1994 Update of Needs Data from the San Mateo County United Way's Needs Assessment Report
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II.  HEALTH SERVICES

SAN MATEO COUNTY

TYPES OF SERVICES CATEGORIES

11.   ADULT DAY HEALTH

(See Health Support, Elder Adult Day Care/Development & Companionship Fields of Services & the Elderly Population Category

POSSIBLE INDICATORS 1990 NEEDS ASSESSMENT 1993 UPDATE OTHER NEEDS STATEMENTS-DATA

Total Persons 65 Years & Over
65-75 Years 
75-84 Years 
85 Years & Over
1988                              722,599 - 11.6% of Co 

66,175 (65 - 84 yrs)   

6,424


79,988 - 12.3% of Co 

45,577                         

24,875 
7,546
  • By 1990 California will have 3.3 million people over 65 or 36% increase over the number in 1980.  It is estimated that at least 600 to 1000 new licensed Adult Day Health Care Centers a needed statewide now. One person in Adult Day Health Care instead of a nursing facility saves the State $265 a month, or $3,000 a year
  • In San Mateo there are no Adult Day Health Care programs available in Northern or Southern San Mateo County and no center caters to the Black, Hispanic, Asian communities.  Although it is not licensed as a day health care center, Fair Oaks Senior Center in Redwood City serves about 1,500 unduplicated seniors, 20% of them Hispanics, many frail and very ill.
Projected Growth of Elderly Population   1980           1990  
62,048         79,998
28.9% growth
Persons at Risk of Being Placed In A Nursing Home  
Estimated of Percent of Persons 60 Years & Over Who Could Be Defined As Frail, Elderly & Potentially In Need of Services
Percent of Persons 60 Years & Over Living Alone
Estimated Number of Disabled Elderly
Estimated Number/Percent of Persons Suffering from Alzheimer's 1990:  15,722 - 2.5% of pop
2000:   20,106 - 3.17% of pop
Types of Respite Care
  • Adult Day Health Care Centers
  • Social Day Care Services
  • Alzheimer's Day Care Services
  • Institutional  Overnight Respite Services
 
In-Home Respite Care
Source:    United Way 1990 Needs Assessment Summary Report

               Projections of Alzheimer's Patients in Bay Area, 1989

 

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