About Aging Partners

Letter from the Director

I'm delighted that you have come to the Aging Partners Home Page. We've worked to make it easy to navigate and welcome your suggestions for improvements.

Our Agency's 175 employees are eager to offer our services whether you need help with a question about aging or if you are looking for fun things to do with others. It's all here.

Our First Service phone desk (402-441-7070) is
designed to either answer your question directly or to
connect you with someone who can. We can help you find a meal program or someone to come to your home to help with more serious problems as well as all the issues in between. If you are concerned about a parent, a neighbor or have questions yourself, Aging Partners Personal & Family Services is the place to start.

Staying healthy as we age is vital. Our Health & Fitness Program can help you in many ways. Click on Health & Fitness. Do you want to take a trip, or see a movie, play or go see a baseball game with friends? Click on Activities & Involvement. Do you have time to be a volunteer? We have many ideas in our Volunteering section.

If you need transportation, or something repaired at your home, call our Transportation or Handyman office. If you'd like to earn some money and use your handyman talents, we'd like to talk with you about how that can be done.

Thank you for visiting our Web site. Come back often and tell your friends. This Agency is focused on giving you choices about how you want to live your life. We welcome you to Aging Partners.

Sincerely,
June Pederson, Director

Personal & Family Services

Personal & Family Services Information & Referral

Mission - Personal Family Service Division (PFSD) services share a common mission - to help older persons avoid or resolve the questions, concerns, and difficulties which occur after age 60. Helping older persons to remain independent in their homes is a continuing central purpose of the total program. To fulfill this mission, Aging Partners Personal & Family Services staff members call on the capabilities and cooperation of all of the human service resources in the eight-county area.

Program Goals

To assure the safety, well-being, and maximum independence of older individuals.
To increase the benefit older persons derive from human services by improving their access, understanding, and appropriate use of those services.
To comprehensively address the needs of older individuals through inter-agency cooperation and the active involvement of friends and family.
To actively represent the needs of older persons and develop new answers to their concerns.

TOP 10 Reasons to Call

Need information on aging services
Are in a crisis situation
Have been recently hospitalized
Have financial or legal concerns
Have ongoing health problems
Need help with medical bills
Have suffered a loss
Are considering relocation
Are providing care for someone
Would enjoy lunch with others

Lincoln Community Resources

Answers4Families
Hotline for Disability Services Client Assistance Program
Human Services in Nebraska 2-1-1.
Lincoln Lancaster Health Department Information & Referral

Area Wide Advisory Council

The Advisory Council exists as an advisory body to Aging Partners and to its signatory member counties, and to the appointed and elected officials of the
local governing units within the eight-county "planning and service area" (PSA),
to groups and organizations whose interest, service, or regulation, in whole
or in part, affect the lives and interests of older persons, and to the advisory and governing arms of the Aging Network at both state and national levels. The Advisory Council's actions shall take the form of recommendations. Execution
of the Advisory Council's recommendations rest with the appropriate local,
state or national officials or organization directors.

PURPOSES

to support and further the goals and mission of Aging Partners.
to act as the advocate for older citizens of the eight-county area
regarding their concerns, needs, problems and issues;
to identify and define the most pressing needs and concerns of the areas older citizens;
to assist in the development of effective plans to meet those identified needs on a prioritized and continuing basis;
to develop, or cause to be developed, needed services, programs,
or efforts to meet those identified needs and concerns;
to monitor and evaluate aging services and programs for older people to ensure that service objectives are being set in concert with the identified needs and concerns and that those objectives are being met;
to act as a sounding board for staff by providing review and input on new
or revised initiatives, strategies and projects

AUTHORITY

The Advisory Council exists as an advisory body to Aging Partners and to its signatory member counties, and to the appointed and elected officials of the
local governing units within the eight-county "planning and service area" (PSA),
to groups and organizations whose interest, service, or regulation, in whole or
in part, affect the lives and interests of older persons, and to the advisory and governing arms of the Aging Network at both state and national levels. The Advisory Council's actions shall take the form of recommendations. Execution
of the Advisory Council's recommendations rest with the appropriate local,
state or national officials or organization directors.

MEMBERSHIP

The membership of the Advisory Council shall come from the current signatory members to Aging Partners as of July 1, each year. The membership is based in part on the proportional relationship of each county's 60+ population and
shall be as follows: Each county shall be entitled to one representative. Additionally, each county shall be entitled to one additional representative for
each group of 4,000 aged 60 + residents. Counties with less than 4,000 60+
population will have at least one additional representative. At least half of each county's representatives to the Advisory Council must be age 60 or older.

APPOINTMENT

Appointment of representatives to the Aging Partners Advisory Council shall
be the responsibility of each county's elected governing board providing, however,
that the representatives of the Primary County shall be appointed by the Mayor
of the City of Lincoln with the concurrence of the Lincoln City Council. Current
board members are:

Dee Aguilar, representing Lancaster
Dorothy Barlean, representing Butler
Martha Brown, representing Lancaster
Bob Courtney, representing Saline
Nancy Hoblyn, representing York
Laura Hunt, representing Polk
Sheryl Jordan, representing Lancaster
Joyce Knudson, representing Polk
Barry Moore, representing Lancaster
Don Olson, representing Seward
Ernest Pence, representing Fillmore
DeAnna Portz, representing Seward
Dorothy Schultz, representing Butler
Ruthelen Sittler, representing Lancaster
James Stansberry, representing York
Kathy Stokebrand, representing Saline
Carl Tesch, representing Lancaster

Reports & Plans

Annual Plan
Call (402) 441-7159 for a copy.

Four Year Plan
Call (402) 441-7159 for a copy.

Seniors Foundation

Seniors Foundation's website is currently under construction.
It will be back soon!

Nebraska Area Agency's on Aging

Download the PDF Map.

Links

Profile of Older Americans
Nebraska Resource and Referral System
Western Nebraska Family Resources
Administration on Aging
ElderCare Locator
NCOA
National Associations of Area Agencies on Aging
United States Department of Health & Human Services
University of Nebraska - Rural Initiative
Public Health Solutions (Serving Fillmore, Gage, Jefferson, Saline and Thayer Counties)
Four Corners (Serving Butler, Polk, Seward and York Counties)
Three Rivers (Serving Dodge, Saunders and Washington Counties)
Lincoln Lancaster County Health Department