Who We Are
Eldercare Partners unites four of the most respected nonprofit organizations in the Minneapolis-St.
Paul metropolitan area. The member organizations are very established
in the communities they serve and have been operating from 30 to 104 years.
Vision:
Eldercare Partners is recognized as the premier nonprofit resource for community-based services for elders and their family caregivers living in the Twin Cities metropolitan area.Mission:
To preserve and enhance local, high quality, nonprofit, community-based services for elders and their family caregivers through the cooperative efforts of the member organizations.
Why
This Partnership?
Eldercare Partners stays in touch with the changing needs in the community. Over the past two decades, personal preferences and public policy have affected the way older adults live. Only those who need skilled nursing care reside in nursing homes. Many more people are living in the community who, because of chronic disease or other disabilities, need some help with their daily living activities. And, increasingly, family members are taking on the role of family caregiver. These realities call for a comprehensive system of community-based social supports that are coordinated with health care systems. Eldercare Partners is working to develop such an integrated system.
Additionally, the Minnesota population over age 65 is expected to double between 2000 and 2030, from 600,000 to 1.2 million. To meet the needs of so many older adults, Eldercare Partners wants to prevent the disability associated with chronic disease, as well as respond to those with a nonpreventive disability. We know too that we must support family caregivers to preserve their health and wellness. Community-based services enhance prevention and provide effective responses.
The member organizations of Eldercare Partners offer a network of services across the Twin Cities metropolitan area. Geriatric care management and consulting and caregiver coaching, counseling, and training are offered by all of the member organizations. Members use the same definitions, policies, and procedures so that services are of a similar high quality. Fees for geriatric care management are set by Eldercare Partners. Caregiver Services are made possible in part by the Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging and the Minnesota Board on Aging through funding in the federal Older Americans Act. Voluntary contributions are requested to extend service to people with less means.
Individually, the member organizations provide many other services, making Eldercare Partners a rich resource for transportation, home health care, chore and homemaking services, adult day programs, senior centers, respite care, caregiver education, and others (see member web sites).
Eldercare Partners Administrator & Staff
Eldercare Partners Board of Directors
Eldercare Partners Member Organizations
Amherst
H. Wilder Foundation Services for the Elderly
DARTS (serving Dakota
County)
HSI (serving Washington County)
Senior Community Services (serving Hennepin and parts of Carver and Wright
Counties)
