For over 40 years older adults have received Home and Community Based Services funded by the Older Americans Act. These services are provided by an array of organizations ranging from senior centers, area agencies on aging, home health agencies, faith-based organizations, health departments and many others. These organizations vary greatly, but they do have one thing in common; the services they provide enable older adults to continue to live independently in their own homes and communities. For some providers this is their sole mission, for others serving older adults is part of a greater organizational mission.

It is important to understand the composition, capacity, diversity and connectivity of this country's network of senior services providers. This is especially important as we are entering a period when the aging network will be asked to serve both the frailest of the Greatest Generation and the aging and active baby boomer generation.

The Administration on Aging has asked a group of state units on aging and area agencies on aging participating in AoA's Performance Outcomes Measures Project (POMP) to develop, test and pilot a comprehensive senior services provider survey that will help paint a picture of what our aging services provider network looks like and enumerate the positive impact this network has on the lives of Older Americans. If this pilot is successful and provides meaningful results, AoA will consider administering all or portions of the survey nationally.

View the Master Version of the Providers of Home and Community-Based Services Survey for 2005 (Under development)

View the State of Arizona Version: Providers of Home and Community-Based Services Survey for 2005 (Version: October 11, 2005)

View the State of North Carolina Version: Providers of Home and Community-Based Services Survey for 2005 (Version: November 2, 2005)
View the Instructions for Completing North Carolina's POMP Provider Survey (Version: November 2, 2005)

SURVEY MATERIALS

• Providers of Home and Community-Based Services Survey (Under development)
       In Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat (PDF)

* No further materials have been provided since this survey will be administered through an online form developed in WebSurveyor Pro.