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The Aging Resource Center provides older adults, families, and community members with information, education, and support to help them live healthier and more informed lives.

Senior Luncheons: eat a healthy meal, get out of the house, be with your friends and peers, take part in other activities, or volunteer.

All Senior Centers in Belknap and Merrimack County serve a substantial, nutritious midday meal. This luncheon offers people a chance to socialize and develop new friendships while enjoying a meal. Transportation to and from the luncheon is available in many communities. The "Outreach Luncheon" is a service that brings a monthly or bimonthly luncheon to twelve additional towns. These regularly scheduled events are run in cooperation with local volunteers.

CIA currently operates behavioral health services, community correction programs, sexual offender treatment, domestic violence treatment, adolescent outpatient services and training/program implementation for multiple sites. CIA has diverse expertise to develop and operate both residential and outpatient programming. Our planning team is comprehensive and provides for one-stop shopping for our clients.

Individuals with disabilities can access their communities and increase or maintain their independence by finding assistance through GSIL's Access Modification Program. We can assist you with access issue evaluations, the construction of exterior ramps that meet all American Disabilities Association (ADA) and Barrier Free Design Code (BFDC) regulations, and the purchase and installation of accessibility equipment such as lifts, durable medical equipment, vehicle modifications and communication technology. We can assist you with home accessibility evaluations and solutions including, but not limited to: •Wheelchair Ramps •Vehicle Modifications •Grab Bars •Bathroom Modifications •Stair Lifts •Durable Medical Equipment

All Senior Centers in Belknap and Merrimack County serve a substantial, nutritious midday meal. This luncheon offers people a chance to socialize and develop new friendships while enjoying a meal. Transportation to and from the luncheon is available in many communities. The "Outreach Luncheon" is a service that brings a monthly or bimonthly luncheon to twelve additional towns. These regularly scheduled events are run in cooperation with local volunteers.

The Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) is a nutrition program that provides free food and nutrition information to promote good health for older adults age 60 and over. *CSFP older adults 60 years and older are eligible to receive fresh locally grown fruits and vegetables from NH farmers during July and August. Bags or boxes of fresh produce are distributed at more than 70 CSFP clinic locations throughout the State.

Meals on Wheels are provided by volunteers each weekday to homebound seniors. No meals are delivered on major holidays or announced "snow days," so volunteers bring an extra frozen meal to use when fresh meals are not delivered. Anyone with health concerns that require a special diet should let the program know, so their needs can be accommodated. All meals are prepared with no added salt.

The Granite YMCA is committed to sustaining excellence through our programs and services. Members of all ages and abilities have access to a variety of health and wellness opportunities. Programs are designed to help people improve their physical and mental health, lose weight, and prevent chronic diseases.

A transportation program for older adults or adults with disabilities

As a leader in preventative health care, The Granite YMCA offers a broad range of research-based programs that target specific health issues. All of our programs are people-centric and are designed to help each individual reach a personal best. YMCA certified instructors are there to guide and support each participant while fostering a community where individuals are open to share with other participants. We offer programs for participants who are battling or recovering from cancer, diabetes, hypertension and more. Programs include:

• LIVESTRONG at the YMCA
• YMCA's Diabetes Prevention Program
• YMCA's Blood Pressure Self-Monitoring Program
• The Granite YMCA's Diabetes Education & Support Program
• Tai Ji Quan™: Moving for Better Balance
• Walk With Ease
• Enhance®Fitness
• Mood Lifters

-Living well in the community

• Healthy Weight & Your Child

-Arthritis Aquatic Program

GSIL’s Information and Referral offers a wide range of topics on living more independently, such as follows: Discovering more about GSIL services and how to become a GSIL consumer, obtaining funding for adaptive equipment, home modification and adapted vehicles, locating assistance for finding and maintaining employment, learning about transportation options in the community, discovering how to obtain a service dog, learning about vendors, organizations and agencies that can provide goods and services, finding out about housing alternatives and funding assistance for housing.

Meals on Wheels are provided by volunteers each weekday to homebound seniors. No meals are delivered on major holidays or announced "snow days," so volunteers bring an extra frozen meal to use when fresh meals are not delivered. Anyone with health concerns that require a special diet should let the program know, so their needs can be accommodated. All meals are prepared with no added salt.

The types of housing programs are: 1. Public housing (elderly, disabled, families) 2. Housing Choice Voucher (formally Section 8) 3. Tax Credit properties.( Linscott Court Apartments, Emerson Court, Marsh View for the Elderly, and Arthur H. Nickless Jr. housing for the Elderly.

TripLink is ACT's regional transportation call center. If you live in one of the 38 towns between Newton and Wakefield and need transportation assistance, call TripLink at 603-834-6010 or email us at [email protected]. We will do our best to find a transportation service that meets your needs.

If for any reason you are unable to get out or prepare a meal yourself, our Meals On Wheels volunteers will be happy to bring meals right to you for as long as you require them. We will also provide caregivers with a meal if they wish. As long as funding permits, we send breakfast items and frozen dinners on Fridays

Information and referral for services for older adults, adults with disabilities, their families and caregivers. Also services medicaid recipients and persons with long-term care issues.

Freshly prepared healthy meal is delivered each weekday by our friendly and trusted deliverer. Includes safety focus checks, where trained staff is familiar with the needs and the living environment of each participant.

Housing programs are: Subsidized Public Housing ( Elderly, and Persons with a disability), Housing Choice Voucher Program, Tax Credit Rental Units, Project Based Rental Assistance Units(Family and Elderly). ** The Dover Housing Authority (DHA) does NOT have emergency housing. Wait lists may apply

Transportation is available to medical or other appointments, shopping, errands, and the senior center. In addition to transportation provided by bus, volunteer drivers also are available to help older adults.Some senior centers are able to offer long-distance medical transportation to those who need to reach a specialist or a major medical center not located in their local community. Long-distance medical transportation to those who need to reach a specialist or a major medical center not located in their local community may be available.

TripLink is ACT's regional transportation call center. If you live in one of the 38 towns between Newton and Wakefield and need transportation assistance, call TripLink at 603-834-6010 or email us at [email protected]. We will do our best to find a transportation service that meets your needs.

Information and referral for services for older adults, adults with disabilities, their families and caregivers. Also services medicaid recipients and persons with long-term care issues.

Senior Programs includes: Bingo; Board Games, Cards, Darts, Checkers, Chess, Cribbage; Ethnic Food Tours; Explore New England Lunch Group; Indoor Walking; Kraft Korner; Mahjong and Senior Lunches

Information and referral for services for older adults, adults with disabilities, their families and caregivers. Also services medicaid recipients and persons with long-term care issues.

Each day, older adults gather at the center to meet new and old friends, enjoy entertaining programs, participate in exercise and craft classes, partake in lively discussion groups on social and political issues and use their skills to help others as volunteers. In addition to these important social programs, the center also provides older adults with nutritional lunches, health education and screenings and transportation to shopping and medical appointments.