Demographic Profile of Senior in Wayne County, Michigan

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allow for poverty status calculations for the population 60+, as tabular age breaks were set at 55-64, 65-74 and 75+. Calculations made by the author estimated a decreasing rate of poverty (19.0 percent in 1989 and 17.8 percent in 1999) for seniors in PSA 1-A. While this put PSA 1-A’s rate almost twice that of any other region, the numerical losses resulted in a drop in State share from 23.7 to 20.4 percent. Since the Office of Services to the Aging (OSA) uses 150% of poverty as their measure of socioeconomic distress, the author also made calculations of this factor. Subsequent to these calculations, OSA requested that the Census Bureau produce a special tabulation at 150% of poverty. This special tabulation, essentially mirroring the author’s tabulation, showed that PSA 1-A’s State share was 16.1 percent, representing another decrease over the decade, and had once again been surpassed by PSA 1-B which now contained 19.5 percent of the State share. PSA 1-A experienced significant decreases in State share of total senior population, minority population, and persons below 150% of poverty. While other research attempts to understand the health-related factors that contributed to this loss, the present study dissects PSA 1-A’s service area geographically to in order to understand the differing geographic components of change so that services can be better targeted to areas of need. While the full report features detailed tables for Detroit’s subcommunities, and a brief review of the Empowerment Zone, this summary dissects the region by its nine communities, and then breaks out the City of Detroit by its 10 CRS Sectors, and creates two additional sectors comprised of the other 8 communities – Hamtramck and Highland Park in one, Harper Woods and the five Grosse Pointes in the other. Sector Analysis In 1997 the City of Detroit launched a community-wide effort called the Community Reinvestment Strategy (CRS). This effort divided the city into 10 sectors, which have now been identified as the official sub-zones for city departments to plan and deliver services. As of 2002, the new city administration has initiated a citywide planning effort based on these sectors, with planning staff assigned to sectors. In addition to the Planning Department, these sectors are now recognized by Detroit’s Health Department, Neighborhood City Halls, Youth Services and Senior Services as their planning/service delivery areas. The Health Department has started to deliver health profiles by sector and the Senior Citizens Department commissioned a survey, through Wayne State University’s Institute of Gerontology, that was designed to gather data at the sector level. The Detroit Area Agency on Aging, recognizing the opportunity to utilize multiple sources of information to assist in planning, has accepted these sectors as a reasonable geography for service planning. As DAAA’s service area includes more than just the City of Detroit, the additional cities have been combined (Highland Park and Hamtramck; Harper Woods and the five Grosse Pointes) to form an additional two sectors. The major findings of the sector analysis were the following: • Population change varied greatly among the sectors. Eleven of the 12 lost population, with the largest decreases occurring on the far northeast side of A Demographic Profile of Seniors in PSA 1-A 3
Detroit (sector 2) and in the downtown sector (sector 4). Losses on the west side of town were considerably less, with the one sector (sector 9) showing growth (9.9 percent) lying in the mid-Northwest section and having Eight Mile Rd. as its northern boundary. • The number of White, non-Hispanic seniors decreased in all 12 sectors, while the number of minority seniors decreased in only 5. • While the number of poor seniors decreased in all 12 sectors, the percentage of seniors in poverty rose in six and dropped in six. The highest incidence of poverty was 29.8 percent in the downtown sector (down from 35.4 percent in 1989). The lowest poverty rate, 3.4 percent, was found in the sector encompassing Harper Woods and the Pointes. This rate was virtually unchanged from 3.6 percent ten years earlier. • The high rate of poverty in Sector 4 (downtown) corresponded with the highest incidence of seniors living alone – 62 percent. This association also held for the sector (11) comprised of Highland Park and Hamtramck – a poverty rate of 25.3 percent and a living alone rate of 49.4 percent. • The 2000 Census asked two questions on its long form (sent to one of every six households) that addressed disability issues. All sectors showed similar distributions of the five major disability categories: sensory, physical, mental, self-care, and going outside alone. However, sectors 11, 4 and 3 (southeast Detroit) showed the highest incidence rates of multiple disabilities, with the highest rates of self-care disability as well. Such a fact compounds the issues for seniors in sectors 4 and 11. The high rate of multiple disabilities in Sector 3 can be tied to the fact that this area has the highest number of nursing home residents – almost double that of any other. A Demographic Profile of Seniors in PSA 1-A 4
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Conclusions and Recommendations Whi
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TABLE 1. GENERAL POPULATION TRENDS
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TABLE 1. GENERAL POPULATION TRENDS
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TABLE 2. LIVING ARRANGEMENT TRENDS
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Appendix B Wayne County Maps
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Northville Harper Woods Grosse Poin
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Number of Persons 60 Years of Age a
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Percent of Population 60 Years and
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Population 60 Years of Age and Over
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Percent of Population 60 Years and
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