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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: May 16, 2017 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 4-d <br /> SUBJECT: Acceptance of the 2017-22 Orange County Master Aging Plan <br /> DEPARTMENT: Aging and Advisory Board on Aging <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 2017-22 Orange County Master Aging Janice Tyler, Director, 919-245-4255 <br /> Plan Margaret Cohn, Chair, Advisory <br /> Board on Aging <br /> Mary Fraser, MAP Committee Chair <br /> PURPOSE: To review and accept the 2017-22 Orange County Master Aging Plan (MAP). <br /> BACKGROUND: The 2017-22 Master Aging Plan (MAP) marks the fourth cycle of strategic <br /> planning for the Orange County Department on Aging(OCDOA).However, this is the first MAP <br /> based on the World Health Organization/American Association of Retired Persons <br /> (WHO/AARP) Framework for an Age-Friendly Community (AFC). This framework was chosen <br /> after deciding to be the first NC county to work toward becoming an age-friendly community. <br /> The AFC framework contains eight (8) domains of livability that influence the quality of life for <br /> older adults: outdoor spaces and buildings, transportation, housing, social participation, respect <br /> and social inclusion, civic participation and employment, communication and information and <br /> health services. <br /> In addition to these domains several cross cutting issues were addressed throughout the MAP <br /> process. Those included communication and information; the diversity of the older adult <br /> population; the desire for intergenerational opportunities; and also the desire of the older adults <br /> in the community to be included in all solutions. <br /> The goals, objectives, strategies and indicators represent 860 community survey respondents, <br /> and the work of over 200 persons, including Orange County residents, County and Town <br /> leadership, major healthcare systems, faith-based and non-profit services groups and older <br /> adult advocates. All of these stakeholders were involved at different times during the MAP's <br /> development, beginning in summer 2016 with a community needs assessment survey, followed <br /> by five work groups that met over a ten week period and ending in spring 2017 with a period of <br /> public comment. <br />