The County Data Book
The County Data Book: Selected Characteristics (2011), released in January, 2012, provides state-level and county-specific information for each county in New York, as well as a comparison chart for the United States. For New York City, data sets are provided for New York City as a whole, as well as for each of the five boroughs separately. The County Data Book includes age breakouts and projections, minority population aged 60 and older, disability, poverty, and housing (owner/renter) information.
PROJECT 2015
State Agencies Prepare for the Impact of an Aging New York
Project 2015 was a nine-month strategic planning process involving 36 New York State government agencies. It was carried out in 2002 at the direction of the Governor and managed under the leadership of the New York State Office for the Aging. The aim of this project was to help state government agencies prepare to appropriately meet the needs of New York's citizens as the State's demographic profile shifts significantly through the coming years.
Six publications and documents are available to provide you with more information about New York State's Project 2015 initiative, and will provide you with the tools necessary to replicate or adapt this strategic planning process in your organization or community.
New York Office for the Aging Reports Related to Unpaid Caregiving in New York State
Press Release for the Informal Caregivers Survey and Report
New York State Office for the Aging. (2009). Sustaining Informal Caregivers: New York State Caregiver Support Programs Participants Survey: Report of Findings on the Aging Services Network. New York State Office for the Aging: Albany, NY. Sustaining Informal Caregivers Report in HTML.
Executive Summary New York State Caregiver Support Programs Participants Survey: Report of Findings on the Aging Services Network. New York State Office for the Aging: Albany, NY. Executive Summary in HTML
If you are unable to open the Sustaining Informal Caregivers report or Executive Summary on your computer, you can receive paper copies of the material by contacting I-Hsin Wu at the New York State Office for the Aging or call 1-800-342-9871.
New York State Family Caregiver Council. (2009). Supporting and Strengthening Caregivers in New York State: New York State Family Caregiver Council Report. New York State Office for the Aging: Albany, NY. Family Caregiver Council Report in HTML.
New York State Caregiver Services Survey: NY Connects Local Long Term Care Councils Assessment of Community Caregiver Support Services. Report to the New York State Family Caregiver Council. Finger Lakes Geriatric Education Center of Upstate New York: University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY. Caregiver Services Survey Report in HTML.
If you are unable to open the Family Caregiver Council Report or the New York State Caregiver Services Survey Report on your computer, you can receive paper copies of the material by contacting Karen Iovino at the New York State Office for the Aging or call 1-800-342-9871.
- Fact Sheet 1
Caregiver Reports: Key Findings
Caregiver Reports: Key Findings in HTML. - Fact Sheet 2
Unpaid
Caregivers: Their stories
Unpaid Caregivers: Their stories in HTML - Fact Sheet 3
Unpaid Caregivers: Aging Network
Unpaid Caregivers: Aging Network in HTML
2008 Caregiver Support Program Survey
The New York State Office for the Aging conducted a survey [PDF] to find out how we can provide better support and services to caregivers. For those who can't access this survey, or aren't able to read it, contact I-Hsin Wu at the New York State Office for the Aging or call 1-800-342-9871.
Prevention Agenda Towards the Healthiest State
This site includes the NYS Department of Health 's ten priorities for preventive health
. Each section describes the objectives and a link to indicators to track these priorities. There is also a section entitled "Prevention Works" that links to articles and to reports (click on return on investment) on the effectiveness of prevention. The section entitled " Community Health Planning Approach" describes the work that local health departments are required to do including a Community Health Assessment and addressing at least two to three prevention priorities.
In the future, the NYS Department of Health expects to populate this site with data and information from county health departments as they make their way through the community health assessment and plan development processes.
NYSOFA Officials Deliver Testimony of Issues of Importance to New York's Older Residents
Michael J. Burgess, Director of the New York State Office for the Aging, Laurie Pferr, Executive Deputy and Greg Olsen, Deputy Director of the Division of Policy, Management and Public Information, recently delivered testimony before committees of the New York City and New York State legislative bodies. Director Burgess' testimony focused on New York City's plan to modernize programs and services serving older city residents and Mr. Olsen's testimony addressed geriatric mental health issues and recent activities coordinated by the state to address these issues. Read the complete text of the testimony.
Mature Worker Task Force
First annual report to the Governor and the Legislature on the Mature Worker Task Force which is organized to improve economic development and the economic security of older adults through opportunities that recognize the value of mature workers and also seek to retain, retrain and offer second careers that will fill anticipated areas where there will be a labor deficit. The Mature Worker Task Force will identify and develop sound practices for employing mature workers in the 21st Century. Click here to view the report. Mature Worker Task Force report in PDF format.
Workforce Training and Education Listening Sessions Report Released
The New York State Office for the Aging (NYSOFA) and the State Society on Aging of New York (SSA) are pleased to release our joint final report, "Working with Older Adults: Charting the Future of Workforce Training and Education in New York -- Listening Sessions Summary and Next Steps."[View this report in PDF] The Report provides information, strategies, and suggestions obtained from a series of eight Listening Sessions held across New York State between 2006 and 2007 that brought together older adults, faculty and educators, planning and service personnel, state and local government representatives, and advocacy groups to focus attention on the critical issues we face in workforce training and education in order to successfully prepare New York State's diverse workforce to interact and work with older adults and their families.