Pennsylvania Department of Aging seeks input on its plan on aging

The Pennsylvania Department of Aging released a survey for the general public and community stakeholders to provide input on the department’s strategies and priorities as part of the process of completing a State Plan on Aging for 2020-2024.

The brief survey asks respondents to prioritize services and quality-oflife issues that are most meaningful to them in ensuring age-friendly communities across the commonwealth over the next four years. Adults aged 60 and over are strongly encouraged to take the survey. It is available in English and Spanish

on the Department of Aging’s website through Sunday and can be completed on a computer, tablet or smartphone.

Anyone doesn’t have internet access and is interested in taking the survey can call the department at 717-783-1550. Leave contact information and indicate that you want to participate in the “State

Plan on Aging Community Survey.” A department staff member will call you to complete the five-minute survey over the phone.

“The survey is user friendly, and the Department of Aging hopes to have community members, consumers of services, caregivers and advocates give us their input,” said Secretary Robert Torres. “We truly value the feedback that we receive in order to craft a plan that continues to prioritize the needs and services of older Pennsylvanians now and in the future.”

The State Plan on Aging is designed to help Pennsylvania meet the objectives of the Older

Americans Act and will be submitted to the Administration for Community Living (ACL) containing a vision and direction for Pennsylvania’s network of aging services.

The Department of Aging is required to submit a plan every four years, with the next plan due by Oct. 1.