SANDWICH COA - 1998 through 2002 - CLIENT ASSISTS AND REFERRALS
Records kept for the least ten years reveal dramatic increases in activities connected to the Sandwich Council on Aging. Almost every category of activity has shown dramatic and in some case startling increases. While the senior population within the town has seen growth similar to that seen in other State of Massachusetts counties, the demand for senior services has been substantial without a commensurate increase in staffing or facilities. The chart below offers figures gathered from 1998 through 1992, the years of the most dramatic increases.
| CATEGORY OF SERVICE | F/Y98 | F/Y99 | F/Y00 | F/Y01 | F/Y02 | TOTAL |
| CLIENTS SEEN |
151
|
382
|
426
|
353
|
659
|
1971
|
| HOME VISITS MADE |
162
|
328
|
332
|
268
|
330
|
1420
|
| NEW CLIENTS REFERRED |
82
|
222
|
173
|
145
|
158
|
780
|
| TELEPHONE CONTACT W/CLIENTS |
368
|
723
|
990
|
1008
|
1284
|
4373
|
| COLLATERAL PHONE CONTACTS |
359
|
834
|
963
|
1023
|
2035
|
5214
|
| REFERRAL TO Elder Services HOME CARE |
11
|
45
|
51
|
41
|
34
|
182
|
| REFERRAL TO ES RESPITE |
0
|
10
|
13
|
19
|
6
|
48
|
| REFERRAL TO ES HDM |
0
|
22
|
21
|
32
|
21
|
96
|
| REFERRAL TO ES OTHER |
2
|
10
|
29
|
45
|
79
|
165
|
| REFERRAL TO FRIENDLY VISITORS |
19
|
32
|
13
|
10
|
23
|
97
|
| REFERRAL TO SSI/SS |
29
|
14
|
12
|
19
|
12
|
86
|
| REFERRAL TO TOWN NURSE |
1
|
1
|
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| REFERRAL TO TOWN SOCIAL WORKER |
14
|
14
|
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| REFERRALS FROM TOWN NURSE |
0
|
0
|
1
|
21
|
7
|
29
|
| REFERRALS FROM TOWN S.W |
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
| REFEREALS FROM SELF |
0
|
39
|
57
|
99
|
195
|
|
| REFERRALS FROM VNA |
0
|
15
|
17
|
12
|
44
|
|
| REFERRALS FROM ELDER SERVICES |
0
|
1
|
13
|
1
|
15
|
|
| REFERRALS FROM OTHER |
0
|
27
|
49
|
54
|
130
|
|
| FOOD STAMPS |
11
|
122
|
97
|
12
|
25
|
267
|
| FUEL ASSISTANCE |
0
|
0
|
49
|
88
|
103
|
240
|
| MASS HEALTH |
0
|
0
|
27
|
22
|
29
|
78
|
| ASSISTANCE IN HOUSING SEARCH |
14
|
69
|
115
|
78
|
81
|
357
|
| ASSISTANCE IN TRANSPORTATION SEARCH |
0
|
48
|
136
|
77
|
66
|
327
|
| ADVOCACY TO STATE/PRIVATE AGENCIES |
85
|
425
|
763
|
487
|
196
|
1956
|
| ADVOCACY TO DRUG CO/DRS. |
21
|
107
|
85
|
72
|
50
|
335
|
| MEETINGS/WORKSHOPS/TRAINING STATE |
19
|
62
|
66
|
36
|
8
|
191
|
| MEETINGS/WORKSHOPS/TRAINING PRIVATE |
27
|
45
|
35
|
55
|
78
|
240
|
| CAREGIVING SEMINAR |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
7
|
7
|
| RESPITE VISIT DONE BY VOLUNTEERS |
0
|
50
|
41
|
29
|
0
|
120
|
| # HRS GRANT WORK |
0
|
145
|
101
|
84
|
26
|
356
|
| BENEFIT SCREENING |
14
|
55
|
37
|
50
|
138
|
294
|
| FILE OF LIFE |
25
|
153
|
85
|
87
|
97
|
447
|
| KNOX BOXES |
0
|
19
|
24
|
34
|
23
|
100
|
| LIFE LINE |
0
|
24
|
44
|
44
|
42
|
154
|
| SAFE RETURN |
0
|
7
|
38
|
9
|
54
|
|
| I&R |
9
|
0
|
78
|
82
|
163
|
332
|
| CHRISTMAS BASKETS |
0
|
10
|
18
|
27
|
10
|
65
|
| OTHER |
0
|
0
|
85
|
157
|
82
|
324
|
| TOTAL |
1408
|
3956
|
4999
|
4680
|
6062
|
21105
|
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