Common Features of Area Agencies on Aging and Implications for Aging Service Innovations
2024
Common Features of Area Agencies on Aging
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Author Information
Author(s): Traci Wilson
Primary Institution: US Aging, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Hypothesis
Is the phrase 'if you’ve seen one AAA, you’ve seen one AAA' helpful or true?
Conclusion
All Area Agencies on Aging deliver a core set of services and have opportunities to provide additional services through various funding sources.
Supporting Evidence
- AAAs assess local community needs and deliver long-term services and supports.
- Funding sources outside of the OAA allow AAAs to provide additional services.
- State regulations influence the organizational structure of AAAs.
- Each typology of AAA innovates and collaborates to deliver high-quality services.
Takeaway
Area Agencies on Aging help older people stay at home by providing services, and they all offer similar core services.
Methodology
Analysis of organizational-level data from USAging’s 2022 National Survey of AAAs.
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