ACTIVE AGING CONSORTIUM ASIA PACIFIC
BULLETIN
MARCH 2013
From the President – Kathryn Braun (Hawaii)
Happy Lunar New Year and Year of the Snake! This is avery good year for steady progress for ACAP. We hope
to continue with our monthly Bulletins, but need your help to send us
stories and photos. We hope to continue to attend international
conferences to meet fellow ACAP members and to support eachother in the expression of our ideas about active aging. We are luckythat this year IAGG will be help in Seoul, and we look forward toseeing many ACAP members at the meeting!
From the Editor – Charles Hardy (California)
We have three interesting submissions this month: areport on the visit to Honolulu by faculty and students
from Yamaguchi Prefecture University, Japan; adescription of an inter-generational program which has
merit for both generations, the skilled and the learners;
and some preliminary details regarding the IAGG
Symposium, Seoul, Korea, June 2013.
I look forward to including your reports and photos. Please send
contributions to me at Charles@hawaii.edu. I would be honored toinclude them in a future issue of the ACAP Bulletin.
From Kathryn Braun and Cullen Hayashida, Honolulu
Yamaguchi Prefectural University Sends Two Delegations to Hawaii
Hawaii ACAP members welcomed 27 students and 3 professors—Makiko Tanaka, Miyuki Goto, and Amy Wilson—from Yamaguchi
Prefectural University (YPU) in February.
1The YPU group’s mission was to learn
more about aging in Hawaii and tocollect survey data for a cross-national
study of aging. The research project
was lead by Dr. Makiko Tanaka of YPU,
and the students collected data fromabout 100 older adults at 4 sites inHonolulu, including the Lanakila
Multipurpose Senior Center, Kokua Kalihi Valley’s Senior Program andtwo assisted living centers--the Plaza at Moanalua, and 15 Craigside.
Many thanks to Michiyo Tomioka,a PhD student at the University ofHawaii, who helped coordinate
the students’ visits. We also thankTammy Nakamatsu, Merlita
Compton, Shannon Miyazaki,
and Suzie Schulberg who hosted
the students in their programs, aswell as all the participatingseniors.
The students also heard a lecture fromProfessor Kathryn Braun on aging as aglobal health issue. Students took a“quiz” to see how long they would live,based on their lifestyle habits and thelongevity of their grandparents. For moststudents, the “quiz” predicted that theywould live well into their 90s!
Mr. Tatsunori Umeda and Professor Masako Iwano, also from
Yamaguchi Prefectural University (shown with Dr. Hayashida), visited
Hawaii along with the students. Their mission was to better
understand how universities, colleges, and community colleges in
the US serve the community. In Japan, the government is proposing
to create “Center of Community” institutions, which are universities
that focus on research at the community level, meet local resident’s
needs, and prepare the local workforce. The visitors were interested
especially in US programs related to lifelong learning, continuing2professional education,community training, communitybased research, and communityservice.
On the first day, these visitors met
by phone with Charlie Schlather
and Lee Stein from Maui College
about their degree programs inhuman services and their focus on“retooling” older adults for second careers. Then, they met withprofessors at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Jay Maddock,
Director of the Office of Public Health Studies, told them about theHealthy Hawaii Initiative, which provides evaluation services for theHawaii Department of Health. Colette Browne, Professor of Social
Work and former director, UH Center on Aging, described theCenter’s community-based research and service projects. Finally,
Valerie Yontz shared information on our programs that provide
continuing education for public health professionals and engage
students in community-based projects.
On the second day, thevisitors toured Chaminade
University, where they met
with three professors. WithMae Mendelson, they
discussed lifelong learningand inter-generational
work. From Wayne Tanna
they learned about
service learning and how
it is integrated into the business classes. For example, Chaminadeaccounting students help the homeless with tax preparation. Theyalso met Scott Schroeder, Dean of the School of Business andProfessional Studies, reinforce the collaboration between thebusiness school and the community. The photo shows Wayne Tanna,Mae Mendelson, Masako Iwano, Tatsunori Umeda, Dean Scott
Shroeder on balcony at Business School, Chaminade University.

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In the afternoon, they traveled to Kapiolani Community College.
There, they met with Professor Cullen Hayashida and his team at theKupuna Education Center. They learned about the paraprofessional,
family caregivers, and active-aging-related training that this Centerconducts. Professor Hayashida also had an opportunity to learn
more about YPU’s plans and provided some recommendations toshape their proposal.
From Dr. Maeona Mendelson
Director, Intergenerational Center
Chaminade University, Honolulu, Hawaii
New Programs in the Field: An Intergenerational E-learning
Program Connecting Hawai`i and JapanThe Intergenerational Center at
Chaminade University in partnership withInter Exchange, Inc. has launched an elearning program pilot called EmailMentor Communication (EMC). The
program fosters cross-cultural andintergenerational cooperation byrecruiting older adult volunteers in Hawai`i to assist Japanesestudents in Japan to improve their written English through regularemail correspondence.
The EMC method of learning written English is an approach thatencourages creative writing on subjects of mutual interest to thementor and student. Mentors ask open-ended questions. The written
English responses of the students are not corrected. Grammar andspelling errors are ignored. In turn, students are encouraged to write
English from pictures in their minds rather than translating fromJapanese into English.
The positive outcomes of this pilot have been consistent. Students
grow in confidence and are enthusiastic about writing to theirmentors who are non-judgmental. Written English has improved.
Contributing to the students’ successes has been reward enough forthe mentors. Mentors are also enjoying time together at luncheons
and field trips offered throughout the year.
4Announcements: Re the IAGG Symposium,Seoul, Korea, June, 2013
From Dr. Donghee Han, Korea
For those of you coming to IAGG, please plan to come a day earlyand stay a few days after the meeting. Korean gerontologists areplanning two events—a pre-IAGG Conference in Seoul and a postIAGG Conference in Busan. You are very welcome to join.
Not all the details have been fixed, but the pre-IAGG Conference isthe Seoul International Gerontological Symposium and will focus on
Contributions in Late Life. It will be held on June 23, 2013 at the COEX
(the same venue as IAGG). The Conference will be hosted by Seoul
City Hall and the Korean Gerontological Society(tkgs2010@gmail.com , http://www.tkgs.or.kr).
The post-IAGG Conference is the 8th
ACAP meeting and Busan International
Anti-Aging Expo. This 2-day meeting will
be held June 27-28, 2013 at BEXCO 2F
Glass Hall in Busan. The focus is on
Citizen Orientation for Anti-Aging. Three
topics will be addressed: 1) What are
the Best Practices for Health Promotionin the World? 2) What are the Later Life and Ethical Issues of Anti
Aging?; and 3) Will Anti Aging be the Answer of Longevity?. It will
also include visits to the Expo and various senior programs.
Hosting this conference are Busan City Hall, ACAP, Research Center
for Anti-Aging Technology Development http:://www.aging.re.kr,
and Research Institute of Science for the Better Living of the Elderly(RISBLE, http://www.wellageing.com).
For this Conference, a bus is being arranged to take us from Seoul toBusan on the evening of June 26. A single fee of US150 will cover bus
transportation, conference registration fee, and conference meals.
The Seacloud Hotel is recommended (www.seacloudhotel.com),which costs US$100 per night for 2 persons with breakfast. For more
information, contact Donghee Han at dongheeh@gmail.com.

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