Aging in Hingham - Town of Hingham Massachusetts

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AcknowledgementsThe authors gratefully acknowledge the contributions of the Town of Hingham Department ofElder Services. Barbara Farnsworth, Director of Elder Services, the Council on Aging LongRange Planning Committee and the full Council on Aging provided valued leadership indefining the scope and focus of the project. Collectively they collaborated with theresearchers to bring the project to a successful conclusion, helping to identify key researchquestions, secure funding, and determine the content of the community survey.We thank the Hingham Department of Elder Services and the Massachusetts ExecutiveOffice of Elder Affairs for their financial support of the project.We appreciate the contributions and insights of the many Town officials and communitymembers who participated in interviews and focus groups. We especially thank the manyresidents of Hingham who completed a survey in support of our data collection.Jan Mutchler, Caitlin Coyle, and Hayley Gravette, from the Gerontology Department &Institute, University of Massachusetts Boston, are responsible for the contents of this report.COUNCIL ON AGINGGretchen CondonEdward FordJune FreedmanLeah GodfreyChrisanne Gregoire, ChairmanJoan IovinoNorma JacksonArthur LeMayDick PonteBeth RouleauPhotography by Kate Richardson.8
Table of ContentsI. Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 10II. Background ...................................................................................................................... 10III. Methodology ..................................................................................................................... 13IV. Results .............................................................................................................................. 16Demographic results from Census 2010 ....................................................................... 16Social and Economic Results from the American Community Survey ......................... 21Results from the Hingham Community Survey of Boomers and Seniors ..................... 26Results from the Focus Groups ...................................................................................... 48Results from the Key Informant Interviews .................................................................... 50V. Summary and Recommendations .................................................................................. 53VI. References ....................................................................................................................... 54VII. Appendices ....................................................................................................................... 55Appendix A: Community Survey ....................................................................................... 56Appendix B: Detailed tables from the Hingham community survey ............................. 649
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Page 4: Where do we go from here?The study
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Page 12 and 13: I. IntroductionAging in Hingham: A
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Page 16 and 17: Survey Sample SelectionMunicipal ce
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12. Do you require help with househ
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22. Below is a list of problems one
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Section H. Current & Future Retirem
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Appendix B: Detailed tables from th
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Q3. Who do you live with? (Check al
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Q5. About how many friends or relat
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Q7. Do you provide unpaid care or a
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Q10: How would you rate your overal
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Q12-14. Do you require help with ho
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Q16. Over the last month, how often
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Q18. The following are activities a
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Q20. Outside of the Hingham Senior
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Q21: Expanded content: How familiar
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Q23: How many years have you lived
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Q24: Do you live in Hingham year-ar
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Q26. Please indicate your level of
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Q29. Hingham Elder Services provide
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Q30. [Asked of respondents who driv
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Q32: In the past 6 months, when you
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Q33. Are you retired?All agesBoomer
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Q35. [Asked of those who are not re
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Q37. Gender: Are you (check one)?Al
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Q39. Race: Are you ?Q40. Do you con
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Q42. What is the highest level of e
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Q44. What was your total family inc
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