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Senior Resource Guide

Victor Manzanilla — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 03:40:35 +0000

The City of Peoria has continuously demonstrated itself as a sustainable and livable community through its extensive offering of municipal services and forward-thinking planning. The City’s Livability Initiatives establish a framework of six priorities for the City to guide its mission of “providing excellent municipal services by anticipating communityneeds,” (City of Peoria, 2022). As one of the fastest growing communities in Arizona, Peoria’s population continues to age, creating a need for the City to further develop its resources available for its senior population to ensure the well-being and active participation of the senior population in the community. In response to this need, the City’s Neighborhood and Human Services Department is interested in developing a resource guide for its senior population that includes information about the City’s health services, recreation programs, and classes, as well as how to be an active member of the community.

Graduate students from Dr. Aaron Guest’sHCA 509 Interventions to Support Aging in Placecourse collaborated with the City of Peoria’sNeighborhood and Human Services department to thoroughly review the City’s resources for its senior population. Based on the World HealthOrganization’s Age-friendly Cities Framework and the AARP LivableCommunities resources, students identified eight topical categories to organize resources for older persons, including Staying Active and Involved, Getting Around, Housing and In-Home Assistance, Food and Nutrition Services, Staying Healthy, Staying Safe, Helping PeopleWho Care for Others, and Guiding People Through the Grieving Process. Students reviewed resource guides from other cities, as well as contacted local community organizations to develop a resource guide that includes information about Peoria’s Community Center, its programming, and resources regarding housing, food assistance, and transportation.

Music and You: A Partnership with the TTU Flute Studio and the Carillon Life Center

Victor Manzanilla — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 03:40:09 +0000

The TTU Flute Choir, directed by Lisa Garner Santa, Professor of Flute, has created a partnership program with the Carillon Life Center titled “Music and You.” Students are working directly with the Carillon Life Center to explore the relationship between performer and audience, programming for specific populations, and the successful implementation of the logistics behind a musical production. The Carillon Residents are the audience for the performance experience and will provide the inspiration for the musical programming choice.

The TTU Flute Choir, comprised of 20 flute students directed by Lisa Garner Santa, Professor of Flute and School of Music Associate Director of Learning and Teaching, has created a partnership program with the Carillon Life Center titled “Music and You.” Students work directly with the Carillon Life Center to explore the relationship between performer and audience, programming for special populations, and the successful implementation of the logistics behind a musical production. It is common knowledge that medical research supports positive correlations between music and the aging mind, as well as the positive impact of integrating aging populations with younger ones.

Kimball Senior Center & George H. Waters Nutrition Center

Victor Manzanilla — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 03:39:06 +0000

Ninety-seven students enrolled in the upper-division Speech, Language, and Hearing Science (SLHS) 580 course taught by Dr. Henrike Blumenfeld, titled “Communication Processes and Aging,” offered service-based work to support the staff at the Kimball Senior Center and the George H. Waters Nutrition Center. This work also benefitted the students by engaging them in real-world experiences. The class volunteered a total of 584 hours at the Kimball Senior Center and the George H. Waters Nutrition Center, where they were able to participate in several different activities, including meal delivery, meal service, ESL classes, game days, and senior dances. After volunteering, the class developed suggestions that would benefit six specific areas at the Kimball Senior Center, the George H. Waters Nutrition Center, as well as all senior residents of National City. These areas were chosen in collaboration with leaders at the Kimball Senior Center and the Nutrition Center. These areas were: (1) facility recommendations, (2) programming suggestions, (3) customer service recommendations, (4) processes and efficiencies recommendations, (5) community engagement recommendations, and (6) funding recommendations. As part of an end-of-semester project, each student in the class contributed to one of these areas. This report outlines all of the class’s suggestions in these six areas. Our hope is that, through future implementation of some of these ideas, the long term quality of the environment can be further improved, not only for the Kimball Senior Center and George H. Waters Nutrition Center, but for senior citizens throughout National City. SLHS 580

The Sage Project Contact Info
Kristofer Patron
Program Administrator
kpatron@sdsu.edu
(619) 594-0103

University Faculty Contact
Henrike Blumenfeld
Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences

Local Government / Community Contact

Nonprofit Optimization: La Pine Senior Center Startegic Planning

Victor Manzanilla — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 03:38:07 +0000

This paper is presented to the La Pine Senior Center and the city of La Pine by the University of Oregon’s spring 2018 Nonprofit Management Consultancy capstone course. A team of three graduate students spent a ten-week term interviewing stakeholders, researching the organization and the market, performing an analysis, and ultimately providing recommendations to increase efficiency and sustainability of the La Pine Senior Center.
The La Pine Senior Center is in a time of transition. With a new Center Director and restructuring of the Board of Directors, it has the opportunity to create a new membership structure, and consider new revenue opportunities.
This report contains an overview of the organization, the project scope, research methods, an analysis of the organization’s current position, and recommendations.
Through interviews with Senior Center and city of La Pine stakeholders, understanding the mission, purpose, and activities of the organization, and through research and analysis, the team narrowed down key areas to focus on:
• Board Governance Efficiency
• Creation of Membership and Partnership Levels
• Revenue Generation Opportunities.
This report including the supporting documents and appendices are intended as a guide for the La Pine Senior Center Board of Directors and Center Director and to benefit its members.

Website and Social Media Analytics

Victor Manzanilla — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 03:35:22 +0000

As the link between residents and first responders, the 9-1-1 call centers in Green County,
the City of Monroe, and the City of Brodhead serve a vital public safety function: the dispatchers
in these centers serve as the first line of communication for emergencies, and work closely with
law enforcement, fire, and emergency medical services (EMS) to ensure callers’ safety 24 hours
per day.1 The three call centers have varying capacities, staffing structures, and levels of service,
but they share a history and culture of cooperation.
The population of Green County, including the City of Monroe and City of Brodhead, is
marginally growing with an increasing number of elderly individuals living within the
community.2 See Appendix 2 for details. This trend suggests that call volume in the county and
cities could increase in coming years. Consequently, maintaining capacity to support growing
call volume is a potential challenge for the call centers. One option to increase capacity while
controlling costs is to consolidate the call centers.3
Our clients’ primary motivation for this project is to determine whether 9-1-1 dispatch
consolidation is fiscally feasible. The clients are also interested in understanding how to best
improve the efficiency of operating 9-1-1 services. However, each of the call centers have their
reservations regarding the potential for consolidation and its implementation. Green County is
concerned that full consolidation would result in increased costs for the Sheriff’s Office after
absorbing the smaller city call centers. In addition, there are concerns in Monroe and Brodhead
about integrating into a larger operation and still successfully serving their smaller, tight-knit
1
“Green County Sheriff’s Office 2017 Annual Report” (Monroe, 2018).
2 United States Census Bureau, “Census.Gov,” accessed December 2, 2018, https://www.census.gov/.
3 Andrew Sancton, “Reducing Costs by Consolidating Municipalities: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Ontario,”
Canadian Public Administration 39, no. 3 (1996): 267–89.
2
communities. Despite these concerns, the clients are interested in a cost-benefit analysis of policy
alternatives that assess the fiscal and social net benefits of consolidation.
This report seeks to produce a cost-benefit analysis of a possible 9-1-1 dispatch
consolidation between Green County, Monroe, and Brodhead. We provide the rationale for the
study, four consolidation alternatives, and the anticipated costs and benefits of consolidation. We
review the methodology for forecasting the net social benefits of the policy alternatives and
explain the technique utilized for the sensitivity analysis. To conclude, we provide a
recommendation to our clients based on the analysis.

Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner.

UniverCity Year Contact Info
Gavin Luter
Managing Director
gavin@cows.org
608-261-1141

University Faculty Contact
Dave Weimer
Public Affairs

weimer@lafollette.wisc.edu

Local Government / Community Contact
Sam Liebert

Assistant City Administor
sliebert@cityofmonroe.org

Aging in Place Assessment

Victor Manzanilla — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 23:27:17 +0000

Students will apply the contemporary applications and techniques of the public relations
profession to create a comprehensive communications plan for an actual client. Grounded in the
fundamentals of relationship management and the theoretical foundations of the profession, the
course serves as a practicum for students who are interested in public relations as a career.
Students will be responsible for working directly with the client, conducting and analyzing
pertinent research, and creating a fully actionable plan and a framework for executing the plan
and evaluating its success. In addition to extensive contact hours with client representatives, the
course employs multiple instructional methods in the classroom including lecture, group
discussion and oral presentations with an associated critical discussion.

Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner.

Students Connected: Fieldwork for the Future Contact Info

University Faculty Contact
Kim Cavanagh
Communication Studies
Assistant Professor
kcavanagh@uscb.edu
843-208-8347

Local Government / Community Contact
Ginger Allen