Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-1982
College/Unit
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
Department/Program/Center
Social Work
Abstract
The rural agency on aging did not – could not – engage in effective social planning because it was charged with a full range of responsibilities for sub-state decisionmaking among competing grant applicants. Several aspects of the Area Agency on Aging (AAA) planning mission are identified and discussed including “plan preparation”, rational decision-making, sub-state allocations and needs meeting. Widespread acceptance of the legitimacy of AAA planning goals generated three alternative models, which are termed the case management, inter-organizational and community structural approaches. More effective approaches to rural social planning might have combined elements of these three approaches in a regional planning strategy.
Digital Commons Citation
Lohmann, Roger A., "Comprehensive What? Coordination of Whom? Area Agencies on Aging and the Planning Mandate (Revised)" (1982). Faculty & Staff Scholarship. 1127.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/faculty_publications/1127
Source Citation
An earlier version of this article was published as “Comprehensive What? Coordination of Whom? AAA’s and the Planning Mandate” in the Journal of Applied Gerontology. Volume 1. June, 1982. 126-140.