Serving Our Seniors Magazine: Oct-Dec 2022

Serving Our Seniors REPORT TO THE COMMUNITY 2,568 The number of calls/requests to Serving Our Seniors asking for help 1,151 The number of individual older adults who called with a question/problem/concern 238 New older adults calling Serving Our Seniors who never called in the past Nutrition 6,374 Rural Home Delivered Meals 409 Attendees at Rural Lunch Groups on Kelleys Island 151 Individual older adults who used weekday transportation funded by Serving Our Seniors 2,120 1-way trips taken by older adults who paid a bus fare of $1.50 32 Older adults used Weekday Transportation at a reduced bus fare of 50¢ per ride 855 1-way trips provided to the 32 people for need the 50¢ reduced fare 38 Individual older adults who used Out of Town Transportation to get to health care appointments 90 Trips driven to take the 35 older adults to their health care appointments 3 Individual older adults, who received a total of 31 gas vouchers, to afford to travel out of town to their health care appointments Priority Programs 35 Small Home Repairs 9 New Ramps Installed 134 Ramps in Service throughout Erie County Services to Support Independent Living at Home Education Offered 178 Medicare Counseling Sessions (group and individual) April 2022 – June 2022 From the Director Aging isn’t easy. Then again, either is life. To age successfully, requires having the right people in your life at the right time. People to help you out when you are in a pinch. Serving Our Seniors Magazine is our way to inspire you to age well and to let you know Serving Our Seniors is your place to call if you need help, maintaining your health and functional independence. On pages 16 & 24 you will be inspired by four locals who are not willing to let their age define who they are and what they can/cannot do. I am proud to announce Serving Our Seniors new “pilot project” with Cleveland Clinic Geriatrics (pg 4 & 20). Together, we are bringing virtual consultative geriatric expertise to Erie County. On page 26 see how Serving Our Seniors and Family Health Services have teamed up to make general dental care affordable for individual circumstances, and how we have helped retirees from falling in their home and our ability to make small repairs affordable. Last, but not least, read pages 7 and 14. It’s about scams and how we can help you report, if you think you have been a victim. Stay well, Sue Daugherty www.servingourseniors.org 419-624-1856 3