1. 2030: 1 IN 3 2000: 1 IN 5 55+ Population in Indiana

3. Not a personal problem, but a community challenge

4. Indiana NNORC’s (naturally occurring retirement communities) South Bend Gary Indianapolis Linton Huntington

5. AdvantAge Initiative Survey Conducted in: 10 pilot communities:  Six neighborhoods of Chicago, IL  Indianapolis, IN  Jacksonville, FL  Lincoln Square, NYC  Maricopa County, AZ  Orange County, FL  Puyallup, WA  Santa Clarita, CA  Upper West Side, NYC  Yonkers, NY  National Survey  Grand Rapids, MI  Contra Costa County, CA  Parsippany, NJ  Newaygo County, MI  State of Indiana  El Paso County, TX  Chinatown, NY  14 grantee-communities of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Partnerships for Older Adults program (CPOA)

6. Percentage of people age 60+ who want to remain in their current residence and are confident they will be able to afford to do so Unweighted N=4,272 Weighted N=918,078 Unweighted N=4,509 Weighted N=973,489 Disagree 5% Agree* 94% Very Confident 61% Not Very Confident** 39% Neither/ DK/RF 1% We asked respondents whether they agree or disagree with the following statement: “What I’d really like to do is stay in my current residence for as long as possible.” For people who answered “agree” we calculated the percentage of adults age 60+ who were very confident/not very confident that they will be able to afford to live in their current residence for as long as they would like. *Agree includes those who said Strongly agree or Somewhat agree. **Not Very Confident includes those who said Somewhat confident, Not too confident, Not confident at all, Don’t know, or Refused. Figure 2.1, Indiana § Note: Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding and/or missing information. Source: AdvantAge Initiative Community Survey in Indiana 2008 § Excludes Area 2 (Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaPorte, Marshall & St. Joseph Counties) which was surveyed in 2006.

7. The Medicalization of Old Age

8. A rebalanced system Bring 14,500 people out of institutional care and into home and community based care Save Indiana $800 million. Lessons from Home: Applied, http://www.generationsproject.org/

10. Aging is not about time and the body but about place and relationships.

11. “Community is the smallest unit of health.” Wendell Berry, Health is Membership In Another Turn of the Crank

12. Percentage of people age 60+ with adequate assistance* in instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) 1+IADL 11.5% Unweighted N=4,509 Weighted N=973,489 Note: Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding and/or missing information. Figure 24.1, Indiana § No limitations 88.5% *People were asked whether they need assistance with the following activities (IADLs): going outside the home, doing light housework, preparing meals, driving a car/using public transportation, taking the right amount of prescribed medication, keeping track of money and bills. Those who answered “yes” were asked whether they get enough assistance with these activities. All needs are met 6.1% 1 or more unmet need 5.4% Source: AdvantAge Initiative Community Survey in Indiana 2008 § Excludes Area 2 (Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaPorte, Marshall & St. Joseph Counties) which was surveyed in 2006. 6,000 older Hoosiers

13. Percentage of people age 60+ who participate in volunteer work* Do not participate in volunteer work 61% Participate in volunteer work 39% Unweighted N=4,509 Weighted N=973,489 Note: Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding and/or missing information. Figure 31.1, Indiana § *People were asked if they do volunteer work and if so what type of volunteer work they do. Source: AdvantAge Initiative Community Survey in Indiana 2008 § Excludes Area 2 (Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaPorte, Marshall & St. Joseph Counties) which was surveyed in 2006. DK/RF <1% ‡ ‡ This percentage is based on fewer than 20 respondents (Unweighted N<20) and should be interpreted with caution. 380,000 older Hoosiers

14. Percentage of people age 60+ who provide help to the frail or disabled* Provide care 22% Unweighted N=4,509 Weighted N=973,489 Note: Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding and/or missing information. Figure 25.1, Indiana § Do not provide care 77% *People were asked whether they provide help or care, or arrange for help or care, for a relative or friend who is unable to do some things for him/herself due to illness or disability. Source: AdvantAge Initiative Community Survey in Indiana 2008 § Excludes Area 2 (Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaPorte, Marshall & St. Joseph Counties) which was surveyed in 2006. DK/RF <1% ‡ ‡ This percentage is based on fewer than 20 respondents (Unweighted N<20) and should be interpreted with caution. 214,000 older Hoosiers

15. Percentage of people age 60+ who would like to be working for pay* Unweighted N=3,254 Weighted N=708,611 Unweighted N=4,509 Weighted N=973,489 Not working 73% Would not like to work for pay 75% Figure 33.1, Indiana § Note: Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding and/or missing information. *People were asked what their current employment status is. *People who were not working were asked whether they would like to be working for pay. Working part time 13% 23% Source: AdvantAge Initiative Community Survey in Indiana 2008 Working full time 14% Would like to work for pay § Excludes Area 2 (Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaPorte, Marshall & St. Joseph Counties) which was surveyed in 2006. DK/RF 2% DK/RF <1% ‡ ‡ This percentage is based on fewer than 20 respondents (Unweighted N<20) and should be interpreted with caution. 163,000 older Hoosiers

16. Active and Contributing! 85% voted in last election 37% contacted an elected representative 89% made donation of goods or services to charity 7% live with grandchildren 81% report good to excellent health

17. “Our enormous and rapidly growing older population is a vast, untapped social resource. It we can engage these individuals in ways that fill urgent gaps in our society, the result will be a windfall for American civic life in the twenty-first century.” Marc Freedman

18. Housing Transportation Health Care Education Land Use Planning Faith Community

20. S1619 The Livable Communities Act Creating Better and More Affordable Places to Live, Work, and Raise Families Incentives to Plan for Livable Communities Funding to Implement Sustainable Development Plans And good places to grow old…

21. ADVANTAGE SURVEY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE STATE POLICY & FUNDING DATA PARTICIPATION ACTION RESOURCES COMMUNITIES TRANSFORMED

22. “Improving a community, from beginning to end, involves organizing people. Money is secondary.”

23. “Old people everywhere.” Christopher Alexander A Pattern Language

24. Philip B. Stafford, Ph.D. Director, Center on Aging and Community, Indiana Institute on Disability & Community 2853 East Tenth, Bloomington, IN, 47408 (812) 855-2163 staffor@indiana.edu Contact information www.agingindiana.org