Community Planning and Collaboration for Healthy Aging

2016 Virginia Governor’s Conference on Aging Today’s Presentations

o Are You Ready? Creating a Sustainable Community for All Ages

o Fairfax County’ 50+ Plan: Involving the Community in Every Step Along the Way

o A Region Wide Collaboration for Aging Together

o Toward a Senior-Friendly Region: Assessing & Addressing Senior Access & Isolation in the Richmond Metro Area

Are You Ready? Creating a Sustainable Community for All Ages

Presented by Jane King and Gordon Walker

Age Matters Institute

Community Planning and Collaboration for Healthy Aging

2016 Virginia Governor’s Conference on Aging

Livable Communities for All Ages

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Strategies for Virginia’s Communities

• Livability, Aging and Diversity

• Age Matters Institute, ICMA and others

• Lessons Learned

• Scorecard and Checklist, Strategic Plan on

Command

A Comprehensive Approach

http://www.justpartners.org/

Focusing on Virginia• Department of Aging and Rehabilitative Services

• Nine Communities - Assessments or Plans

• Alexandria as Test Case – Role of Commission on Aging

• The Keys to Success – Cross-Agency Involvement, Broad

Collaboration and Advocacy

• WHO/AARP Age Friendly Community Network

Fairfax County’s 50+ Plan: Involving the Community in Every

Step Along the Way

Presented by Sharon Lynn & Jacquie Woodruff

Fairfax Area Agency on Aging, Department of Family Services

Community Planning and Collaboration for Healthy Aging

2016 Virginia Governor’s Conference on Aging

Create a More Aging-Friendly Community:

A Call to Action!

Fairfax Area Commission on Aging (COA)

Fairfax Area Commission on Aging Roles in 50+ Community Action Plan

▪ Completed SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) Analysis for Board of Supervisors

▪ Co-Hosted Community Forums with the Board of Supervisors

▪ Served on 50+ Steering Committee, Subcommittees, and Workgroups

▪ Serves as COA Advocates for the 31 Plan Initiatives

▪ Develops Annual Report on the Plan for Board of Supervisors

What is a livable, lifelong community?

A Call to Action!

Community ForumsCounty Forum on Creating a More Aging-Friendly Community

Ideas from June 5, 2013 Forum at West Springfield Government Center

SAFE AND HEALTHY COMMUNITYComments Number of

VotesCreate resources for “Villages” or “Village Model.” 16Make resources available – healthcare/home. 10Life Style Coaches/Leisure Coaches to promote healthy habits. 10Seek small fund grant options to build capacity. 7

Number of participants: 46

50+ Community forums were held across the county. The public was invited to participate in the process of developing the 2013/2014 50+ Action Plan. At most of the meetings, after a brief introductory session, the participants were invited to participate in two of five small group discussions focused on the following topics: Housing, Transportation, Community Engagement, Safe & Healthy Community, and Services. At the end of each small group session, the participants were asked to vote on the three ideas or initiatives that they thought were most important. The votes for particular ideas were totaled in the "Number of Votes" column of the forum data. Some smaller forum participants did not have the opportunity to vote.

50+ Community Action Plan Brochure

50+ Community Action Plan Brochure

Long Range Planning▪ Trends Analysis of Fairfax County 50+ Residents

Services for Older Adults and Family Caregivers▪ Caring for the Caregiver ▪ Creating a Communication Buzz ▪ Home Health Care Cooperative ▪ Housing for Older Homeless Adults and Those at

Risk of Becoming Homeless ▪ Optimizing the Number of Links into the County’s

Older Adults Page

Services for Older Adults and Family Caregivers

▪ Caring for the Caregiver ▪ Creating a Communication Buzz ▪ Home Health Care Cooperative ▪ Housing for Older Homeless Adults and Those at

Risk of Becoming Homeless ▪ Optimizing the Number of Links into the County’s

Older Adults Page

Safe and Healthy Communities

▪ Project Lifesaver Expansion ▪ Criminal Exploitation Prevention ▪ Building Community Partnerships to Enhance

Behavioral Health Science for Seniors ▪ Park Authority 50+ Initiatives ▪ Pre-Notification 911 ▪ Arts Initiative

Community Engagement

▪ Increase Employment and Entrepreneurship Opportunities

▪ Fairfax 50+ Community ▪ GrandInvolve Program: Intergenerational

Volunteering in Elementary Schools ▪ Kaleidoscope 50+: Perspectives on Culture ▪ Library Opportunities for 50+ ▪ Neighbor to Neighbor ▪ Venture into Volunteering

Transportation

▪ Senior Mobility Fair ▪ Partnership to Provide Medical Transportation ▪ Mobility Management Program ▪ Northern Virginia Rides (NV Rides) ▪ Universal Real-time Online Transit Data Portal

Housing

▪ Accessibility Guide for Home Modifications ▪ Latitude in Land Use Cases for Affordable Older

Adult Housing ▪ Neighborhood-Based Older Adult Housing ▪ Home Property Management Services ▪ Home Sharing Initiative ▪ Help People Stay in their Homes with Technology ▪ Universal Design

Adult

For more information:

www.fairfaxcounty.gov/OlderAdults

A Region Wide Collaboration for Aging Together

Presented by Chris Miller

Aging Together &

Cathy Zielinski Rappahannock Rapidan Planning Commission

Community Planning and Collaboration for Healthy Aging

2016 Virginia Governor’s Conference on Aging

Aging TogetherExamples from three key collaborations

Transportation – Foothills Area Mobility System

● Rappahannock Rapidan Regional Commission

● Aging Together● RRCS/Area Agency on

Aging● Virginia Regional Transit

➢Coordinated Human Services Transportation Plan

➢Public Transportation➢Para-Transit➢Volunteer

Transportation➢Mobility Management➢One Call Center➢Travel Training➢Foothills Express

Law Enforcement & EMSFalls Prevention Elder Abuse Prevention

Aging Services Providers

Family Caregiver Training

Toward a Senior-Friendly Region: Assessing & Addressing Senior Access & Isolation in the Richmond Metro Area

Presented by Dr. John Accordino Dr. Meghan Gough

Dr. Ivan Suen Jamie Pham

Virginia Commonwealth University

Community Planning and Collaboration for Healthy Aging

2016 Virginia Governor’s Conference on Aging

MAPPING SENIOR ACCESS & ISOLATION IN THE RICHMOND REGION

A PILOT STUDY AND ANALYSIS

Prepared by: Dr. John Accordino Dr. Meghan Gough

Dr. Ivan Suen Jamie Pham, Graduate Student

Center for Urban & Regional Analysis (CURA@VCU)

May 2, 2016

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Supported By Our Partners:

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How Can We Improve Our Built Environment to Allow People to Age in Place?

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Project Goals:

▪ Map Senior Concentration and Access to Amenities and Services

▪ Collaborate with Local Governments and Interested Organizations

▪ Improve Senior Accessibility and Livability

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Phase I: Senior Access and Isolation at the level of the Richmond Regional Planning District

▪ Services and Amenities

▪ Accessibility to Senior Destinations

▪ Persons 60 years and Older and Their Accessibility to Senior Destinations

▪ HH and HL Map

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Services and Amenities:

▪ Housing

▪ Healthcare Services

▪ Shopping

▪ Groceries

▪ Fitness and

Recreation

▪ Transportation

▪ Social Services

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Map I

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Map II

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Map III

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Phase II: Mapping of Senior Access to Shopping and Amenities at the Neighborhood Level (Willow Lawn).

▪ Map I: Accessibility to Amenities and Services

▪ Map II: Walkability

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Map II

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Walkability of Willow Lawn

Lack of crosswalks

Sidewalk Disconnect

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