An Initiative of the NC Center for Health & Wellness (NCCHW) at UNC Asheville.
Established in 2016, Healthy Aging NC serves as North Carolina’s Statewide Resource for Evidence-Based Programs and provides support to North Carolina’s 16 Area Agencies on Aging and other clinical and community based organizations to help develop, integrate, and sustain health and wellness program delivery to improve the quality of life, healthcare costs, outcomes, and overall wellness of all adults in North Carolina.
For more information and programs, visit our website: www.healthyagingnc.com
The Healthy Aging NC website:
- Connects people to the programs and agencies that improve community health
- Increases the capacity of providers to offer these programs
- Maintains the website with current program information and online registration systems
- Collects and analyzes data to report results
- Platform for agencies offering classes and participants to enroll online
- Access to healthy aging resources, webinars, training, and current news
Resource Development
- Offer training and support for creating culturally competent programs
- Support innovation in the areas of clinical-community integration, programming across the continuum of care, and referral pathways
- Resources include: lessons learned; sample media and marketing templates; and continuum of care toolkits for programs.
Data and Reports
- Reduce administrative burden of agencies offering programs with data entry, analysis, and reporting
Community Support Activities
We support health promotion programs and leaders across the state by offering free and low-cost leader training in collaboration with the Area Agencies on Aging, as grant funding allows.
NCCHW also leads the NC Falls Prevention Coalition with statewide partners. We bring together multidisciplinary partners from across the state to provide community support, materials, and education to reduce injuries and deaths from falls among adults in NC.
We provide training and support to help agencies reach all populations. Activities include: cultural competence training, maintaining toolkits on our website, and sharing experiences on engaging hard to reach populations.
We support efficiency and effectiveness of evidence-based programs by collaborating with the NC Division of Aging to ensure that: programs are offered with fidelity, providers meet the requirements to achieve health outcomes, and the accountability of all resources.