Post on 20-Jul-2020
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Envisioning Aging in Place
Why We Need an “All of the Above” Approach to Aging Boomers
Sue Lantz, B.A., M.P.A, Managing Director Collaborative Aging
Agenda
1. The Pixar Story: Looking at collaboration with fresh eyes
2. Five Main Challenges of Aging Boomers
3. What Makes This Complicated
4. What’s at Stake: If we don’t start acting now
5. Back to Pixar: “Meeting in the middle”
6. Creating a Rounder Table: Four Stories from today
7. Questions and Answers
The Pixar Story
Collaboration…and
Animation of the Aging in
Place Options.
Aging in Place .
Pixar:
Meeting in the Middle
Five Main Challenges
1.The Scale of Change Upon Us
…And Resources For Planning This Journey (We need a “Trip Advisor”)
5. We Need A Forum and a “Rounder Table”…
Boomers, Seniors, and Caregivers
Non Profit Organizations
Governments (All Levels)
Businesses & Professionals
What Makes This
Complicated
2. Going Deeper- Age Friendly Communities (AFC)
• Synchronized Gov’t Policy
• AFC within Official City/Town Plans • Housing, Built Form, Community Spaces
• Neighborhood/Transportation Design
• Business, Developer and Charity Leadership
• Participatory Change/Community Action
• Technology Innovation
• Inspiring Design of AIP options
3. Housing
• In the right style
• In the right form
• In the right locations
• At the right cost (affordability)
• Available at the right time
• With the right supportive care (or specialized) on-site for some populations
4. Care in the Home & Community
• Navigable for Seniors and Caregivers • Clarity of eligibility, publicly-funded vs. individually-
funded, easy to find and contact, understandable terms & costs
• Supported by Navigators/Co-ordinators • Well co-ordinated with other sources of care
• Options for Care in the home/community: • At the right time (of day/week, and timing) • In the right location • In the right form (various models of organizing – including self-
directed, and the right type of staff/continuity) • At the right cost (affordability) • With consumer and worker protections
Avoid or prepare for this journey?
As individuals, communities, and society.
What will it be?
Avoid or prepare.
What’s At Stake:
Avoid? X Crisis decisions X Reactive situations (individuals, providers, caregivers, communities, levels of government policy) X Inadequate supply of accessible and desirable housing options X More hardship: individually, caregivers, communities, society X Economic burdens, impact on workplaces, more costly options X Healthcare system more pressured/in crisis response mode
What’s At Stake:
Prepare? Individuals/caregivers more ready for challenges of aging
More clarity about the aging in place options and adequate supply of accessible housing and care (individuals, marketplace, policy makers)
More proactive and empowering tools for planning, decision making, and organizing care (Think Trip Advisor!) Home care, healthcare organized and delivered in more customized ways and
more accessible formats, especially supporting caregivers Housing, neighborhood designs, workplaces, schools are conducive to aging in
place, including supporting caregivers Technology solutions support practical “on the ground” needs
Government Policies more enabling of options
Back to Pixar Story:
Today is a starting point for “Meeting in the Middle!”
Four Stories from Today:
Emerging Models, Solutions and Ideas
For Shaping the Aging in Place Options
Panel 1: Leading Edge Municipal
Planning and Processes
Panel 2: Industry-Led Home
Renovations
for Accessibility and Aging In Place
Panel 3: Senior-Led Collaborative Model
(NORC)
Panel 4: Forging New Designs for Supportive
Residential Settings
Creating the Aging in Place Options
Let’s get started.
Questions and Answers