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Age-Friendly Oxford Community Needs Assessment: Report to the Age-Friendly Oxford Leadership Advisory Group
In November 2017, Oxford, Ohio formally joined the AARP Network of Age-Friendly States and Communities, a national network committed to the design and implementation of community-level actions to enhanced age-friendliness. ... -
Age-Friendly Oxford: A Qualitative Study Conducted by the Miami First Year Research Experience (FYRE) Class of 2017-2018
In the 2017-2018 academic year, the Miami University First Year Research Experience (FYRE) class conducted a qualitative study to explore the perceptions of Oxford, Ohio as an age-friendly city. Through interviews, ... -
Aging and Disability Business Institute: Final evaluation report
The Aging and Disability Business Institute (Business Institute), led by the National Association for Area Agencies on Aging (n4a), was established in 2016 with a mission to build and strengthen partnerships between aging ... -
Aging and Long-Term Care Issues in Ohio
(2009-04-02)This summary report focuses on aging and disability in Ohio as well as on utilization and Medicaid costs of long-term care for older Ohioans. -
Are Ohio's Nursing Homes Ready for an Emergency?
On any given day in Ohio's nursing homes, there are nearly 78,000 residents with physical or cognitive impairments. This means that nursing homes may be vulnerable during emergencies that require either evacuation or ... -
Area Agencies on Aging and The Future of Long-Term Care
(2009-07-14)This report presents the findings from the 2008 National Survey of Area Agencies on Aging. Results are presented on the following topics: AAAs at the Center of Aging Ready Communities, The Expanding Role of AAAs in Long-Term ... -
Assessing Participant Satisfaction and the Impact of Senior Centers in Rural Northwestern Ohio Counties
This study assessed satisfaction among current senior center users in the Northwestern Ohio area and measured the impact that centers have on the lives of participants. Specifically, it assessed satisfaction with four ... -
Assessing the Quality of Caregiver Support Services
(2006-08-01)The project's primary objective wsa to desin and test an outcome-focused system for the quality monitoring of caregiver support services based largely on input from caregivers themselves. -
Bridging the Aging Network and Medical Community Survey: Care Transitions from Hospital to home
(2013-03-27)This report describes findings from a survey of Area Agencies on Aging regarding activities between the aging network and the medical community. This report focuses on organizations engaged in care transitions of older ... -
Bridging the Aging Network and the Medical Community: Survey Results
(2012-09-06)Recent federal and state initiatives such as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have expanded the opportunities for Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) to be partners in acute care and health system coordination. With a grant from ... -
Brief - Neighborhood Assistants Pilot:A Program Evaluation of Person-Centered Staffing
The purpose of this study was to pilot test and evaluate an innovative staffing approach called the Neighborhood Assistant (NA) at the Francis E. Parker Memorial Home. The goal of the program was to support the certified ... -
Care Managing Together: A Review of the Aetna and Area Agency on Aging MyCare Partnership in Ohio
There is a growing interest in Medicaid managed long-term services and recent expansion legislation now allows Medicare Advantage plans to incorporate an array of community-based services into their benefit packages. This ... -
The Caregiver Toolbox: Evaluation of a Workshop for Informal Caregivers
This report is an evaluation of a face-to-face group workshop designed for informal caregivers of older adults provided by the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging. Changes in caregiver knowledge, reported behaviors, and ... -
Caregiving paths, patterns, and perspectives
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Catalogue of state long-term care data sets: 1994
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Challenges to regulating adult care facilities
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Changing face of long-term care : Ohio's experience 1993-2005
(2007-04-01)This report details trends in Ohio long-term care service utilization over 12 years. It also provides information about the characteristics of those in different settings such as PASSPORT, nursing homes, and residential ... -
Characteristics and Projections of Ohio's 65+ Population
This chartbook illustrates the characteristics of the state of Ohio’s 65-plus population in 2015*, and changes that have occurred since 2000. It also includes population characteristics, such as education, income level, ...