For Immediate
Release:
December 20, 2021
State
recognizes Monmouth County Division on Aging, Disabilities & Veterans Services
for efforts to help seniors during the pandemic
FREEHOLD, NJ – The Monmouth County Division on Aging, Disabilities
& Veterans Services, Area Agency on Aging/Aging and Disability Resource
Connection (AAA/ADRC), recently received recognition from the New Jersey Division
of Aging Services, Office of Area Agency on Aging Administration, for their
outstanding efforts to help seniors during the pandemic.
In the annual programmatic and fiscal assessment of
the Monmouth County AAA/ADRC, the State highlighted all of the ways that the
Division provided “exemplary service” to Monmouth County seniors.
“The County’s Office on Aging wasted no time springing
into action as soon as the pandemic began,” said Commissioner Deputy Director
Susan M. Kiley. “Their staff immediately began reaching out to provider agencies
in order to ensure services and resources would be available to those who
needed them while finding ways to bridge the technology gap some seniors were
experiencing.”
The assessment noted that the Monmouth County AAA/ADRC
organized meeting with Senior Center directors to discuss best practices to
reach frail seniors, process challenges and concerns about their individual
senior centers and share best practices.
The Monmouth County AAA/ADRC also worked with the
Monmouth County Health Department to register seniors and health-compromised
residents for COVID-19 vaccines, prepared over 500 Go Bags to distribute and
created the Monmouth County COVID-19 Resource Guide.
“The Monmouth County COVID-19 Resource Guide provided
information on emergency food delivery services, pharmacy services, caregiver
services, behavioral health services and resources at the local, State and
federal levels for seniors and all Monmouth County residents,” said
Commissioner Deputy Director Kiley.
The assessment closed by commending the AAA/ADRC and
its providers for the exemplary service to Monmouth seniors during the
pandemic.
For more information about the Monmouth County Office on
Aging, go to www.visitmonmouth.com.
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