{"id":51976,"date":"2016-10-25T14:56:23","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T00:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=51976"},"modified":"2019-02-22T11:02:23","modified_gmt":"2019-02-22T21:02:23","slug":"interim-director-at-center-on-aging-awarded-for-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2016\/10\/25\/interim-director-at-center-on-aging-awarded-for-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Interim director at Center on Aging awarded for service"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Christy Nishita, second from right, with Suzie Schulberg, Shannon Miyazaki and Ginger Mayehara<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Pacific Gerontological Society<\/a> (HPGS) has presented Christy Nishita<\/a><\/strong>, interim director at the Center on Aging<\/a> in the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Mānoa Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work<\/a>, with a Na Lima Kokua award in the Research and Teaching category for her outstanding service to the gerontological community.<\/p>\n

HPGS<\/abbr> is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>’s older adults. It promotes understanding of the aging process, and supportive services and legislation that help people age with dignity and grace.<\/p>\n

Currently, more than 400 older adults, caregivers, gerontology educators, medical and social service practitioners, health-care providers, agency personnel and organizations from all sectors of the community make up the HPGS<\/abbr> membership.<\/p>\n

More about Christy Nishita<\/h2>\n

Nishita received her PhD<\/abbr> in Gerontology from the University of Southern California<\/a> in 2004. She served as a post-doctoral research associate at the Center for Long-term Care Integration at USC<\/abbr> for three years. Upon her return home to Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> in 2007, she began her career at the UH<\/abbr> Center on Disability Studies<\/a> and the Center on Aging.<\/p>\n

Nishita has a significant publication and public speaking record, both in the academic and general community, and she is now gaining attention in Japan. She has a background in long-term care coordination, caregiving, senior housing, elder abuse, fall prevention, Alzheimer’s disease support programs, intergenerational programming and age-friendly community development.<\/p>\n

She is working with the Honolulu’s Age-Friendly City Implementation Committee to help guide Honolulu in implementing the Action Plan recommendations through changes to the built environment, policies\u00a0and services.<\/p>\n

In addition, her most recent achievement has been a $1 million Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Alzheimer’s Disease Initiative grant. She and her team are collaborating with numerous agencies and organizations to increase the capability to provide specialized support services to persons with dementia and their families.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Pacific Gerontological Society presented Christy Nishita with a Na Lima Kokua award for her outstanding service to gerontological community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[970,269,596,9],"class_list":["post-51976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-center-on-aging","tag-center-on-disability-studies","tag-myron-b-thompson-school-of-social-work","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t