It is normal for life events, including major upheavals like the COVID-19 pandemic, and changes to your routine to get in the way of staying active. However, there are ways to get yourself back on track. For example, if you find that caring for an ill loved one is taking up much of your time, […]
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Announcing NIA’s new crop of research concepts! Marie A. Bernard, Deputy Director, NIAAs summer 2020 winds down during these unprecedented, turbulent times, NIA remains focused on continuing full steam ahead. Last week at our National Advisory Council on Aging (NACA) meeting, our new crop of cleared research concepts for potential future funding opportunity announcements (FOAs)
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This alert links to all of the Funding Opportunity Announcements and Notices published by the National Institute on Aging at NIH in the previous month, giving researchers and trainees a heads up about what’s new. Read about the latest NIA Funding Opportunities and Notices (published in August 2020) by clicking on the links below: RFA-AG-21-020:
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Rush University Medical Center’s Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program, called CATCH-ON, announces the launch of their 4M online education modules related to an Age-Friendly Health Systems including caregiving, delirium, dementia, depression, medication, and mobility. Click here to learn more: http://bit.ly/2Fq6bvx
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Every single person can help our country control the COVID-19 pandemic by reducing their own chance of getting infected by SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes coronavirus disease, or COVID-19), and preventing the spread of COVID-19 to coworkers, friends, and loved ones. Widespread testing is one of the most effective strategies to help prevent the spread
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Dementia is the loss of thinking, remembering, reasoning, and behavioral abilities to such an extent that it interferes with a person’s daily life and activities. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia among older adults. Read NIA’s Alzheimer’s Disease Fact Sheet to learn the basics and get answers to common questions. Fact sheet
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Expanding the Alzheimer’s disease research workforce Pragati Katiyar, Health Science Policy Analyst, Office of Planning, Analysis, and Evaluation (OPAE) Recent funding increases for research on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias have enabled NIA to expand our scientific reach. As we do that, we’ve also sought to increase our outreach and support to researchers who are
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MHA is pleased announce that our 2020 Annual Conference: COVID-19, Mental Health and the Need for Equity, will be simulcast in both American Sign Language (ASL) and Spanish next week, September 3-4, 2020. To promote more inclusion of participants, MHA felt it was important to ensure accessible alternatives to the main broadcast for viewers. The links to
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