Community Services
Fletcher Allen Health Care and The Center for Elder Health (CEH) are eager to work with community partners and consumers to develop a system of services to allow older adults to stay healthy and live in the setting of their choice for as long as possible.
To this end, CEH is involved in several community focused initiatives:
- The Active Older Adult Resource Guide
- Champlain Long Term Care Coaltion (CLTCC)
- The Falls Program
- Housing and Supportive Services Programs (HASS)
Community Services
The Active Older Adult Resource Guide
A collaboration between:
Fletcher Allen Health Care:
Center for Elder Health
Community Health Improvement
Physical Therapy Department, Fletcher
Champlain Valley Agency on Aging
The Racquet's Edge
Get on the Move Champlain Valley
Active Older Adult Resource guide is a compilation of fitness programs for older adults in the Chittenden County area. It includes resources such as:
- Health Clubs/Fitness Centers
- Programs in Senior Housing
- Programs in Senior Centers
- Parks and Recreation Senior Programs
- Long-Term Care Facilities
- Competitive Programs
- Health Focused Programs
- Community Based Programs
- Fundraisers
- Transportation
Click Here to download a PDF of the guide or if you would like a copy of the guide mailed to you, please call Community Health Improvement at 847-2394 or email Pam.Farnham@vtmednet.org
Champlain Long Term Care Coaltion (CLTCC)
Information and strategic plan for CLTCC
The CLTCC is made up of members of the community, providers and advocates for long term care who are interested in forwarding the strategic direction of long term care in Chittenden and Southern Grand Isle counties.
The Champlain Long Term Care Coalition has gathered data as part of the Community Partnership for Older Adults development grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Vermont’s CLTCC was one of only 12 partnerships in the United States to receive this coveted funding.
You may access a copy of this plan below:
Champlain Long Term Care Coalition
Action on Aging Strategic Plan, 2004 - 2009
Download the full report by clicking here
Download only the Executive Summary by clicking here
The Falls Program
A simple fall can have a severe impact on seniors. Often it results in a fractured hip, the most common injury to seniors. It usually leads to a long and expensive hospital stay, surgery, potential complications, and lengthy recuperation, often involving long-term care. Treatment costs and lost income averages $35,000 for hip fractures. Half of all elders who break a hip die within a year.
A Collaboration between:
Center for Elder Health
Community Health Improvement
Samaritan Connection
Funded by the Vermont Independence Fund
Falls and Fires Program:
Home Safety for Seniors
Call to set up a FREE in-home assessment
We will provide education and make recommendations to help reduce your risk for falls at home.
For those who meet income guidelines, modifications may be made FREE of charge. 
We will also provide education programs for your group or club.
For more information call 847-2394 or 847-1101
Or e-mail Pam.Farnham@vtmednet.org
Brought to you by Fletcher Allen Health Care and a grant from the Vermont Independence Fund.
Housing and Supportive Services Programs (HASS)
A collaboration between:
Fletcher Allen Center for Elder Health
Burlington Housing Authority
Grant funded, State of Vermont, Department of Aging and Independent Living
The HASS Program
Founded in July 1998
Funded by the Department of Aging and Disabilities through the Housing and Supportive Services Program or HASS. The two HASS sites in Burlington are:
Decker Tower at 230 St. Paul Street, Burlington VT
Click here to go to Decker Tower website
Currently HASS at Decker Towers serves over 180 residents. Participation is voluntary but open to all residents
Goal: to allow older adults and younger adults with disabilities to age in place. Outcomes measures include nursing home admission, incidence of falls and hospitalizations, use of services and number of residents assessed.
HASS Coordinator: Shelly Barton, RN.
Supervision is by Jeanne Hutchins at Elder Care Services, Fletcher Allen Health Care.
Phone numbers: (Confidential voice mail for Shelly)
230 St. Paul: 658-8233
SERVICES:
- Overall risk assessment using the Independent Living Assessment with emphasis on identifying risk factors for nursing home placement.
- Referrals are made to appropriate service agencies and coordinated with case managers (CM) from other agencies. Shelly defers to agency CM as lead CM as our role is to be available for those who don't have CM or services in place or to take over when agency discharges patient from their services.
- The HASS coordinator provides case management (CM) as needed.
- Funds are available to purchase services that might otherwise not be provided.
- For some residents, the assessment is purely a baseline and a preventive/educative service since they are very high functioning and need no services to remain independent. Others need both community and in house services to stay in their home.
- Provides individual and group self care and chronic disease management as well as nursing home risk reduction education and services. Does BPs, glucose screenings, footcare, and exercise class weekly and as needed.
- Provides nursing services as needed for those who cannot be served by other agencies. Will do some short-term interventions to bridge the gap between services on a case by case basis. Available for followup of residents with active problems or who may have been seen in the ED or MD office and require further assessment
- Triage for questions and problems as they arise.
