aging in place in ventura county: addressing a new challenge

Aging in Place in Ventura County: Addressing a New Challenge 3/14/2011

Aging in Place in Ventura County:Addressing a New Challenge

Searching for Solutions to Current and Future Challenges to a Growing DemographicCase Study: City of Thousand Oaks

UP 206A: Introduction to GIS Instructor: Leo Estrada

TA: Nic Jay Aulston / Peter Capone-Newton

Presented by Dao DoanMarch 14, 2011

Sources: US Census Bureau/American FactFinder;US Dept of Labor, US Bureau of Labor Statistics (2009) Thousand Oaks Council on AgingCivic VenturesCity of Thousand Oaks GIS DeptPhotos and sketches by Dao Doan


The Issues:

1. Growing Aging Population (Starting in 2012, about 10,000 people will become 65 every day)

2. Economic and Social Impactsa) Housing and Mobilityb) Servicesc) Family

3. Life Transitions

Source: Civic Ventures


The Challenges:

1. Desire to age in place is high. But sprawl is unfriendly to seniors2. Urban Opportunities and Constraints3. High expenses in housing, transportation, food and health care (65% of

combined income)4. Search for and study alternatives

• Local• County• Region

The Objectives:

5. Education/Outreach6. Affect Policies:

• Housing• Land use• Mobility

The Approach:Study case studies and concepts

US Dept of Labor, US Bureau of Labor Statistics (2009)


Types of transitions with impact on/by built environment:

1. Retirement (no longer needing to live near work with the freedom to act upon other values that move up in importance)

2. Changes in health status, aging changes or onset of disability3. Dissolution of a family union such as divorce or loss of spouse4. Need or desire to be geographically located next to children or family5. Financial status change

The Players:

6. Thousand Oaks Council on Aging7. Ventura County Civic Alliance (VCCA)8. Conejo Future Foundation9. Ventura County Quality of Life Task Force (professionals seeking to better design senior services for

Baby Boomers)

10. Ventura County Area Agency on Aging (VCAAA)11. Local Business Leaders and Concerned Residents


Ventura County:

• Population: over 800,000• 65 and over: Close to 12%• Approximate land area: 1,850 S.M. • 10 Cities

1. Camarillo2. Fillmore3. Moorpark4. Ojai5. Oxnard6. Port Hueneme7. Santa Paula8. Simi Valley9. Thousand Oaks10. Ventura

• Case study: Thousand Oaks• Thousand Oaks Blvd• Neighborhood center


The next steps as defined in prior presentation:

1. Identify poverty pockets2. Identify potential services for seniors within subject boundary 3. Identify potential opportunity for in-fill or adaptive rehab sites4. Create concept vision of future development5. Identify policies targeted for reform6. Advocate reform through public outreach

Technical steps for this presentation:

1. Clean up graphic and data presentation2. Search for and research new data to incorporate into presentation, i.e.

parcel maps and topographical maps3. Explore other features in GIS


Analysis:

Senior population distribution in 3 categories:• 55-64 (second largest group)• 65-74 (smallest group)• 75 and over (largest group)There are subtle differences in population distribution, with the largest concentration of 75 and over in Thousand Oaks and Oxnard


Poverty:

Although considered a relatively affluent county, Ventura is not immune to pockets of poverty level, especially among seniors, who are more dependent on access and mobility than others


Case Study-Thousand Oaks

• One can observe that in some tracts some 75-and-older groups are congregated closer to town than the other two groups.

• In Thousand Oaks there are more seniors in the 55-64 group than the 65-74 or 75 and over groups.


Identification of key landmarks:

• Hospital• Emergency

Response• Retail and Services• Public Transit• Civic (Library, Post

Office, DMV, City Hall, Performance Center)

City-wide Analysis:


Review of poverty situation:

• There are areas of poverty concentration in more urbanized sections

• Some areas around Thousand Oaks Blvd indicate need of focus. TO Blvd is an area of opportunity

City-wide Analysis:


Examples of existing amenities


Primarily commercial corridor

Numerous retail and commercial services

Current Specific Plan under consideration

Opportunities for Mixed Use redevelopment

Potential densification

Proximity to various Civic and public amenities

Potential future downtown

Case study 1: Thousand Oaks Blvd


Advocate change of land use policies to promote walkable neighborhoods through adaptive rehabilitation of existing building stock


Case study 2: Newbury Park

Explore opportunities for redevelopment of in a neighborhood


Objective: Create model to buffer important landmarks and assess proximity of population to such landmarks. They are:

• Hospital• Emergency Response• Retail and Services• Public Transit• Civic (Library, Post Office, DMV, City Hall, Performance Center)

Modeling:


• Creating Maps with data from American FactFinder (Slide 5)• Exporting/Clipping Cities of the County (Slides 5, 6, 7)• Exporting/Selecting Road attributes, Creating new layers (Slides 8, 9, 10)• Symbolizing features of population (6, 7, 8, 9, 10)• Exploring with colors and transparencies• Exploring with symbologies• Creating and symbolizing population groups (6, 7, 8)• Clipping of attributes (5, 6, 7, 8)• Selecting and extracting attributes (all spatial slides)• Selecting and symbolizing attributes (all spatial slides)• Creating new layers (all spatial slides)• Creating and dissolving buffer (9, 11, 12, 15)• Researching, obtaining and creating new topo and parcel layers (slides 11, 12, 15)• Exploring modeling (slide 18)• Made lots of and learned from mistakes (all spatial slides)

Summary of skills


The End

Epilogue: The road to GISdom is littered with disastrous mistakes… but this old dog has learned new tricks…

aging in place in ventura county: addressing a new challenge

Documents

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dao doan aging

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us bureau of labor statistics

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