Problems and Solutions Worksheet – Health and Wellness Work Group
To make your potential solutions more concrete and feasible, please think about:
1) What programs and services you would like to see expanded or improved
2) Programs or service that that you believe are at risk of losing funding
3) Barriers and facilitators that could be addressed with your solution
4) How the potential solutions could be more detailed or specific
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Problem Potential Solutions
1. Appropriate EMS
services for older adults
2. High numbers of older
adults transported to the
hospital for falls
1. EMS works with department on Aging to implement Slips Trips and Falls
Program (prevent repeat falls).
a. Wake County received million dollar grant
b. Leave packets and info with indiv. Who fall in their own homes
c. Leave DVD showing what should/shouldn’t do in case of fall
(incorporate into in Praise of Age. Make available to churches
and other locations).
2. EMS education for caregivers
3. Appropriate protocols for EMS workers responding to calls for aging
adults
4. Educate community on when it is appropriate to call EMS
5. Roaming crisis unit with triage capabilities for responding to falls
6. LTC issue: send out ambulance for every fall. Revise protocol in LTC to
prevent always calling an ambulance and full-service EMS workers.
7. Address fear of older adults telling physicians about falls (thinking it will
involve recommendation to move out of home).
1. Healthy lifestyles and
prevention
1. Encourage other facilities to host exercise classes
2. Encourage recreation departments to put on exercise classes
3. Ensure that older adults with physical or mental problems have access to
exercise classes
4. Provide water aerobics classes for physically and cognitively challenged
seniors
a. Morning water aerobics pilot program for 12 individuals
b. Ratio of 1-4 aids to participants
c. Sportsplex in Hillsboro is underutilized pool, other possibility is
YMCA or Meadowmont with its link to UNC.
d. Partnership created with PT professor at UNC, have students do
practicum with specialized population.
e. Initially gear program towards LTC facilities and use
transportation.
5. Advertise lectures and continuing ed. classes offered at the Senior
Centers, libraries, etc.
a. Churches can market continuing education.
b. Use maps of population to focus continuing ed programs.
6. Offer continuing ed in smaller organization centers and churches.
7. Put continuing ed online.
8. Continue/ expand falls prevention programs offered at senior centers
9. Health marketing campaign to encourage Orange County citizens in their
50s to exercise for disease prevention.
10. Train volunteers to offer evidence-based programs like “A Matter of
