Iowa Association of Area Agencies on Aging
Updates from i4a on training/education opportunities, public awareness, and advocacy
In January, the Iowa Association of Area Agencies on Aging (i4a) approved its policy agenda for 2025. State funding for Iowa's Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) has been flat for well over a decade despite significant growth in the number of older Iowans during that same time period. Currently there are over 600,000 Iowans 65 … Continue reading Iowa Association of Area Agencies on Aging’s Policy Agenda 2025
The Iowa Association of Area Agencies on Aging (i4a) released its policy agenda January 2024. The association, which represents Iowa's six Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs), encourages Iowa's General Assembly to ensure that Iowans living with dementia, and their family caregivers/care partners, have access to local resources, information, supports, and services by establishing a Dementia … Continue reading 2024 Policy Agenda
There are over 66,000 Iowans over the age of 65 living with Alzheimer's disease, according to the Iowa Health and Human Services (IHHS) Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Program (ADRD) website. The ADRD program had been a 3-year initiative through IHHS's Division of Public Health, which was funded by the CDC through the BOLD Act, … Continue reading I4A Identifies Dementia Services Specialist Program as Top Policy Initiative
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