This webpage features aging-related deliverables, products, and resources created and managed by CAN’s community and university partners. These resources offer invaluable data, perspectives, stories, and information about development across the lifespan.
The Story of Crescent Magnolia Resource Manual
Crescent Magnolia is a neighborhood in Hillsborough, NC, designed for homeowners ages 55 and older. Units are designed for mobility, energy efficiency, and stability to support residents’ ability to age in place.
The neighborhood was a collaboration between Habitat for Humanity of Orange County, Crescent Magnolia community members, the UNC-Chapel Hill Partnerships in Aging Program, and health sciences graduate students from UNC-Chapel Hill.
The Story of Crescent Magnolia: Realizing the Beloved Community provides an overview of the origins, design, implementation, and impact of Crescent Magnolia. Its aim is to inform and encourage affordable housing providers and other interested parties to build similar models of senior housing.
UNC Health Sciences Library Aging Resource Collections
The Health Sciences Library at UNC-Chapel Hill maintains multiple resources on aging, including guidance for students, instructors, researchers, and practitioners as well as consumer-oriented information to help people make informed aging-related health care decisions.
Courage Cocktail Radio Show: Long Lives, Long View
The Partnerships in Aging Program partnered with Courage Cocktail Radio Show producer and host Lee Ann McClymont to create a five-part series focused on aging. The episodes feature live interviews with guests of diverse backgrounds who share a common interest in leading vibrant and productive lives throughout their lifespans.
Episode 1: SALT. Captain Archie Daniel of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department introduces the innovative Seniors and Lawmen Together (SALT) program, which supports the well-being of more than 200 elders in Orange County, NC.
Episode 2: Portraits. Photographer Chris Adamczyk, PhD, discusses her “Living Long Lives” exhibit, which opened September 20, 2016 at UNC’s Ackland Art Museum. The exhibit featured the passion and vibrancy of people living long lives.
Episode 3: Volunteering. Martha Brunstein, president of the Friends of Chapel Hill Library, shares insights on the importance of leading a vibrant life that harnesses the passion and energy of interests often developed in childhood but put “on hold” until retirement.
Episode 4: Re-Tiring Reimagined. Peter Stein, PhD, past associate director at the UNC Institute on Aging, discusses his family’s origins in Nazi-occupied Prague, his career in Holocaust studies, and his current work reimagining retiring.
Episode 5: Eldercare. Paul Klever reflects on his role as executive director of Charles House Association, which operates a daytime eldercare center, two neighborhood-based residential eldercare homes, and the Charles House Center for Community Caregiving.
In This Moment: Stories and Reflections During COVID-19
In spring 2020, the Partnerships in Aging Program team collected brief audio recordings from people who shared their stories of managing during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. The eight oral histories offer interesting insights into how experiences over a lifetime influence adaptation to situations like this. The recordings and accompanying transcripts bear witness to this moment in time.
Peggy C: “This Too Shall Pass” (Transcript)
Brad B: “You Have to Make a Decision” (Transcript)
Bonnie G: “My Own Company” (Transcript)
Kimberly: “Dream House Delayed” (Transcript)
Cathy N: “Invest in the Life You Have” (Transcript)
Lisa F: “Awareness of Communication Needs” (Transcript)
Jean: “Patience Above All Else” (Transcript)
Eva: “Comfort from the Bethlehem Star” (Transcript)
wAGING Change Blog
From 2020-2021, the Partnerships in Aging Program produced the wAGING Change Blog, written by Dr. Jenny Womack. The wAGING Change Blog produced narratives of continued development across the lifespan, reframed assumptions about decline to allow for the realization of growth, and engaged people of all ages in discussing the entire spectrum of life. The project sought to recognize the potential, the joys, and the contributions of older adults, waging change on the persistence of prevailing negative stereotypes about aging.