Kenton County CES

Title:

2021 Stages throughout the Lifespan

MAP:

2021 Individual and Family Development

Agents Involved:

Joan Bowling, Kathy Byrnes, Linda Brown-Price, Mary Averbeck, Denise Donahue, Diane Kelley

MAJOR PROGRAM 1:

Family and Consumer Science

MAJOR PROGRAM 2:

Aging-General

MAJOR PROGRAM 3:

Family Development General

MAJOR PROGRAM 4:

Substance Use Prevention and Recovery General

Situation:

People are living longer. Kenton County’s current population of seniors (65+) is 14.4% (2019 Census Data). By 2040 it is projected that every district will see an increase in the percent of the population that is age 65 and older (Zimmerman/KY by the Numbers). As the largest and fastest-growing segment of the U.S. population, older adults influence everything from consumer behavior to health-care costs (U.S. Census). While we may be adding years to life, there is concern about life quality. This is because a person’s life expectancy, the total number of years a person is expected to live, does not always match a person’s “health span”—time spent in good health (Institute of Medicine). The life expectancy of Kentuckians, 75.1 years. Kenton County life expectancy is 79.4 % for women/74.6 for men. Heavily influenced by life-long lifestyle behaviors and choices, including quality of diet, physical activity and tobacco use, the Kentuckian health span is also below national averages. Kenton County Agents can help individuals and families establish healthy lifestyle behaviors and relationships throughout the lifespan as way to positively influence optimal aging and help reduce issues brought on by life stressors such as family instability, chronic disease, obesity, opioid and alcohol abuse.

Long-Term Outcomes:

• Identify, develop, and evaluate programs and policies that promote healthy aging in Kentucky
• Improve relatives raising children ability to advocate for the rights of children.
• Kentuckians improve health span through lifestyle choices and behaviors related to overall health and well-being  
• The prevention and/or reduction of substance use and its related consequences
• Embrace people from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds

Intermediate Outcomes:

• 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
• Kenton County residents will prevent falls by adapting living spaces and recognizing hazards
• Increase the number of Relative Caregivers who report reduced stress
• Practice skills to strengthen and sustain relationships

Initial Outcomes:

• Kentuckians understand the importance of lifestyle choices and behaviors throughout their lifespan on their overall health, well-being and life quality
• Kentuckians learn that caregiver preparation in important
• Kentuckians learn about resources to enhance life quality, safety and to support aging families 
• Identify key points of adolescent development
• Establish realistic expectations for child/teen behavior, and explore changing relationships within families 
• Healthy lifespan behaviors

Evaluation:

Outcome: (ST) Learn about prevention and how to adapt healthy lifestyles

Indicator: Total number of individuals/families reached with information to improve healthy lifestyle choices specifically related to aging/longevity

Method: Lesson Evaluations: Keys to Embracing Aging; Stand up to Falling; Bedrooms, Bathrooms and Beyond (Home Accessibility); AARP Prepare to Care; 10 Warning Signs/UAD

Timeline: Ongoing

Outcome: (I) Adapt healthy lifestyles related to aging and longevity

Indicator: Of the total number of individuals/families who learned information about healthy lifestyle choices related to aging/longevity, the total number of individuals/families/caregivers who adapted their behavior

Method: 3-6-month Post Lesson Evaluations: Keys to Embracing Aging; Stand up to Falling; Bedrooms, Bathrooms and Beyond (Home Accessibility); AARP Prepare to Care; 10 Warning Signs/UAD 

Timeline: Ongoing

Outcome: (LT) Kentucky’s overall health span increases

Indicator: Number of programs and policies identified, adapted, created and evaluated to promote healthy aging in Kentucky

Method: Overall Health Life Expectancy increases in KY 

Timeline: Ongoing

Learning Opportunities:

Audience: Kinship Caregivers

Project or Activity: Various

Content or Curriculum: Parenting a Second Time Around, Life Story/Memory Banking, Traditions, AARP Prepare to Care

Inputs: FCS Agent 

Date: Fall 2021 through Spring 2022

Audience: All ages

Project or Activity: Unconscious Bias, Equity Diversity, and Inclusion

Content or Curriculum: UK specialists

Inputs: Partner with community resources, PTA, local school systems

Date: February 2022

Audience: All ages

Project or Activity: Caregiving

Content or Curriculum: AARP Prepare to Care, Alzheimer’s Association-10 Warning Signs and Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease, Memory Banking

Inputs: Partner with community resources related to programs/listed in FGs

Date: October 2021 and May 2022

Audience: Families 

Project or Activity: Understanding Risky Adolescent Behavior

Content or Curriculum: UK curriculum

Inputs: FRYSC’s/ Kenton County Alliance

Date: Spring 2022

Audience: All ages
Project or Activity: Aging workshops

Content or Curriculum: Aging awareness based on community need in collaboration with local community partners; fall prevention, caregiving, healthy lifestyles, grandparenting, Memory banking

Inputs: UK curriculum provided

Date: Quarterly 

Audience: Youth- third grade and under

Project or Activity: Summer Day Camps Create video series

Content or Curriculum: LEAP

Inputs: FCS Agent and program assistant
Date: Spring and Summer 2022

Input examples: Area Agencies on Aging, Kentucky By the Numbers, Kentucky CES Publications and Resources, extension, National/State trends, KY Extension Community Assessment Statewide Report 2019, Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Health Department, AARP, Alzheimer’s Association, UK Elder Care/Work life, UK Sanders Brown Center on Aging

Audience: Youth 12 and older

Project or activity: 4-H Babysitting for Fun and Profit

Content or curriculum: Kentucky 4-H Babysitting for Fun and Profit

Inputs: UK curriculum, agent assistants, volunteers

Date: Summer 2021

Audience: Adults, senior citizens

Project or Activity: Social Security

Content or curriculum: KY CES Resources

Input: Social Security Administration, FCS Agents

Date: October 2021

Audience: Adults, senior citizens

Project or Activity: Medicare

Content or curriculum: KY CES resources

Input: Financial planners, FCS Agents

Date: Fall 2021 and  March 2022

Audience: General public, young adults

Project or activity: Class on Preparing for a Disaster

Content or curriculum: KY CES resources

Inputs: Kentucky CES Agents and specialists, resources and community partners

Date: February-March 2022

Audience: Families
Activity: Creating and Maintaining Family Traditions
Content or Curriculum: UK publications
Inputs: FCS Agent
Date October 2021

Audience: Families/parents
Activity: Parenting Newsletter
Content or Curriculum: UK publications and exclusives
Inputs: FCS Agents
Date: quarterly  

Audience: Senior High school students
Activity: Adulting 101 series
Content or Curriculum: UK publications
Inputs: FCS Agents, Family Resource Center Coordinators
Date September 2021 through May 2022

Audience: 4-H Youth
Activity: Cloverbuds
Content or Curriculum: National 4-H Cloverbud curriculum
Inputs: Agents & Assistants
Date: September 2021-May 2022

Audience: 4-H Youth
Activity: Community club Elsmere Community Center
Content or Curriculum: 4-H publications
Inputs: Agent & Assistant
Date: September 2021-May 2022

Audience: Youth 9-18
Project or Activity: 4-H overnight Camping
Content or Curriculum: 4-H camp program
Inputs: Agent, Volunteers & Camp Staff
Date: Summer 2022

Audience: 4-H Youth
Project or Activity: Expressive Art
Content or Curriculum: National 4-H Art Curriculum
Inputs: Agents & assistants
Date: July 2021-June 2022

Audience: Senior Citizens
Project or Activity: WITS workout - shared sessions with Boone County
Content or Curriculum: Illinois Cooperative Extension
Inputs: Curriculum, FCS agents
Date: Aug-Nov 2021

Audience: N. KY. Area Extension Homemakers
Project or Activity: Brain Matters
Content or Curriculum: Alzheimer's Association, UK FCS
Inputs: FCS agents
Date: September 2021

Audience: N. KY. Area Extension Homemakers
Project or Activity: Generational Differences
Content or Curriculum: UK CES
Inputs: FCS agents
Date: January 2022

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