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GAA: News & Views
Senator
Cafaro
Receives Award for Her Work on Behalf of Older Ohioans
(September 2009)
Senator Capri Silestri Cafaro, a former Social Analyst at
Global Action
on Aging (Winter Team 2005/2006), is a Democratic member
of the Ohio
Senate since her appointment in 2007. The Ohio Association
of Area
Agencies on Aging has rewarded her commitment to protect
the rights of
older Ohioans with “the Elected Official Advocacy Award
for 2009.” This
Award recognizes her long-standing interest in public
policy pertaining
to health care and the needs of older adults. Cafaro, the
youngest
woman ever to serve in Ohio State Legislature, is also the
Minority
leader of the Ohio Senate. Brava, Capri!
Nursing Homes Visit - An
Emotional Day
(May 29, 2008)
GAA Intern Tina Malguth from Germany visited three
Brooklyn nursing
homes in one day. She wanted to see nursing homes in New
York because
she had been a volunteer in several nursing homes in her
home country.
She reports about her interesting experience and makes
comparisons
between the facilities.She thanks Chiquita Smith and GAA
who made this
trip possible.
Discussion with Chiquita
Smith
(March 24, 2008)
Earlier this year, GAA Volunteer Chiquita Smith visited
GAA’s office
staff, along with her home care aide, Pauline Roach. They
came to talk
about the situation facing older persons in nursing homes
and in home
care situations in New York City. Both women analyzed some
of the
dilemmas facing patients and workers in such institutions.
This account
describes many of the problems to be found in the US
version of old age
care. Both women urge conscientious citizens to visit
nursing homes on
a regular basis so that the “light of public opinion” can
focus on
abuse and potential abuse. Further, regular friendly
visits to lonely,
isolated seniors can change waiting for death to living
each day to its
fullest.
Ageing In Belize, NCA Featured In
Global Action On
Ageing Newsletter (July 25, 2007)
Lindy Jeffery, Executive Director of the National
Council on Ageing
(NCA) of Belize, quickly responded to the Global Action
on Aging survey
on the occasion of the 5 year review of the Madrid
International Plan
of Action on Ageing. Along with a completed
questionnaire, she provided
an astonishing poster
depicting the Voice of the organization. The poster
reveals the “voice” of the older people, part of the
public awareness
campaign on behalf of the organization. Lindy Jeffery
thanks Global
Action on Aging for publishing the poster on its weekly
newsletter
cover page. She thinks it shows the rest of the world that
Belize cares
and works on improving the life of its senior population.
Intern
Mariam Nahapetyan from Armenia Meets AIWA Member (July
21, 2007)
Siroon P. Shahinian, Ph.D., psychologist and co-chair of
the Armenian
International Women's Association (AIWA) of New York,
maintains close
ties with Global Action on Aging. She enjoyed meeting
Mariam
Nahapetyan, a GAA intern from Armenia who pursued graduate
level
studies in economics at Ohio University as a US State
Department
(Muskie) scholar. Dr. Shahinian, a representative of
Armenian Diaspora
in the US, gave Mariam an inclusive overview about the
Armenian
community in New York City and its social life. In return,
Mariam told
Dr. Shahinian about her experience with GAA and her
special interest in
social and private pension issues around the world. On
this occasion,
Dr. Shahinian wrote an article pointing out the
aspirations of GAA and
internship opportunities for students across the world.
United
Methodist News
Service Features GAA Summer Seminar (June 22, 2007)
The News Service of the United Methodist Church in
New York recently
published an article featuring GAA’s Summer Seminar
on “Older Women and
Disabilities.” GAA President Susanne Paul and
Program Coordinator
Alischa Kugel invited Matthew Sapolin, commissioner
of the New York
City Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities, as
the guest speaker.
Sapolin suggested that the aging and disability
movements join forces
on the issues of accessibility and affordability of
housing and
transportation, “letting the world know we are
empowered” for action.
Internships
Allow
Experience with UN, Aging Issues (August 12, 2005)
In an interview featured in the most recent
edition of
the United Methodist Church 's News publication, some
members of the
GAA's summer team along with
GAA's
President Susanne Paul had the opportunity to share in
their experience
at GAA, and explain the details of their everyday
work. Interns
Stephanie Oduro, Priya Sharma, Cindy Chin and Rou Fu, are
attracted to
GAA for various reasons, and they come from different
places, but often
share one thing in common: a background rich in culture
and language.
Currently GAA is hosting interns from different states
within the US,
along with China Taiwan Japan Russia and the United Arab
Emirates. Many
are fluent in one or more of the official languages of the
United
Nations-English, French, Arabic, Spanish or Russian. For
more on the
interns as well as GAA's goals and mission as a
Non-Governmental
Organization in New York, refer to the article.
If you have comments
about
GAA, please feel free to send them to us at globalaging@globalaging.org.
Thank You !
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