The Story County Senior Collaboration includes representatives from groups and organizations that share an interest in serving seniors in Story County.The group includes representatives from a number of organizations and groups as well as many coalitions within the Story County Quality of Life Alliance.

Mission / Purpose of the Senior Collaboration is summarized below:
The Senior Collaboration will promote partnerships to help promote health and quality of life in Story County seniors.

Participating / Collaborating Organizations Linked with the Senior Collaboration are below:
TBD

Key SCQOL goals targeted by the Senior Collaboration are highlighted below:
  • Access to medical care
  • Physical activity programming

Schedule of Meetings

The Senior Collaboration is just getting started. If you would like to learn more about the Senior Collaboration or get connected to the group contact Liz Beck by completing the contact form below.

Updates and Resource Limks

There are many organizations and groups in Story County positioned to serve needs for seniors. A group of ISU students worked with Liz Beck and Heartland Senior Services to identify and map resources. While there are many facilities available to senior citizens in the Ames community, many of the smaller communities in the county struggle to meet their needs. To help with this, the group created a survey to assess these needs with topics of health behaviors, critical care, socio-economic status, and physical environment.  They envisioned that these surveys could be distributed in Ames and among these smaller communities to get a realistic idea of the specific needs.  The group has also worked to create focus groups to better address specific areas of concern in relation to seniors such as; visually impaired services, dental services, and basic medical coverage insurance. Additional information and web links are available on the supplementary resource page (see below)