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ADMINISTRATION ON AGING FY 2010 Report to Congress
ADMINISTRATION ON AGING FY 2010 Report to Congress
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The Administration on Aging (AoA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), plays a lead role in the mission of helping elderly individuals maintain their dignity and independence in their homes and communities. AoA advances the concerns and interests of older people, and works with and through the national aging services network of 56 state and territorial units on aging (SUA), 629 area agencies on aging (AAA), 244 tribal organizations, two Native Hawaiian organizations, and nearly 20,000 direct service providers, to promote the development of comprehensive and coordinated home and community-based care that is responsive to the needs and preferences of older people and their caregivers.
AoA’s core programs, authorized under the Older Americans Act (OAA) and administered by the national aging services network, help families keep their loved ones at home for as long as possible. The network also helps consumers learn about and access the services and supports that are available in the community and addresses issues related to caregivers. OAA services are less expensive than institutional care and performance data show that they are very effective. The most recent data available show that AoA and its national network rendered direct services to 10.8 million elderly individuals age 60 and over (nearly 20 percent of the country’s elderly population) and their caregivers, including nearly three million clients who received intensive in-home services.1 Critical supports, such as respite care and a peer support network, were provided to nearly 700,000 caregivers.
In the ongoing management of its programs and strategic planning process, AoA is guided by a set of core values in developing and carrying out its mission. These values include listening to older people, their family caregivers, and AoA partners who serve them; responding to the changing needs and preferences of our increasingly diverse and rapidly growing elderly population; producing measurable outcomes that significantly impact the well-being of older people and their family caregivers; and valuing and developing AoA staff.
AoA’s core programs, authorized under the Older Americans Act (OAA) and administered by the national aging services network, help families keep their loved ones at home for as long as possible. The network also helps consumers learn about and access the services and supports that are available in the community and addresses issues related to caregivers. OAA services are less expensive than institutional care and performance data show that they are very effective. The most recent data available show that AoA and its national network rendered direct services to 10.8 million elderly individuals age 60 and over (nearly 20 percent of the country’s elderly population) and their caregivers, including nearly three million clients who received intensive in-home services.1 Critical supports, such as respite care and a peer support network, were provided to nearly 700,000 caregivers.
In the ongoing management of its programs and strategic planning process, AoA is guided by a set of core values in developing and carrying out its mission. These values include listening to older people, their family caregivers, and AoA partners who serve them; responding to the changing needs and preferences of our increasingly diverse and rapidly growing elderly population; producing measurable outcomes that significantly impact the well-being of older people and their family caregivers; and valuing and developing AoA staff.
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