
Alternatives Giving Tuesday and Beyond
Date and Time
Tuesday Dec 1, 2020
December 1-31, 2020
Contact Information
Bill Horrell
Alternatives for the Older Adult
309-736-6799
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Description
Giving Tuesday is December 1, 2020. This is an opportunity for you to show your support of Alternatives (for the Older Adult) on that day and beyond with your donation.
It is easy to make your donation on-line at:
https://alternativesforyou.networkforgood.com/projects/111255-giving-tuesday-year-end-2020
Thank you for supporting Alternatives in our mission to promote the independence and quality of life for older adults, adults with disabilities and their families.
Alternatives is Helping Older Adults Remain Independent
High Quality Services and Impact
The impact can’t always be measured in numbers
You, who may struggle to manage your home or your own care. Or you, who struggle to help your parents age successfully. Or you, who share these struggles as you provide support to individuals in our communities. We all have a story to tell and perhaps a need to be met for our mom, friend, grandpa, neighbor or yourself. When an individual regains hope, has dignity restored and once again enjoys the sense of independence when they rejoin their familiar community, how can you put a dollar value on that?
Alternatives has robust outcome measures that demonstrate the impact of our services for 14,000 vulnerable adults. Accountability and effectiveness are extremely important to Alternatives across every program. The Board of Directors actively assess outcome measures and develop aggressive goals going forward. The professional staff at Alternatives try to shore up supports for older adults to enjoy quality of life and enhance well-being.
What did we do this past year?
-We supported 96% of older adults deemed eligible for nursing home care to remain in their own home safely.(Our goal was 85%)
-We intervened in nearly 900 reports of abuse, neglect or exploitation of older adults or of adults with disabilities.
-We provide more than 8,000 consultations to assist nursing home residents to resolve complaints or concerns from nursing home residents about their care.