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CC4L Newsletter Templates Now Available
Are you willing to help spread the word on
Creating
Community for a Lifetime?
You can now
download an
article to use in your organization's newsletter. The
article provides a brief introduction to the initiative,
as well as an overview of the 2004 CC4L survey
findings. Three versions are available - 400 words,
250 words, and 170 words - plus a short sidebar/box
providing more detailed survey results which can
accompany your article. Feel free to edit the
templates to fit your needs!
P.S. If you choose to include a CC4L article in your
newsletter, please send a copy to Kate Luckert for
tracking purposes.
Download Templates Here!
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Creating Community for a Lifetime Sponsors
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Greetings!
This issue of the Creating
Community for a Lifetime
newsletter includes valuable updates on the
numerous activities that have taken place since we
last met. Our primary focus over the past few weeks
has been on dissemination of the survey results to
our community partners and to the general public.
We encourage your use of the reports included in
this newsletter - and hope that the newsletter
article templates prove to be valuable tools to inform
your constituents and staff on the activities of the
initiative. Stay tuned to future newsletters, as we
await the
outcomes of the final "frame the issue" workshops
(wrapping up in December), which will determine the
next phase of the initiative!
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| The Elders Have Spoken - The Community's Aware - and Now It's Time to Interpret, Interpret, Interpret! |
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The preliminary results of the Creating Community for
a Lifetime/AdvantAge Initiative survey of older adults
in Kent County were released to the media at a press
conference on October 19. The survey received
extensive media coverage through multiple outlets
including front-page placement in the Grand
Rapids
Press, as well as reports on WOOD TV 8, WOOD
radio, WGVU radio, WLHT, WCSG, and all Clear
Channel stations.
Creating Community for a Lifetime participants
received a preview of the survey findings at their
September 21 meeting. (Click here for meeting
notes.)
Now, Creating Community for a Lifetime (CC4L) teams
have begun the hard work of analyzing the data in
the context of other research and knowledge to
interpret and derive the true meaning of the wealth
of data the survey yielded. At the September 28th
CC4L meeting, "frame the issue" sessions focused on
housing, awareness of services, volunteerism and
community-based service systems. In November and
December, workshops have been scheduled to take a
closer look at seven additional issue areas covered in
the survey.
To see the results of the first four workshops and
check the
schedule for upcoming "frame the issue" workshops,
please read
on...
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| New Resources Share Initiative's Results |
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Creating Community for a Lifetime has just issued
two
significant reports on the initiative's work to date:
Kent County AdvantAge Initiative: 2004
Survey Results is a 71-page report of
the findings of
this
summer's survey of 500+ older adults in Kent County
about how "elder-friendly" they think their community
is. The report provides data results for 33 indicators
of "elder-friendliness" in four categories: addressing
basic needs, optimizing physical and mental well-
being, maximizing independence for the frail and
disabled, and promoting social and civic
engagement. It also provides comparisons with
national data, as well as research-based discussions
of the significance of each of the indicators to the
well-being of older adults.
Creating Community for a Lifetime: Planning
for an Elder-Friendly Community in Kent County
Phase I Report summarizes the learning
of the CC4L
initiative
to date. It includes a discussion of the aging boom
and its potential impact locally and nationally and
makes a case for taking an asset-based approach to
planning for the aging of Kent County, one that
supports the active engagement of elders in
addressing broad community issues. In addition, the
report provides an overview of existing research and
planning in Kent County, a snapshot of the 2004
survey of older adults in Kent County, and suggests
a broad direction for future Creating Community for a
Lifetime activities.
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| "Mapping Your Future," A User-Friendly Interactive Planning Tool |
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The Chicago Council for Jewish Elderly (CJE) has
announced the availability of a new interactive tool
designed to help older adults and their families
in "strategic life planning." By answering a series of
questions about interests, needs and strengths,
individuals can get a personalized assessment of key
areas for post-retirement planning. Topics covered
include financial health, physical and emotional well-
being, time management and leisure activities, social
and family relationships, and housing needs and
choices. Based on their personal assessment,
individuals can access "Issues to Consider"
and "Resources" for each of the topic areas.
For more information about the
project, contact Kathy Harter at CJE at 773-508-
4747.
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