Age Like a
Champion
Aging in Texas Conference
July 29, 2015
The Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services
(DADS) oversees the provision of long-term services for:
• Adults and children with medical or physical disabilities,
• Older adults (60+) and caregivers, and
• Adults and children with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
DADS also:
• Regulates nursing homes and other long-term care facilities, and
• Provides other services and opportunities for community
involvement.
DADS Vision and Mission
Vision: Aging Texans and individuals with disabilities
will be supported by a comprehensive and costeffective service delivery system that promotes and
enhances individual well-being, dignity, and choice.
Mission: To provide a comprehensive array of aging
and disability services, supports, and opportunities that
are easily accessed in local communities.
Age Well Live Well focus on:
•
Improving the physical health of Texans and the state
•
Creating awareness of aging issues and resources offered through Age
Well Live Well partners and the aging and disability network
•
Providing opportunities for Texans to volunteer with older adults and
people with disabilities
•
Engaging local communities in collaborative partnerships that benefit
everyone
Age Well Live Well Programs:
• Texercise a health and wellness promotions program that aims to
improve the quality of life of older adults and people with disabilities
through education and engagement in healthy lifestyle habits.
•
Volunteer…You’ll be amazed is an invitation to volunteer with older
adults and people with disabilities in Texas. Connecting with others will
expand your world and theirs. Learn new skills while helping others.
•
Silver Lining a partnership between DADS and Girl Scouts offers
Scouts the opportunity to volunteer in nursing homes and assisted living
facilities.
The Changing Face of Texas
In 2012, Texas’s population was more than
25 million and nearly 4 million (15%) were
60 years or older.
It is estimated that by 2030 Texas’s 60 plus
population will increase to over 6 million
(20%).
An increase of almost 25% from 2012.
The Changing Face of Texas
Baby Boomers
Challenges of an Aging Population
• The U.S. spends more on health care than
any other industrialized nation in the
world.
• In 2013, U.S. health care spending
increased 3.6 percent to $2.9 trillion =
$9,255 per person.
• In 2013, averaged out-of-pocket health
care spending for people 65 and older was
$5,069, an increase of 35%.
• By 2022, national health spending is
expected to comprise 20 percent of the
gross domestic product.
The Cost of Overweight/Obesity in
Texas Adults
In 2012
– 65.9 percent of adult Texans were
overweight
– 27.7 percent obese
By 2030 the Texas adult obesity rate will
reach 57.2 percent.
Challenges of an Aging Population
• Cardiovascular diseases are
among the 10 most frequent
causes of hospitalization of
people 45 years and older in
Texas
• More than 1.8 million Texans
have diagnosed diabetes and an
estimated 440,468 additional
Texans with undiagnosed
diabetes
The High Cost of Inactivity
Preventable illness makes up
approximately 80% of the
burden of illness and 90% of all
healthcare costs.
Benefits of Exercise
People who participate in physical
activity on a regular basis lower
their risk of developing a chronic
disease by 30–50%.
Texercise, a statewide
health promotions
initiative, aims to
educate and involve
individuals and
communities in physical
activities and proper
nutrition.
Age Like a Champion, a training program that
promotes healthy habits through four training
components:
1. TRAIN Like a Champion
2. EAT Like a Champion
3. THINK Like a Champion
4. LIVE Like a Champion
Age Like a Champion Resources for Host Sites:
 How-to guide
 Planning calendar
 Certificate of completion
 Texercise resources and incentives
TRAIN Like a Champion
Highlights the importance physical activity has on our health and
longevity.
Benefits of Exercise:
 Promotes healthy muscles, bones,
and joints
 Increases stamina
 Reduces the cost of medical care
 Improves sense of well-being
 Enhances social life
 Improves mental health related
symptoms
Programs and Resources:
 Texercise Classic and Select*
 Matter of Balance
 Walk Across Texas
 ICAA Get Active
 ICAA Walking for Fitness
 GetFitTexas!
 Texercise DVD
 Lunch and Learn guest speakers
EAT Like a Champion
Emphasizes the role proper nutrition plays in preventing chronic
conditions and living well.
Benefits of Eating Healthy:
 Reduces risk of chronic diseases
 Promotes energy
 Improves sense of well-being
Programs and Resources:
 Texercise nutrition resources
 Dinner Tonight
 Do Well Be Well
 Famers Markets/Farm-to-Work
 Lunch and Learn guest speakers
THINK Like a Champion
Focuses on memory retention and stress reduction through programs
and resources that exercise the mind and alleviate stress.
Benefits of Brain Health:
 Improves sense of well-being
 Enhances social life
 Improves mental health related
symptoms
 Improves quality of sleep
Programs and Resources:
 ICAA Brain Aerobics
 ICAA 10 Exercises for Your Brain
 Master of Memory
 AARP Brain Health Center
 Meditation
 Sudoku
 Lunch and Learn guest speakers
LIVE Like a Champion
Accentuates preventative health behaviors for aging well such as flu shots,
health screenings, tobacco cessation and other preventative health behaviors.
Benefits of Prevention Efforts:
 Reduces risk of illness
 Increases early detection of
illness
 Reduces medical care cost
 Increases awareness of
importance of healthy lifestyle
behaviors
Programs and Resources:
 Texercise Resources
 DSHS Building Healthy Texans
Program
 Texas A&M AgriLIFE Extension
Personal Medication Chart
 Tobacco Cessation programs
 Lunch and Learn guest speakers
from the Area Agency on Aging or
the Aging and Disability Resource
Center
Age Like a Champion for Everyone
Tools and resources to help people make healthy lifestyle changes.
Educational resources to help create understanding
of the importance of a healthy lifestyle behaviors.
Motivational resources to encourage participation
and adoption of healthy habits.
Recognition resources to formally recognize
participants efforts.
Partner
DADS aims to improve the lives of older Texans and people with disabilities across Texas
through comprehensive programs and services to enhance their well-being, dignity and
choice.
DADS programs and services ensure Texans are better prepared to age and live well.
Programs and Resources:
 Texercise Classic – a 12-week program in which group participants meet weekly
and exercise together.
 Texercise Select – an evidence-based program in which group participants meet
twice a week for 10-weeks and learn about healthy lifestyle behaviors while
exercising.
 GetFitTexas! – a free, online physical activity tracker.
 Age Well Live Well – resources to educate Texans on health and wellness,
volunteerism and information awareness.
 Volunteer…You’ll be Amazed! – resources to help Texans find out how and
where to volunteer.
Partner
International Council on Active Aging (ICAA) promotes Active Aging as a solution to
improving the quality of life for older adults. Their efforts are directed at helping businesses
excel in serving the 50+ population, and at helping that population serve itself.
Programs and Resources:
 Active Aging Week – a campaign that aims to give as many older adults as
possible the means to experience wellness activities and exercise in a safe,
supportive environment.
 Get Active – a handout that provides tips on being physically active.
 Walking Center – a webpage that provides links to various resources for walking.
 Brain Aerobics – a resource that provides various ways to exercise the brain.
 Preventive Foot Health – a webpage with information and links on foot health.
*ICAA has many useful resources on their website (www.icaa.cc) that can be used as
part of Age Like a Champion.
Partner
Texas AgriLIFE Extension Service helps improve the lives of people, businesses and
communities across Texas through high-quality, community-based education.
AgriLIFE programs ensure Texans are better prepared to eat well, stay healthy, manage
money, and raise their children to be successful adults.
Programs and Resources:
 Dinner Tonight – weekly video demonstrations of healthy meals, includes recipes.
 Master of Memory – a six-lesson series that helps people evaluate and improve their
memory function.
 Walk Across Texas – a fitness program to help participants adopt the habit of regular,
moderate intensity exercise.
 Medication Management – a program that helps people comply with instructions for
taking medications, as well as how to safely sort and store their medications.
 Do Well, Be Well with Diabetes – a series of classes that teach participants how to
manage diabetes.
 Master Wellness Volunteers – a 40-hour training course with certification. Certified
Master Wellness Volunteers give back a minimum of 40 hours in volunteer outreach and
training.
Partner
Texas’ 28 area agencies on aging (AAA) help Texans 60 and older, their family
members and/or other caregivers receive the information and assistance they need to
locate and access community services to help them live with dignity and choice in their
homes and communities for as long as possible.
The Texas AAA offer an array of health and volunteer opportunities in their
communities.
Programs and Resources:
 Matter of Balance – Eight, two-hour sessions designed to help people 60 and
older reduce their fear of falling through group discussion, problem solving strategies
and increasing their physical activity levels.
 Lunch and Learn guest speaker – representatives from the area agencies on
aging make great guest speakers and can provide sessions on caregiver supports,
medication screening, care coordination and health/wellness supports available.
Partner
The Aging & Disability Resource Centers (ADRCs) help simplify access to longterm care by providing one point of contact for people who need help. ADRCs cut
through the confusing maze of funding sources, multiple intake systems and eligibility
processes.
The ADRCs also help educate residents on local programs and services.
Programs and Resources:
 Lunch and Learn guest speaker – representatives from the ADRCs make great
guest speakers on
 Disability and long-term care services and living arrangements
 Health and behavioral health
 Adult protective services
 Employment and training for people with disabilities
 Home maintenance
 Nutrition, and
 Personal care and attendant services.
What resources does your local area
offer?
Take Age Like a Champion Challenge
1.
Contact Texercise to get the Age Like a Champion how-to
guide.
2.
Decide the duration and the start/end dates for your training
program.
3.
Identify the programs you will offer for the four key areas.
4.
Create awareness of your training program and start recruiting
participants.
Contact Us
Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services
Texercise Program
Phone: 512.438.3631
Email: Texercise@dads.state.tx.us
Web: www.Texercise.com