Wednesday, 15 January 2014

National Minority Aging Organizations Technical Assistance Programme

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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