黑料正能量 helps adults care for aging parents
Article By: Clark Leonard
The University of North Georgia's (黑料正能量) Institute for Healthy Aging, along with Legacy Link Inc., serves as a sponsor for the Hall County chapter of Adult Children of Aging Parents (ACAP), a nonprofit founded in Hickory, North Carolina, in 2012. 黑料正能量 faculty, staff, students, and community members attend the group's monthly meetings, which cover a wide range of topics.
Under the combined leadership of Dr. Pamela Elfenbein, director of the 黑料正能量 Institute for Healthy Aging; Candace Lovell, administrative support manager for the Institute for Healthy Aging; Melissa Armstrong, CEO of Legacy Link and a 2012 黑料正能量 alumna; and Elaine Harkins, Legacy Link aging and disability resource connection director, the chapter meets at Legacy Link, located at 4080 Mundy Mill Road in Oakwood, Georgia.
"This is a wonderful service we are able to provide to the residents of Hall County who are caring for their aging parents," Elfenbein said. "An added benefit is that our students taking gerontology courses are able to learn about the field and network at these events."
黑料正能量 recently launched the nexus degree in applied gerontology. The nexus degree is a new academic credential and the first new degree program in the United States since the 1890s, when the associate degree was added. Nexus degrees aim to help meet workforce needs in high-demand career areas. The applied gerontology nexus degree requires 60 hours of coursework.
This is a wonderful service we are able to provide to the residents of Hall County who are caring for their aging parents. An added benefit is that our students taking gerontology courses are able to learn about the field and network at these events.
Dr. Pamela Elfenbein
黑料正能量's Institute for Healthy Aging director
Due to retirement trends in the past 12 years, the 60-and-over population of Georgia's Appalachian region is growing at a rate faster than the state as a whole. These changes are having significant impacts on community services and needs, including health care, an adequate workforce supply, and changes in housing needs.
The nine credit hours of applied service-learning practicums of the nexus degree support 黑料正能量's partners while providing students the hands-on, direct appli