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Sixteen New Grants Awarded by Foundation Board



     The AARP Andrus Foundation Board of Trustees recently
awarded the following applied research grants:

"The Vulnerable Elderly:  Expenditures on Necessities by Older
Americans Receiving Public Assistance," University of North
Texas, Denton, $74,999.

"Evaluation of Adjuvants for Improving Calcium Absorption in the
Elderly," University of Arizona, Tucson, $74,770.

"Age-Related Vision Loss:  Factors Associated with Adaptation to
Chronic Impairment Over Time,"  The Lighthouse, Inc., New York,
New York, $74,973.

"Family Supports and Relationships of Older Urban and Rural
Migrants in North Carolina," University of North Carolina at
Greensboro, $75,000.

"Profiling the Oldest Old (85+) in 1990 for State Planners:
Decade Cohort Changes and the Disabled,"  Wake Forest University,
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, $72,706.

"Osteoporotic Women:  Coping with Chronic Pain," University of
Northern Colorado, Greeley, $75,000.

"Rediscovering the Labor Force:  Work Behavior and Economic
Status of Older Men Before and During the Retirement Years,"
State University of New York at Buffalo, $74,965.

"Changing Needs, Changing Neighborhoods:  How Older People
Respond When Neighborhoods Change," Syracuse University,
Syracuse, New York, $74,257.

"An Information Processing Study of Gender and Socioeconomic
Status Differences in Retirement Decision Making," George Mason
University, Fairfax, Virginia, $67,236.

"Pre-Retirement Education:  Views from the Organization,"
University of Southern Maine, Portland, $74,900.

"Double Jeopardy to Health for Black Older Americans?  A
Longitudinal Analysis," Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana,
$43,929.

"An Investigation of Widowhood and Remarriage of Older Men:  Do
Gender Roles Explain Behavior and Well-Being?"  Ohio State
University, Columbus, $74,998.

"Improving Healing of Pressure Sores in the Elderly:  Using
Maggot Therapy,"  University of California, Irvine, $68,957.

     The Trustees have also awarded two action-demonstration
project grants:

"Older Persons' Emergency Network:  A Model Community Emergency
Response Network for the Vulnerable Elderly," University of
Arizona, Tucson, $391,362/3 years.

"Older Volunteers and At-Risk Youth:  The Intergenerational
Entrepreneurship Demonstration Project," Clemson University,
Clemson, South Carolina, $396,433/3 years.

     One special project grant was awarded to the Association for
Gerontology in Higher Education in Washington, DC on "Promoting
the Recruitment of Individuals into Aging-Related Careers,"
$219,845/3 years.

     The AARP Andrus Foundation is named in honor of the late Dr.
Ethel Percy Andrus, a retired educator who founded the American
Association of Retired Persons and the National Retired Teachers
Association.  Since 1973, the Foundation has funded 494 projects
worth more than $23 million.  Most awards are relatively small--
currently applied research project grants can be for up to
$75,000.  But, over the years, they have allowed researchers and
scholars at more than 165 organizations to address many of the
questions and problems facing older Americans.