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15 <br /> 2017®2022 Orange County Master Aging Plan <br /> allowed the leadership committee to narrow • Spaces oriented to the needs to older <br /> the scope of the eight domains to five major adults <br /> workgroups. <br /> iransportation: <br /> cwt" u p s • Volunteer driving program <br /> The five work group topics identified from the • Access to transportation outside of <br /> community assessment and the community Chapel Hill/Carrboro <br /> forums were Transportation and Outdoor <br /> • Coordination between transportation <br /> agencies, both public and private, in the <br /> Spaces and Buildings, Housing, Social Triangle <br /> Participation and Inclusion, Civic Participation • Planning processes include older adults <br /> and Employment, and Community Supports and their needs <br /> and Health Services. The eighth domain, • Easy to understand and accessible <br /> Communication and Information, was identified information about transportation <br /> as a crosscutting issue that all work groups options <br /> included. Work groups met over a five-meeting <br /> Housing: <br /> sequence from January 2017 to March 2017 in <br /> • Housing policies and their impact on <br /> a standardized process across groups. One senior housing <br /> OCDOA staff member or volunteer led each • Information for older adults about their <br /> work group consisting of 20-30 community options <br /> members. Each group was further split into • Long-term care facilities and housing <br /> subgroups to discuss more specific issues. UNC with services <br /> graduate and undergraduate students assisted • Housing repair and maintenance <br /> with facilitation and note-taking during these services for older adults <br /> • Affordable and quality housing <br /> discussions. Work groups were responsible for <br /> researching the topic area, identifying Soci�. 11 Participation and Incllusion: <br /> problems within the topic area in Orange • Intergenerational opportunities <br /> County, and formulating objectives and • Identification of those who are at risk of <br /> strategies to address that problem. The final exclusion <br /> output from each work group was a concise list • Continued education programs for older <br /> of objectives and strategies that were then filed adults <br /> under the broader group goal. Below is a <br /> • Disparities in engagement between <br /> geographic areas of the county <br /> summary of the main discussion points of each <br /> • Utilization of space outside of the senior <br /> of the MAP Work Groups. centers <br /> Outdoor Spaces and BuHdings: <br /> • Involvement in planning processes and Civic P�. rtBcBp�.tBon and Eirplloyirento <br /> • Fair compensation for those who need <br /> public schedules employment <br /> • Maintenance of public areas and • Searching for jobs and application <br /> addition of benches, public restrooms, <br /> process <br /> etc. • Multigenerational workforce <br /> • Accessibility of sidewalks, especially in <br /> preparation <br /> rural areas <br /> 9 <br />