科罗拉多梅萨县致信州长波利斯请求增加老年服务经费：87名老人等候送餐上门
科罗拉多州梅萨县消息：梅萨县县委会10月28日批准致信州长贾里德·波利斯，正式请求州政府在下一个财政年度的州预算中考虑增加老年服务经费。
县委会指出，科罗拉多州是全国老龄化最快的州之一，全州五分之一的居民年龄在60岁及以上，而在梅萨县，这一比例上升到四分之一。在梅萨县，仅有3名长期护理监察员服务多达34家护理机构，可能协助1,781名居民；此外，还有87名老年人正在排队等候送餐上门服务，其中包括一名95岁的截肢退伍军人。
县委会的信函指出，州政府的支持关系到老年人的日常生活：监察员帮助护理机构中的居民维护权益，送餐上门则让行动不便的老人在家中获得营养餐食。县委会强调，尽管州财政面临挑战，让年长的科罗拉多人有尊严、健康、独立地安度晚年十分重要，希望州长在编制预算时把老年服务放在优先位置。
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Colorado's Mesa County Asks Gov. Polis for More Senior Services Funding; 87 Seniors on Meal-Delivery Waitlist
MESA COUNTY, Colorado — The Mesa County Board of Commissioners voted on Oct. 28 to send a letter to Gov. Jared Polis formally asking the state to consider increased funding for senior services in the next fiscal year's state budget.
The commissioners noted that Colorado is one of the fastest-aging states in the nation, with one in five residents aged 60 or older statewide, a share that rises to one in four in Mesa County. In Mesa County, just three long-term care ombudsmen serve as many as 34 care facilities and can assist 1,781 residents; in addition, 87 seniors are on a waitlist for home-delivered meals, including a 95-year-old amputee veteran.
The county's letter says state support touches seniors' daily lives: ombudsmen help residents of care facilities protect their rights, while meal delivery brings nutritious food to homebound seniors. Despite the state's fiscal challenges, the commissioners said, helping older Coloradans age with dignity, health and independence is essential, and they asked the governor to make senior services a priority in the budget.
Source: GSM News
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图片来源：图：科罗拉多州大章克申的梅萨县法院大楼（CC BY-SA 3.0，Wikimedia Commons）。Mesa County Courthouse in Grand Junction, Colorado (CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons).
