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Kansas Association of Area Agencies on Aging & Disabilities

The Aging Evolution

As more Baby Boomers join the aging population and new concepts about aging are trending, the AAAs deliver services within a complex system to meet the specialized needs of older Kansans. Advocating for appropriate programs to deter from premature entry into a nursing home is a specialty of the AAA

A National Network

Local Leaders

The Area Agencies on Aging in Kansas are part of a national network of 629 AAAs and 246 Title VI organizations designated as the leaders on aging issues at the local level.  Area Agencies on Aging were established under the Older Americans Act (OAA) in 1973 to respond to the needs of older adults and caregivers in every local community.  AAAs are the “boots-on-the-ground” organizations charged with helping vulnerable older adults live with independence and dignity in their homes and communities.  Locally managed with federal, state and local funding resources, service delivery decisions are made at the community level: often in the private homes of the individuals who need services.  The AAA’s primary responsibilities include the following:

  • Promote person-directed care
  • Serve as a community planning agency to improve community services to seniors
  • Act as an advocate for seniors
  • Provide services which help seniors remain in the community and avoid unnecessary or premature moves from their homes
  • Develop coalitions and networks of support for seniors and their caregivers to avoid or reduce the need for publicly funded services
  • Coordinate services in its geographic area and manage its service area effectively and efficiently
  • Help seniors live happier and more active lives through prevention and intervention

AAAs provide services that fall into five broad categories:

  • Information and Access services
  • Community Services
  • In-Home services
  • Housing
  • Elder Rights
Across the state, AAAs are ready to help local communities with planning, coordinating, and providing person-centered services to older adults and caregivers.  Services such as meals and a range of in-home services make independent living a viable option.

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Responsibilities of AAAs

Advocacy

Nutrition Services

Nutrition Services

Focusing on the social drivers of health for older adults, including providing critical services such as nutrition, transportation, elder rights protections, caregiver support and health promotion

Nutrition Services

Nutrition Services

Nutrition Services

Nutritious meals at a congregate site (i.e. senior center, community center, church, etc.) or home-delivered based on an assessment of need

In-home Services

Nutrition Services

Medicare Counseling

Attendant Care, Homemaker, Respite to help an older person remain in their home and avoid costlier forms of services or premature nursing facility stay.

Medicare Counseling

Medicare Counseling

Medicare Counseling

Assisting Medicare beneficiaries with making an informed choice related to healthcare plan. Also includes assistance on identifying, detecting, and reporting fraud, waste, and abuse

Outreach

Medicare Counseling

Person-Centeredness

Creating local information and referral/assistance (I&R/A) resources to help consumers access aging programs

Person-Centeredness

Medicare Counseling

Person-Centeredness

A tenet of the Older Americans Act, providing information and assistance to support the customer's specific needs to remain the community with the right-touch services.

The Kansas Network

Your Boots-on-the-ground local agencies

The Kansas Area Agencies on Aging deliver a core set of services:  funding for nutrition programs (congregate and home-delivered), in-home and community access services, programs to support physical health and fitness, and services that assist individuals who are caregivers for older adults.  As community needs were identified, AAAs responded by expanding services:


1989    Commissioned to oversee the Senior Care Act program

1994    Commissioned to perform Level I CARE assessments

1997    Designated single point of entry for older adults

1997    Started Targeted Case Management for frail elderly waiver until 2013

2008    Pilot of the Aging and Disability Resource Center (Northwest Kansas      Area Agency on Aging, Central Plains Area Agency on Aging, and Independent Living Resource Center in Wichita)

2012    Contracted with KDADS for the Aging and Disability Resource Center

2020    Contracted with KDADS for Administrative Case Management

2024     Area Agencies on Aging are no longer designated as the Aging and Disability Resource Center, and the services are separated.

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AAA Community-Based Services

Older Americans Act (core services of an AAA)

Older Americans Act (core services of an AAA)

Older Americans Act (core services of an AAA)

Services to older Kansans, age 60 and older and their caregivers to age in place. Includes personal care, legal services, nutrition services, and other individualized services based on an assessment of need

Nutrition

Older Americans Act (core services of an AAA)

Older Americans Act (core services of an AAA)

Nutritious home-delivered and congregate meals to individuals age 60 and older

Well-Being

Older Americans Act (core services of an AAA)

Caregiver Services

Supports and services, including exercise programs, self-management programs) in homes and local communities to empower people to live independently

Caregiver Services

Senior Care Act (SCA)

Caregiver Services

Support to unpaid caregivers can include information, respite, assistance to access services, and caregiver training

Senior Care Act (SCA)

Senior Care Act (SCA)

Senior Care Act (SCA)

Non-Medicaid, community-based services delivered to an individual age 60 and older with resources higher than Medicaid allows. Sliding scale fee applies.

Assessments

Senior Care Act (SCA)

Senior Care Act (SCA)

Functional assessments to determine eligibility for aging services or entry into long-term care facilities

Administrative Case Management (ACM)

Administrative Case Management (ACM)

Administrative Case Management (ACM)

Intake, Medicaid Application Assistance, and Liaison assistance to access the Physical Disability waiver, Frail Elderly waiver, Brain Injury waiver, and PACE program after meeting functional eligibility.

Kansas Association of Area Agencies on Aging and Disabilities (k4ad)

2910 SW Topeka Blvd., Topeka, KS, 66611

(785) 267-1336

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