Aging and Disability Services (ADS) needs community input! As the Area Agency on Aging for Seattle-King County, ADS prepares a new Area Plan on Aging for King County every four years, which guides their decision and funding priorities. Work on the 2012-2015 Area Plan is now underway, but ADS needs to hear Seattle and King County residents. Residents of all ages are invited to complete an online questionnaire. People age 60+, adults with disabilities, and family caregivers are especially encouraged to respond.

The questionnaire is posted at www.agingkingcounty.org. You can also get there via an article in Seniors Digest about the planning process. Print copies are available on request.

Responses from this questionnaire will inform development of strategies to promote quality of life, independence and choice for older people and adults with disabilities, which will be carried out over the next four years. Everybody is aging, so everybody should care. For more information about the Area Plan on Aging or the questionnaire, contact ADS planner Karen Winston (206-684-0706).