Aging Services in
FY1998
Summary Report (01/99) |
| The following information
summarizes the demographic characteristics of the older people served in 1998 in
Southern Illinois as reported under the National Aging Program Information
System. This report represents older people who received one or more of the
following services: home delivered meals, congregate meals, case management,
in-home respite care, and adult day services as respite. |
- More women than men were served (66% served were women.)
- There was a higher percentage of women served than is represented in the 1990 Census (66% served
were women, women make up only 59% of all people aged 60 or older.)
- The people served were older than is represented in the 1990 Census. Twenty-one percent (21%) of the
area's population is between ages 60 and 65 but only 9% of those served were
under age 65. Thirty-six percent (36%) of the area's population is aged 75 or
older, but 61% of those served were in this age group. Also, only 9% of the
area's population is aged 85 or older, but 21% of those served were in this age group.
- More older people served were in poverty than is represented in the 1990 Census (35% were in poverty as
compared to 16% in the Census.)
- Slightly more minorities were served than is represented in the 1990 Census (4.4% were minorities as
compared to 4.2% in the Census.)
- Of the minorities served, a greater percentage were in poverty than is represented in the 1990 Census (66%
were in poverty as compared to 42% in the Census.)
- A much higher percentage of the clients served live alone than is represented in the 1990 Census (54% live
alone as compared to 31% in the Census.)
- A very high percentage of older people are living alone who receive home delivered meals (59%), case
management (76%), and in-home respite care (69%.)
- Of those served, 93% were reported to have at least one functional limitation (activity of daily living
or ADL and instrumental activity of daily living or IADL.)
- A total of 64% of those served had 3 or more ADL limitations and 86% had 3 or more IADL limitations.
- The 1990 Census does not report ADL or IADL limitations but does report mobility or self-care
limitations which may or may not be similar to ADL and IADL limitations. Surprisingly, more total clients
were served who have one or more ADL or IADL limitations than the Census indicates as having mobility and/or self-care
limitations in Southern Illinois.
- Of those served, 18% were at nutritional risk as measured by a tool developed under the Nutritional
Screening Initiative. The 1990 Census does not have a comparable measure.
- Older people most at nutritional risk were those who received home delivered meals (26%) and case
management services (22%).
- According to the 1990 Census, most of the older population in Southern Illinois (95.5%) live in
rural, unincorporated areas or small towns of 20,000 people or less. Of those
served in 1998, 95.7% lived in rural areas or small towns.
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