Success Stories by Topic: Aging

• Pneumonia Vaccination Among the Elderly- South Carolina
  October 2009
  The Lakelands Rural Health Network received a one year Office of Rural Health Policy Rural Network Development Planning Grant in March 2005. A strategy was developed targeting Pneumococcal immunization coverage across the Lakelands service area.
• Eastern Panhandle Integrated Delivery System Rural Health Outreach Project
  May 2009
  The project was designed to promote health, prevent disease, and increase access to health care services for older individuals by providing outreach and education about existing health care and social services.
• Caring for our Community
  May 2009
  Wishek Community Hospital and Clinic joined forces with MedCenter One Health Systems, McIntosh District Health Unit, Wishek Drug, and Napoleon Drug to expand access to essential health care services, to improve the coordination of those services, and to reduce health care costs.
• Chickasaw Nation Rural Health Outreach Program
  May 2009
  The Chickasaw Nation Rural Health Outreach Program was designed to provide a range of primary health care services to Native American elders living in the most rural and remote areas of the region. Specifically, the program was designed to expand services to areas where geriatric care was not available.
• Rural BASICS
  May 2009
  Rural BASICS (Behavioral Access Study Integrating Continuum Services) succeeded in developing and implementing a continuum of care that served individuals of all age groups and ethnicities.
• Butler County Parish Nurse Project
  May 2009
  The Butler County Parish Nurse Project was developed to create a delivery system that focuses on the prevention and early detection of several illnesses, including heart disease and cancer.
• Timely Life Care Project
  May 2009
  The project funded 4,320 patient visits, and there was increased understanding among many in the area’s health care system of the value of palliative care in reducing acute care recidivism, the length of hospital stays, and emergency room and doctor’s office visits.
• Senior Discount Drug Program
  May 2009
  The McKinney Community Health Center developed a consortium of organizations to provide senior citizens living at or below the poverty level with discount-rate medications for hypertension, diabetes, and hypercholesterolemia.
• The Partnership for Rural Elderly
  May 2009
  The purpose of the Partnership for Rural Elderly was to provide direct rehabilitation, consultation, and educational services to a population of rural and low-income elderly citizens in northern Georgia who did not otherwise have access to such care.
• A Caring Country Community
  May 2009
  The primary goal of the Caring Country Community project was to promote interaction between the community’s elderly and young residents.
• Saint Elizabeth’s Medical Center Dementia Project
  July 2008
  Enhancing quality of care, life and services for seniors with dementia and their care providers.
• Rural Resources ‘Diner’s Choice’ Program
  June 2007
  A coupon system to provide restaurant and home delived meals to nutritionally at-risk seniors.
• Dakota Prairie Community Action Agency Medicare Rx Plan
  June 2007
  In 2005 the Dakota Prairie Community Action Agency was able to provide outreach, information and assistance to elderly clients signing up for Medicare Prescription Drug Cards.
• WAGES Medication Management and Prescription Assistance Program
  June 2007
  The WAGES program educates low-income seniors in North Carolina about their medications, checks for interactions and duplication, and helps them manage their prescription costs.
• Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association, Inc. Project
  January 2007
  This partnership project was developed to impact dementia service and availability in a sixteen county area in northern Wisconsin.
• Livingston County Department of Health Injury and Illness Prevention Project
  January 2007
  In this injury and illness prevention project, the Livingston County Department of Health and its partners seek to maximize the health and quality of life of rural, community-dwelling older adults and will implement a system based on emergency medical services (EMS) to screen, identify, educate, and refer rural-dwelling individuals at risk for preventable conditions.
• Rural Dementia Telemedicine Initiative Project
  January 2007
  The goal of the Rural Dementia Telemedicine Initiative (RDTI) project is to establish a long-term, sustainable method of service delivery to Alzheimer's (dementia) patients, caregivers, and health care professionals involved in the delivery of diagnosis, disease management, and treatment in rural and underserved communities of Nevada and other western states.
• Alcona Citizens for Health, Inc.
  January 2007
  The project provided new psychiatric services at four clinics and added two new behavioral health consultants and neurological health services to address the needs of the substantial elderly population.
• Rural Maine Healthy Aging Program
  January 2007
  The main goal of this project is to develop a comprehensive medical and social service resource for the area's aging population.
• Softening the Sunset Journey Project
  January 2007
  This project seeks to maximize local coordinated care resources toward the improvement of community awareness, early identification, access to care, and caregiver screening for older adult memory loss.
• Worcester County Health Department (WCHD) Aging Initiative
  January 2007
  This project, Worcester County Health Department (WCHD) Aging Initiative [formerly ACCESS] proposed to expand services that promote independent, unrestricted living for Worcester County’s aging population.
• Wayne County Multi-Generational Behavioral Health Project
  January 2007
  The Project aims to increase access to behavioral health care for children, youth, and isolated elderly members by providing outreach and education resources, and promoting greater community involvement in an integrated network of services.
• Accommodation, Collaboration for Community Education about Services for Seniors
  January 2007
  The goal of ACCESS to increase access to medical care and social services for seniors in the rural areas of Eastern Washington in Whitman County and North Central Idaho in Latah County.
• Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation Program
  January 2007
  The overall goal of this proposed project is to meet the healthcare needs of elders so they can remain in their communities and stay connected to their homes and families for as long as possible.
• Chronic Care Education Outreach Program
  January 2007
  The consortium for the Chronic Care Education Outreach Program will expand an existing chronic illness self-management education program to focus on the elderly in Woodruff and Prairie counties in the Arkansas Delta region.
• Nicholas County Rural Health Outreach Grant Program
  July 2005
  This program provided health care services to medically underserved populations and also offered health education and prevention programs for the population at large, as well as continuing assessment, screening, and follow-up services.
• Senior Peer Counseling Project
  July 2005
  Composed of 16 agencies and professional organizations that provide services to seniors in the region, this project was developed to serve seniors age 60 and above who were suffering from mild to moderate situational depression.
• Community Life for Seniors Project
  July 2005
  This project established a point of contact for the elderly population to access all needed health and social services available in the community with the specific goal of enabling elderly individuals to remain in as close to normal living circumstances for as long as appropriate and desirable.
• Maximizing Independence of Rural Elderly Through Use of Assistive Technology and Access to Health Care Services
  July 2005
  Five organizations joined together to address the health care needs of the aging rural Iowa population by providing assistive technologies and home modifications, increasing access to primary health care and rehabilitative therapies, and educating rural elderly and health care workers to help identify potential hazards in homes.
• Richland Health Network
  July 2005
  Using a nurse and social worker team case management model to address community needs, this consortium was designed to provide a coordinated approach to health screening, assessment, and education, and provide case management for residents aged 55 and older who are at risk for preventable hospitalizations.
• Rural Health Outreach (Maine)
  July 2005
  The care management services provided by this project facilitated a cooperative effort among health care providers, patients, and community support services to create an outpatient care management program for rural consumers, especially the elderly, people with disabilities, minorities, and children who have chronic health problems including chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), diabetes, asthma, and heart disease.