HERKIMER, N,Y. — The Herkimer County Age Friendly Coalition has launched a survey to determine peoples’ needs as they age in the various Herkimer County communities. The state awarded Herkimer County Office for the Aging and Herkimer County HealthNet $20,000 in funding from the Aging Age-Friendly Planning grant program. The survey is one of the […]
HERKIMER, N,Y. — The Herkimer County Age Friendly Coalition has launched a survey to determine peoples’ needs as they age in the various Herkimer County communities.
The state awarded Herkimer County Office for the Aging and Herkimer County HealthNet $20,000 in funding from the Aging Age-Friendly Planning grant program. The survey is one of the projects identified in support of the grant’s work plan.
The Age-Friendly Planning Initiative seeks to create at the county level a “replicable version” of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s executive order to incorporate relevant age-friendly healthy policies and principles aimed at improving the health and wellness of people of all ages.
The Office for the Aging will be collaborating with HealthNet and a coalition of more than a dozen organizations with outreach to the community, including the survey in both hard-copy and online versions. The survey can be accessed at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/KWVVVSX.
The survey questions reflect the work associated with the grant by considering the American Association of Retired Persons’ (AARP) eight domains of livable communities and “Smart Growth” reforms including — but not limited to — transportation, civic engagement, and socialization.
“It is important to determine the needs in each of our county’s communities for the overall aging population,” Kathy Fox, director of the Herkimer County Office for the Aging, said. “This initiative will ultimately benefit the health of people of all ages.” The Office for the Aging’s work with Herkimer County HealthNet aligns with promoting health among individuals in Herkimer County, Fox noted.
“We understand and have learned that it is a priority for people to live independently in their homes as they age,” Elyse Enea, executive director of Herkimer County HealthNet, said. “So we want to learn more about the needs in each of our communities in Herkimer County and work on them to maintain this independence.”
Enea also stressed that this grant supports the work that the Herkimer County Office for the Aging, HealthNet and its partners are working on which supports HealthNet’s mission to improve the health and well-being of individuals who live, work, play, and learn in Herkimer County.