Address the unique challenges faced by Older Adults
Improving the quality of life for older adults is a priority for communities that value inclusivity and well-being. Polco provides a comprehensive platform designed to address the unique needs of aging populations, offering tools and insights that help local governments and organizations create environments where older adults can thrive.
Understand their needs
Polco’s data-driven insights help you pinpoint the specific needs of older adults in your community, allowing you to craft programs and policies that directly enhance their well-being.
Maximize resource allocation
Polco helps you make informed decisions about resource distribution, ensuring that investments in healthcare, housing, and social services make the greatest positive impact for older residents.
Build social connections
Foster strong community ties by creating opportunities for social engagement and participation, helping older adults feel more connected and valued in your community.
Improve accessibility and affordability
By utilizing Polco’s insights, you can identify and address barriers to critical services like transportation and affordable housing, ensuring older adults have the support they need to lead fulfilling, independent lives.
Engage older adults in policy decisions
Polco provides a platform that makes it easy for older adults to share their opinions and stay involved in decisions that impact their lives, ensuring their voices shape the future of your community.
Support Older Adults with data-driven solutions
Polco’s solutions are crafted to help you gather and analyze data specific to older adults in your community, enabling you to create policies and programs that truly enhance their quality of life. Whether you’re working to improve healthcare, enhance social services, or increase accessibility for older residents, Polco offers the solutions and support you need to succeed.
Community Assessment Survey for Older Adults (CASOA)
The Community Assessment Survey for Older Adults (CASOA) offers an in-depth look at community livability through the lens of older adults. This comprehensive tool captures the unique needs and priorities of aging residents in your jurisdiction and provides valuable comparisons to national trends. Developed by leading experts in survey research and aging services, CASOA delivers actionable insights into how well your community is prepared to support its aging population.
Community Analytics
Polco’s Domain Dashboards provide a detailed view of factors affecting older adults, such as healthcare access, housing, and social engagement. Integrating GPAL data for communities and older adults, these dashboards support aging-in-place services. Community Analytics also enables statewide reporting and comparison groups, helping State Units on Aging and Area Agencies on Aging (AAA) view individual and regional data. This ensures policies are guided by accurate, actionable insights.
Engagement Tools
Involving older adults in decisions that affect their lives is essential for creating a community where they feel valued and supported. Polco’s engagement tools, including online surveys, content posts, and live events, make it easy to gather input from older residents and involve them in the policy-making process. By leveraging these tools, you can build trust and foster a sense of belonging among older residents, ensuring that your community’s initiatives reflect their needs and aspirations.
Strategic Planning for Aging Adults with AI
Polco's AI Strategic Planning Expert offers tailored advice for developing and implementing strategies that enhance the quality of life for older adults. Whether you’re focused on improving healthcare access, expanding affordable housing, or increasing social opportunities for older residents, Polly provides data-driven recommendations that align with your community’s goals. By integrating insights from Polco’s Benchmark Surveys, and Community Analytics, Polly helps you create a comprehensive plan that addresses the unique challenges faced by older adults and promotes their well-being.
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