On Tuesday, October 6, 2015, five professionals from South Korea visited the Center on Aging and Community Living to learn more about their research and programs around aging in the community as a part of the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP).
“The visit was an opportunity for us to share our research on aging in place as well as the Senior Leadership Series that is designed to develop advoactes and leaders in the field of aging,” explains Dr. Susan Fox, Co-Director of the Center on Aging & Community Living.
The group came as a part of a program called “The Economic Implications of a Rapidly Aging Society.” South Korea is facing a rapidly aging population, similar to New Hampshire, and the professionals spent four days meeting with organizations and professionals working on meeting the needs of New Hampshire’s aging community. They learned more about the needs of an older population, how groups are trying to address them, and how they can translate some of this to meeting their own needs in South Korea.
The International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) is the U.S. Department of State’s premier professional exchange program. Through short-term visits to the United States, current and emerging foreign leaders in a variety of fields experience this country firsthand and cultivate lasting relationships with their American counterparts. Professional meetings reflect the participants’ professional interests and support the foreign policy goals of the United States. Learn more at http://eca.state.gov/ivlp.
The Center on Aging and Community Living (CACL) is a collaboration between The Institute on Disability (IOD) and The Institute for Health Policy and Practice (IHPP) at The University of New Hampshire (UNH). These two institutes have been actively engaged in projects related to aging and long term care for many years. Jointly, the IOD and IHPP provide ongoing support to the Bureau of Elderly and Adult Services, the ServiceLink Resource Center Network, and various other partners in the Aging Network, in designing, implementing, and evaluating systems change initiatives. In light of these efforts and the need to assure that the state will benefit from an integrated center for applied research, evaluation, and training on issues related to aging and long term care, the CACL was established to coordinate the work of both institutes, maximize the resources available, and provide optimal benefit to the state of NH.
The Institute on Disability (IOD) at the University of New Hampshire was established in 1987 to provide a university-based focus for the improvement of knowledge, policies, and practices related to the lives of persons with disabilities and their families. Its mission is to promote full access, equal opportunities, and participation for all persons by strengthening communities and advancing policy and systems change, promising practices, education, and research.
The University of New Hampshire, founded in 1866, is a world-class public research university with the feel of a New England liberal arts college. A land, sea, and space-grant university, UNH is the state's flagship public institution, enrolling 12,200 undergraduate and 2,300 graduate students.
