Conclusion

            The three Davis County, Utah, Senior Citizen Centers will benefit from increasing the multi-cultural understanding of both employees and volunteers. Then they will have the tools to increase the racial and ethnic diversity of the patrons of the Centers while being considerate of the older white people who currently use the Centers. This would be an inclusiveness that should help the staffs of the centers to serve more clients, be more culturally sensitive, become more innovative and reach more effectively into their communities. These goals are already mandated by the Older American’s Act (1965). The impact of becoming more multi-cultural in the centers will, of course, need to be measured and guided by the plan that the Davis County Aging Services creates in conjunction with Utah State mandates.

            Further research will be needed to guide, in more detail, the overall plan for creating a more multi-cultural inclusiveness. This paper constitutes only the beginning of the effort to create the plan and is not exhaustive or complete. At this time there is no known reason that would prohibit the centers from becoming more inclusive, though the reality of budget constraints may slow down implementation of the plan.

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