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Read the Summer 2008 Issue of IFASage!
IFASage is a new quarterly e-newsletter from the Institute for the Future of Aging Services (IFAS) at AAHSA. [more]
Expanding Affordable Housing Plus Services: Current Projects
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Family Caregiver Support in Affordable Senior Housing: A Training and Assistance Pilot Program
This project will develop and evaluate a training program to strengthen the role of family caregivers of low- and modest-income older adults living in independent, publicly subsidized housing communities. Special attention will be paid to responding to the needs of caregivers from different racial and ethnic backgrounds. [more]
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Linking Affordable Senior Housing and Medical House Call Practices
Poor health, financial limitations or lack of accessible transportation can keep many residents of publicly subsidized housing from obtaining the medical services they need. A new IFAS publication, Doctor at Your Door: The Senior Housing Community's Guide to Medical House Call Programs, suggests medical house call programs could help residents address these challenges. [more]
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Connecting Affordable Senior Housing and Services: A Descriptive Study of Three Colorado Models
This study described and compared how three senior housing communities in Colorado helped residents maintain independent living in the face of growing frailty and/or disability. Each community evolved very different strategies to foster independent living and support residents as their needs changed. [more]
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Inventory of Affordable Housing Plus Services (AHPS) Programs
IFAS developed an inventory of AHPS programs nationwide to connect low- and modest-income seniors in multi-unit housing to health and supportive services. [more]
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Stakeholder Workshops on Affordable Housing Plus Services (AHPS)
IFAS held four invitational workshops on strategies for linking affordable housing and health and supportive services in collaboration with the U.S. Departments of Health & Human Services and Housing & Urban Development and the A.M. McGregor Home. [more]
Recent Activity
- Senior Housing & Journal Article about Affordable Senior Housing and Services Models in Colorado
- Synthesis of Findings from a Study of Affordable Housing Plus Services Linkages
- Findings from Regional Workshops on Affordable Housing Plus Services Strategies
- Inventory of Affordable Housing Plus Services Strategies
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