1. Create community and social support networks to
increase the ability for older adults to live independently at
home:
- Information & assistance in accessing services
- Neighbors-helping-neighbors
- Transportation options
- Depression detection through community
gatekeepers
- Caregiver supports
- Safe and age-appropriate housing
- Serving frontier communities
2. Increase medical provider collaboration and
involvement to improve physical health and wellness
- Collaborative approaches to managing chronic
disease
- Healthy aging campaign and options
- Eliminating health disparities for tribal elders
3. Transform service delivery systems to increase older adult
access to available services
- Service systems mapping at the decision-making level
- Real client experiences review
- Operational changes and collaborative protocols
across systems
4. Transform the culture and experience of aging to
increase older adult engagement in community and
community problem-solving
- “Aging is an Achievement not an Affliction”
Campaign
- Senior Policy Council and organized aging advocacy
- Private, public, and non-profit sector collaboration on
aging issues
5. Create a sustainable, innovative model of rural elder
care to share with other rural communities across the state
and nation
- Leadership development; partnership diversity;
evaluation; strategic communications, resource
development
