What will the survey help accomplish?
The survey explores how Minnesota’s older
population is faring since the last statewide survey
conducted in 1995. Using the results from the
survey, the Minnesota Board on Aging set four policy
and program evaluation objectives:
- Prevent future long-term care needs
:
Measure the social, economic and health status of
older Minnesotans to identify strategies to help
them and their family members live as
independently as possible and keep out of the
public safety net.
- Project eligibility thresholds for public
programs
: Collect new information on the
financial assets of Minnesota’s older population
to improve budget forecasting to benefit
eligibility thresholds for public programs.
- Evaluate the performance of state programs
:
Measure changes in specific indicators –
replicating selected parts of descriptive studies
conducted in 1988 and 1995.
- Build a database on older Minnesotans
:
Provide the Minnesota Department of Human Services
with a database that allows multiple and continual
inquiry – not just a "report" – for
improved services, program design and targeting.
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