The Area Agency on Aging Floridaburg City, Florida is anonprofit representing Floridaburg County's elders and a leading voice on aging issues in the area in an effort to help our elders age in place. Of the 33 area agencies on aging, 19 agencies are part of a county structure and typically are integrated within the local social service system, eight are created by joint power agreements when there
are multiple counties involved, and the remaining six are non-profit agencies. The association is an advocate for meeting the needs of the elderly and adults with disabilities. Issues range from working on policy initiatives that benefit older persons, making transportation and meals available to older adults and helping caregivers find support and services. The area agency network also provides assistance, information, referral, and support. Each year the network provides clients, and their caregivers, with services critical to keep seniors in their homes and communities as long as possible, serving thousands of meals, and delivering home-maker services and personal care. The purpose of our agency is to advocate on behalf of older persons, persons with disabilities, their caregivers and families, to provide leadership within the aging and disability communities, and promote a service delivery system that provides individual choice. Our primary goal for a long-term care system is maintaining individuals in their own homes in the least restrictive and most home-like environment. It is our goal that older persons and adults with disabilities have access to a wide range of options for community-based long-term services, enabling them to live in their local community with independence and dignity. Over the last few years, we have committed itself to building networks, seeking partners, and developing coalitions. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
Advocate on behalf of older persons, persons with disabilities, their caregivers, and families, to provide leadership within the aging and disability communities, and promote a service delivery system that provides individual choice. CORE VALUES
The Area Agency on Agency Floridaburg City, Florida is dedicated to a set of core values that underlie its basic organization and operation. These values are:
*To be consumer and family centered
*To hold others with respect
*To act with fairness and integrity
*To accept varying perspectives and opinions
*To be accountable and responsible
*To hold others with respect
*To be compassionate and responsive
*To honor our cultural diversity
In all these values we strive for excellence, professionalism, and integrity. GOALS
The key goals of the California Association of Area Agencies on Aging are:
*Public policy will reflect the priorities of our agency and its advocacy partners
*All members of our agency will have access to the information, resources, and peer support necessary to fulfill their leadership role
*The Association will have the financial resources to attain its Mission
*The Association will have successful working relationships with all partners in the home and community-based services network
*Educate and enlist the support of the public in furthering the priorities of our agency and its advocacy partners
STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES
The Area Agency on Agency Floridaburg City, Florida joins with its many partners in the consumer network to provide leadership in the development and restructuring of Florida’s long-term care system. Our primary goal for a long-term care system is maintaining individuals in their own homes in the least restrictive, most home-like environment. It is the goal that older persons and adults with disabilities will have access to a wide range of options for community-based long-term services, enabling them to live in their local community with independence and dignity. As such, we endorse the development of a long-term care system for the State of Florida, which is built upon the following principles:
*A service delivery system built on the concept of self-determination.
*A service delivery system that responds to the total needs of the person, including the individual’s mental, physical, social, and health needs.
*A service delivery system that responds to the needs of individuals, their families, and caregivers.
*A service delivery system that is responsive, effective, and efficient.
*A service delivery system that recognizes that every person has the right to live with dignity, and choice.
*A consumer directed service delivery system in which policy decisions and service design reflects the voice of the consumer.
*A service delivery system that is based upon an expansive local planning process, and that promotes local decision-making and flexibility in program implementation.
*A State financing structure that accommodates a funding methodology for implementing the concept of “money follows the person,” in support of a comprehensive and coordinated system of care. VISION STATEMENT
The vision for The Area Agency on Agency Floridaburg City, Florida is that all persons will live with dignity and choice.
