Healthy Aging Regional Collaborative

In two years, 10,000 Americans will turn 65 every day, and will continue to do so for the next 20 years. More than 800,000 residents of Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe Counties are age 60 and over. As these numbers rapidly rise, so does the need to effectively address the health and economic challenges of an aging society.

Introducing the Healthy Aging Regional Collaborative of South Florida.  Health Foundation of South Florida created and is dedicating $7.5 million in grants over five years for this initiative to promote and preserve the health of older adults. Since the Collaborative was launched in 2008, more than 6,400 older adults have learned how to stay healthy and independent through science-based healthy aging programs.

More than 6,400 older adults have been reached since the Collaborative was formed last year. Nonprofit organizations in Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties will be able to help older adults stay healthy and independent by offering programs recently funded by Health Foundation of South Florida. As part of the Foundation’s Healthy Aging Regional Collaborative, evidence-based prevention programs for chronic disease self-management, fall prevention, physical activity and depression will be offered by aging services and health care providers.
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