Grant Helps the Elderly Avoid Nursing Homes


Posted on Oct 10, 2008

It is estimated that as many as 4 in 10 individuals over the age of 65 will spend time in a nursing home at some point, according to recent research.  A Central Virginia non-profit organization based in Charlottesville, known as the Jefferson Area Board of Aging, has received a grant to help some of the elderly stay in their homes.

The grant to the Jefferson Area Board of Aging is meant to help older people stay in their homes for as long as possible.  Gordon Walker, the Jefferson Area Board of Aging’s CEO said that the grant “provides another option to enable people to stay at home because it will cost less for people to stay in their home than to go into a nursing home.”

The Jefferson Area Board of Aging received approximately $300,000 and Waynesboro’s Valley Program for Aging Services  also received a portion of the grant.  Waynesboro’s Valley Program for Aging Services helps older people who are at risk of nursing home placement, but do not qualify for Medicaid because they own too many assets.

The grant consists of a 9-month planning phase.  Once the planning phase is complete, 25 individuals from Jefferson Area Board of Aging’s district and 5 individuals from Waynesboro’s Valley Program for Aging Services’ district will receive money each month to bring nursing home care to them.

According to Walker, the grant will help the organization provide additional funds necessary to ensure that there is adult day care, home care and case management.  The extra money will also give the Jefferson Area Board of Aging the ability to send someone to an older person’s home to install a grab bar in the bathroom, if needed.

The Jefferson Area Board of Aging believes that even in a slow economy, grants for these types of projects is money well spent.

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