
Aging
John McCalley,
Director
Mission Statement:
The mission of the Iowa Department on Aging is to
provide advocacy, educational and prevention services to
elder Iowans so they can find Iowa a healthy, safe, productive
and enjoyable place to live and work.
Measures:
Senior
Living Trust assists older Iowans to live in their own
homes
Average Length of Time Independent
Status is Maintained
Providing assistance
to family caregivers
Home
delivered meals improve nutrition
Referrals for Elder Abuse Intervention
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Highlighted Measure:
Number of older Iowans assisted through Senior Living
Trust to continue living in their own homes
Data Source: Department on Aging
Updated 11/4/09 |

NOTE: Data are cumulative |
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Why
this is important:
The Senior Living Trust assists low and moderate income
older Iowans by providing quality support services that
allow
them to
continue living in their own homes and defer
or eliminate the need for nursing home care. This effort
is an important piece of Iowa's effort to "re-balance"
the long term care system to provide greater resources
and emphasis on home and community based services rather
than nursing homes and other institutional settings. Under
this program the average annual cost is approximately
$600 per client versus a typical monthly cost of
over $3,000 in a nursing home setting. The program is funded
exclusively
with funds appropriated from the Senior Living Trust.
What we're doing about this:
Using funds from the Senior Living Trust, the
Department on Aging works through the
thirteen Iowa Area Agencies on Aging and their
community partners to provide over two dozen
different home and community based services
such as home delivered meals, adult day care
service, respite care, case management and transportation
to support continued independent living by
elder Iowans in their homes.
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Highlighted Measure:
Average number of months a client's independent living
status is maintained via the Case Management Program
for the Frail Elders (CMPFE) prior to institutionalization
or death.
Data Source: Department on Aging CMPFE
- SEAMLESS System
Updated 11/4/09
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NOTE: Data are cumulative for the Fiscal Year
and may vary from calendar quarter to calendar
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Why
this is important:
The CMPFE program provides individualized support services
which help frail elderly Iowans meet their preference to
remain in their own homes, while delaying or deferring
nursing home and other institutional care, which are normally
much more costly in terms of taxpayer costs.
What we're doing about this:
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Highlighted Measure:
The number of clients receiving
assistance from the National Family Caregivers
Support Program in Iowa.
Data Source: Department on Aging
Updated 11/4/09 |

NOTE: Data are cumulative |
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Why
this is important:
Family caregivers provide the vast majority of
the assistance that enables older people to live
independently in their homes and communities.
Family caregivers are an important component
of the home and community-based care system which in turn can delay or
defer
more costly institutional care for the older
adult family member.
What we're doing about this:
Department on Aging is building support for family
caregivers to ensure services that sustain
a caregiver's role and maintain their
emotional and physical health.
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Highlighted Measure:
The
percentage of high nutrition
risk Home Delivered Meal, congregate meals, nutrition counseling participants
with multiple nutrition risk
assessments, who maintained or
improved their Nutrition Risk
Scores.
Data Source: Department on Aging
Updated 11/5/09 |

NOTE: Data are cumulative |
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Why
this is important:
The nutrition program was developed
to improve the nutritional health of older Iowans. Increasing this percentage shows that participants
with multiple risks are maintaining or
improving nutritional health with receipt
of home delivered meals, congregate meals and nutrition counseling. By helping
older Iowans stay healthy in their own homes,
it helps delay nursing home placement.
What we're doing about this:
Healthy aging objectives will be completed by continuing
efforts of the Department on Aging in
administering the Older American Act nutrition
program. The Department provides technical assistance
to the Area Agencies on Aging regarding funding,
compliance with state and federal guidelines,
increasing efficiencies or service delivery,
communication of best practices, identifying collaborative
opportunities, and communicating the preventative
and health benefits of the nutrition program.
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Highlighted Measure:
Track the number of referrals
to Elder Abuse Initiative (EAI)
Projects for intervention and
assistance.
Data Source: Department on Aging - EAI data reports
Updated 11/5/09
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NOTE: Data are cumulative for the Fiscal Year. |
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Why
this is important:
Elder Abuse is a grossly under recognized and reported social problem as supported by the Fall 2003 Journal of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys which states 84% of elder abuse cases go unreported. Using this data to make a projection for Iowa, this would mean that for the 3,280 clients assisted in the 30 EAI counties in FY09, there are an estimated 17,220 older Iowans whose probable abuse did not get reported and therefore assistance was not received. The Elder Abuse Initiative is the only state program that addresses the issue of elder abuse.
What we're doing about this:
The Elder Abuse Initiative program has expanded into 30 counties since FY01. It is a service delivery system created through partnerships with local entities including the Area Agencies on Aging,
law enforcement and DHS. The program focuses on the prevention, intervention, detection and reporting of elder abuse, neglect and exploitation by presenting older Iowans with community support service options available in their local area. Through public education, professional training, an resource coordination, potential abuse has been identified and appropriate assistance provided.
During FY08, the department identified an error in the manner some data was being collected at the local level. The issue has been corrected resulting in significantly better results.
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