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Thousand Oaks Council on Aging presents resource guide, Transit app rollout and demographic study showing aging population
Summary
The Council on Aging reported on the 2024–25 year, including a Dial-A-Ride app rollout, a 30‑page resource directory distribution and a demographic study projecting the city’s 65+ population will grow from about 20% now toward nearly 30% in ten years; council accepted the report 5–0.
The Thousand Oaks Council on Aging presented its 2024–25 annual report on July 8, outlining outreach and service projects for older adults, distribution of a new resource directory, and a demographic study projecting a continuing rise in the city's older-adult population.
Dorothy Hatfield, the Council on Aging vice chair, told councilmembers commissioners helped launch user guides and workshops for the city’s new Dial-A-Ride mobile app, participated in a promotional video for the transit program, and distributed nearly 1,000 printed copies of a new 30‑page resource directory for older residents. "We had an exciting year full of growth and opportunity," Hatfield said.
Commissioner Donohue summarized work by a demographic committee that used American Community Survey and other data to produce a detailed profile of older residents. The committee reported the city already has a larger share of residents aged 65 and older (about 20%) than the state (15%) and county (17%), and projected the older-adult population could grow from roughly 25,500 to about 33,700 — nearly 30% of the city’s population — over the next 10 years. The committee flagged that a growing share will be age 75 and older and that disability and independent-living needs rise substantially in that cohort.
Hatfield described four Council-on-Aging projects this year: a user guide to the Dial-A-Ride app with in-person help at the Goebel Adult Community Center; twice-monthly help sessions at the Global/Goebel center; a professional photo shoot and video to promote transit; and a revised resource directory covering adult day programs, caregiving services and housing supports. The council said the directory is available in large print and online at toaks.gov/olderadults.
Councilmembers thanked the commissioners for outreach work and for the demographic analysis. Councilmember Engler asked how the Dial‑A‑Ride app will interface with future transit planning; Hatfield said the transit department initiated the project and the app rollout was intended to make ride-planning easier for older adults. Councilmember Gutierrez asked that staff and communications coordinate to make the directory and the demographic report more visible on the city website.
Action: Councilmember Adam moved to accept the Council on Aging annual report; the motion passed 5–0.
Ending: The council accepted the report and asked staff to work with the commission on publicizing the resource guide and to consider the demographic findings in future transportation and housing planning.
