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County Office for the Aging outlines services, caregiver resources and funding mix as it marks 50 years
Summary
A county Office for the Aging presentation to the Health & Human Services Committee reviewed the agency’s programs, funding mix and caregiver services, including a caregiver resource center and a limited respite program that supports about five caregivers weekly for two hours each.
A county representative for the Office for the Aging told the Health and Human Services Committee on July 16 that the office provides 32 programs through a mix of federal, state and local funding, and highlighted the agency’s caregiver resource center and Alzheimer’s support services.
The presentation, given by an Office for the Aging representative and Amy Jackson, the aging service specialist and caregiver coordinator, mapped how Older Americans Act and state funding flows through area agencies into local contracts. “It’s really a network of aging service providers,” the representative said, describing the agency’s mix of 26 contracts with 11 subcontractors and 22 distinct funding streams, including nine federal, nine state, three local and one private grant.
The office uses the funds for core services including nutrition, supportive services, caregiver support, health and wellness and elder rights. Jackson described the caregiver resource center as a single point of assistance for family caregivers, offering individualized…
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