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AAzt, r? 2-,4 <br />Department on Aging Space Needs Update to 2020 <br />January 10, 2007 <br />In reviewing the November 6 h Orange County Space Needs Update Report and.preparing <br />the Master Aging Plan (M.A.P.) Update for 2007-11, the following comments are made. <br />Overall, the Space Needs Update Report is very good and comprehensive. However, <br />additional space and land will be required to meet the operational demands of the <br />Department on Aging through the year 2020. The two new senior centers - the Seymour <br />Center at the Homestead Campus and the Central Orange Senior Center at the Sportsplex <br />Campus - once constructed and occupied in May, 2007 and spring, 2008 respectively, <br />will establish highly visible, consolidated service locations in the county for older adults <br />that will catch up to the current service demands not future growth. (The Department will <br />begin doubling up additional staff in existing offices.) <br />Facility space additions and land will be required at both sites based on the older adult <br />60+ population doubling in just thirteen years from now- 2020. The county population <br />projections for 2020 will go from 16,000 to over 33,000 older adults. In southern Orange <br />the projected older adult population will jump from 12,000 to over 24,000. The Old-Old <br />(85+), who are more likely to have special service needs due to declining health (50% + <br />have dementia), will also double in population. <br />Department on Aging (Seymour Center- Homestead Site) <br />Additional Space -22,000 sq. ft. <br />1. M.A.P projection -15,000 sq. ft. (programming and administration) add on to serve <br />Well-active older adults. <br />2. M.A.P. projection - 7,000 sq. ft add on and co-locate a southern adult day health <br />program to the Seymour Center for the frail older adults and transitional care service. <br />(This creates same Well-Frail Service co-location model as established at the Central <br />Orange Senior Center.) <br />Department on Aging (Central Orange Senior Center- Sportsplex site) <br />Additional Space - 8,000 sq. ft. <br />1. M.A.P. projection - 8,000 sq. ft. (programming/administration) add on to serve well- <br />active older adults. <br />Senior Center Space Use. Both new Senior Centers will be in high demand for general <br />use by outside groups. The Department on Aging with its new facility scheduling <br />software should oversee and book all reservations, but under new facility use guidelines <br />approved by the County Commissioners. First priority for non-senior programming use <br />should be. Orange County government departments and boards. <br />Submitted by: <br />Jerry Passmore, Director <br />Orange County Department on Aging