SENIOR SERVICES INC

Meals on wheels: nutritious meals delivered monday through friday to homebound senior citizens. During the year, 234,810 lunches were delivered to 1,639 seniors and 18,804 pounds of groceries were delivered to 120 people in need, representing thousands of moments of priceless human interaction.

Living at home: 232 high risk elders were able to remain living at home through specialized packages of services coordinated by nurses and social workers of senior services. This "nursing home without walls" approach is less expensive and preferred by seniors. An estimated 357,914 in-home service hours and 40,002 baths were arranged for by our case managers and provided indirectly as a result of this medicaid program. Helpline: the helpline is staffed with aging resource specialists who provide information, referrals and options counseling to seniors and their caregivers on a variety of aging topics such as in-home service, housing options, community resources, and long-term planning. Aging resource specialists answered 11,096 information and assistance questions of seniors or family caregivers. Senior lunch: 13,158 hot lunches were served to 150 older adults at four congregate nutrition sites in forsyth county. In addition to lunch, participants benefitted from informational and entertaining programs and regular socialization. Creative connections: 770 older adults were served in creative connections and memory connections with 188 new enrollees. Older adults participated in 1,785 creative connection activities. Elder care choices of senior services is a referral and consultation service for employees of contracting companies. The service is designed to save employees time in identifying and locating appropriate resources to help in their caregiving needs. Pcori stands for patient-centered outcomes research institute is an initiative that helps patients, their families, and clinicians navigate the health care system by guiding them to trust worthy information to aide in the treatment process. Senior services is participating in the d-care research study looking at how access to resources, planning, and community-based organizations can assist families navigating a dementia diagnosis. Family care giver support- this program provides support and information to caregivers that are providing care to a senior adult. This program also supports older adults who are serving in a kinship care role, such as grandparents raising grandchildren.