Serving Our Seniors Magazine April - June 2025

Serving Our Seniors REPORT TO THE COMMUNITY 2,539 The number of calls to Serving Our Seniors asking for help. 1,692 Individual older adults who called for help with a question/problem/concern. 234 New older adults calling Serving Our Seniors for the first time. 7,854 The number of rural home delivered meals funded by Serving Our Seniors. 129 Older adults used weekday transportation funded by Serving Our Seniors. 2,110 1-way trips were taken by older adults who paid a bus fare of $1.50. 14 Older adults used weekday transportation at a reduced bus fare of 50¢ per ride. 340 1-way trips provided to the 14 people for 50¢ reduced bus fare. 30 Older adults used out of town transportation to get to health care appointments. 48 Trips were driven to take the 27 older adults to their health care appointments. 0 Older adult received a gas voucher to afford travel out of town to their health care appointment, when we were short on volunteer drivers. 3 Older adults took 21 trips using our wheelchair transportation for out of town health care appointments. Affordable Transportation 9 The number of small home repairs. 3 New ramps installed. 123 The number of ramps in service throughout Erie County. 484 Medicare counseling sessions (group and individual). Services to Support Independence Nutrition OCTOBER - DECEMBER 2024 From the Director When you have your health, you have your wealth! Health is something we take for granted until we start to lose it. Some are fortunate to have a “wake-up call.” By that, I mean a loss of health and/or independent functioning, yet through medical treatment one’s health / function is restored. Others are not so fortunate. This is especially true in later life. Compared to adults under the age of 60, older adults are less resilient. On page 9 , discover proof that later life is not too late to improve your ability to function, independently. In this issue, you will read articles about what YOU can do to maintain and improve your health, as you continue to grow older in Erie County. Be sure to read about these free programs - Aging, Diabetes and Your Feet, page 22 and I’ve Fallen and I CAN Get Up, page 7 . Read about the retreat on healthy aging. It requires a refundable deposit (Live Later, Live Better, page 4) , which is returned to you, before you leave. Finally, Serving Our Seniors has programs to pay the portion of dental care services that is unaffordable for your circumstances (read Dental Care That You CAN Afford, page 7; Need Your Dentures Replaced? Page 11) . Connecting socially – in person – and engaging in uplifting experiences is another factor that maintains health and functional independence. If your social life is shrinking and you need more positive, helpful, influences in your life; or if you are spending too much time alone, read the articles on page 18, Recovery Lifestyle is Healthy for All People and Firelands Habitat for Humanity: A Volunteer Experience for Aging Well, page 20. Last but not least, take a trip down memory lane April 12, 2025 and come to Serving Our Seniors Spring Show - The Ed Sullivan & The Soul Train Show . Read the details on pages 14-16 . Stay well, Sue Daugherty 3