Center for Aging & Community

The University of Indianapolis Center for Aging and Community is one of Indiana’s leading gerontology centers, serving as a nationally recognized model for its interdisciplinary approach to developing partnerships between higher education and the community. The Center is a champion for advancing the new reality of older adults as community and family assets and improving the quality of life for older adults in Indianapolis and beyond. Guided by its two focus areas, Aging in Place and Meaningful Work for Older Adults, the Center offers programming specifically designed to improve the ability of community organizations to serve older adults effectively.

As a Center of Excellence of the University of Indianapolis, the Center for Aging and Community enhances and broadens the institution’s reputation, making it the university of choice for students committed to improving knowledge and skills related to gerontology in a community context.

Elders at the Table A Community Planning Initiative

Working on behalf of the Indianapolis Retirement Home Fund (IRHF), a Central Indiana Community Foundation Fund, CAC initiated Elders at the Table (EAT), A Community Planning Initiative in October 2007.

The EAT initiative convened four work groups to explore the issues and opportunities associated with food and meal programs for older adults in Central Indiana. After six months of dedicated effort, the work groups offered their recommendations to the IRHF at an Elders at the Table Round-Up meeting on Tuesday, April 8.

View a summary of the process and resulting recommendations (PowerPoint)

For more information about EAT, please contact Project Director Kay Crawford, dcrawford@uindy.edu or call (317) 791-5934