Direction Home Akron Canton Area Agency on Aging & Disabilities, a private, nonprofit Area Agency on Aging (AAA) serving northeastern Ohio, is a vanguard organization in the movement among CBOs to partner with the health care sector to improve the care and quality of life for older adults and individuals with disabilities and save the system money through more targeted, person-centered, and holistic care.

This Aging Today feature article, part of a series that highlights members of n4a’s Trailblazer Learning Collaborative for Advanced Business Acumen, features insights into how Direction Home has been able to position itself as a formidable health care partner within a number of different integrated care arrangements. Dive in to learn about navigating internal culture change, embracing risk and uncertainty, cultivating sustainability, and more.

An Ohio AAA reveals lessons learned from decades of managed care