About LAACHA
Los Angeles Alliance for Community Health & Aging - LAACHA - enhances access and impact of culturally competent health interventions for at risk older adults in Los Angeles County through community and health system collaborations.
OUR LEADERSHIP
The LAACHA Steering Committee provides support, guidance, and overall organizational insight as LAACHA launches its New Direction Plan. The Steering Committee may be composed of up to nine agency positions, whose personnel belong to either governmental agencies or community based organizations. The current LAACHA Steering Committee members are Los Angeles County Departments of Mental Health, Health Services, Aging and Disabilities and Public Health; the City of Los Angeles Department of Aging; Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California; Partners in Care Foundation; Watts Labor Community Action Committee; Wise & Healthy Aging, Front Porch and community and family caregiver representatives.
WHO WE ARE
We create spaces for in-person and virtual meetings to provide LAACHA members and community partners opportunities to network, gain new knowledge, explore, and generate new ideas, develop solutions, and take action.
We bridge the divides that exist among cross-sector organizations by sharing information, fostering collaboration, and supporting shared goals.
We seek partnership opportunities to advance and raise awareness to issues that affect older adults and caregivers throughout Los Angeles County, from food insecurities, housing concerns, social isolation, health and well-being, emergency preparedness and so much more.
WHAT WE DO
We are a strategic alliance that brings together community leaders and organizations representing health care, older adults, persons with disabilities, academia, and public agencies to explore and identify opportunities to align, leverage resources, and expand the reach and impact of effective community interventions, science informed and evidence-based practices to address health equity and advance population health.
We are part of Los Angeles Purposeful Aging (PALA), the world-wide initiative that seeks to make the Los Angeles region more age friendly, promotes healthy and active aging and a life of good quality for diverse communities of older adults and caregivers.
OUR APPROACH
Aging Immigrant Policy and Advocacy
Cancer Survivor Shared Decision Making
Caretaker support and services
Chronic illness prevention & self-management
Geriatrics Workforce Capacity Building
Health Disparities
Within the context of collaborative leadership, we have brought together cross-sector partners to address complex issues such as:
Innovative Tech Supported Solutions & Digital Inclusion
Later Life Intimate Partner Violence
Older Adult Housing & Economic Stability
Racial Justice
Social Isolation and Loneliness
Substance Use and Misuse
OUR NEW DIRECTION
In 2018, after careful deliberation, LAACHA shifted its orientation from Evidence Based Practice (EBP) focus to a broader public health perspective. As part of its new direction, with an overarching goal of advancing population health, improving health equity and reducing health disparities, LAACHA will address older adult biopsychosocial health concerns and determinants of health.
LAACHA COMMITTEES
Five committees work to provide the structure to support the implementation of the LAACHA New Direction, with leadership guidance from the LAACHA Steering Committee. The committees meet on a regular or ad-hoc basis to help clarify and communicate LAACHA’s new vision and provide members with opportunities to engage, lend their expertise, and provide input on big vision, goals, and objectives.
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