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2007 Profile of Older Americans has been released by the US Administration on Aging. Download the full report (17 pages, PDF format).

The National Health Policy Forum announces the publication of Community-Based Long-Term Care: Wisconsin Stays Ahead (PDF Download).

National Commission for Quality Long-Term Care (NCQLTC.org) issues report. (PDF Download)
NCQLTC, a non-partisan group chaired by Bob Kerry, former U.S. Senator from Nebraska, and Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia, has released national survey results on the need for system improvements and final report and recommendations for change “From Isolation to Integration: Recommendations to Improve Quality in Long-Term” December 3, 2007.

The Kaiser Family Foundation resources on nursing home quality.
In addition to a joint briefing on nursing home quality since the passage of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (OBRA 87), the Kaiser Family Foundation has released new opinion poll results, reports and updated fact sheets on Medicaid and long-term care services.

Two Community Partnerships for Older Adults have been selected 2008 Program Champions by the US Administration on Aging. The June 2 Program Champion features for Illinois is the Aging Well partnership in Lyons Township. The June 9 Program Champion from Virginia is the Aging Together Partnership in the Rappahannock-Rapidan region. Read more about the Champions!
Please join us in congratulating Stephanie Sue Stein of our Connecting Caring Communities Partnership in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Stephanie was presented the Milwaukee Aging Consortium's Leadership award by former Wisconsin Governor, Tommy Thompson! Read the full story!
Take a break with the Zimmers!

Improving Transitional Care as older adults move from the hospital to the community is subject of a report on work that grows from the work of the San Francisco Partnership for Home and Community-based Care and Support. Download Transitional Care Blueprint for Change: Recommendations to Improve Transitional Care Services from Hospitals in San Francisco in PDF.

Aging with Attitude art exhibition mounted by the Blueprint for Aging partnership
The Care for Elders partnership in Houston has released their new work on preparing for the future. See what's new!
Aging Together Partnership secures state funds and is recognized as a Best Practice in Virginia http://www.vda.virginia.gov/pdfdocs/2008-CCOA-Award-Announce.pdf (PDF format).

Community Partnerships for Older Adults and their achievements are among the resources accompanying the Roanoke Time’s “A Growing Crisis of Care.” The story of “Tommy” is the first installment in “Age of Uncertainty” a new series developed by Beth Macy and the Roanoke Times. Be sure to read the paper’s editorial on the need for individuals and communities to plan to meet the future needs of older adults.

Overview of Community Planning Strategies
Hear the Community Partnerships for Older Adults program and community partnership experience with community-wide strategic planning presented by Elise Bolda as part of the on-line Creating Aging-Friendly Communities conference earlier this year. View the presentation.

Which is having a greater impact on Medicare - rising health care costs or growing older adult population? Read the NY Times editorial on the need for comparative research.

Hear or read the views of those with early onset dementias - NPR broadcast Sufferers of Early Onset Alzheimer's Describe Life with the Disease, by Susan Dentzer (US Public Broadcasting Corporation. Online Newshour. Jan. 10, 2008). In addition to the print transcript, the story is available in MicroMedia Flash streaming video, and RealPlayer & .mp3 audio formats, running time, 11 minutes, 38 seconds.

Brookdale Foundation Grants
The Brookdale Foundation is offering grants for community-based social model respite programs for elders with Alzheimer’s disease and their families. Grants have the potential to be $7500 in year one and $3,000 in year two.

More information is available at their Web site: www.brookdalefoundation.org.

Target Store Grant Opportunities
Target Stores are accepting applications for its local store grants program supporting initiatives that bring arts into schools, promote a love of reading and the prevention of family violence. (There might be connections to intergenerational, or elder abuse programs.) Average grants range from $1,000 to $3,000. Target also offers each store limited funds for Target Gift card donations for other unique opportunities outside the program’s focus areas. For more information, go to www.target.com

Reader's Digest Foundation: Make It Matter Initiative
The Reader’s Digest Foundation has announced that it will donate 1 million dollars to non-profit organizations through the “Make It Matter” initiative. “Grants will be inspired by individuals who are taking action and giving back to their communities in a significant way.” Each month, the foundation will select one story of “good deeds done” and grant $100,000 to a non-profit in honor of that individual, while also featuring the person in a new “Make It Matter” column. Submissions will be accepted on a rolling basis throughout 2008. For more information, go to their website at www.rd.com/foundation.

Archer Daniels Midland Company Grant Opportunity - Deadline 06/30/2008
The Archer Daniels Midland Company is accepting applications for grants in its 2008 Community Partnership program to strengthen American agricultural communities. Up to four grants of $10,000 each will be available for community improvement projects in cities and towns where ADM operates.

The deadline is June 30, 2008.
For more information go to the Web site at www.admworld.com and click on North America.

Collaboration Prize Launched to Honor Successful Non-profit Collaborations - Deadline: July 21, 2008
The Lodestar Foundation has created the Collaboration Prize to recognize collaborations among two or more nonprofit organizations that would otherwise provide similar programs or services and compete for clients, financial resources, and staff. For the purposes of the prize, collaboration means joint programming, administrative consolidations, or mergers among two or more organizations that would otherwise compete. The collaboration must have been in operation for at least 18 months and have a formal structure that uses the resources of each party in a more effective way.

A prize of $250,000 will be awarded to the winning collaboration to be used for charitable purposes.

Complete prize program information is available at the Collaboration Prize Web site, www.thecollaborationprize.org

The Rosalinde Gilbert Innovations in Alzheimer's Disease Caregiving Legacy Awards: Information Now Available on FCA's Website - Deadline 08/15/2008

Bestowed with a grant from The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, the National Center on Caregiving at Family Caregiver Alliance (FCA) is pleased to oversee the first annual Rosalinde Gilbert Innovations in Alzheimer's Disease Caregiving Legacy Awards program. Three awards of $20,000 each will be awarded to organizations that are initiating unique programs that address the needs of Alzheimer's caregivers. One award will be granted in each of these categories: Creative Expression, Diverse/Multicultural Communities, and Policy and Advocacy.

Information and details about the awards program is now available on the Family Caregiver Alliance website. The online application will be available June 16, 2008.

The information and materials currently posted online include:

Award Background
Award Details
Award Timeline
Eligibility and Submission Conditions
Review Process

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) welcomes subscribers to their Aging Initiative List serv. Click here to join the "Aging_Initiative" Listserver!

Thinking about professional development? Applications are due by April 2, 2008 for the The Practice Change Fellows Program: Enhancing Leadership in Geriatric Care, sponsored by Atlantic Philanthropies and the John A Hartford Foundation. Read more about this fellowship program administered by the University of Colorado-Denver and the National Council on Aging (PDF Download).

Ageism is part of attitudes of people in many countries and cultures. This issue brief on ageism prepared by the Canadian Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse offers definitions, concrete suggestions for how to move forward and links for further reading.

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Strategic Planning - Strategic planning will help you create a bold vision for the future, strengthen new partnerships, forge creative and innovative linkages between stakeholders, and ultimately better address the needs of older adults in your community. A community-wide strategic planning process will benefit from the wisdom of a diverse array of participants and ensure greater likelihood of success.

Inclusion & Diversity - Including older adults and caregivers is crucial to growing and sustaining successful community partnerships. It is especially important to seek participation from traditionally excluded groups such as those defined by race and ethnicity, low income, lack of English language proficiency, and sexual orientation. While many factors can challenge a partnership’s efforts to embrace diversity and build productive relationships, receiving input from a broad array of community members helps to ensure equality in decision making and leads to long term care and supportive services that are more responsive to a community’s diverse needs.

Fiscal Strategies - Developing a fiscal strategy is an important and challenging part of improving the system of long term care and supportive services for older adults in your community. The array of funding options requires that community partnerships be strategic in their aims. This area of the Resource Center reviews relevant funding sources and provides resources to help you make the most of them.

Communications - Have you ever thought about how many times a day someone tries to influence you to think a certain way, to buy a certain product, to support a cause or to change your behavior? These days there are so many ways to reach you—from cell phones and Palm Pilots to instant messaging, cable TV and customized publications—that a reasonable reaction is to simply tune everything out. It’s a world of sound and fury.

Evaluation - While the success of a community partnership may seem self-evident, a systematic evaluation holds members to a higher standard, revealing more than what we see with the naked eye. This section offers an introduction to evaluation. It covers the basic principles of evaluation design and implementation, as well as some topics likely to be important for community partnerships working to improve long term care and supportive services.

Partnership Evolution - A partnership generally consists of multiple organizations and individuals working together under a common vision. Who will be in the partnership varies from community to community, yet the purpose is universal: to create a mutually beneficial and well-defined relationship to sustain results that are not possible alone.