Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging Year in Review: 2001

2. • COAAA served 5,818
PASSPORT/Choices
and Assisted Living
clients in 2011 with an
ending caseload of
4,289, an increase in
the caseload of 221
people.

3. • COAAA served 27,230
older adults in central
Ohio through local
providers granted Older
Americans Act funding
for services such as
congregate and home
meals, transportation, a
dult day care, home
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repair, homemaker legal delivers a LifeCare Alliance meal.
and employment
services.

4. COAAA, as a partner
of the Franklin County
Office on Aging,
assessed 2,325 older
adults for Senior
Options levy services
and provides case
management services
to 1,500 individuals.

5. COAAA provided Quality
Improvement and Monitoring
to 352 local service provider
organizations, including 30
assisted living facilities and
providers of PASSPORT,
Older Americans Act and levy
services in Franklin, Delaware
and Fairfield Counties.
In 2011, 39 new PASSPORT
providers were certified and 1
new Assisted Living Facility.

6. • COAAA led state budget
advocacy efforts in Central
Ohio by promoting FairCare
Ohio, discussing aging
issues with 17
Representatives and
Senators, participating in
legislative events and budget
testimony.
Fifty-six million dollars was
added to the PASSPORT
program to allow continued
enrollment in 2011-12.

7. • Partnered with Fairfield
Medical Center to pilot a
care transitions program
that followed up with
patients with frequent
admissions and reduced
re-admissions from 27%
to 9%.
• This resulted in
submission of a grant to
CMS that would extend
the project with 3 Area
Agencies on Aging and 4
hospitals.

8. • COAAA partnered with Access
Health Columbus to implement a
federal grant focused on
outreach to primary care
physicians to expand use of
evidence-based health
programs.

9. • Established an
Interdisciplinary team in
Franklin County in
partnership with Franklin
County Adult Protective
Services and the Probate
Court to address issues of
elder abuse across the
community.

10. • COAAA became a
Home Choice care
transitions provider
through the VGP
program and began to
find housing and set up
services for people
leaving nursing homes
after extended stays.

11. • COAAA continued its advocacy
for Lifelong Communities, in
partnership with MORPC, through
an hour radio program on the
topic, sponsorship of a forum and
participation in a transportation
and housing grant.
• COAAA and MORPC also
continued exploration of the
Village Concept by surveying and
interviewing older adults and
community leaders regarding
their perceptions of what
communities should offer.

12. • Expanded the
Volunteer Guardian
Program to Licking
Co. at the request of
Probate Court Judge
Robert Hoover.

13. • COAAA continued its
sponsorship of the Franklin
County Senior Roundtable led
by Fran Ryan. The
Roundtable has continued to
grow with 227 organizations
and a list serve of 393
members.

14. • COAAA partnered with
the Franklin County
Office on Aging and The
Franklin County Senior
Roundtable to expand the
annual Expo to a larger
Senior Living Festival
held at Veterans
Memorial. An estimated
1,700 people attended
with 150 vendors,
entertainment, and
Medicare Part D
comparisons.

15. • COAAA continued its
commitment to provided
Medicare assistance,
providing one on one help
for 1,031, group outreach
to 1,061, client assistance
to 211, part D
comparisons for 136 and
218 LIS applications
completed.
• COAAA also provided
direct assistance to 117
community professionals
who work with Medicare
beneficiaries.

16. • COAAA education activities
included 172 Healthy Well and
Wise presentations on a variety of
health topics to 2,424 people.
• Eleven lay leaders were trained to
lead evidence based chronic
disease education programs and
along with partners, did 32
workshops that consist of 6
sessions, with 210 completing the
series. Continuing Education
Units were offered to the
community through 26
professional education programs
at COAAA.

17. • COAAA partnered with LifeCare Alliance, serving 4,264
older adults through the Senior Farmers Market program in
six central Ohio counties. Each of those people received
$50 vouchers to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables at
local markets.
The program demand continues to grow leaving 618 on the
wait list for coupons at the end of the year.

18. • COAAA partnered with
Chase Bank corporate
offices, Marysville Honda,
Abercrombie and Fitch,
and others to provide
holiday gifts for more than
650 of COAAA’s frailest
consumers.