Collage, The Art & Science of Healthy Aging, has announced the final selection of 20 sites nationwide to participate in an affordable housing demonstration laboratory beginning October 2010. The selected sites will use the COLLAGE new Web-based comprehensive assessment tools to advance healthy aging for housing residents and improve community outcomes. The systems collects assessment information from a variety of subsidized housing sites and forwards that information to a national repository, which disseminates reports allowing members to compare and benchmark resident assessment data with their peers.
Ellen O’Connor, Coordinator and Resource Specialist with Fairport Baptist Homes Community Ministries, commented, “In an environment where it is more critical than ever to make programming and spending decisions based on data, COLLAGE is an essential tool. It will be useful in outcome measurement especially in aging services, an area where outcome measurement is in its infancy. It has been a goal of the Senior Options for Independence program of the Fairport Baptist Homes Community Ministries to use COLLAGE since 2008. I am convinced the program has application to community-based programming and I’m grateful for the opportunity to participate.”
COLLAGE offers a customized suite of standardized and systematic assessment instruments that evaluate health and wellness in areas such as memory loss, nutrition, balance, mental well-being and social connectedness. The system is used by a consortium network consisting of continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs), congregate senior housing sites (both market rate and subsidized), and senior service agencies.
Beryl Goldman, Director of Kendal Outreach, LLC, commented, “This is a tremendous opportunity for affordable housing to improve healthy aging on a larger scale. We’ve been so impressed with our early work with the selected sites that will launch COLLAGE. Their energy, caring spirit, and determination to use the tool to improve outcomes has been nothing less than stellar. It’s a tribute to their leadership and staff, and we feel grateful to be working with them.”
The selected housing sites include:
- Bristol Court, National Church Residence, Columbus, OH
- Campbell-Stone Sandy Springs, Atlanta, GA
- Delaney Terrace, Chelmsford Housing Authority, Chelmsford, MA
- Eaton Terrace, Eaton Senior Programs, Lakewood, CO
- Eaton Terrace II, Eaton Senior Programs, Lakewood, CO
- Fairport Apartments, Fairport Baptist Homes Community Ministries, Fairport, NY
- Four Winds Senior Housing, Cathedral Square Corporation, Burlington, VT
- InCare Suites, National Church Residence, Columbus, OH
- Monroe Terrace, Dartmouth Housing Authority, Dartmouth, MA
- Neighborhood Naturally Occurring Retirement Community, Fairport Baptist Homes Community Ministries, Fairport, NY
- Northaven I, Seattle, WA
- Northaven II, Seattle, WA
- North Village, Chelmsford Housing Authority, Chelmsford, MA
- River Grove Retirement Community, Porter Hills, Grand Rapids, MI
- Rose Hill House, Lutheran Senior Services, Kirkwood, MO
- Seven Oaks of Florence, Omaha, NE
- Sol-E-Mar Lane, Dartmouth Housing Authority, Dartmouth, MA
- The Park Danforth, Portland, ME
- Umphress Terrace, CC Young, Dallas, TX
- Walker Memorial Retirement Community, Porter Hills, Grand Rapids, MI
