Volunteer Opportunities with County Extension
The University of California Agricultural and Natural Resources Workgroup on Aging Californians in Rural and Urban Settings is designed to help frame statewide challenges and public responses to emerging aging issues related to education and outreach, funding, public policy, and research needs of a large and rapidly increasing senior population in California.
The 21st Century is referred to as the Silver Century because of the rate at which the population is becoming elderly. The 3.6 million seniors age 65 and over in California are more than in any other state, and the fastest rate of increase is among the population over age 85. The impact of this aging populace is expected to soon place a tremendous strain on senior service providers and other institutions as the baby boomers become of age.
With that in mind, Cooperative Extension scientists and specialists from UC campuses, advisors in local counties, and other professionals, analyzed the growth rates and chronic disease trends in California on a county by county basis. They also assessed ongoing education, training, and service needs among seniors, and programs/services University of California Cooperative Extension provides for the elderly and service providers in California.
The members of the group combine their expertise and limited resources to conduct research and demonstration activities, publish scholarly works, and offers professional expertise and educational resources to serve seniors of the greater California community. The workgroup collaborates with senior provider agencies and other groups at the local, regional, state, and national levels to convene conferences, workshops, trainings, and seminars on senior issues i.e. Grand-parenting, Care-giving, Healthy Aging, Quality of Life Needs, Cognition/Memory, Aging and Language/Communication, Nutrition & Wellness, Financial Needs, Disaster Readiness, and others will be added. The group is gradually building a website of aging related research and information to be used by providers, academic professionals, and institutions formulating public policy and making funding decisions. Our special feature will be easy-to-read client friendly information and educational resources.
The 21st Century is referred to as the Silver Century because of the rate at which the population is becoming elderly. The 3.6 million seniors age 65 and over in California are more than in any other state, and the fastest rate of increase is among the population over age 85. The impact of this aging populace is expected to soon place a tremendous strain on senior service providers and other institutions as the baby boomers become of age.
With that in mind, Cooperative Extension scientists and specialists from UC campuses, advisors in local counties, and other professionals, analyzed the growth rates and chronic disease trends in California on a county by county basis. They also assessed ongoing education, training, and service needs among seniors, and programs/services University of California Cooperative Extension provides for the elderly and service providers in California.
The members of the group combine their expertise and limited resources to conduct research and demonstration activities, publish scholarly works, and offers professional expertise and educational resources to serve seniors of the greater California community. The workgroup collaborates with senior provider agencies and other groups at the local, regional, state, and national levels to convene conferences, workshops, trainings, and seminars on senior issues i.e. Grand-parenting, Care-giving, Healthy Aging, Quality of Life Needs, Cognition/Memory, Aging and Language/Communication, Nutrition & Wellness, Financial Needs, Disaster Readiness, and others will be added. The group is gradually building a website of aging related research and information to be used by providers, academic professionals, and institutions formulating public policy and making funding decisions. Our special feature will be easy-to-read client friendly information and educational resources.