Aging Division
This site is for those who are interested in what Wyoming has to offer our older adults.
About Aging
Our Mission
The Wyoming Department of Health's Aging Division exists to provide a flexible and responsive continuum of services that enables Wyoming's older adults to age-in-place with maximum dignity and independence.
The Aging Division has the challenge to meet this mission in a state that is sparsely populated, and geographically diverse. Human services are thinly spread and often not available in individual communities. The division gladly rises to meet that challenge with an ever growing list of providers of Older American Act, Medicaid, and grant-funded services.
To the left are links to various areas within the division. Click on those links that are of interest to you.
Aging Division Programmatic Goals and Priorities
1. Empower Wyoming’s older adults, their families, and other consumers to make informed personal decisions about, and to be able to identify and easily access existing social, legal, health and long-term care options and services.
2. Enable Wyoming’s older adults to remain in their own homes and communities with high quality of life for as long as possible through the provision of home and community-based services, including support for family caregivers.
3. Empower Wyoming’s older adults to stay active and healthy through programs and services administered by and funded through the Aging Division, including evidence-based health promotion and disease prevention programs.
4. Ensure the rights of Wyoming’s older adults and prevent their abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
5. Commit to a culture of staff and provider excellence, clearly demonstrating impact and program effectiveness, and a strong sense of contribution in the provision of services to Wyoming's older adults.
6. Continually expand our knowledge of new and changing issues facing Wyoming's older adults, and properly respond to those issues.
7. Maintain consistent, effective, accountable and responsive management and stewardship of the public's resources.
About Aging
We continually work to provide a flexible and responsive continuum of services to Wyoming's older adults who wish to be independent and self-reliant. The Aging Division does this through a diverse and full spectrum of services. These services are funded through:
- The Older Americans Act (Administration on Aging)
- Medicaid
- State General Funds
- Private Grant Funding
Services we provide can be viewed by clicking on the "Services" link to the left. Providers of these varied services can be located by clicking on the "Service Providers and Provider Information" link, also to the left.
Many of our staff travel often visiting and assessing the providers, making sure seniors in Wyoming have quality services. If you want to speak with one of our staff members, The "Contact Us" link takes you to our index of staff members.
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Aging Division
Wyoming Department of Health
6101 Yellowstone Road, Suite 259B
Cheyenne, WY 82002
(307) 777-7986
Toll Free 1-800-442-2766
Fax (307) 777-5340
E-mail: wyaging@health.wyo.gov
http://www.wyomingaging.org