New and Improved Health Indicators Section
With the transformation of the health care delivery system, the role of senior-serving community-based organizations is changing to include promoting healthy aging, helping seniors better manage chronic conditions, and demonstrating the difference they are making in the health and wellbeing of the clients they serve. Community-based organizations will need to work differently.
They will need to:
- Collect information about teh health risks of the clients they serve;
- Analyze the data and plan and implement service or programs to address the most prevalent risks;
- Use a registry to target the planned services and program to those clients who need it;
- Track the progress they are making; and
- Measure their results.
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NORCs in the News
Integrating Community Services Within a NORC: The Park La Brea Experience
This article describes the Park La Brea NORC program's experiences in engaging the private owners of their apartment community; methods employed to involve community residents on many levels, including conducting needs assessments, developing volunteer roles, and creating a leadership training program and an advisory council; and the programs and services that were developed. Download the Article
Health Indicators: A Proactive and Systematic Approach to Healthy Aging
This article presents the background, design, and early findings of the Health Indicators in NORC (naturally occurring retirement community) Programs Initiative, started by the United Hospital Fund in 2007 with major support from the New York City Department for the Aging. Read more...
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These articles were published in Cityscape (Volume 12, Number 2), a journal of the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development.
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