Marilyn Gugliucci helps lead YCCAC to Maine Health Access Foundation grant

The Maine Health Access Foundation (MeHAF) has awarded a Thriving in Place Grant to the York County Community Action Corporation (YCCAC), of which Marilyn Gugliucci, Ph.D., UNECOM's director of Geriatrics Research and Education, is on the leadership team.

The tripartite team includes YCCAC, Southern Maine Agency on Aging, and the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine.  The grant focused on care coordination, infrastructure enhancements and evidence-based and evidence-informed practices to assist older adults in underserved towns in York County to thrive in their homes.

Through monthly planning sessions, research, community assessment and online discussion, the planning group will work together to identify gaps and coordinate services to support local residents whose chronic disease, disability and/or advanced age put them at risk for hospitalization or institutionalization.