Tuesday, May 6, 2025
5/6/2025
IMPLEMENTING THE GATEKEEPER PROGRAM TO ASSIST OLDER ADULTS - The proposed project will be modeled after the Gatekeeper program, developed in 1978 in Spokane, Washington. It will be the first use of this program to benefit elderly adults within the confines of the state of Colorado and it will include the entirety of the five counties of: Jefferson, Boulder, Gilpin, Clear Creek and Broomfield. This program will be an extensive collaboration with four agencies which have worked together in the past but without the extent of overlap and infrastructure necessary to make this project a success. The four agencies include the Senior Resource Center, Jefferson Center for Mental Health, Tri-West Group Inc., and the Mental Health Center of Boulder County (which is in the process of a name change to the Mental Health Center of Boulder and Broomfield Counties). During this proposed three year project an advisory group will consist of key personnel from the four agencies. They will be joined by constituents of the target population, several agencies and government entities to form an advisory board which will assist in strategic planning, directing the activities of the program, reporting back to their agencies, and looking for opportunities to import the model to their, and other agencies around the state. A coordinator will be hired to conduct implementation of the program elements, area resources for elderly adults will be collated, a centralized 'single-point entry' call center put in place, and outreach teams hired and trained to be sent on referred home visits of elderly adults in need.
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