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2012-2017 Orange County Master Aging Plan <br />Goal 3: Empower older adults to enjoy optimal health status and to have <br />a healthy lifestyle. <br />Objective 3.1: Promote wellbeing and the prevention and maintenance of chronic disease <br />for all older adults in Orange County through increased access to evidence-based <br />programs. <br />^ Strategy 3.1.1: Use geo-mapping strategies to understand where older adults are concentrated in the <br />county and encourage organizations, like congregations and township community centers, to host <br />wellness and exercise classes. <br />Indicator 3.l.la: Development and dissemination of GIS map displaying current <br />populafion density of older adults in Orange County to faith-based communities and other <br />county depnrtmenfs. <br />Indicator 3,1...1._b: GIS map put on UNC Center for Aging and Health's and UNC Institute on <br />Aging's websites for wide distribution. <br />Indicator 3.1.1 c: More wellness and exercise classes offered to older adults in community <br />locations, such as congregations and township community centers. <br />Agencies Responsible: Department on Aging, in collaboration with Orange County Parks <br />and Recreation Department, town recreation departments, local congregations, UNC <br />Center for Aging and Health, and the UNC Institute on Aging <br />^ Strategy 3.1.2: Train volunteers to offer evidence-based wellness programs, like A Matter of Balance <br />and Living Healthy, at the Senior Centers, senior housing locations, and congregations, etc. <br />Indicator 3.1.2a: Two trainings per year at Orange County Senior Centers to train <br />volunteers in how to lead evidenced-based exercise programs for older adults. <br />Indicator 3.1.2b: Ads and nrticles publicizing exercise program leader trainings sent to <br />fnith-based organizations, senior living environments, Senior Centers, and published in <br />the Senior Times. <br />Indicator 3.1.2c: Fifty trained volunteers by 2017 providing more evidence-based <br />wellness progrnms to older adults in Orange County. <br />Agencies......._Responsible: Department on Aging, in collaboration with Triangle J Area <br />Agency on Aging and local congregations <br />28 <br />