Who We Are

Mission & Responsibilities

The mission of Aging and 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 mission will be achieved by:

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

Our History

Aging and Long Term Care of Eastern Washington (ALTCEW) was established as a regional public corporation in 1978 under the provisions of the Older Americans Act. From that date up through 1994, the Agency was known as the Eastern Washington Area Agency on Aging (EWAAA). The change in name in 1994 to Aging and Long Term Care of Eastern Washington (ALTCEW) signified a recognition of how our services and their clientele has changed over the past ten years and the directions the Agency needed to be moving in the future. Revisions to the Agency mission were also completed and are presented in the paragraph above.

The parties to the Interlocal Governmental Agreement under which the Agency was created include the City of Spokane and the five counties of Spokane, Ferry, Stevens, Pend Oreille and Whitman. The geographic area assigned to ALTCEW encompasses all of the above counties except for the Colville Indian Reservation portion of Ferry County.