Adult & Aging (AAN)

The Adult and Aging Network (AAN) provides community services to older and disabled adults, and to their families and caregivers. TSAC dollars support a variety of AAN efforts:

• Educating 60 network member community agencies on key issues affecting these populations and effective ways to assist these groups in responding to the numerous challenges they face.
• Conducting an annual assessment of the status of older and disabled adults in terms of their physical and mental health, population trends, safety and unmet needs. This assessment is published in an annual report distributed to the community and organizations and agencies providing services to this population. Copies of this report can be obtained by contacting the Adult and Aging Network at (805) 614-1911.
• Building a concrete consortium of advocates for older adults and the disabled throughout the community.

Community forums developed and sponsored by AAN include: important legislation impacting seniors and disabled adults; disaster planning for vulnerable populations; identifying and prosecuting elder and dependent adult abuse; and abuse proofing residential and skilled nursing facilities.

2000-2002 Accomplishments

• Published 2001 and 2002 Adult and Aging Network Community Report on the Status of Older and Disable Adults in Santa Barbara County.
  
• Sponsored 21 Community Forums to inform and educate the community on the status of disabled and older adults. Attendees were service providers, community activists, elected officials, and disabled and older adults themselves.
  
• Educated the Network's 60 member agencies on available delivery programs for older adults and adults with diseases or disabilities throughout Santa Barbara County.
• Collected and compiled data on tobacco use by disabled and older adults and report this information in the AAN Community Status Report.

2000-2001 Detailed Program Performance Summaries

2001-2002 Detailed Program Performance Summaries

2002-2003 Detailed Program Performance Summaries