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.
The Senior Centers will be closed on December 25 and January 1, but will be open on December 24 and December 31. We will close for weather-related reasons when the Elderly Nutrition Program closes. Note: seniors who regularly participate in the congregate meal program will receive emergency meal packs in advance for those days. Watch WTNH and WFSB for closing news.
The Commission on Aging meetings for 2010 will take place at 10 a.m. at Atwater Senior Center on the third Tuesday of each month. Those dates are:
1/19/10 3/16/10 4/20/10 5/18/10 6/15/10 7/20/10 8/17/10 9/21/10 10/19/10 11/16/10 12/21/10
All meetings are open to the public.
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.
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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.
H1N1 shots will be given at many sites by the Health Department. They will be given at the senior centers as follows: Atwater, Thursday, January 7, 10-11L30 a.m., East Shore, Thursday, January 14 from 1:30-2:30 p.m., Dixwell-Newhallville, Tuesday, January 19, 1-2 p.m. For additional times and locations, please call the Health Department at 203-946-8178, or visit their web page.
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
Important Policy Questions
Long-Term Care
Resources
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 2010 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
Use this link to see the stores and facilities that are within walking distance of your home
Use this link to check your access to hundreds of benefits by clicking on Benefits Check-up.
See many other resources available through the South Central CT Agency on Ageing.
New Haven Public Library 50+ Transition Center
Senior Thespians Debut | New Haven Independent
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.
To learn about resources that may be available to you, call the South Central Area on Aging at (203) 785-8533 to request a Benefits Check-Up and to learn about their Community Choices Program.
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.
