making Life Better: Three 2009 ALVA Projects
      From the Chair
      Volunteering Spotlight
      For Your Calendar
      Seven Tips to Capitalize on Volunteer Resources
    • March 2009
    • Fostering Healthy Communities
      Medical Homes Offer Promise for Improved Health Care
      Tips for Talking to Your Doctor
      m the Chair
      Volunteering Spotlight
      For Your Calendar
    • February 2009
    • VAN FORUM: Public Transit in the Twin Cities
      Maintaining Mobility in an Aging Population
      Tips for Older Drivers
      AARP Foundation Women's Scholarship Program
    • January 2009
    • Aging Policy Summit: Vision for the Future
      Aging Policy in Perspective
      From the Chair
      Volunteering Spotlight
      For Your Calendar

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    • December 2008
    • Supporting and Advocating for Vital Communities
      Twin Cities Preparedness for an Aging Population
      Positive Aspects of Aging
      From the Chair
      Volunteering Spotlight
      For Your Calendar
    • November 2008
    • VAN FORUM: Self-Care for Caregivers
      Be Prepared to Be a Caregiver
      Resources for Caregivers
      Volunteering Spotlight
      From the Chair
      For Your Calendar
    • October 2008

    • VAN Forum: Don Shelby on Project Energy Easy Energy Efficiency Saves ALVA Leadership Course Kick-Off

    • September 2008
    • VAN Forum: Vital Legal Planning
      VAN Regional Forums
      ALVA: What is Next for You?
      Volunteering Spotlight
      SagePresence Brings Storytelling to ALVA
    • August 2008
    • VAN Forum: Latino Elders and Hospice Care
      Growing Cultural Mix among Elderly
      Announcing VAN's New Website
      ALVA: Brain Surge
      Volunteering Spotlight
    • July 2008
    • VAN Forum - Social Entrepreneurship
      ALVA class to begin October 10, 2008
      Journalists Exchange on Aging
    • June 2008
    • VAN Forum - ALVA Preview
      Launch of Speakers Bureau
      Great Web Sites
    • May 2008
    • VAN Forum - Citizens League: Common Ground, Common Good
      Brain Games
      Mapping Your Retirement featured in StarTribune article
    • April 2008
    • VAN Forum - Find Your Creative Art
      Nature, Family and Children: A Necessary Connection
      It's April. . . Are You Feeling Taxed?
    • March 2008
    • VAN Forum - Local Action, Global Results: Influencing International Conflicts
      Aging Friendly Communities
      State Perspectives on Work
    • February 2008
    • VAN Forum - Effective Advocacy
      Jan Hively Edits Online Newsletter "Itineraries"
      Leave an Environmental Legacy
    • January 2008
    • VAN Forum - VAN's Vision for the Future
      Kairos Dance Theatre Wins National Awards
      500,000 Wishes Campaign
      Sesquicentennial Recipe Collection

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