Target Population and Strategies. Services are targeted to individuals aged 60+ with the greatest economic or social need, with particular attention to low income minority individuals and individuals residing in rural areas. In addition, the primary target population of all services is the vulnerable elderly who are characterized as: older individuals with physical and mental disabilities; older individuals with limited English-speaking or those older individuals with Alzheimer’s disease or related disorders with neurological and organic brain dysfunction (and the caretakers of such individuals; and older individuals who are culturally, socially or geographically isolated, including isolation caused by racial or ethnic status that restricts the ability of the individual to perform daily tasks or threatens the capacity of the individual to live independently.
