Press Information & Guidelines
IOA serves as a resource for reporters, advocates, and other professionals covering issues related to aging in the Bay Area. IOA experts are available to the news media for:
- Interviews on a wide range of issues related to aging, including community resources, caregiving, creativity and art for older adults, memory loss and cognitive impairment, mental health, depression, sleep disorders, grief and loss, suicide in the elderly, end of life issues, elder abuse prevention, spiritual support, and more.
- Access to persons involved in adult day programs, art programs, and other programs to help people live independently, in their homes and in the community.
- Comment on breaking news
Media Contact: Cecily Peterson, cpeterson@ioaging.org, (415) 750-4180 x226
Format for Citations:
Any programs referred to in the press should be listed as:
- “Institute on Aging’s [program name],” or
- “[Program Name], a program of Institute on Aging…”
- Experts interviewed should also be linked with the organization, as well as the program if relevant.
IOA Statistics (based on fiscal year 05/06):
- Institute on Aging was incorporated as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization in 1985.
- Active employees: 400
- Programs: 16, providing 51 services
- Professionals served through IOA trainings and workshops: 8,900 annually
- Hours of service provided: 650,000 annually
- Clients served: 20,000 annually
- Income Levels served: All
- Ages served: Disabled adults 18 or older, and seniors age 55 or older (varies by program)
- California Counties Served: San Francisco, Marin, San Mateo, Santa Clara (with a nationally available 24-hour Friendship Line phone program for isolated, depressed, or suicidal elders)
Recent Achievements:
- In 2007 IOA received a $400K grant from the Archstone Foundation to establish Northern California's only Elder Abuse Forensics Center.
- In 2006 IOA received the “Above and Beyond Award” from San Francisco’s Adult Protective Services for contributions to the field of elder abuse.
- Dr. Glenna Dowling, RN, PhD, Director of IOA Research Center, was inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, November 2006.
- IOA’s Center for Elders and Youth in the Arts (CEYA) received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in April, 2006 and opened 8 exhibitions at senior sites in the Bay Area.
- ElderShelter, run by IOA’s Consortium for the Elder Abuse Prevention, was selected to recieve the California Association of Homes and Services for the Aged's (CAHSA) 2004 Social Responsibility Award, which recognizes exemplary housing programs that have demonstrated a commitment to social justice and equal opportunity for ethnic and/or minority persons.