Senior Centers
Senior centers provide older adults with services and activities that respond to their needs. They offer resources for their entire community including information on aging and assistance for family and friends who care for older adults.
North Carolina Senior Center Fact Sheet
Benefits of Participating at a NC Senior Center
Individual services include:
- Information and referral
- Case assistance
- In home assistance
- Home delivered meals
- Job finding and training
- Legal assistance
- Health insurance counseling and claims assistance
- Transportation
- Volunteer opportunities
Group services include:
- Group meals
- Educational sessions
- Cultural events
- Health education sessions and wellness activities
- Retirement planning
- Support groups
- Community service projects
- Intergenerational programs
- Volunteer opportunities
- Recreational trips
Senior Center Certification Process
Senior centers are locations in the community where older adults can gather and participate in recreational, educational and health promoting activities. The Division of Aging and Adult Services (DAAS) assembled a task force for senior center development and to improve a standard for best practice in senior center operations.
This task force includes:
- Senior center directors
- Area agencies on aging
- Older adults
- The DAAS
- The North Carolina Institute on Aging
- The Center for Aging Research and Educational Services
This task force helped create a process for senior centers to complete a self evaluation, undergo a review by independent site visitors and receive certification at the level of Merit or Excellence from the DAAS based on the recommendation of the site review team.
- Centers of Merit meet all the requirements of the Home and Community Care Block Grant and provide high quality services.
- Centers of Excellence provide exemplary services and opportunities to their communities and serve as mentors and models to other centers.
For more information please contact Leslee Breen.
Senior Center Certification Site Visit Timeframe
Contact
For more information about senior centers please contact Leslee Breen or Selena Royal.
Senior Center Directory