What is a NORC program?
A NORC program is an innovative model that coordinates a broad range of social and health care services to support the senior residents of a NORC. NORC programs take a proactive approach that seeks to deepen the connections older adults have to their communities before crises occur. The model draws its strength from multidisciplinary, public-private partnerships that unite social service and health care providers, housing managers or representatives of neighborhood associations, and community residents, especially older adults. Government agencies and philanthropic organizations provide essential funding. Together, the partners organize and develop a mix of on-site services and programs that respond to an individual’s changing needs over time and promote community change in support of successful aging. The shared goal is to maximize the health of the community. The uniqueness of the NORC program model is that it expands the role of older people from service recipients to active partici
