With health reform, the role of senior-serving community-based organizations is changing to include promoting healthy aging and helping seniors better manage chronic conditions. Organizations will need to know:
To help organizations collect and use this information, a robust new section has been added to NORC Blueprint: Health Indicators – Advancing Healthy Aging in your Community. Designed for use by NORC programs, senior centers, case management agencies, and other senior-serving community-based organizations, this section offers an easy-to-use survey tool, a database, and a training and technical assistance program to enable community-based organizations to get the high-quality information they need to understand and take action on the key health risks among their community’s seniors.
Read more about Health Indicators and how to get started.If you would like to receive the
NORC Blueprint News e-newsletter, announcing enhancements to the website and other aging in place or NORC-related news, please send your name and contact information to
norcblueprint@uhfnyc.org.