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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: September 20, 2022 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 7-a <br /> SUBJECT: 2022-27 Orange County Master Aging Plan Presentation <br /> DEPARTMENT: Aging and Advisory Board on Aging <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 2022-27 Orange County Master Aging Janice Tyler, Director, 919-245-4255 <br /> Plan Heather Altman, Chair, Advisory Board <br /> on Aging <br /> PURPOSE: To receive a presentation on the 2022-27 Orange County Master Aging Plan (MAP). <br /> BACKGROUND: The 2022-27 Master Aging Plan (MAP) marks the fifth cycle of strategic <br /> planning for the Orange County Department on Aging (OCDOA). This is the second MAP based <br /> on the WHO / AARP Framework for an Age-Friendly Community (AFC). The AFC framework <br /> contains eight (8) domains of livability that influence the quality of life for older adults: outdoor <br /> spaces and buildings, transportation, housing, social participation, respect and social inclusion, <br /> civic participation and employment, community support and health services, communication and <br /> information. <br /> In addition to those domains, several cross cutting issues were addressed throughout the MAP <br /> process. Those included racial equity and the diversity of the older adult population; urban/rural <br /> differences; on-going concerns related to the global pandemic, including social isolation; and <br /> desire of the older adults in the community to be included in all solutions. <br /> The goals, objectives, strategies and indicators represent 940 community survey respondents, <br /> and the work of over 150 persons, including Orange County residents, County and town <br /> leadership, healthcare systems, faith-based and non-profit services groups and older adult <br /> advocates. <br /> All of these stakeholders were involved at different times during the MAP's development, <br /> beginning in summer 2021 with a community needs assessment survey, followed by nine (9) <br /> community engagement events and seven (7) work groups that met over a ten week period, and <br /> ending in spring 2022 with a period of public comment. <br /> This MAP comes at a particularly crucial point in the history of Orange County. In 2020, 21% of <br /> the population was age 60+, and by 2040 it will be 26%. This represents a 47.8% change in just <br /> 20 years, whereas children aged 0-17 years were 17% of the population in 2020, and in 2040 will <br /> decline to 15% of the population, representing a 4.5% change. <br />