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Two Agencies, Together Serving Seniors

ONE IN FIVE

In our community, one person in five is 65 years of age or older. This is the fastest growing segment in our community.

Demographics

Aging impacts …

 community planning  economic development  work force  social services  health care  families

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Jefferson Area Board for Aging

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Our Cornerstones

Healthy Aging Intergenerational Sustainability

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Aging starts from the day we are born

Services and Supports to help you age in the community of your choice

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Area Agency on Aging Since 1975

6 Jurisdictions

City of Charlottesville Albemarle County Fluvanna County Greene County Louisa County Nelson County

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Information & Assistance

A full range of information, assistance and referrals to resources. SENIOR HELPLINE

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Community Senior Centers

• Nutritious Noon-Time Meal
• Mind, Body, Spirit, Community
• Activities, Socialization,
• Education

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Opportunities to Volunteer

• Improves Quality of Life
• Promotes Engagement in the

Community

• Creates Purpose

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Insurance Counseling

• Medicare Enrollment & Part D
• Affordable Care Act (ACA)
• Dual Eligibility
• Disabled Veteran Assistance

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Adult Care Centers

• Flexible Schedules/ Respite for Caregivers
• Music, Socialization & Person Centered

Activities

• Activities of Daily Living Assistance
• Healthy Meals & Snacks
• Intergenerational Program with JABA’s

Shining Star Preschool (Hillsdale)

• Health Evaluations & Assistance

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Reason for Being

Since 1960, The Center has provided healthy aging

• pportunities that are proven to promote

independence and community engagement and lower health and long-term care costs.

Outcomes from everyday activities at The Center have meaningful results for our community.

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 Provide programs that are effective for individuals and cost-effective for communities  Partner with area organizations to leverage resources and increase access  Encourage awareness of aging issues  Serves our region’s health priority of increasing wellbeing across the lifespan  Promote community and civic engagement through volunteering  Receive no government funding for operations

Our Role

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• Universal design to ensure comfort and accessibility for all ages and abilities
• Dedicated functional spaces to accommodate the breadth and depth of

essential wellness programs

• Abundant natural light
• Pedestrian-friendly parking lot
• Renewable energy from solar roof panels
• Welcoming gathering spaces as well as places for quiet conversation
• Space for collaboration with other nonprofits
• Outdoor areas for programs and recreation
• Facility rental for meetings and events

Intentionally designed for diverse and changing needs

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civic | community | cultural | fitness | social Exercise studios with floating floors, mirrors, and barres, plus an equipped fitness room Lifelong learning classrooms and conference rooms with a library and adjacent lounge space 380-seat performing arts auditorium with backstage, rehearsal space, and greenroom that will also support meetings and events Volunteer center with amenities for volunteers who contribute to dozens of area nonprofits Art studio with adjacent gallery space for community artists Game room for social and recreational pursuits Outdoor areas for connecting with the environment

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Benefits of Active Aging

 Promotes independence  Cost effective  Relief for family caregivers  Lower health and long-term care costs  Reduced demand for social services  More volunteers for area nonprofits  More contributors to the local economy

Increased Longevity + Healthy Aging = More Contributors & Less Cost

Crisis Impact on The Center

• Disruption to meeting our mission due to physical

distancing

• Postponed grand opening
• Loss of volunteer pool
• Devastation of most earned revenue streams
• Decrease in philanthropic contributions

Adaptations made by The Center

• Transition to online program delivery (~30 per week)
• Staff telework and remain on payroll, with benefits
• Telephone outreach to all members
• Links to local, trusted resources
• Promotion of resources, volunteer needs, etc. of area nonprofits
• Special programming to address Coronavirus concerns
• Print and broadcast media spots urging people to check on older adults
• Planning for gradual return to limited in-person programs in June, online

programs will continue

Crisis Impact on JABA

• Disruption of normal service and program delivery

Adaptations made by JABA

• Changed service delivery with first positive case
• Staff telework and all 74 employees remain on

payroll, with benefits

• Planning for return by ordering PPE, re-designing

spaces, and working with TJHD

• Still providing services and supports,

and evolving as needs are identified

• Taking new referrals from the

community

Social Isolation

• Major issue that needs addressing
• Research shows isolation is unhealthy and especially

impacts older adults

• 25% live alone
• Issue exacerbated by COVID-19

“Increased rates of cardiovascular disease, worsened diabetes, increased risk of dementia—the effects of isolation are pretty profound. If there’s something that’s keeping me up at night, it’s this.”

—Carla Perissinotto, Chief of Geriatrics Clinical Programs at UCSF

Social Isolation Cures

• Volunteering
• Connecting with others in real-time
• Video conferencing and social media use

“Humans are wired to come together physically. But loneliness has become widespread in modern life. And social distancing has just exacerbated the problem.”

—Judith Moskowitz, psychologist, Northwestern University

Impact on Lower Income Seniors

• Same as for all seniors, exacerbated by already-

existing health issues and more reliance on support systems (like JAUNT and food pantries)

• Less likely to have access to internet, computer, or

smart phone

• Often relied on church, neighbors, family—now all

isolating

• High impact on African American community, overlap

in seniors

• 10% are at 100% poverty ($11K/year)

Impact on Skilled Nursing Homes and Assisted Living

• National statistics show half the deaths are residents
• f SNFs
• Albemarle Asst. Fire Marshall in charge of seniors in

facilities, ECHO calls, collaborating

• TJHD now testing when

1 patient is positive. Quick response has kept the numbers low.

Fiscal Impact

• Challenge: how to

provide services today and plan for the unknown of tomorrow

• Fixed cost and new

costs

COVID-19 Exacerbates Inequities & Ageism

• The last of the accepted “isms” is insidious and pervasive
• Fear of insufficient health care resources led to health care

guidelines that an age studies authority called “culling the old.”

• Economic versus senior survival = a false dichotomy

#Grandmakiller

—Twitter commentator Bethany Mandel, 34

“I’m not sacrificing my home, food on the table, all of our docs and dentists, every form of pleasure (museums, zoos, restaurants), all my kids’ teachers in order to make

• ther people comfortable.”

“You can call me a Grandma killer.”

Assets to Our Society

Aging as decline?

Does Dr. Anthony Fauci look like a drain on society? He is Director of

• NIAID. He’s 79.

No use for older people?

NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo called for retired doctors, nurses, and other health professionals to come back to work during the coronavirus crisis. More than 50,000 responded.

What’s Next?

• Pandemic reveals how costly a surge in caring for older

Americans can be.

• Up to 40% of adults at high risk of serious illness from

COVID-19 due to age or underlying medical conditions

• Development of resources to provide better primary,

preventive, and long-term care to an aging population.

• Continued use of technology for communication and

connection

• Continued development of live online program delivery
• Use of the great outdoors
• Slow re-entry

What’s Next? cont.

• Labor issues
• Universal broadband for

learning, working, connecting

• Senior living communities

– Designs that use separated neighborhoods, where residents can live, socialize and dine together in smaller groups. – More spaces that can be used as interim housing for staff – New materials that are antimicrobial and easily cleaned – Improved air filtration and purification – “Clean rooms” so residents can meet with family or friends in adjacent rooms separated by a glass partition, equipped with intercom or phones – Accelerated technology for touchless navigation

“Research in the wake of the last recession clearly suggested that older people, as a result of ageist norms, had a more difficult time getting reemployed.”

—Paul Irving, Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging

What Can You Do?

maintain donations to nonprofits you already support acccelerate and/or increase your gifts this year to help stabilize nonprofit cash flow now consider investing in our community’s future by donating all or a portion of your stimulus check

• Reach out to older adults
• If you are financially able:

Questions?

Marta M. Keane Chief Executive Officer JABA (Jefferson Area Board for Aging) 434.817.5238 mkeane@jabacares.org www.jabacares.org Peter M. Thompson Executive Director The Center at Belvedere 434.974.7756 peter@thecentercville.org www.thecentercville.org

Thank you!