Appendix A: Dictionary of Terms:
Homeowners needing assistance can utilize, home health aides, senior centers, and/or adult day care.
Renters: Section 8 vouchers or certificates.
FmHA units-public housing units, mobile homes, manufactured homes.
Gov’t subsidized home modifications and repairs-FHA, Block grants, Social service block grants, Veterans Administration, Older Americans Act (Title 19).
Home sharing-sharing living with a relative or outsider.
Assisted living-Physically separated from congregate living accommodations that regularly provide home/health services.
Congregate housing: a multi-unit apartment building in which the apartments all have bathrooms and kitchens or kitchenettes, and where the management provides some supportive services, such as a dining room where residents can obtain at least one meal a day, optional housekeeping, transportation, and twenty-four hour watch service. Usually there is common space for residents to engage in social, educational, and other group facilities, and often the management arranges for other services-such as health monitoring, or a beauty parlor-that are desired by the residents.(p.230)
Accessory apartments-created in the home of an elderly person which contains it’s own living space and entrance. It is rented to a boarder in exchange for household chores and caregiving duties. Elder cottages.
Residential care facility-"Bridge between independent living and nursing care".
Nursing facility-Residential care facility offering 24-hour nursing care.
Alternative Housing Strategies----
- stay in their home--FmHA housing-retirement communities--congregate housing--shared group housing(older residents initiate their own group facility or a non-profit organization or local government agency leases or purchases a house and brings a group of compatible people together. Can be run by the residents themselves.
- family care
- adult foster care
- board and care
- personal care homes
- assisted living
- catered living
- domiciliary care
- resthomes
- sheltered care
Appendix B: Questions Asked About Services to the Elderly
Jonata Long Guthrie Co. Extension-515/747-2276
Panora:What level of services are provided there?
Skilled nursing facility
Panora Congregate Meals, 115 Main
Do they deliver to homebound?
10-15 meals a day
How many meals a day are served at the shelter?
40-50 meals-*see attached menu from paper
What services or activities are provided at the Panora Community Center?
This is where the congregate meals are served. There is usually a speaker
once a month pertaining to the elderly.
What is Diversified Medical Services of Guthrie County? 603 Main
They are doctors offices in Stuart and Panora.
What services are provided by Carroll Area Nursing Services?
They are a private agency that offers skilled nursing services for homebound
residents. Nursing services are also provided on a sliding fee scale by the
public health dept. of Guthrie county.
Where are the closest retirement communities?
Dallas, Greene, and Jefferson Counties.
What is Country View Estates?
It is a county care facility that offers adult day care
What do you know about the program, Community Opportunities Inc.?*see attached newspaper article. They provide employment and assistance to seniors in lawn mowing, shoveling snow, home repair, etc.
BAYARD:
Location, Access, Circulation-Hwys 141, 25-streets, curbs and gutters (no
curbs on some), public transportation.
Neighborhoods-mail boxes, 1-cars in street, none-Hsg types, older single, multiple, townhouses, 2 mobile homes. Income, modest. Housing condition, old, modest. Distance to shopping,short. Life stage facilities, FmHA, brick motel, mid-Iowa Housing.
Educational, Cultural, Religious-middle school, library, community center. Catholic churches.
Downtown/ retail-all in one area. Bank, market, hardware, dance hall, law, insurance, laundry, post office. Outskirts-Sinclair gas, grain elevator. Integrated-ramp on funeral home.
Municipal-Dental, fire & ambulance, small water tower, picnic area on edge of town, gazebo in downtown.
PANORA:
Location, access, circulation-Hwys 44 & 4. West end of town, new development.
Curbs.
Neighborhoods-2 mailboxes, no cars in street, confederate flag on main street home. Housing-older, around lake newer. Single family, multiple, mobile homes, manufactured. Around lake-unconventional styles, A-frames, dome top, boats and recreational equipment hint to younger population. Hsg condition good.
Educational, Cultural, Religious-veterans auditorium, Brethren church.
Downtown/Retail-4 insurance Companies., auto repair, nursery, gifts, realty, candle outlet. Jubilee grocery, stripmall, Casey’s.
Municipal-Graveyard(2), fire, telephone coop, lakeside parks, picnic, playgrounds.
Panora, in contrast to Bayard, is indeed a growing community. Although we did not spend a lot of time in Panora, a quick drive through the main streets of town provides some clues into the makeup of the community.
Panora has a variety of businesses, and the homes in Panora itself were mostly older, with the exception of the homes around the lake. The development around the lake brings with it added business into the main body of the community, as well as providing ample recreational services to the area.
Bayard at first glance, seems a dying community, and perhaps an undesirable place to live. However, the basics were available. The services were within walking distance of most of the community, usually accessible with sidewalks.Although Bayard lacked a hospital, it’s emergency services looked adequate with a fire truck and ambulance. Although 2 FmHA sites were in town, most of the private homes were older.
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