Community & Health Services
DOMAIN DESCRIPTION Access to home-based care services, health clinics, and programs that promote wellness and active aging. Brief Statement of Survey Responses Pima Council on Aging’s Needs Assessment responses: • Sixty-three percent rate the community positively on having well-trained certified home health care providers. • Sixty-three percent of survey respondents expect to stay in their current residence and never move. • Concern with inability to perform activities of daily living reflect need for informal caregiver assistance and/or in-home services. Percentages of respondents with concern over activities of daily living (such as dressing, bathing, doing laundry, and other common tasks): o Thirty-seven percent struggle with house- keeping and laundry o Thirty-five percent struggle with preparing nutritious meals o Twenty-four percent struggle with personal care assistance (bathing, washing hair) o Twenty-nine percent struggle with grocery shopping o Twenty-two percent struggle with managing medication AARP Arizona’s survey responses: • Thirty-five percent of Tucson residents rate the community as excellent for having affordable fitness activities specifically geared toward older adults.
• Sixty-three percent of Tucson residents rate the community as excellent for having affordable health and wellness programs and classes. • Thirty-nine percent of Tucson residents rate the community as excellent for having conveniently located health and social services. Community Challenges • There is inadequate funding for home care services, resulting in people waiting for in-home services that would help them age in place. • There is a shortage of home care workers to meet current and future demand for in-home services necessary to support aging in place. • Engaging individuals in discussing and documenting end of life care wishes can be challenging, leading to fewer individuals completing advanced directives. • There are limited programs targeting older adults, utilizing evidence-based, creative aging
and intergenerational models. WhatTucson Has Done
Within the greater Tucson metropolitan area, non-profit social service agencies, healthcare organizations, the City of Tucson, and the Pima
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