• Maintain an Advisory Council to advise the AAA on all matters relating to the development, administration, and operations conducted under this Area Plan. • Implement, along with local service providers, evidence-based programs to assist older individuals in reducing the risk of injury, disease, and disability. • Make use of trained volunteers, where appropriate, in providing direct services to older individuals and individuals with disabilities. • Increase public awareness of mental health disorders, attempt to remove barriers to diagnosis and treatment and coordinate mental health services, including screenings. • Undertake initiatives to help individuals live independently with dignity in their home environments. A communication document to DAAS. • A management tool to guide initiatives, budgets, and decisions. • An information tool to educate and inform the public, policy makers, local officials, service providers, older adults, and their families; and • A self-evaluation and monitoring tool to assess efforts to address the ever-burgeoning needs of older persons in an environment of diminished resources. This document also serves as: •
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Area Plan 2024-2027
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