New Models for New Times: 21St Century Senior Centers

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New Models for New Times 21St Century Senior
Centers

• ASA/NCOA 2007 Lets ReThink Aging
• Senior Centers Work!
• Peter M. Thompson, M.P.A.
• Senior Center, Inc. Charlottesville, VA

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NISC New Models Task Force

• New Paradigm
• Purpose
• Task Force composition
• Research focus
• Research update
• Dissemination
• How you can help!

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New Models History

• NISC Chair Bob Pittman
• March 2006 Task Force formed
• Fall 2006 research launched
• Spring 2007 research continues

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New Models Purpose

• Identify examples of new models in the senior
  center field
• Position NISC as the leader in defining the 21st
  century senior center
• Disseminate what we learned

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New Models Composition

• 21 members
• 6 NISC delegates 2 former delegates
• 13 volunteers from Senior Center Voice
• CT, VA, AR, IN, MN, UT, WA etc.
• Rural, Suburban, Urban
• Diversity of size, funding, structure

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New Models Research Focus

• Broad models
• Entrepreneurial
• Multi-generational
• Elements
• Programs
• Facility
• Image, marketing
• Leadership, staffing

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New Models Research

• Boomers
• Data management
• Funding
• Civic engagement
• Collaborations
• Standards of excellence

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New Models Research

• Review of the literature
• Web survey-Manoj Pardasani
• https//www.iun.edu/swkmpp/senior_center/seniorct
  r_survey.shtml
• Distributed via NCOA, NISC, state senior center
  associations and aging departments
• 170 responses to date
• Survey remains openplease complete!
• Aware of relevant research? Let us know!

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New Models Aligned with NCOA strategies

• Core Competencies and Values
• Passion for innovation
• Fostering and diffusing innovations
• Being a national voice and advocate
• Strategic alliances
• Excellence in all we do

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New Models and NCOA

• Impact Areas
• Increase health and self-care skills
• Expand meaningful volunteer opportunities
• Expand work opportunities
• Increase access to benefits and resources
• Enhance capacity to live at home

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New Models Criteria

• Approach
• Innovative
• Significance
• Sustainable
• Replicable
• Measurable

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New Models Survey response

• 33 states, led by MN
• Large, small, rural, urban, govt, private
• Many responses in programs, collaborations,
  facility.
• Need more in leadership, funding, civic
  engagement, image/marketing

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New Models Research results

• Facility
• State of the art
• Multi-generational
• Cafés
• Fitness centers
• Attached to housing
• Programs
• Employment
• MusicJam sessions

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New Models Research results

• Boomers
• Outrageous Adventures
• The Next Chapter
• Technology and data management
• MySeniorCenter
• Customized systems

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New Models Research results

• Image
• TV on line
• Center beyond walls
• Public-Private collaborations
• On-site pharmacy
• Senior friendly business certification program
• Collaboration committee to assess strategic
  opportunities
• Standards of excellence
• NISC accreditation
• Senior advisors
• Executives with advance degrees and
  certifications

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New Models Dissemination

• March 2008 NCOA conference
• State senior center conferences in 2008-09
• NCOA and NISC web sites
• NCOA and NISC e-newsletters
• Technical assistance
• DVD or cd-rom

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New Models How You Can Help

• Visit www.ncoa.org and complete the survey via
  this presentation
• Contact any task force member with suggestions
  about related research
• Contact any task force member with referrals to
  new models you are aware of

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• NISC New Models Task Force
• https//www.iun.edu/swkmpp/senior_center/
• seniorctr_survey.shtml
• Peter M. Thompson
• Senior Center, Inc.
• Charlottesville, VA
• 434-974-4577 (direct)
• peter_at_seniorcenterinc.org