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MBA Strategic
Plan - 2009
The Minnesota Board on Aging has identified five strategies for its work focus.
These strategies represent specific actions of the Board and the Area Agencies on Aging in Minnesota to help the State prepare for the coming Age Wave.
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Long Term Care
Services: New Models and Workforce Capacity
Promote and fund programs through the Board’s
Program Operations Committee and in Partnership
with Area Agencies on Aging...
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Encourage grants and/or contracts with
providers who employ technologies that “save”
labor or that help use scarce labor more
efficiently.
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Encourage grants and/or contracts
for service models that utilize volunteer and
quasi-formal supports, including those that
recruit and train community and/or church
volunteers for non-skilled care.
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Encourage grants and/or contracts
for evidence-based interventions for family
caregivers that improve and extend formal care.
Support initiatives
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Minnesota
Department of Health and the University of
Minnesota programs that provide economic
incentives for students who pursue gerontological/
geriatric careers (e.g., scholarships, tuition
reduction, debt/loan forgiveness).
Explore strategic MBA involvement with other
partners through the Board’s Long-Range Planning
Task Force
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State
and local programs that strengthen LTC workforce
capacity (e.g., immigration of qualified
immigrants working in LTC via skilled worker
visas, LTC training for persons for whom English
is a second language).
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Disseminating
information about new technologies that improve
quality of life, such as new communications
technologies and assistive technologies.
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Consumer Choice
Promote and fund programs through the Board’s
Program Operations Committee and in Partnership
with Area Agencies on Aging
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Market information about long-term
care options and available HCBS services and
supports (including those funded with OAA) through
the Minnesota Help Network,
Minnesotahelp.info
and/or other marketing strategies.
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Expand Internet access and web
skill-development among older persons through
expanded Senior Surf Day and/or other
models/partnerships that maximize equitable
distribution across Greater Minnesota, potential
for inter-generational teaching and easy access to
computer facilities.
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Provide
information to people so that they can help
themselves by promoting chronic disease
self-management and risk-reduction behaviors.
Support initiatives
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In
collaboration with the MBA’s Project Transform
2010 partners, the MN Department of Humans
Services and the MN Department of Health, help
boomers and subsequent cohorts understand and
plan for their own futures including financial
planning (tools and products); health planning
(exercise, diet, lifestyle habits); and
activities/involvement planning
(hobbies/interests, community involvement, and
recreational outlets).
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Communities That Support Older
Minnesotans
Promote and fund programs through the Board’s
Program Operations Committee and in Partnership
with Area Agencies on Aging
Support initiatives
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In collaboration with the MBA’s Project
Transform 2010 partners, the MN Department of
Humans Services and the MN Department of Health,
co-sponsor a business symposium to raise the level
of awareness of aging issues (opportunities and
challenges) for businesses and corporations.
Explore strategic MBA involvement with other
partners through the Board’s Long-Range Planning
Task Force
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Promote
the adoption of universal design criteria:
encourage local communities to adopt universal
design standards for new construction, and/or
require universal design standards if public funds
are used in construction or rehab of building.
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Reduce impact of housing costs on older persons
with limited incomes (e.g., property tax, housing
maintenance, housing modification, utilities
and/or rent).
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Health Care Reform
Promote and fund programs through the Board’s
Program Operations Committee and in Partnership
with Area Agencies on Aging
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Encourage
grants and/or contracts with providers who improve
chronic care management by creating linkages
between the health/medical system and community
supports.
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Encourage grants and/or contracts with providers
that use technologies to support persons in their
own homes and apartments.
Explore strategic MBA involvement with other
partners through the Board’s Public Policy
Committee and/or Long Range Planning Task Force
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Change in the U.S. and Global
Economy
Explore strategic MBA involvement with other
partners through the Board’s Public Policy
Committee and/or Long Range Planning Task Force
Updated January 22, 2009
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