The National Minority Aging Organizations (NMAO)
Technical Assistance Centers Program has been established by the Administration
on Aging (AoA). The organizations aim is to 'increase awareness of
citizens of all ages of the need to assume personal responsibility for their
own longevity.' they aim to eradicate health disparities among racial and ethnic
minority elders by encouraging them to endure a more healthy lifestyle.
The website includes reports each year to illustrate how successful they have been
in enhancing elderly minorities lifestyles.
They especially target individuals who are harder to reach, with limited
English. The National Minority Aging Organization Assistance Programme has
provided 2.8 million elders with support. The organization promotes strategies
that enables to elderly to live in their communities, as well as providing a
wide range of support. A new strategic plan for 2013-2018 has been introduced
which claims that they will ensure to protect their rights and prevent abuse
and neglect and also to promote control of their independence in order for them
to live a more comfortable lifestyle.
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