Changing Interagency Service Delivery Systems to Help Older Public Housing Residents Access Services to Assist Them to Age in Place

Article Publication Date:

2/1/2004

Summary:

The Service Access for Elders in Public Housing project address issues that affect the quality of life of elderly residents of an urban public housing complex. A survey of the elderly residents was conducted under this project, seeking to better coordinate information and services provided by public and private agencies that serve the residents to assist them to better age in place in their apartments. This report outlines those results.

Topics:

Accessibility; Consumer/Participant Direction; Quality

Types/Tools:

Reports; Surveys

Populations:

Aging/Older Adults; Psychiatric Disabilities/Mental Illness; Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities; Physical Disabilities; Psychiatric Disabilities/Mental Illness

Sources:

The Hilltop Institute

Programs/Initiatives:

Aging and Disability Resource Center; Person Centered Planning

States:

All States/Territories; Maryland