Serving our Seniors Magazine January - March 2025

Serving Our Seniors REPORT TO THE COMMUNITY 2,677 The number of calls to Serving Our Seniors asking for help. 1,382 Individual older adults who called for help with a question/problem/concern. 221 New older adults calling Serving Our Seniors for the first time. 8,437 The number of rural home delivered meals funded by Serving Our Seniors. 140 Older adults used weekday transportation funded by Serving Our Seniors. 1,563 1-way trips were taken by older adults who paid a bus fare of $1.50. 18 Older adults used weekday transportation at a reduced bus fare of 50¢ per ride. 385 1-way trips provided to the 18 people for 50¢ reduced bus fare. 40 Older adults used out of town transportation to get to health care appointments. 67 Trips were driven to take the 37 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 33 trips using our wheelchair transportation for out of town health care appointments. Affordable Transportation 31 The number of small home repairs. 4 New ramps installed. 124 The number of ramps in service throughout Erie County. 180 Medicare counseling sessions (group and individual). Services to Support Independence Nutrition JULY - SEPTEMBER 2024 From the Director Happy New Year and Happy Valentine’s Day! January 1st is when people of all ages resolve to do things to make themselves better – physically, financially, morally/ethically or just more knowledgeable in a particular area of interest. If this is one of your New Year resolutions, know that Serving Our Seniors can help you. In this issue of Serving Our Seniors Magazine, you will read about opportunities to become wiser (see Calendar of Events, pg 5); healthier to increase your odds of maintaining your independence as you grow older (pg 9 and pg 20); learn how to keep more money in your pocket by keeping small home repair problems small (pg 7) and how Serving Our Seniors provides financial assistance to support your dental health. In the spirit of Valentines Day, we are featuring an extraordinary couple as our cover story. Beth and Chester Williams are residents of Perkins Township. If you get nothing else from reading their story, they want you to get this…. “You are never too old.” Happy New Year! Sue Daugherty 3