National Eldercare Institute on Multipurpose Senior Centers and Community FocalPoints. Final Report

摘要

This institute was supported by a cooperative agreement between theAdministration on Aging (AoA) and the National Council on the Aging, Inc. (NCoA). During the nearly four year project, the focus of the AoA mandates which drove the project changed course. While the global focus was to enhance and strengthen service delivery at the local level, the means by which that goal was achieved underwent some significant transitions. First year goals were: (1) to serve as the major national resource to prepare senior centers and focal points for participation in the National Eldercare Campaign, and (2) to serve as the major resource for national, state, and local eldercare coalitions on multipurpose senior centers and community focal points. The second year goals were: (1) to serve the Eldercare Coalitions, state and area agencies on aging, and others as the major resource on multipurpose senior centers and community focal points, and (2) to serve the senior center field as a major resource about eldercare and Eldercare Campaign. The stated goals of the third year activities of the Institute were: (1) enhance the capacity of the national aging network to develop and implement comprehensive systems of home and community-based care, particulary through senior center and focal point programs, and (2) increase the general public's awareness of the issues of aging by developing creative approaches for programs to meet the ever-increasing demands for home and community-based services.