Office on Aging Overview

Information about the Office on Aging, with a welcome by Administrator Karen Winkowski, includes the following information and can be viewed by clicking on each part.

Class Materials
Office on Aging Overview (pdf)

Part 1 video: Senior Center overview
Suzanne Streeter, manager, Senior Center Division

  • Senior center activities
  • Senior center demographics
  • Membership by site
  • Classes and activities
  • Health promotion
  • Congregate meal program
  • Staff and volunteers

Part 2 video: Community resources
Karen Winkowski, administrator, Harford County Office on Aging
Jan Barnes, community resources coordinator

  • Services, information and assistance
  • Client outreach
  • Community outreach
  • Medical equipment loan closet
  • One stop aging and disability resource center

Part 3 video: Caregiver, senior programs
Karen Winkowski, administrator, Harford County Office on Aging
Jan Barnes, community resources coordinator
Kathy Bond, client advocacy services manager

  • National Family Caregiver Support Program
  • Senior Care Program

Part 4 video: Level 1 information 
Karen Winkowski, administrator, Harford County Office on Aging
Lisa Anderson, community resources coordinator
Patty Brown, client advocacy services specialist

  • Harford County Aging & Disability Resource Center
  • Medicaid expansion
  • Level 1 screening
  • Who should be referred for Level 1 screening
  • How to refer a client to Level 1
  • Waiver services
  • Medicaid services offered

Part 5 video: Long-term considerations
Karen Winkowski, administrator, Harford County Office on Aging
Sharon Miller, long-term care coordinator/ombudsman
Mark Carol

  • Ombudsman program
  • Advocates
  • What type of complaints
  • Senior assisted living group home subsidy
  • Guardianship program
  • SHP program
  • Medicare fraud