About us

The goal of national Community Partnerships for Older Adults program is to foster community partnerships to improve long term care and supportive services systems to meet the current and future needs of older adults.

Milwaukee’s community partnership, Connecting Caring Communities, is funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Community Partnership for Older Adults  program. The four year implementation project is one of eight funded nationally by the Foundation.  Milwaukee’s Connecting Caring Communities also receives generous support from its local funding partners: the Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Helen Bader Foundation, and Faye McBeath Foundation.

Connecting Caring Communities is a project that strengthens the system of long term care for Milwaukee County’s older adults through developing, nurturing, and supporting partnerships with all stakeholders. Its 4 project components include:

• Caregiver Retention: working with employers and caregivers to improve efforts to retain the direct care workforce and thereby the quality of care provided to older adults.
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• Communication: expanding the understanding of what long term care is, how to find  it, and the importance of planning for care before a need arises.
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• Developing a Layton Blvd. Corridor of Aging Excellence where older people in the neighborhood are able to age in place and contribute to the neighborhood.
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• Connecting older adults with existing resources in the Sherman Park Neighborhood of Linkages in order to meet their needs for safety, socialization, and transportation
  Connecting Caring Communities:

Our Mission:  To strengthen the system of long-term care for Milwaukee County's older adults through developing, nurturing, and supporting partnerships with all stakeholders.
 
Our Vision:  Stakeholders work together to improve the care and services available to older adults, resulting in a community where older people are able to draw upon and contribute to the resources of their neighborhoods and the community at large.  When older people need long-term care, it is available, easily accessible, affordable and of high quality.