January 2014 Luncheon & Meeting

Dr. Jaclyn Faffer

Chair, The Collier County Leadership Coalition on Aging

Coming Together For a Common Cause: Our Seniors

We suspected that there are many older adults living in our beautiful, vital community who are struggling to get by; who have concerns about safety, medical care, and information; who have unmet needs for companionship, socialization, and more. Our suspicions have been confirmed.

Dr. Jaclynn Faffer, Chair of the Leadership Coalition on Aging – Collier (LCA), will tell us how some thirty community agencies are working “to enrich the lives of all Collier County seniors and their caregivers by way of resource sharing, education, advocacy, and community outreach.” Dr. Faffer, who is President/CEO of Jewish Family & Community Services of Southwest Florida (JFCS), will share the information gathered in an LCA-sponsored needs assessment conducted by Florida Gulf Coast University’s Department of Social Work. We will also learn about the senior center (Collier’s first!) to open in Naples in January, followed closely by a center in Golden Gate.