Module Three

Special Population Based Care

http://www.dhhs.state.nc.us/aging/

The mission for the North Carolina Division of Aging and Adult Services is as follows:

Our mission is to promote independence and enhance the dignity of North Carolina's older adults, persons with disabilities, and their families through a community-based system of opportunities, services, benefits, and protections; to ready younger generations to enjoy their later years; and to help society and government plan and prepare for the changing demographics.

In my opinion, this website is a very good resource for rural physicians as well as other healthcare providers for the aging. The website has a wealth of reliable information about and for the aging adult. There are links on the page that will take the viewer to more information about different issues that affect the aging adult. Some of information that can be accessed is about the following issues:
Services for Older and Disable Adults
Adult day care programs
Alzheimer’s disease
Employment
Health
Long term care options
Senior centers
Senior Rights


http://www.ncminorityhealth.org/omhhd/index.html

The NC Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities was established in 1992. The mission of the OMHHD is the to promote and advocate for the elimination of health disparities among all racial and ethnic minorities and other underserved populations in North Carolina. The focus of OMHHD is on research and data, culture and language, policy and legislation, partnership development and advocacy. The information is very important to rural healthcare environments because the physicians in rural areas do not always have the resources that urban environments have readily available. For instance, the OMHHD would be a very beneficial resource in the case of communication barriers (i.e. the OMHHD might be able to assist in interpretation or at the very least provide contact information for an interpreter service.)