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5q <br />New Robert and Pearl Seymour Center Attach. #1 <br />Summary of Functions, Programs and Services <br />April 10, 2007 <br />The Robert and Pearl Seymour Center has been designed and constructed to be a <br />new senior center for the 21St Century. The 25,000 square foot facility at 2551 <br />Homestead Road county campus replaces the 12,000 square foot of the Chapel <br />Hill Senior Center and the 4,000 square foot of space at the Northside Senior <br />Center. The new center will continue to provide the same level of services and <br />programs for the current older citizens relocated from these sites, but is also <br />designed to reach out to a new generation of older adults and the advancing <br />aging boomers. At this time, the New Center is not licensed nor does it offer a <br />personal care service section. A 7,000 sq. ft adult day health wing is proposed for <br />the future expansion of the center along with 15,000 sq. ft for well/ active senior <br />preventive programs with the next decade. <br />Demographics of Aging. The retirement age (60+) population in Orange County <br />is currently 16,441 and will increase dramatically to 28,340 in 2020, a projected <br />increase of 72% (11, 899 more older adults) as compared to only a 17% growth in <br />the total County population.. Among the older adult population, it is estimated <br />that 79% are Well/Fit, 16% are Disabled/Moderately Impaired, 5% are Severely <br />Impaired/Institutionalized. Approximately two-thirds of the 60+ population <br />live in southern Orange (Chapel Hill and Bingham township). Thus, there are <br />approximately 11,000 older adults today and 19,000 by the year 2020 who are <br />potential users of the new Seymour Center. <br />Four demographic conditions never before seen have forced us to design the, <br />Seymour Center with programs and services for (1) a wide age range of <br />independent, self-directed older persons, from 55 to 105 who have varied needs <br />and functional impairments, (2) an explosion in the sheer numbers of older <br />persons, (3) older adults living more advanced years in declining health and <br />limited function (1 in 8 people over 65 have dementia) and (4) a large and <br />growing number of retirees who are a major human resource . <br />Multifunctional Center Design. Based on the changing demographics of older <br />adults, the community and agency surveys done, the new Seymour Center will <br />be multifunctional in design which translates in to a variety of programs and <br />services. The New Seymour Center will be: <br />(1) An Information and Referral Center, promoting one stop access to <br />information about services and opportunities wherever they maybe., <br />(2) An Aging Transitions Consultation Center, where older adults and family <br />caregivers can consult individually with professionals in aging , <br />