Community Partners
- Greater New Bedford Community Health Center
- New Bedford Department of Public Health
- New Bedford Council on Aging
- Coastline Elderly Services
- New Bedford Housing Authority
- Southcoast Health
- BU CADER Institute
- Walgreens
- Community Nurse Home Care
- YWCA
- Coastal Food Shed
- Bristol Community College
- AARP
Goals:
- Optimize health and wellness in the community
- Promote support for cognitive and emotional health
- Enhance older adult safety
Accomplishments:
- Offered dental health clinics and provided information on low-cost dental services to the community
- Increased access to healthy foods through mobile markets, food delivery programs, SNAP-education, USDA programs, and farmers markets
- Increased access to mobile health van and expanded access to health screenings
- Facilitated institutional use of food security screenings by the Greater New Bedford Community Health Center
- Conducted 5 dementia training sessions for professionals and first responders
- Completed BU CADER training and disseminated content
- Raised awareness of Elder Abuse and Safety with videos, staff trainings, an annual conference, and distribution of posters and other print materials
- Offered seminars on end-of-life planning
- Provided care, respite and education for caregivers
- Hosted Annual Food Security Forums at UMass Dartmouth
- Facilitated creation a Food Alert app for food rescue and resources
- Organized Healthy Aging Walk
- COVID-19 response included food delivery and distribution events, expansion of the home-delivered meals program, facilitating transportation to COVID test sites, and identification of home-bound adults for COVID-19 vaccination appointments
- Coordinated Annual Healthy Aging Fair for seniors
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