Social Engagement Programs/Activities in the Aging Network and Partner Organizations

Please complete by December 9, 2022.

The National Resource Center for Engaging Older Adults (engAGED) would like to learn about programs offered by your organization that specifically address social isolation, loneliness or social engagement.

Your responses to this poll will help engAGED learn more about social engagement programs currently offered by Aging Network and partner organizations, including types of programs, partners involved, populations and communities served and outcome measurements utilized. The results from this poll will be used to develop a fact sheet depicting social engagement program trends across the Aging Network and partner organizations.

(FOR AAAs ONLY: If you are a staff member with a AAA, please do not take this survey. This information about AAA administered programs will be collected through the AAA National Survey which is in the field now.)

Identifying Information:

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* 1. Contact Information:

Name:

Title:

Organization:

City/State:

Email:

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* 2. Please select which of the below best describes your organization. Note: If you are a staff member with a AAA, please skip this survey. This information will be collected through the AAA National Survey which is in the field now.

Title VI Native American Aging Program

Aging services provider

Senior center

Center for Independent Living

Other community-based organization

State unit on aging

Other state agency (e.g., State Department of Insurance)

Other tribal entity

Other (describe below)

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* 3. Which sector best represents your organization? (Select one)

Aging services

Arts/creative expression

Caregiver services

Disability services

Housing/senior housing

Intergenerational

Libraries

Lifelong learning

Nutrition services

Parks and recreation

Serving diverse elders

Technology services

Volunteerism

Other community-based services

Other (describe below)

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* 4. Please select what population your organization serves (select all that apply):

Older adults

People with disabilities

Caregivers

Youth

General public

Other (describe below)

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* 5. Please select what you consider your service area to be (select all that apply):

Rural

Frontier

Suburban

Urban

Indian Country

Other (describe below)

Poll Questions:

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* 6. Does your organization have any of the following types of social engagement programs/activities in place (either offered directly by your organization or through a contracted provider)? Check all that apply.

Arts and creative activities (e.g., book clubs, art classes, music, pen pal programs, games or storytelling)

Health and wellness engagement activities (e.g., friendly visiting or wellness checks, telephone reassurance programs, memory cafés or caregiver support groups)

Intergenerational engagement activities (e.g., mentoring or tutoring)

Lifelong learning engagement activities (e.g., educational classes, faith-based classes, lectures, or seminars)

Technology engagement activities (e.g., technology training, tablet programs or virtual or hybrid senior center programming) 

Volunteer engagement opportunities for older adults

We do not offer any programs to address social isolation or engagement

Other engagement activity (please describe)

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* 7. How does your organization evaluate your social engagement programming or interventions? Check all that apply.

We are not currently evaluating our social engagement programs.

We track outputs. (Output measures are the “counts” of your program, such as number of participants, number of sessions delivered, number of sessions attended, number of partners, etc.)

We track outcomes. (Outcome measures are the benefits your program is designed to bring about and measure at the participant level, for example a measured decrease in feelings of loneliness or increased satisfaction with life.)

We measure participant satisfaction with the program.

We use another evaluation method. Please describe:

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* 8. If you indicated that you evaluate outcomes for your social engagement interventions, please select the activities or instruments used for outcome evaluations. Check all that apply.

Pre- and periodic or post- surveys, e.g., conduct an assessment before the intervention and again after to see if there is a measurable change

Randomized control trial (RCT)

Comparison to control group  

Partner with external researcher

UCLA Loneliness scale

Upstream Social Isolation Risk Screener (U-SIRS)

Other indicators, such as self-efficacy or quality of/satisfaction with life. Please describe in the comment box below:

Other. Please describe in the comment box below:

Please describe here:

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* 9. Does your organization currently partner with any of the following organizations to offer social engagement activities and interventions? If yes, please select all that apply. If no, please select “none.”

Area Agencies on Aging

Arts and cultural organizations

Caregiver groups 

Civic or service clubs (e.g., Rotary, Lions, Kiwanis)

Disability groups

Faith-based organizations or faith communities

Health plans

Health care providers (e.g., hospitals, FQHCs, health systems)

Higher education (e.g., community colleges, technical colleges, colleges, universities)

Housing partners

Libraries

Culturally specific groups or organizations

Nutrition providers

Parks and recreation agencies

Public health units

Schools

Senior centers

Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP)

State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP)

Technology partners 

Transportation providers

Tribes/Title VI Native American Aging programs

YMCA/YWCA

Youth development/service organizations (e.g., Boy Scouts/Girl Scouts, 4H, Girls and Boys Club) 

None. We do not currently partner with other organizations to offer social engagement activities and interventions.

Other (describe below)

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* 10. Does your organization offer any specific social isolation and social engagement programming to address the needs of any of the populations or communities noted below? If yes, please select all that apply. If no, select “none”.

Hispanic or Latino

Black or African American

Asian/Asian American and Pacific Islander

American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian

LGBTQ+

Kinship/grandfamily caregivers

People with disabilities 

Rural

Refugees and/or immigrants

Veterans

None. We do not currently offer any culturally specific social engagement programming.

Other (please describe)

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* 11. Briefly describe a social engagement opportunity offered by your organization that you think is especially effective or you would consider a best or promising practice.

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* 12. May we contact you to learn more about your social engagement efforts?

Yes

Thank you for completing the engAGED social engagement poll! Please visit the engAGED website to learn more about our resources, including our newsletter, webinars, publications, consumer materials,  Community Awareness Toolkit, blogs and Innovations Hub.