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Community Resources
Programs that use “friendly visitors” (usually volunteers but also paid hourly companions) to call on people who are hospitalized or in another institutional setting, who are homebound or socially isolated due to disability or old age, or otherwise lack companionship with the objective of brightening their day and helping them to maintain contact with the outside world by reading, talking, listening, writing letters or performing other similar tasks.
COA/Senior Center are at same location/same hours. On-site lunches and meals on wheels are provided by Merrimack Valley Nutrition Program. NEET program arranges medical transportation for a donation. COA offers health clinics, friendly visitor program, SHINE counseling, and minority and outreach services. It also offers exercise programs and a variety of recreational activities and social…
The COA offers a variety of services including weekday lunch, income tax preparation, SHINE counseling, a friendly visitors program, a walking group, exercise class, wellness clinics, day and overnight trips and other social activities. Free cell phones for 911 access are available to eligible residents. The staff will also arrange rides to medical appointments through…
The COA provides congregate meals, wellness clinics, friendly visitor program, SHINE program, podiatry clinics, and an outreach worker. It also offers an exercise class, crafts, knitting group and scrabble. The COA maintains an equipment loan closet for temporary or more permanent situations. It also has a handicap accessible van for local trips and uses the…
COA & senior center are at the same location which is fully accessible. A lunch program is offered on-site during the week for a suggested donation. Wheelchair van transportation for medical appointments, therapy, and shopping around Salisbury is available; a 2 day notice is required. Rides to out of town appointments can be arranged through…
The Council on Aging offers information and referral, congregate meals, wellness clinics, outreach, health insurance information (SHINE), exercise classes, recreational and social activities, educational programs, and a friendly visitor program. It has a wheelchair accessible van and provides transportation to local medical appointments within Lowell and to surrounding towns on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays for…
The COA provides a variety of services and programs including weekday hot meals (donation suggested); transportation to medical appointments (NEET Program) and scheduled shopping trips (senior bus); wellness clinics; outreach; friendly visitor program; health insurance counseling; tax preparation assistance; physical fitness classes; support groups; intergenerational programming; numerous classes; and social/recreational activities. The Friends of the…
The Council on Aging offers a variety of services and programs including congregate meals on Tuesdays and Thursdays from September-May, wellness clinics, transportation, outreach, health insurance counseling, friendly visitor program, income tax preparation, handyman assistance for small jobs around the house, and numerous classes, special events and trips. It also has an equipment loan program…
The Council On Aging offers a variety of services and programs, including but not limited to, transportation within Chelmsford and into Lowell, weekday congregate lunches, meals on wheels, tax preparation assistance, insurance counseling, an intergenerational program, Senior Tax Rebate Program, trips and social activities. Outreach staff make home visits, provide I&R, and respond to emergency…