Goal: To enable low-income elderly who are at significant risk of institutionalization to maintain their independence and quality of life for as long as possible.
Objective 1: To assist elderly individuals to meet their basic needs by helping them to secure available public benefits or obtain such services as nutritious meals, financial counseling and housing-related legal assistance.
Albert Einstein Healthcare Network — $125,000
For support of the West Oak Lane Naturally Occurring Retirement Community.
Benefits Data Trust — $150,000
For support of the BenePhilly Enrollment Center for seniors to obtain needed benefits.
Center for Advocacy for the Rights and Interests of the Elderly — $189,000
For continued support of the CARIE Line, a free telephone service providing information and consultation to vulnerable elderly people.
Community Legal Services — $158,000
To continue to provide legal assistance to low-income elderly to help them secure financial and health benefits as well as home-based services.
Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Delaware Valley — $120,000
For continued support of financial education and counseling for seniors.
ElderNet of Lower Merion and Narberth — $45,000
For continued operating support to provide education, referral and a range of in-home services to elderly people.
Family Service Association of Bucks County — $140,000
To continue to provide case-management services to elderly public-housing residents in Bucks County.
Golden Slipper Center for Seniors — $130,000
For continued support to vulnerable elderly, including those who are Russian immigrants.
Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia — $145,000
For continued support of the Senior Help Initiative for elderly residents of Northeast Philadelphia.
Kennett Area Senior Center — $85,000
For support of the Chester County Senior Center Collaborative to expand nutritional services to low-income elderly in the county.
Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania — $126,000
To continue to provide legal services to low- and moderate-income elderly in Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties.
Philabundance — $120,000
For support to provide monthly food boxes to low-income elderly in the five-county Philadelphia area.
SeniorLAW Center — $158,000
For continued support of the Homeowners Assistance Program to provide low-income elderly in Philadelphia with housing-related legal assistance.
Objective 2: To significantly alleviate the symptoms of depression among elderly individuals and decrease their social isolation.
Central Montgomery Mental Health/Mental Retardation Center — $137,000
For continued support of the Senior Outreach Service program, providing in-home mental-health assessments and treatment to elderly and supporting their caregivers.
Contact Greater Philadelphia — $50,000
For continued support of the Reassurance Contact program providing daily calls, referrals and crisis intervention assistance to frail, isolated elderly people.
Family Services of Montgomery County — $126,000
For continued support of Project Hearth to provide in-home mental health counseling and support services to frail elderly people of Montgomery County.
Intercommunity Action — $158,000
For continued support of peer-led therapeutic support groups to elderly in Philadelphia who are at risk of or experiencing depression.
Senior Community Services — $155,000
For continued support of Senior Center at Home, a recreational therapy program that maintains and improves the mental health of low-income homebound elderly residents of Delaware County.
Supportive Older Women's Network — $121,000
For continued operating support to maintain and establish support groups to reduce the incidence of depression among low-income elderly women in Philadelphia.
Objective 3: To maintain or increase the ability of elderly persons to live safely and independently in their homes through the provision of such services as personal care assistance, fall prevention and other safety-enhancement efforts, and volunteer chore services and friendly visiting.
American Cancer Society — $174,000
For continued support to provide homemaker and home-health-aide services to low-income elderly cancer patients.
Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired — $130,000
To provide a continuum of services to blind and visually impaired older adults in Bucks, Delaware and Montgomery counties through a multi-agency collaborative.
Drexel University — $150,000
For support of a geriatric home visiting program for low-income, frail elderly in Philadelphia.
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia — $242,000
For continued support to provide in-home services to frail elderly in Philadelphia.
Penn Asian Senior Services — $168,000
For support of home care services to frail elderly immigrants.
Surrey Services for Seniors — $120,000
For support of the Surrey Cares program for older adults in Chester and Delaware County.
VNA Community Services — $128,000
For continued support of the In-Home Care program to provide personal-care and homemaker services to low-income elderly people.
Objective 4: To strengthen the ability of informal caregivers to provide high-quality care through respite, training and other supportive services.
Adult Care of Chester County — $100,000
For continued operating support to provide adult day-care services for elderly people living with chronic illnesses as well as respite and educational programs for their caregivers.
Madlyn and Leonard Abramson Center for Jewish Life — $252,000
For continued support of Counseling for Caregivers, to provide assistance to families caring for frail, elderly relatives.
Lutheran Settlement House — $150,000
For support of the Caregivers Reducing Stress (CARES) program.
Temple University — $184,000
For continued support of the Time Out program to place college students as providers of respite care.
Thomas Jefferson University — $150,000
For support of the Jefferson Elder Care Dementia Service program.