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Creating a Local Framework For the Future Sauni Lund Agency: Elder Options, Inc., Placerville, CA Supervisor: Nancy G. Wilson Elder Options, Inc. is the only professional geriatric care management agency in El Dorado County. To support successful independent living, Elder Options also provides home care services. In 2006, Board Members of the El Dorado Community Foundation commissioned community stakeholders, including Elder Options, to guide decisions in allocating grant funding to non-profit organizations who serve the needs of older adults. Ten thousand surveys were distributed throughout the county and 2,156 were returned. Subsequently, a forum convened to discuss survey results and, in 2008, a document, A Community Gathers and Sets a Course for Change: A Focus on the Older Adults in El Dorado County was produced. Carol Heape, owner of Elder Options, believes that this collaborative effort between community stakeholders should inspire community planning for El Dorado County’s aging population. With this in mind, the project was designed to create an organizing framework from which Carol and others could create an expanded report that addresses future needs for boomers and the oldest old. The framework entailed a thorough review of data that Carol had collected over several years and an in-depth review of the Foundation’s survey results. In some cases, it was necessary to re-categorize and analyze raw data from the Foundation survey to gain a better understanding of the responses. The completed framework consists of an analysis of key areas from the survey: Caregiving, Transportation, Finances, Using Older Adults as Resources, Housing, Elder Abuse, and Major Health Issues. Additionally, the final project, which ultimately became a report, included updating local, state and national demographics, information from industry experts on long-term care insurance, cost of long-term care across America, retirement statistics, and suggestions for the future. Presented at 9:35am in El Dorado Hall 1039 on May 15, 2009 Go back to Service Learning Presentations
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