Minnesota Age-in-Place Project. (On-Site Coordinators to Arrange Support Servicesfor Senior Housing Tenants)

摘要

The purpose of the project was to provide grant funds for hiring on-sitecoordinators in congregate housing sites to assist older residents to obtain services to age-in-place. Prevention of premature institutionalization was one of the goals. During the course of the project period, federal grant funds were awarded to eight grantees. The projects are still in a capacity building mode and conclusions cannot be made as to the extent to which institutionalization may have been averted. There is sufficient anecdotal evidence on the positive impact the on-site coordinators have had on the residents, especially as it relates to preventing, or intervening to prevent, isolation of some residents.