Transforming Health Care for Older Adults in California
Our health care system is failing to support the health, vitality, and well-being of Californians as they age. This Action Framework provides a blueprint for change, includes data and trends over time to show us where we are doing well and where we can do better, and highlights specific actions that funders, policymakers, and advocates can take.
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We Need to Act Now
At Archstone Foundation, we believe that meeting the needs of older Californians and their caregivers requires large scale, systemic change that effectively integrates our health care and social service systems. All of this is done with an emphasis on justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion.
Where Do We Start?
By providing funding and resources, supporting policy development, and advocating for change, we can help expand the capacity and integration of provider teams and systems, which can improve the health and well-being of older adults and caregivers in California.
Our steps for improvement
- Catalyze Change Through Funding and Resources, Policy Development and Advocacy
- Expand Capacity and Integration of Health and Social Services within Communities
- Improve Health and Well-being of Older Adults and Caregivers
Tracking Our Progress
Any action we take must be based on the best available evidence and should produce measurable improvements. Use the tabs below to learn more about some of the data features in the Action Framework.
Graphs highlight where California is making progress and where we are falling short.
Historic data help visualize changes over the past decade and projected trend lines help us see where California is likely to be by 2030 if nothing changes.
Each graph also includes an accelerated action line that challenges us to do better. In most cases, the accelerated action value for 2030 was set as a 20 percent improvement in the predicted value for 2030. We selected this target as a meaningful goal that would be attainable if we work together.
In the Action Framework, users can see data across characteristics of interest, including race, ethnicity, language, sex, federal poverty level, and urban/rural location.
Roughly 2 in 3 older Californians — more than 5.6 million people — had needs in 2020 that were not fully met by health and social service systems.
Explore the Action Framework
Select a box below to get started! A full list of measures included in the Action Framework can be found under the FAQs. And you can easily jump to any part of the Framework by clicking “Explore the Framework” on the navigation bar at the top of the page.