Elderly Services

Patricia Wallace, Director
165 Church St.
203-946-7854
203-946-8587 FAX

The Department of Elderly Services assists those who are 55 and older to be independent and active and to enjoy a great variety of activities.  There are presently 3 Senior Centers offering many choices.  In addition, each Center has an active, non-profit membership association that sponsors its own additional activities.  Each association elects its own leaders and decides for itself what it would like to do.  Some activities are free, some are not.  People may sign for those that are of interest to them.  There are also opportunities to volunteer in ways that range from knitting to tutoring.  Each Senior Center serves lunch at 11:30 am daily. To sign up, please contact the Senior Center of your choice.   Kosher meals are available on request at Atwater Senior Center.  Transportation is available to each of the Senior Centers.

Seniors---get your benefits.  Spend 20  minutes.  BenefitsCheckUp quickly finds federal, state and private benefit programs available to help you save money on prescription drugs, health care, meals, utilities, taxes, and more. Apply from home, a library or a senior center or anywhere with an internet-connected computer.  You'll need basic information (income and assets, expenses, names of prescription  medicines).  View a personal report on the benefits you may qualify for.   Call 203-946-8550 to schedule an appointment at a City of New Haven senior center.  You can also get help to complete the application forms for the benefits to which you are entitled, once you know what they are

View the Commission On Aging, Agendas, Minutes & Reports here

View The Monthly Elderly Services Newsletter Here

Sign up to receive the monthly Elderly Services Newsletter electroinically. You must first register your e-mail address with the City in order to sign up for the newsletter. Click on My New Haven, then Message Center and submit your e-mail address.

L to R. : Elderly Service Specialists: Irrita Osborn, Dixwell-Newhallville Senior Center; Filomena Fiondella, Atwater Senior Center; Georgiann Dogolo; Michelle Clary-Butler, East Shore Senior Center; Douglas Toth; Director of Elderly Services: Patricia Wallace

Click here to view the calendar of events for the senior centers. You can also see the calendar for each of the Senior Centers by clicking on them below.

Atwater Senior Center
26 Atwater Street
Tel. 203-946-8558
Elderly Services Specialist:  Filomena Fiondella

Dixwell/Newhallville Senior Center
255 Goffe Street
Tel. 203-946-8541
Elderly Services Specialist:  Irrita Osborn

East Shore Senior Center
411 Townsend Avenue
Tel. 203-946-8544
Elderly Services Specialist:  Michelle Clary-Butler

FSW, INC. NEW HAVEN - SENIOR COMMUNITY CAFE Menu
FSW, INC. NEW HAVEN - MERIDEN HISPANIC CAFE Menu
Reservations for lunch must be made 24 hours in advance. Please call the senior center. Due to funding cuts, the menu at Atwater and East Shore will be different from this on Mondays, and at Dixwell-Newhaville on Fridays. There is a suggested donation of $2.

Important Policy Questions

Long-Term Care Defined
Study by the CT Regional Institute
State of CT June 2007 Connecticut Long-Term Care Needs Assessment, Executive Summary
CT Partnership for Long-Term Care
Long-Term Care Services and Supports
LONG-TERM CARE REBALANCING IN OTHER STATES. Office of Legislative Research, CT General Assembly
Connecticut Commission on Aging Resources on Long-Term Care

Resources

Elderly Services In The News
http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/seniors_take_charge_with_fashion_and_bingo/
http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2011/04/09/news/new_haven/doc4da0e0f531e35553256166.txt

NPR Special Series on Aging at Home
For resources from the June 30, 2010 conference on compulsive hoarding, click here.
Advocacy Update: Health Care Reform in Washington
Form for non-profit or for-profit vendors for the 2011 Senior and Disability Expo.
State of Connecticut list of web resources for seniors
Here is lots of information on exercise for seniors
Use this link to see the various options for elderly housing within New Haven
See many other resources available through the South Central CT Agency on Ageing.
New Haven Public Library 50+ Transition Center

 

Senior theater troupe wows the crowd
NEW HAVEN — There's a new theater troupe in the city, but wishing the members luck with the traditional line, "break a leg," wouldn't be a good idea.
Members of the new Dixwell/Newhallville Senior Center Theater Club range in age from their 60s to 86.
For more of this story, click here:

See the current Elderly Services Newsletter
To volunteer to write or contribute in other ways to our monthly, please call our volunteer editor, Mary Barnes at 203-946-8550, or Pat Wallace at 203-946-7854.  Copies are free and available at senior centers, public libraries and elderly housing complexes.  If you would like to make them available at your business, faith community or other sites, please let us know.  Advertisers are also welcome.

The Livable City Initiative has a program to help homeowners in need of emergency repairs.  Please click here to read about it and to obtain application materials.

For information on transportation for seniors visit My Ride and Dial- a- Ride or call 203-288-6282  or call the Mary Wade Home 203-562-7222 for rides to medical appointments or for weekend rides.

For information about energy assistance, visit Community Action Agency of Greater New Haven or call 203-387-7700.

For information on Meals on Wheels call 203-752-9919.