Extension
It Starts With Us
Embracing Life as We Age
Family Wellness
Linda Combs
Embracing Life as We Age (general)
Keys to Embracing Aging
With the unemployment rate in the county on the rise up to 15.6% through 2015 and early 2016, community leaders through surveys, council meetings, and one-on-one face meetings have directed Extension programming to focus on areas dealing with: family relations, drugs, unemployment, motivating children to succeed, peer pressure, helping aging baby boomers learn to adapt to the aging process and financial management. Many of Knott County families struggle with one or more of these problems. Children who start kindergarten with delayed development and fewer assets are by far more likely to repeat grades, get tracked into lower-tier classes and drop out of high school. Knott County’s population of seniors is 13.4% a number that is expected to increase due to aging baby boomers.
•Decrease falls
•Decrease obesity
•Decrease # of individuals with chronic disease
•Increase physical activity
•Increase caregiving knowledge and quality relationships
•Improve financial education
•Improve healthy homes and communities
•Improve quality of life for Knott County's aging families
Change behavior to decrease risk of falling.
•Increase communication and enhance relationships and social support.
•Enhance brain activity
•Improve mental health
•Increase skills to interact/work with older adults
•Make healthy eating choices and follow safe food handling practices
•Work as a family unit to acknowledge and embrace aging issues
•Decrease the risk of falling
•Increase healthy lifespan behaviors
•Life story and legacy
•Empathy
•Understand death, dying, loss and bereavement.
•Practice healthy eating and food safety•Financial Planning
•Understand age-related family issues (e.g. dementia, power of attorney, living wills, failing health, end-of-life)
Initial Outcome: Knott County care givers/guardians will practice good elder care giving skills
Indicator:Percentage of program participants that show change.
Method: Pre-tests, post-tests, surveys.
Timeline: On-going and as needed.
Intermediate Outcome: Adapt lifestyles to promote healthy aging:
Indicator: percentage of program participants that show change
Method: pre-tests, post tests, surveys
Timeline: on-going
Long-term Outcome: Knott County families will improve quality of life for aging family members
Indicator: number of families that have chronic diseases decrease and they increase the amount of physical activity and improve family relations
Method: pre and post tests, observations
Timeline: on-going
Audience: Adults
Project or Activity: Stay Happy Stay Healthy and Depression in Older Adults
Content or Curriculum: UK FCS extension materials
Inputs: Kayla Wats
Date: Sept 2017
Audience: Adults
Project or Activity: Grandparents/Grandchildren together
Content or Curriculum: UK FCS curriculum
Inputs: FCS agent
Date: on-going
Audience: Adults
Project or Activity: Keys to Embracing Aging
Content or Curriculum: Keys to Embracing Aging
Inputs: Linda Combs FCS agents
Date: On-going
Author: Linda Combs
Major Program: Keys to Embracing Aging
Keys to Embracing Aging is a Cooperative Extension educational health intervention aimed at improving overall health by focusing on ways in which individuals and families can be empowered to take control of their own lifestyle decisions and behaviors in terms of health and well-being. To demonstrate behavior change regarding financial management, the program included a 30-day follow-up evaluation. Of the 6 who were sent follow-up evaluations, 5 were returned. 5 reported that they imp
Author: Linda Combs
Major Program: Keys to Embracing Aging
Keys to Embracing Aging is a Cooperative Extension educational health intervention aimed at improving overall health by focusing on ways in which individuals and families can be empowered to take control of their own lifestyle decisions and behaviors in terms of health and well-being. To demonstrate behavior change regarding safety, the program included a 30-day follow-up evaluation. Of the 5 who were sent follow-up evaluations, 3 were returned. 3 reported that they implemented at le
Author: Linda Combs
Major Program: Keys to Embracing Aging
Keys to Embracing Aging is a Cooperative Extension educational health intervention aimed at improving overall health by focusing on ways in which individuals and families can be empowered to take control of their own lifestyle decisions and behaviors in terms of health and well-being. To demonstrate behavior change regarding sleep, the program included a 30-day follow-up evaluation. Of the 6 who were sent follow-up evaluations, 4 were returned. 4 reported that they implemented at lea
Author: Linda Combs
Major Program: Keys to Embracing Aging
Keys to Embracing Aging is a Cooperative Extension educational health intervention aimed at improving overall health by focusing on ways in which individuals and families can be empowered to take control of their own lifestyle decisions and behaviors in terms of health and well-being. To demonstrate behavior change regarding “me time,” the program included a 30-day follow-up evaluation. Of the 6 who were sent follow-up evaluations, 6 were returned. 6 reported that they implemented at
