Ohio Campaign for Better Care
Main Goals:
To fundamentally change the health care
delivery system to improve care for older adults with multiple health conditions
To create and strong, independent and lasting consumer voice by organizing older
adults and their families as activists for better care
The Problem: Americans Are Living Longer but Often Sicker, with Multiple, Complex Health Conditions
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Who’s At Risk?
Chronic Conditions Disproportionately Affect Older Adults
Older adults are more likely to have multiple chronic conditions. Nine in ten
Americans (age 65 +) have at least one chronic health condition, and 77 percent
have multiple chronic conditions.
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Lack of Care Coordination: The Cost to Families and Caregivers
Our Fragmented Health Care System Often Fails
to Coordinate Care for the Growing Number
of Older Adults with Multiple Chronic Health Conditions, Leaving This Crucial
Work to Family
Caregivers
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Our Fragmented Health Care System: The Cost to Society
Costs Related to Treating Chronic Conditions
Could Soon Overwhelm Patients, Families and
Caregivers – And Inevitably Lead to a Strain on the System
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Ohio Campaign for Better Care Endorsers:
as of 4-2-10 Click here
for CBC endorsement form.
Ohio Campaign for Better Care
1. AFSCME Council 8 www.afscmecouncil8.org
2. Alliance for Retired Americans – Ohio
www.retiredamericans.org/sites/ohioretiredamericans.org
3. American Cancer Society - Ohio Chapter
www.cancer.org
4. Benjamin Rose Institute www.benrose.org
5. Cerebral Palsy Association of Ohio
www.cerebralpalsy.org/cerebral-palsy-assistance/ohio
6. Fairhill Partners
www.fairhillpartners.org
7. Faith Community Alliance of Greater Cincinnati
8. Guernsey County Senior Citizens Center, Inc
www.guernseysenior.org.
9. Legal Aid Society of Southwest Ohio
http://www.lascinti.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41&Itemid=
10. National Alliance for Mental Illness – Ohio
www.namiohio.org
11. National Multiple Sclerosis Society – Ohio Chapter
www.nmss.org.
12. Ohio Association of Area Agencies on Aging
www.ohioaging.org
13. Ohio Council of Churches
www.ohcouncilchs.org
14. Progress Ohio www.progressohio.org
15. SEIU Ohio www.seiu1199.org
16. Southwest Ohio Caregivers Coalition
17. UHCAN Ohio*
http://www.uhcanohio.org/ohiocampaignforbettercare.htm
18. United Food and Commercial Workers
http://www.ufcw1059.com/
19. We Believe Ohio www.webelieveohio.org
Click here for CBC endorsement form.
If you have questions about the Ohio Campaign for better care, contact Cathy Levine, clevine@uhcanohio.org.