Service Statistics by Year Return to the Area Plan
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Aging Services in FY2000 (12/00)
Access Services Persons Served Units of Service Area Served
Information & Assistance 1 6,158 9,871 13 Counties
Transportation 1 982 26,448 10 Counties 2
Outreach 1 8,093 8,087 13 Counties
Case Management 1 2,568 5,364 13 Counties
In-Home Services
Home Delivered Meals 3,133 399,348 13 Counties
Respite Care 7 483 5 Counties
Residential Repair (Home Modifications) 1 102 102 13 Counties
Community Services
Congregate Meals 4,701 305,915 13 Counties
Legal Assistance 1 594 11,720 13 Counties
Adult Day Services as Respite 93 810 6 Counties
Routine Health Screening 1,951 2,099 13 Counties
Health Promotion 771 254 6 County
Phys. Fitness & Group Exercise 103 634 3 Counties
Gerontological Counseling (in the home) 23294 13 Counties
Protective Services
Ombudsman 4,640 3,895 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.
Persons Served
Category Total Persons
Served		 % of Total
Served		 % of Seniors
in the Area
Total persons served (Registered Services, only) 9,464 N.A. 16%
Number in greatest economic need 2,970 35% 29%
Number in greatest social need 5,547 59% N.A.
Live in towns of less than 20,000 people 9,019 95.3% N.A.
Minority race 408 4.5% 16%
Minority Race with Low-income 270 66% N.A.
Summary of Client Demographics in FY2000 (11/00)
The following information summarizes the demographic characteristics of the older people served 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, congregate meals, case management, and/or in-home respite care or adult day services. She will have at least 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 10% 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 22% of those served were in this age group.
  4. More older people served were low-income than is represented in the 1990 Census (35% were in low-income as compared to 16% in the Census.)
  5. Slightly more minorities were served than is represented in the 1990 Census (4.5% 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 (66% 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 (63%), congregate meals (44%), case management (74%), in-home respite care (43%), and adult day services (33%.)
  9. Of those served, 92% 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 (28%) and case management services (24%).
  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, 95.3% lived in rural areas or small towns.
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