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Seniors

This federally sponsored home delivered meal service is a national program administered locally to deliver well-balanced, lunchtime meals to frail, homebound individuals who are at least 60 years of age. Elders are asked to make a $3.00* donation per meal to help defray the cost of the meal.

Elder Services delivers hot lunches to elders living in Auburn, Barre, Boylston, Grafton, Hardwick, Holden, Leicester, Millbury, New Braintree, Oakham, Paxton, Rutland, Shrewsbury, West Boylston, and Worcester. Meals are delivered Monday-Friday and include regular hot meals, modified meals for diabetics, supper meals and frozen meals, depending upon a client’s needs. Kosher and therapeutic meals are available in the City of Worcester, frozen therapeutic meals are available in all towns.

For information about receiving Meals on Wheels in your area, please see below.

Worcester Area

Contact Elder Services of Worcester Area’s Information & Referral Department at 508-756-1545 and learn more about meal types at: eswa.org/about-us/programs-and-information/nutrition/

Fitchburg Area

Contact Making Opportunity Count to learn more about meal delivery: mocinc.org/elder-services

Tri-Valley Area

Contact Tri-Valley Inc to learn more about meal delivery: trivalleyinc.org/nutrition-services/

Senior Connection’s mobile bus, Care Express, provides free health, dental and vision screenings; prescription eyeglasses; and medication management. Medical staffing is provided by UMASS Memorial Health, Quinsigamond Community College Dental Program and Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Services. Care Express travels throughout the 61 cities and towns of Central Massachusetts. Check the Bus Schedule to see when Care Express is in your city or town.

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Are you an older adult looking for preventative dental care in Central Mass? Check out the Central Massachusetts Senior Dental Clinic, a partnership between CMAA and Quinsigamond Community College’s Dental program. This clinic offers comprehensive dental assessments, cleanings, x-rays, fluoride treatments and other services for older adults ages 55+ in Central Massachusetts FREE OF CHARGE! Transportation to and from the clinic is provided by Yellow Cab, an additional program partner.

To schedule an appointment with the senior dental clinic, call 508-854-4306 Monday-Friday from 8:30am-4:30pm.

Ensuring that everyone has access to vaccination clinics, updates, and information:

Massachusetts COVID-19 Information Page
Find COVID-19 vaccines at Vaccines.Gov
Aging and Disability Vaccine Collaborative with USAging

A Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) that specializes in geriatric health. Learn more.

SHINE provides FREE unbiased health insurance counseling information and assistance to Massachusetts residents with Medicare, their caregivers and those approaching Medicare eligibility. Learn more.

Independent living services are available to anyone with a disability. We can help you – or refer you to someone who can. Learn more.

MABVI empowers individuals to continue to lead full lives, whether you are experiencing vision loss or have been blind since youth. Vision rehabilitation, access technology training, volunteer help, counseling, and peer support services are comprehensive, cost-effective, high-quality services that are often life-altering.  Learn more.

ADA Eligible Paratransit Service is only available to transportation disabled individuals.  Service is provided by lift-equipped vans and is available in the areas that MART provides fixed route bus service. Learn more.

With locations throughout Central Massachusetts, YMCA offers fitness classes designed to help seniors remain independent.  Learn more.

YWCA Central Massachusetts has served as a life-long positive force for women and girls, their families and communities. Health and wellness programs, emergency shelter, transitional housing and domestic violence support are among the many services available. Learn more.

Elder Justice Elder Justice is, “about fostering social structures and creating policies that enable older adults to remain engaged in their communities and society as whole—free from the threat of abuse, neglect, and exploitation.”

Senior Connection has been a leading member of The Worcester County Elder Abuse Prevention Roundtable for over a decade. This group is a coalition of elder serving professionals whose members include law enforcement agents, elder service agencies, sexual and domestic violence service providers, and community service organizations.

Senior Connection is also the lead sponsor for the Senior Fraud Helpline for Central Massachusetts. This hotline is run by Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) and seeks to prevent Fraud.

Community Legal Aid is the free civil legal aid provider for residents of the five counties of Central and Western Massachusetts (Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, and Worcester). CLA maintains full-service offices in Worcester, Fitchburg, Springfield, Northampton and Pittsfield, and also uses satellite office space to meet with clients throughout our region.

CLA specializes in assisting tenants threatened with eviction or the loss of a rent subsidy; homeless families trying to access shelter; individuals and families trying to access public benefits programs and unemployment compensation; domestic violence victims in family law matters; students in need of services to help them thrive in school; elders facing threats to their autonomy, independence, or safety; and persons seeking help with a civil legal problem connected to the fact that they are a victim of a crime.  Learn more.

AARP Foundation TaxAide Center

AARP helps with a program called AARP Foundation TaxAide locator.

The AARP Foundation TaxAide Center will help you in finding your city or town local TaxAide Center.

During Tax season, please contact 1(888) 227-7669, listen to prompts then press 1 and then press1 again and a Representative will be on call to assist you.

Please call back on January 15th for the most updated TaxAide Center Locator.

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Legal Aid’s pro bono team can assist with wills, health care proxies, and durable powers of attorney for those who qualify. In house, they can help elder clients with health care proxies and durable powers of attorneys. They do not do any trusts. Learn more.

CMAA is a proud partner of Planned Lifetime Assistance Network (PLAN) of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, Inc., who specialize in Special Needs Trusts. SNTs, also known as supplemental needs trusts, are legal vehicles which enable assets to be held on behalf of someone with disabilities without affecting their eligibility for means-tested benefits.

PLAN’s mission as a special needs trustee is to provide quality trustee/fiduciary services to individuals and their families through sound and thoughtful trust administration and compassionate, caring social service support serving individuals with mental health, developmental, and physical disabilities of all ages in MA and RI communities. Learn more.

The Worcester County Elder Abuse Prevention Roundtable is a coalition of elder serving professionals. Members include law enforcement, elder service agencies, sexual and domestic violence service providers, and community service organizations. This was formed from a 2002 training grant through the Stop Abuse and Sexual Assault Against Older Individuals or Individuals with Disabilities Program. Since 2005 the coalition has continued to work to provide training, education, and outreach to help to prevent and reduce elder abuse in Worcester County. Any elder-serving professional in Worcester County is welcome to join. Learn more.

As the Aging Services Access Point for the Worcester area, ESWA provides community-based services, support and education that maximize the independence and self-determination of elders, younger disabled individuals and their caregivers in Central Massachusetts. Learn more.

As the Aging Services Access Point for Northern Central Massachusetts, Aging Services of North Central Massachusetts provides comprehensive information and quality services so that older people, individuals with disabilities and their families are empowered to make personalized choices to ensure a life of dignity, safety and respect. Learn more.

As the Aging Services Access Point for Southern Central Massachusetts, Tri-Valley, Inc. provides information, referrals, and care management for in home and community services. Tri-Valley, Inc. is committed to the rights of elders and individuals with disabilities to live independently with dignity and safety in a setting of their choice. Learn more.

The Senior Fraud Prevention Initiative helps seniors recognize, resist and report fraud.

When calling the HelpLine, you will find a peer who may have had a similar experience to yours. You will speak with a person trained and knowledgeable about what to do next; a confidante who cares about your fears. Call 800-297-9760 or visit our website.

The Bounce Program™ is one of Australia’s leading soft skills training companies, delivering world-class, life-changing programs to jobseekers, businesses, companies and government departments all over Australia, New Zealand, UK and the USA.

Bounce provides a well-defined yet non-traditional dynamic approach to encouraging people into making real and lasting change. It is a place where people matter and the motivation for positive growth is genuine and empowering. Going beyond standard training, Bounce assesses values, beliefs and motivations of an individual, providing insight and direction towards ‘a life more positive’ by teaching effective communication techniques and positive self-awareness, resulting in greater gains personally and professionally. Learn more.

Many transportation providers use wheelchair accessible vans, and some offer escort services to medical appointments. Many towns are covered by a Regional Transit Authority. There are two Regional Transit Authorities in Central Massachusetts. For Southern and Central County, contact Worcester Regional Transit Authority at (508) 752 9283.

For South and Central Worcester County:  https://therta.com

ADA Eligible Paratransit Service is available to transport disabled older adults.  Service is provided by lift-equipped vans and is available in the areas that MART provides fixed route bus service. Learn more.