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Demographics of APS clients aged 65 and over
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Council Member Hudson inquires about the proportion of APS clients who are 65 years old and over. HRA representatives provide statistics and discuss the implications of serving a significant older adult population.
- 52% of APS clients were 66 and over in 2024
- 54% were 66 and over in 2023
- 26% year-to-date for the current year
- Discussion on the need for planning as the older adult population grows
- Emphasis on collaboration with other organizations and the aging cabinet to address the needs of the aging population
Crystal Hudson
1:34:47
Okay.
1:34:51
Do you know of the the folks in your care and sorry.
1:34:56
Let me just see if I can get to this number.
1:34:59
You said you have 9,105 active cases currently.
1:35:07
Do you know how many of those are for folks 65 years old and over?
John Rojas
1:35:22
The percentage.
Gili Hershkovich-Kim
1:35:23
The percentage.
1:35:24
So for 66 and over for calendar year 2024 was fifty two percent, twenty twenty three fifty four percent, and year to date twenty six percent.
Crystal Hudson
1:35:48
Sorry.
1:35:48
The fifty two percent was for?
Gili Hershkovich-Kim
1:35:50
Fifty two percent for 2024.
Crystal Hudson
1:35:53
'20 '20 '4.
1:35:54
'50 '4 percent in 2023?
Gili Hershkovich-Kim
1:35:56
Yes.
1:35:57
And year to date '26
Crystal Hudson
1:35:58
Year to date this year.
1:35:59
Okay.
1:36:02
Yeah.
1:36:03
So I mean, my argument would be you've got roughly half or just over half Mhmm.
1:36:09
Of the folks in your care are older adults.
1:36:12
So I know that anyone over 18 is eligible and age is not specifically an eligibility requirement.
1:36:18
But I guess my point is that the older adult population is growing exponentially.
1:36:23
And so if you know that at least half of the population you serve are older adults, then I would think that you should be planning to have perhaps an increased need as that population grows older.
1:36:34
Is that something that you all have been thinking about and preparing for?
John Rojas
1:36:40
I mean, when we start when we plan for AP services, I think we we will we we do focus on all our populations that we serve since it's not specifically to senior reason I think we pause is because many times our program is, you know, thought as is exclusively for individuals who are older adults when it's not.
1:36:58
So sometimes we hesitate, we just don't wanna picture But we do serve a large number of older adults.
1:37:05
I think we we are that's ongoing.
1:37:07
I think really the aging committee is where we're having those conversations and then bringing back to in house to have those discussions.
1:37:16
But as we spoke with Councilman Bily, we wanna have that across the board because we wanna make sure we don't duplicate services particularly with aging, the OHMHO.
1:37:23
I think those conversations at a broader level citywide allow us to think more internally, a little more concentrated what what is our role in in as we plan for older adults as the number increases in New York City.
Gili Hershkovich-Kim
1:37:34
Okay.
1:37:35
And also to just to add to what chief Ro has just stated, our services that we provide in house are limited to financial management and a few other services.
1:37:46
Most of the services that we provide to the APS client and oversee are from other entities and that's why the collaboration with other community based organizations, the aging cabinet, the New York City Elder Abuse Center, those collaborations are extremely important especially in planning for the increase of the aging population.