Extension
It Starts With Us
Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices
Embracing Life As You Age
Lovett
Aging-General
Family Development General
Family and Consumer Sciences Extension encourages families to make proactive choices to improve individual health and wellbeing, whether choosing a low fat, nutritious diet, increasing health literacy for chronic disease prevention or participating in regular physical activity. People are living longer. Kentucky's current population of seniors is 16.4 percent. By 2040 it is projected that every district will see an increase that is age 65 and older.
Identify, develop and evaluate programs and policies that promote healthy aging in Kentucky. Families will improve health span through lifestyle choices and behaviors related to overall health and well being.
Kentuckians will work on their physical, mental, and nutrition education.
Kentuckians of all ages adapt healthy lifestyle choices, including diet, physical activity, no smoking, binge drinking.
More Kentucky households prepare for caregiving.
Kentuckians will seek health screenings and vaccines.
Older Kentuckians will work to prevent falls.
Kentuckians will address mental health issues.
Kentuckians will understand the importance of lifestyle choices and behaviors throughout their lifespan on their overall health, well-being, mental, and life quality.
Kentuckians will learn how to make healthy lifestyle choices.
Kentucky will learn that caregiver preparation is an important issue to face.
Kentuckians learn about resources that will enhance their life quality, safety and to support aging families.
Initial Outcome: Seniors will learn about fall prevention and how to adapt healthy lifestyles.
Indicator: total number of individuals and families reached with information on how to improve their lifestyle choices specifically related to aging and longevity.
Method: Lesson Evaluations
Keys to Embracing Aging
Stand Up to Falling
Timeline:July-June 2-24-2025
Intermediate Outcome: Those who adapt healthy lifestyles related to aging and longevity.
Indicator: The number of individuals and families who obtained information about healthy lifestyle choices related to aging, longevity, care giving.
Method: The overall health life expectancy showing an increase in Kentucky.
Timeline: Ongoing
Long-term Outcome: Adapting a healthier lifestyle.
Indicator: Less number of falls indicators.
Method: Teaching and evaluation of clients
Timeline: Ongoing
Audience: All ages but mainly senior adults
Project or Activity: Caregiving
Content or Curriculum: Prepare to Care
Alzheimer's 10 Warning Signs
Faith Facilities
Estate Planning
Inputs: FCS Specialists
Date: Year Round 2024-2025
Audience: All ages
Project or Activity: Disease Prevention
Earl y Detection
Content or Curriculum:
University of Kentucky Stand Up to Falling
Dining with Diabetes
PROFIT
Inputs: Extension Professionals
Date: July 2024-June, 2025
Audience: All Ages
Project or Activity: Working with Senior Adults
Content or Curriculum: Aging Gracefully
Inputs: Extension Specialist
Date: July, 2024-June 2025
