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Home My WebLink AboutM-03-0732DISTRICT 4 A COMMISSIONER REGALADO CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM TO: Joe Anriola DAre : June 9, 2003 RLE: City Manager Sua l�cr • Damon Item f MOM: Tomas Re REFERENCES Commissioner sosvREs: Please place the following item on the agenda of the City Commission m=tmg to be held on June 26, 2003. • Discussion about collaborating with the Health Foundation of South Florida to implement a Senior Immunization Project in the City of Miami. Cc: Agenda Office 03- '732 b11 -d 90/t0•d 180-1 _■old wev:01 80-1f0-Unr FAQs Freque#Wy Aslted Que"kmw About...... Semior imm mkowon Project Iowa HEALTH FOUNDATION ofS Wh Ftorfda "*W &the SAW" Ind PraAW? The Senior Immunization Project is a special initianive of the Health Foundation of South >±lorids to provide friee 8u shots and pneumococcal vaccine to medically -underserved seniors age 65f. rn concert with the Foundation's mission to provide funding that directly benefits the health and well-being of those in need, the Projecn's 80als orf! to: ■ Expand the delivery of flu and pneumococcal vaccines to elderly residents (65-x) of Miami -Dade County. ■ Reduce the number of 911 caUs for flu -related illness during the season October January. ■ increase access for seniors to- existing public health care facilities. The Foundation intends to vaccinate over 1,000 seniors between October — December 2003_ These are seniors who, but for this project, would not have access to these vaccines. Why is Me Foandaden me "ftkiag this Project? • There arc over 132,000 medically -underserved miors living below the poverty line in Miami - Dade County. Many seniors are without, adequate medical coverage, without a provider, or without access to a flu or pneumonia vaceinatiom ■ 911 calls increase significantly during flu season, Fire Rescue is often the first line of response for seniors with flu symptoms- Manly stations receive tour or five calls per day for flu -related illness. Flu and pneumococcal vac -clues have dernonstratcd of kwy is not only reducing the inciderwe of the "flu4x**, but also may protect against heart disease and stroke (Naw England Journal of Medicine, April, 2003). Despite this evidence, Florida has rho lowest sate in the nation in adult immunizations. The CDC national health objectives for 2010 include increasing pneumococcal vaccinations to greater than 90% among the elderly population 65 years and older. Bow, where, and when will seniors receive vaccinations? We will brW9 tb& vaccines to the Wniors! Sevesal areas of social gatherings of seniors will be identified These include, but art not limited to, HUD housing Por tlu: elderly, dining halts. public health clinics, federally qualified health centers (FQHCs), churches, and otbem Qualified prafWWonals will administer the shots. The vaccinations will be given beginning in October, 2003 as Center feor Disease Control (CDC) guidelines recommend. Wko wiH jWfor XA ? The veocines will be free to seniors over age 65. The Health Foundation of South Florida will provide funds to support the administration of the vaccines. How con jrjW ort ranee Wow thio per? Contact the Project Manager, Kathletn A. Shea, PLD., at 305-""850 or email: iamksheafaZaol.com. 901 Hrrickeil Key Drive • Suitc. 901 • Miamn FL 33131 03— — 7 3 305-3747200 phone ■ 305-744-7003 ft - www.lf'sforg 211-1 ';wsa-� 880-1 .acid W"101 so-so-Ullr 1XALTH FOUNDATION OF SOUTR FLORIDA SENIOR IMMUNVAnON PROJECT cITY ov ML4M1 MIAMY-DADS COUNTY GENERAL DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE SEN1ORS, AGE 65+ • The City of Midi ranks 70' in the nafion in the p=cnuW of residents over sage 65 • Scuien aged. 65+ comprise apptoa�atirly 13% of the total gopuladon in Miami -Dade County, leas than the overall peaaerttage in the state of Florida (17.60/*).2 • Nearly half ofthe seniors in Miami -Vada County are over 75 years.3 • Women outnumber men in every age category over 34 years of age 4 • Approximately 14% of settlors aged 65+ are non-white. Over age 85, only 90/6 are IIOTi-mfift 5 • Forty-fivepercedt�t (450/x) of the non institutionalized seniors aged 65+ report having some disebifity. • Approximately two in five seniors age 65+ have incomes below the poverty level.7 • Florida bas the lowest reported imtmi n1=6on raft for influenm (54 9%) of any state in the nation. Florida does slightly better with pneuavococcal vaccine, with 58.1% of, seniors reporting a vaccination once during their lifetime.$ } SW='--- U.S. Buro u ofthe Ctn508, COMM 2000. Cities with 100.000 or Mote Pop Wk6m in 2000 Ranked by Percent PgrSadan 65 Year and Ovcr. Available: }rtu�Jlw.vw�K aovl� �leo�+Jcit?061a t Fan other Florida cities execed Miami m the nwnber of seniors; Clearwater, Cape Coral, St Petersburg., end R0ib wnort. 2 Svtace: U.& B U*W of dW Censna, Carrsas 2000. Table DP -1, Sex and Age 'Some: Courcy Popuiatim iry AP aW Race, midpoint year 2001. Available: bawww'jlu.ada.�caa?rs, ( 0 $� 6 Source: U.S, Sumn of the Comm, Census 2000. 'fable DP 2, Di nbEW States of the Civilian Noninatttirtionalized Population- ' Souh*: U.S. Depeat ne t of AHS- Availab}e: 'fie 20M poverty level ranges t}om $89801M year for ane person to 530,140 fnr a fancily of eight For a Aamily of two pensans, tine Ana= is $12,120. s Soiu+ee_ Dchaviorai Risk Fatxor SurMI mce System, MMWR, 11115102, VOL 51 *45, pp. 1019-1024. Hawaii lots &a h! n po rted ram (79%) f r iuM=za. The raW forp muwcocca) sats (iisbr ct of Cohnnbia) 49% � (3 70.934►. l� 722 Z11-1 80/ir8-d 8801 -nisi NOWDi 80-80-unt Nsidth Fe undation o, f South Florida June 4, 2003 03- 732 Ad I� lvoe-.T+or'� Q,'S�seioos Bei j#i�g Ca�etpekjd l3+ese�boare add �eaeMoa< 601 Brsck+df Spey Drive - Suite "I - ice, Mori" 33131 Zll-d 80/ZD'd 180-1 -Mid M8i=01 9"o-Unt Dear Commissioner Regalado: it is my privilege to provide you with iufa =adon about the Senior lmnmanixation Prgje initiated by the Health Foundation of South Florida. This is a project which was sucoessWly implemented in Palm Beach County, and which we believe could be of gnat benefit to elderly reaideuts of the City of Miaumi. cam. Pk Ap Grau mdw, M -D- FACA FACG 71W FzOject mwks to: VkOwC%*kWM 1. expand the delivery of flu and pneumococcal vwci= to elderly residents 7tte>tard Adam, Jr.. Faq. (65+) in the City of Miami. Ads & Ar"y"e. UP 2. reduce the number of 911 calls for $u -related illmss during the season scxraary October -January. sadaer IL nom. CPA 3. inose access for seniors to existing public health care facilitim sra+m a own, PA Pres ems & CEO TJw project plau calls icor the vaccines to be administered by Fire Rescue paramedics at boons where dwe are high conec�nbstions of seniors. These j=1udc but are not limited to, HUD housing for the elderly, dining halls, churches, public health 90x' AWNHWAS centers and public health clinics. Funding for the progod will be provided by the Marklue BMW" Health Foundation of South Florida. as"= AbweA dfm:raer. lar. Critical to the success of the project is the cooperation ofthe City of Miami Firc Damn FAkkot. �- r„N&V fir, PA. Rome Department (See Palm $each cxamplej. Some months ago we made contact with Miami Fire Rescue, in-Ouding Captain Alan Joy" (305-416-1611) who re%�ed r i7 ArtWAra4rcrA. to ix. Carl Strid Uh (305-416-1673). Time, as you can urAerstand, is of the Ft,LkiQ i a A Axsealwa v wafts��yy�� esscace. ua xed&vW ser nn' in We hope to have this project operational for the upcoming flu season, begi � sums xdkySeptmnbariOctober through Decembei, 2003. We plan to vaceinatc over 1,000 elderly residents who, but for this project, would not have access to flu or Bzvcc1Y Mhmdkr pneumococcal vaccina. if ibis project is suoressful, our pian is to pcpand and AUXWt ftrar support the proj cur's integration into oxisting public bealth facilities. Aaerr*A*CNMW* ft I have attached sone bn&ground information for your use, including: sxf • Project Summary for Palm Basch Senior l n=az=z tau Project a Brad demographic profile of the elderly in the Miami DMSA Kathy Antkaa, CPA zWP*"-W VA- * information about she Health Foundaticm of South Flajida &�v"& `° iM We would be most grateful to include the City of Miami among the parrtAm for this project and would welcome the opportunity to answer any cNcstiow you might have r~ N. woos P concerning this project or the Health Foundation of South Florida. S' ly ,. .4. Kathleen A. Shea, Ph.D. Projea Manager Cc: Steven E. Marcus, Ed -D., President & CEO 03- 732 Ad I� lvoe-.T+or'� Q,'S�seioos Bei j#i�g Ca�etpekjd l3+ese�boare add �eaeMoa< 601 Brsck+df Spey Drive - Suite "I - ice, Mori" 33131 Zll-d 80/ZD'd 180-1 -Mid M8i=01 9"o-Unt 311--J 20/50'd 080-1