Aging & Long Term Care of Eastern Washington

The mission of Aging & Long Term Care of Eastern Washington is to promote well-being, independence, dignity, and choice for all older persons and for all individuals needing long term care in Ferry, Stevens, Pend Oreille, Spokane, and Whitman counties. Our vision is to provide the best home and community based services to support healthy living and aging in place. We Listen... to our community to understand individual needs. We Adapt... to our changing world. We Provide Solutions... using innovative services to improve quality of life. Aging & Long Term Care of Eastern Washington was established as a regional public corporation in 1978 under the provisions of the Older Americans Act. From that date through 1994, the Agency was known as the Eastern Washington Area Agency on Aging. The name change in 1994, to Aging & Long Term Care of Eastern Washington, signified a recognition of how our services and our clientele has and the direction the Agency needed to move in the future.

Our mission will be achieved by 1) Collaborating with others to create coordinated and comprehensive service delivery systems, 2) Providing planning, program development and administration, public information, advocacy, and direct service, 3) Emphasizing that the above functions and services are targeted on those with the greatest social, economic, and health needs and on culturally diverse individuals, 4) Promoting a long term care system through integrating acute and chronic care services and 5) Creating innovative outreach and information mechanisms to reach isolated vulnerable individuals.