The Adultspan Newsletter is an official publication of the Association for Adult
Development and Aging, a division of the American Counseling Association.
Adultspan Newsletter Editor
Pam Monk
pam.monk@sbcglobal.net
Electronic submissions are preferred.
Excerpts from July 2006---
After Your Divorce: Creating the Good Life on Your Own
Book Review by Jessica L. Pearlman, Graduate Student at Montclair State University
Every unexpected life change creates questions, fears, and anxiety, and a woman
who has just gone through a divorce is experiencing many new confusing emotions and
frightening situations. After Your Divorce: Creating the Good Life on Your Own by
Cynthia MacGregor and Dr. Robert Alberti does not claim to hold all the answers, and
is actually fi lled with even more questions. These thought-provoking questions are
designed to get the reader thinking about the future, about practicalities, and about
her own self-worth so that she can choose to “create the good life” for herself.
Th is book is specially designed for divorced women…
Excerpts from January 2006----
RENEWAL
by: Vincent Viglione
Graduate Student, Montclair State University
Renewal can take many forms. Its path is often not the one we might have chosen.
Its pattern is often obscured. Th is might
also be said about career patterns, that
sequence of meaningful and, at times, not
so meaningful work experiences throughout
a lifetime. In the course of any lifetime,
unexpected events, sometimes traumatic
events, become part of our landscape. They aff ect every part of who we are. Our
career is a continuum that permeates our
being, one through which we often define
ourselves. When change occurs, when
there is a call for a new direction, we can
f nd ourselves standing at the edge of our
boundaries. Th e next step is one of renewal
and can sometimes be likened to the
phoenix, rising from the ashes of its own destruction, often not without fi rst passing
through despair. In my case, renewal is
circular where the beginning becomes the
end and the end is a new beginning....
Excerpt from the Fall 2005 Newsletter
The AADA summer Board meeting was held outside of Santa Fe, NM on September 1-3, 2006. Dr. Vonda Long, AADA President, organized the meeting, which included what she terms the “extended Board” and a focus on revisiting AADA’s vision in “A New Age of Aging.” The extended Board includes all Board members, as well as committee chairs. All attendees paid their own way to the summer meeting. Members in attendance were: Vonda Long, President; Wendy Enochs,
President-Elect; Carolyn Greer, Secretary; David Capuzzi, Governing Council Representative; Patricia Stevens, Member at Large for Branches; Larry Burlew, Newsletter Editor; Marie Bracki, Chair/Public Policy & Legislation; Summer Reiner, Chair/Technology Committee; Carol Shaw, Chair/Partnership & Liaison Committee; Charlene Kampfe, Chair/ Financial Task Force; Chris Moll, Chair/Strategic Planning Committee. The agenda was well planned, including discussions on: membership; policy and procedures manual; budget and financial affairs; electronic publication of newsletter; technology enhancing membership services; partnerships with other organizations like AARP; importance of branch divisions; ACA convention in Montreal; current Medicare legislation; and ACA’s help in membership development for divisions. Meeting time was dedicated to developing a 3-year strategic plan, a process directed by Chris Moll and
Feature Story: Aging and Homelessness by Patricia A. Marko, Ph.D., CRC
The incidence of homelessness continues to increase in the United States. Estimates of the number of people who are homeless in the U. S. suggest that between 700,000 to 800,000 people are homeless at any time and up to 3.5 million people experience homelessness in any given year (National Coalition for the Homeless, [NCH], 2002a). The current population of homeless is diverse and includes men, women, and children of all ages and ethnic groups, people who have disabilities, individuals who are chronically ill, individuals who have a mental illness or substance abuse problem, and those who are victims of domestic abuse.
One of the fastest growing groups of people who are homeless are individuals over the age of 50. Currently, there is little information available that adequately describes senior adults who are homeless. Statistics from the...
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