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Agency Appreciates Our Full-Time Ombudsmen Governor Asa Hutchinson has declared October 13th as Ombuds Day in Arkansas. The Area Agency on Aging of Southwest Arkansas, Inc. (AAASWA) is proud to employ two Long-Term Care Ombudsmen and partner with the state ombudsman program. Under authority provided through the Older Americans Act of 1965, the LTC Ombudsmen…

Thanks to Arkansas legislatures, senior centers across the state are receiving funds to help cover operating costs. This one-time state funds transfer comes as part of a larger $3 million in restricted reserve funds to the state Department of Human Services’ Division of Aging, Adult and Behavioral Services. Staff from the Area Agency on Aging…

Funds are needed for renovations to continue While navigating new ways to provide services to older adults at the height of the pandemic, the Area Agency on Aging of Southwest Arkansas, Inc. (AAASWA) also made the big move to the Lelia Enrichment Complex. The interior is hardly recognizable from the work that has already been…