• 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.

• 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

repair, homemaker legal

and employment

services.

Urbancrest Mayor Joseph Barnes

delivers a LifeCare Alliance meal.

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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Expanded the

Volunteer Guardian

Program to Licking

Co. at the request of

Probate Court Judge

Robert Hoover.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.