Supporting Rural Older Adults in Home and Community-Based Settings: Perspectives from Area Agencies on Aging

The University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center has released a new brief exploring strategies to support rural older adults in home and community-based settings.

Older adults in rural communities, especially those who are homebound, face numerous challenges accessing care. This policy brief presents findings from a listening session of six representatives from Area Agencies on Aging across five states: Minnesota, Ohio, Virginia, Vermont, and Washington. The three primary challenges of serving rural older adults in home and community-based settings were transportation challenges, workforce shortages, and technology-related needs.