strategic planning for an aging community building on assets, addressing needs paula dressel, ph.d
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Strategic Planning for an Aging Community Building on Assets, Addressing Needs
Paula Dressel, Ph.D.
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Paula Dressel, Vice President JustPartners, Inc., Baltimore, MD• How to think broadly about strategic planning
for aging communities • What such planning looks like using both
assets- and needs-based approaches• How the approaches together create
pathways for innovation in growing-demand, but financially-constrained communities
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Key Points
Elders’ needs are fairly predictable, but the magnitude of those needs, and how/who best to meet them, varies across places.
Government alone can’t make places elder-friendly, so look beyond government for data, programs, resources.
Think of strategic planning for an aging community as a way to mobilize new allies.
Together with a needs assessment, assets-based information-gathering beyond the “usual suspects” can spawn innovation.
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Cases from two places
Frederick County, MD
Alexandria, VA
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Two different places, yet similar elder aspirations to…
Age in placeHave ready access to responsive, long-term community-based services and supports & good geriatric careLive as independently as possibleEnjoy the community’s amenities
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Differing scales of growth…
60+, 201060+, 2030
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Alexandria VAFrederick Co MD
39,792
7,298
Growth in Population 60+, 2010-2030
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Differing scales of place…
Square Miles0
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Alexandria VAFrederick Co MD
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Scan of needs: data
The usual suspects:• State Office on Aging
Strategic Plan• Area Agency on Aging data • Local offices and strategic
plans of Planning, Community Development, Transportation, Human Services
Don’t overlook: • Local offices of
Labor/Employment, Parks & Recreation, Natural Resources/ Environment
• Sources that identify the needs of other generations, specific ethnic groups
• Town halls, focus groups, online surveys
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Scan of assets: beyond government services, programs
• Older residents themselves
• Volunteer services• Nonprofits, agencies
serving other generations, specific ethnic groups
• Local educational institutions
• Chambers of commerce, local business organizations
• Faith institutions, interfaith alliances
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Illustrative opportunities: outside the box…
Local community college & AAA collaborate to enhance pipeline for CNAs
Local businesses develop new products and services that enable aging in place
Institutional meals programs utilize Community-Supported Agriculture
Older volunteers address community needs
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Options for developing a Strategic Plan on Aging…
Do-It-Yourself Enlist a consultant
Combine theseE.g., consultant for town halls, focus groups, surveys
In-house staff, with available time, tools, resources
Turn-key process and product with local input, if funds available
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