Gary W. Engstrom

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  Published on: 10/30/2007    Last Visited: 10/30/2007  

  The Trumbull Advocacy and Protective Network is ‘‘a vehicle for providers to get together and collaborate, to bring all their resources together and solve problems that can't be solved individually," said Gary Engstrom, director of the Trumbull County Office of Elderly Affairs.
  
  This loose organization of Trumbull County providers and other public and private agencies sit face-to-face monthly and discuss clients that have multiple needs that can't be addressed by one agency and who can meet those needs among the group.
  
  ‘‘You have a problem client and no one provider can solve all the problems, so you bring in a multitude of providers and solve the problems," Engstrom said.
  
  The idea came from one very similar about four years ago targeting children, and because it worked so well, officials began using it as a model to treat the elderly, Engstrom said.
  
  Money is provided by Trumbull Lifelines, the Trumbull County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities and the Area Agency on Aging District 11, which contribute $5,000 each.The network also received about $35,000 in grants last year, but is limited in how it can spend the money.
  
  Engstrom is hoping that at some point permanent funding, either through the senior levy or state money, would be available.

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  Published on: 6/5/2007    Last Visited: 6/5/2007  

  Gary Engstrom, director of Elderly Affairs, discontinued the route in the face of dwindling ridership.
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  They said they need to discuss the issue with Engstrom and determine if there are other means of getting the Cortland area seniors some kind of assistance.

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  Published on: 3/1/2007    Last Visited: 3/1/2007  

  l Gary Engstrom, Warren, Trumbull County Elderly Affairs executive director.

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  Gary Engstrom, the director of Elderly Affairs, pointed out that the money isn't a gift.

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  "These are people requesting a ride and we just could not meet their request, we could not reschedule, we couldn't do anything we just had to say no.", explains Gary Engstrom, director of elderly affairs.

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  Published on: 9/4/2007    Last Visited: 9/4/2007  

  Gary Engstrom, director of the office of Elderly Affairs, has a yearly budget of $200,000 that is used to take seniors to medical appointments, shopping and other destinations.
  
  ‘‘We are a specialized niche service - limited to those age 60 and older - and different riders qualify for rides depending on their circumstances," he said.For example, certain medical trips qualify under funding from Medicare or Social Security, while other riders would qualify under the Senior Levy funding.
  
  The services offered by the Office of Elderly Affairs differs from the door-to-door service offered by other providers; the drivers on the offices transports help seniors who need physical assistance or are older than 80 years old out of their homes and into their destinations.
  
  The study will be a very good thing for the area, said Engstrom.
  
  ‘‘I think the study will benefit the citizens, and I'm pretty excited about it.It will take a while to turn around - It's a big boat and turning it is going to be a long, complicated process," he said.
  
  Limited cooperation is already occurring among the organizations that receive Senior Levy funds, Engstrom said.Smaller transportation providers tend to be territorial about their clients, he said, but with the implementation of the senior levy, some of that territorialism is starting to disappear.
  
  ‘‘We really are working well together," he said. ‘‘If someone calls the wrong agency for transportation, we'll refer out to the right agency.

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  Published on: 5/17/2007    Last Visited: 5/17/2007  

  Director Gary Engstrom said the department has used radios for coordination.But replacing the radios will be much more costly than cell phones, he said.
  
  Engstrom also noted there are ‘‘dead spots" in the county where radios don't work.

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  Published on: 4/5/2007    Last Visited: 4/6/2007  

  Gary Engstrom, elderly affairs director, said the agreement affects about 42 workers in his office.Six of the workers are full-time.
  
  The staff handles such duties as delivering meals to the elderly in their homes, cleaning up after group meals at centers, driving vans for senior citizens and interviewing clients for eligibility purposes.
  
  Engstrom said the last time the workers were given a raise was in August 2004, when they received a 2 percent increase.

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  Gary Engstrom, Director
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  "That means 1,500 trips to doctors will have to be denied," says Trumbull County Elderly Affairs Director Gary Engstrom."Over 3,000 trips to some of our meal sites will have to be denied."
  
  Engstrom agrees that his agency is not something the law requires the county to pay for, but he says the county does have an obligation.
  
  "This is a morally required service," says Engstrom."It is for the people in our society, the elderly, who have reached this stage in their life and through no fault of their own are having significant problems that we fulfill."
  
  The director says for every dollar Trumbull County provides for Elderly Affairs, he get $6.60 in grants, but that may be in Jeopardy without the county matching money.

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