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Recommendation to adopt the Long Beach Strategic Plan for Older Adults. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
The City of Long Beach Strategic Plan 2010 indicates that the City should, “Develop and
implement a plan that addresses the needs of the elderly, including safety, transportation.
housing, health and quality of life.” The City Manager assigned responsibility to the
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to create a citywide plan addressing
these issues.
The DHHS worked with a broad-based community task force of more than 60 volunteers
that included older adults and representatives from the public, private, academic and
senior services sectors. Over a period of three years, DHHS staff and task force members
convened work groups and discussion panels, solicited community input through surveys,
focus groups and key informant interviews, and conducted research and data collection to
develop The Long Beach strategic Plan for Older Adults (Plan). The Plan provides
guidance for meeting the needs of the current population of seniors and planning for the
significant future increase in the city’s diverse senior population that will result from aging
Baby Boomers and the anticipated steady increase in life expectancy of all persons. By
addressing the demographic, economic and social changes that the aging population will
create, the Plan is the City’s response to a call to action for a heightened focus on the
problems and opportunities facing older adults.
1. TASK FORCE MEMBERSHIP
The Long Beach Strategic Plan for Older Adults Task Force (Task Force) is comprised of
more than 60 representatives from: public and private sector agencies including health and
social services providers; local hospitals; the Chamber of Commerce, the local university,
community college and school district; key stakeholders, decision makers, elected officials,
volunteer organizations, faith-based organizations and older adult volunteers. Members
also included representatives from various C...
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