Service Statistics by Year Return to the Area Plan
Aging Services in FY1999 (12/99)
Access Services Persons Served Units of Service Area Served
Information & Assistance 1 6,071 9,967 13 counties
Transportation 1 1,146 25,027 a 10 counties 2
Outreach 1 8,082 8,082 13 counties
Case Management 1 2,791 5,748 13 counties
In-Home Services
Home Delivered Meals 3,115 381,031 13 counties
In-Home Respite 10 572 13 counties
Residential Repair (Home Modifications) 1 39 90 13 counties
Community Services
Congregate Meals 4,475 319,437 13 counties
Legal Assistance 1 711 11,981 13 counties
Adult Day Services as Respite 6 847 5 counties
Routine Health Screening 2,148 12,949 13 counties
Health Promotion 764 7,235 5 counties
Physical Fitness & Group Exercise 43 542 3 counties
Gerontological Counseling (in the home) 25 311 13 counties
Protective Services
Ombudsman 4,600 3,820 13 counties
Notes:  1 These services are a priority for receiving Supportive Service funds.
 2 Every county has transportation services, but some counties rely on other funding sources to provide additional rides to senior adults.
Client Demographics in 1999
Summary Report (11/99)
The following information summarizes the demographic characteristics of the older people served in 1999 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.
A typical older adult who receives service is a women over age 75 who lives alone in her own home or apartment in a small town or unincorporated rural area. Her income is lower than average and likely to be near or below the poverty level. She is likely to receive one or more of these services – home delivered meals or congregate meals, case management, and in-home respite care or adult day services. She will have one limitation in her daily activities and is likely to have 3 or more.
  1. More women than men were served (65% served were women.)
  2. There was a higher percentage of women served than is represented in the 1990 Census (65% served were women, women make up only 59% of all people aged 60 or older.)
  3. 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 62% of those served were in this age group. Also, only 9% of the area’s population is aged 85 or older, but 22% of those served were in this age group.
  4. More older people served were low-income than is represented in the 1990 Census (36% were in low-income as compared to 16% in the Census.)
  5. Slightly more minorities were served than is represented in the 1990 Census (4.6% were minorities as compared to 4.2% in the Census.)
  6. Of the minorities served, a greater percentage were low-income than is represented in the 1990 Census (69% were low-income as compared to 42% in the Census.)
  7. A much higher percentage of the clients served live alone than is represented in the 1990 Census (56% live alone as compared to 31% in the Census.)
  8. A very high percentage of older people are living alone who receive home delivered meals (64%), congregate meals (45%), case management (75%), in-home respite care (40%), and adult day services (83%.)
  9. Of those served, 94% were reported to have at least one functional limitation (activity of daily living or ADL and instrumental activity of daily living or IADL.)
  10. 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.
  11. Of those served, 19% were at nutritional risk as measured by a tool developed under the Nutritional Screening Initiative. The 1990 Census does not have a comparable measure.
  12. Older people most at nutritional risk were those who received home delivered meals (29%) and case management services (22%).
  13. According to the 1990 Census, most of the older population in Southern Illinois live in rural, unincorporated areas or small towns with less than 20,000 people (95.5%). Of those served, 96.0% lived in rural areas or small towns.
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