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Douglas County Senior Service Priorities Plan

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Douglas County Senior Services High Level Strategies Map

Strategic Goals Reduce Costs, Improve Quality of Services Coordinate Continuum of CareImprove Outreach of Services

Our goals will be accomplished by focusing efforts in the following programs:

Mission: Together with community partners, we assist seniors

to enjoy independence, dignity, choice and quality of life

Family Caregiver and In-home Services

Provide in home support to those 60 and over, living with functional disabilities with goal to keep them at home as long as possible and reduce more costly care

Aging & Disabilities Resource Connection (ADRC)

Coordinate with a system of community partners to provide single entry point for information and services to seniors and people with disabilities.

Elder Rights and Legal Assistance

Ensure the rights of older adults and prevent abuse, neglect and exploitation

Nutrition ProgramProvide meals and social interactions to vulnerable at risk seniors

OutreachProvide information about services available to seniors and caregivers of seniors

CollaborationCollaborate with other organizations, such as the Roseburg VA Medical Center, to promote case-management services to seniors.

Case-Management, Support and Transition Services

Provide services to ensure smooth transition from medical facilities to home

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ContentsExecutive Summary High Level Services Map

Letter from the Director

Mission and Goals

County Profile and Local Needs

Services and Outcomes

Funding

Douglas CountySenior Services Priorities Plan2015-2017

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Letter from the DirectorDear Colleagues

It is with great appreciation that I present the Douglas County Senior Service priority plan for 2015 – 2017. We wish to thank and are grateful for the support of Douglas County Board of Commissioners as it has made a tremendous impact on our ability to provide high quality, local services thus furthering our mission of promoting independence, dignity, choice and quality of life of Douglas County seniors.

As you may know, Senior Services provides seniors and their families with services and community resources and can assist with options that best fit their needs. Each day, our dedicated teamwork in collaboration with community partners to protect seniors from abuse, theft and also provide long term care options. We also strive to provide opportunities for seniors to obtain preventative services for improved quality of life.

As you read along it is our hope that this plan demonstrates a clear picture of where we are headed, what we plan to achieve and the methods by which we will succeed. As we move forward, we will develop specific strategies and methods to implement and evaluate our plan. Also indentify new and existing partnerships that help to build better opportunities for Douglas County seniors and their families.

We all have roles in creating opportunities for senior adults and their families to have choices for enhanced quality of life, regardless of their income, education or geography. Working together with our partners we will continue to work toward encouraging improvements of the well-being of senior adults, their families and the communities we serve.

Thank youRespectfully

Jeanne Wright Senior Services Area Agency on Aging Director

Phone: (541) 440-3608

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Mission and Goals of Douglas County Senior ServicesIntroductionThe purpose of the Douglas County Senior Services is to develop, support and enhance a system of social, protective and health services for seniors throughout the rural county. Douglas County Senior Services is one of seventeen Area Agencies on Aging (AAA) in Oregon and one of 600 AAAs located throughout the United States This system serves to provide an opportunity for independence, dignity and a higher quality of life for seniors, age 60 and over.

The intent of the Senior Services plan is to provide a comprehensive and coordinated plan of services, for older Oregonians, that is based on local community needs. The plan prioritizes needs and strategies that best fit with community needs, desires and norms that also fit within the budgetary and resource realities of Douglas County.

Mission of Douglas Senior Services

In support of this mission, the primary goal of Douglas County Senior Services is to plan and develop a comprehensive and coordinated system of services for persons that are 60 and over. These services include social, protective and health services that increase the opportunity for independence, choice, dignity and a higher quality of life.

Together with community partners, we assist seniors to

enjoy independence, dignity, choice and quality of life.

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Douglas County Profile and Local Needs Douglas County is a large rural county. It is the fifth largest geographical county in the state and ninth in population. Douglas County is 5,071 square miles and stretches from the Pacific Ocean to the Cascade Mountains. There are thirteen incorporated cities and numerous small-rural communities with a total county-wide population of 106,972 (2014). The largest city, located in the center of the county, Roseburg (population 21,968) is recognized as the county seat. Interstate 5 (I-5) runs down the center of Douglas County, with Roseburg lying on the I-5 corridor. Douglas County Senior Services resides in Roseburg. The terrain and geography is diverse and includes hundreds of hills and valleys, waterways and limited road structures in some areas, creating many small isolated communities.

The entire county is designated as a rural county by the Oregon Office of Rural Health, Douglas county also meets the Administration on Aging’s definition of rural. The total population of the county is 106,972. According to 2014 census estimates from the American Community Survey data, 23% of the county population is over 65 years old. Like many rural counties, Douglas County has a distinctly higher average age and higher percentage of elderly living in the county than metropolitan counties in the state.

Douglas County is grouped in the region of the state with the highest percentage (Southwest Oregon) has the distinction of being one of the counties with the highest percentage of 60 and over residents, usually grouped close to Curry, Coos and Josephine Counties. Many communities within the county have over 40% of their residents 60 and over (communities of Scottsburg and Tiller). Average ages within communities of Douglas County showed great variance, with the very isolated, small rural communities having the highest median ages. Over half of the towns in Douglas County had a median age of 68 or older—with many in the high fifties and one (Scottsburg) with a median age, among all residents, of 66.8.

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Population Information :Demographics of Douglas County 2010

Oregon

Douglas County60 and over

65 and over in poverty

Rural

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

All data on this page comes from American Community Survey Tables*data set not grouped 60+, only grouped 65+

Percentage of population living in rural, poverty conditions

Douglas County’s total population number has remained

fairly stagnant for several decades. Even though the

total population has stayed fairly steady, shifts between

demographics in the community show interesting changes

that affect services for seniors. Like many rural counties,

the economic downturn in 2008 influenced demographics

within the county. Local population statistics are beginning

to show the trends of younger families and groups leaving

rural areas for metropolitan counties to find jobs. At the

same time, the county has continued to see a steady influx

of seniors into the county—largely from out of state.

Both the exodus of younger populations and the influx of

people in the older demographics into the county, account

for the rather steady total number, with shifts between

age groups within the total. For planning purposes, the

percentage of 60 and over is expected to continue to rise

within the county, while percentages of younger age groups

diminishes.

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The 2010 American Community Survey data shows that 21% of people living in Douglas County have a disability. Consistent with historical trends for the county, the proportion of those with disabilities are disproportionately represented in the 65 and over age.

For the last several years, Douglas County Senior Services has consistently provided meals, both home delivered and at meal sites, for 750 unduplicated clients annually. The total number of meals served (meal sites and home delivered meals) continue to be significant, numbering over 74,000 in 2013-2014 fiscal years. Annually, all services at Douglas County Senior Services typically serve 2400 unduplicated people who need services in the community. The total number helped has risen significantly since 2010. Also notable is the significant increase of 43% calls to Douglas County Seniors from fiscal years 2013/2014 to 2014/2015. This increase is likely from increased outreach and accessibility and the roll out of the ADRC.

People Living With Disabilities in Douglas County

Total county population 107,244

Total number living with a disability 23,035

Percentage of total population living with a disability 21%

Number of people 65 and over living with a disability 9,888

Percentage of people 65 and over living with a disability 45%

Minorities living with disability, all ages 1525

All data in this table comes from American Community Survey one-year estimate*data set not grouped 60+ , only grouped 65+

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ServicesDouglas County Senior Services provides services to the entire county. Services provided are managed, in partnership, with the State of Oregon and other community partnerships.

Services are provided and coordinated through seven senior dining sites in: Glendale, Glide, Reedsport, Riddle, Sutherlin, Winston and Yoncalla.

Services Offered by Douglas County Senior Services

Family caregiver, information, counseling, training and support

Caregiver referral

Outreach

Case management and coaching

Information, referral and assistance

Legal services

Health promotion/medication management

Title VII (Elder Abuse Prevention) Program

Federal Older American’s Act Title III (Support and Nutrition Congregate and home-delivered meals)

Oregon Project Independence (OPI) case management for in-home services

Senior Services Advisory Council —SSAC and Disabilities Services Advisory Council DSAC

Respite

Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC)

Options counseling and long term care planning

Collaboration with other agencies

Douglas County Senior Services has been and will continue to provide services in the six national

and state senior service priority areas: 1. Family Caregiver, 2. Information, assistance and Aging and

Disability Resource Connections (ADRC), 3. Elder rights and legal assistance 4.Nutrition program, 5.

Outreach, 6. Collaboration 7.Case-management, support and transition services.

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Services and Outcomes of Douglas County Senior Services

Service focus area

High level outcomes of service focus area

Examples of goals and activities

Family caregiver and

in-home services

Provide in home support to those 60 and

over, living with functional disabilities

with goal to keep them at home as long

as possible and reduce more costly care.

Provide training and support to

family caregivers

ADRC

Coordinate with a system of community

partners to provide single entry point for

information and services to seniors and

people with disabilities.

Provide Options Counseling,

information and referral

specific to long term care

options

Elder rights and

legal assistance

The rights of seniors are ensured and

abuse, neglect and exploitation is

decreased

Contract with Legal Aid of

Oregon to provide elder abuse

and financial exploitation

education at senior dining sites

Nutrition program

Opportunities for social interaction and

availability of meals are increased for

seniors and caregivers of seniors.

Provide meals at 7 dining sites

across county, home deliver

meals to Seniors

OutreachInformation about services to seniors is

available and accessible

Provide information about

available services to seniors

at local fairs and community

events

Collaboration

Collaborate with other organizations,

such as the Roseburg VA Medical Center,

to promote case-management services to

seniors

Collaborate with the Cow

Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of

Indians to increase the number

of elders receiving home

delivered meals

Case-management,

support and

transition services

Provide services to ensure smooth transition from medical facilities to home

Seniors receive home visits that

identify and connect them with

services such as home delivered

meals or in home care services.

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Funding for Douglas County Senior ServicesSenior services are funded by many sources, including Federal, State, Local and some County General Funds. The department has a history of successfully managing many Federal and State grants and contracts, bringing outside funding into Douglas County funding while also providing vital needed services to Seniors in the community.

For more information about Douglas County Senior Services or the Area Agency on Aging contact:

Douglas County Senior Services

Area Agency on Aging

1036 SE Douglas Ave., Room 221

Roseburg, OR 97470

(541) 440-3677

Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Income

$2,034,281 total budget

*Local is mostly donations for meals

43%

43%

4%Local*

Federal

State

County General Fund10%