Orange County Providing Services for Senior Citizens
It is not surprising that providing services for senior citizens ranks among the top tier of priorities in a county where one in five households include a resident over the age of sixty-five.
Indeed, when asked to rate senior services as a community priority, 34% of Orange County residents give this issue the highest rating, a 10 on a scale from 0 to 10. On average, this issue receives a score of 7.7 from county residents, the same average rating it received in 2002.
While its average score as a priority remains comparable over the past five years, providing services for senior citizens now ranks fifth on county residents’ list of priorities down from third in 2002. This pattern is consistent throughout the Mid-Hudson region. Although providing services for senior citizens now has a lower ranking it still receives a comparable rating compared with five years ago.
