Senior Resources
Call 336-333-6981 to register.
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The Mobile Meals Program delivers a nutritious noontime meal to homebound senior adults age 60 and over. To be eligible to receive Mobile Meals, the seniors must be unable to prepare a meal for themselves or have no one available to assist them.
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The TeleCare Reassurance Program is a telephone support program for seniors that provides regular telephone calls to seniors who may be homebound, living alone or disabled. Other seniors may have health concerns and just want to be checked on to make sure they are well. Many have no relatives or friends living in the area. Often they have minimal contact with their community outside their home.
TeleCare clients are matched with a caring volunteer who calls them regularly. Through this frequent contact, they get to know the client well enough to recognize their need for medical attention, food, transportation, or in-home services. The relationship between volunteer and client often develops into a close friendship.
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The Community Nutrition Program provides opportunities for older adults age 60 and over to enjoy a nutritious noontime meal and participate in field trips, health and wellness activities and educational and cultural programs. The nine Community Nutrition Activity Centers located throughout Guilford County are listed below and are open from 9 am to 1 pm, Monday through Friday. Transportation is available.
Older adults in High Point also have the option of participating in Senior Resources of Guilford's restaurant voucher program. Offered in partnership with the Pepper Mill Caf (located at 2600 S. Main Street, High Point, NC), the restaurant voucher program introduces increased choice and flexibility to the Community Nutrition Program by providing 12 vouchers each month for older adults to enjoy a meal in a family-friendly restaurant setting. Participants must be age 60 or older, have their own transportation and agree to participate in health and wellness workshops held at the restaurant twice quarterly.
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The Senior Wheels Medical Transportation Program provides rides for seniors age 55 and over who are ambulatory to medical appointments in Guilford County and to regional medical facilities.
Individuals must be ambulatory to receive rides through the Senior Wheels Program.
Volunteer drivers from the faith community provide the rides to scheduled medical appointments.
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Refugee Outreach Programs are offered to elderly refugees in Guilford County, age 60 and over. Activities include cultural awareness programs, health screenings, citizenship training and English classes.
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The Foster Grandparent Program matches senior adults age 55 and over with children and youth. The seniors serve as role models and mentors for children in childcare centers, elementary schools and after-school programs.
Foster Grandparents work one-on-one with children offering specialized assistance to help youngsters in reaching their potential. Foster Grandparents serve 20 hours per week and receive a stipend. The program is funded by the Corporation for National and Community Service, SeniorCorps Division, and is sponsored in Guilford County by Senior Resources of Guilford.
Are you 55+ and raising your grandchildren?
Senior Resources of Guilford sponsors activities and provides referrals to community resources for Guilford County grandparents age 55 and over who are raising their grandchildren or great-grandchildren. The agency can identify resources for help with legal, financial and medical issues. Monthly Lunch and Learn meetings include informative presentations, peer support, a free luncheon, and childcare and transportation for the meetings
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Call 336-333-6981 to register.
Transportation by Guilford County Transportation and Mobility Services (TAMS)
1203 Maple Street, Greensboro, NC, 27405
336-641-4848
http://www.myguilford.com/transportation/transportation-forms/
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Guilford County provides transportation and mobility services through its Community Transportation System, a public transit system and primarily serves persons living in Guilford County without access to GTA in Greensboro or Hi-Tran in High Point. Transportation is provided for medical appointments, employment, education, senior services, nutrition sites and adult day care.
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Senior Services Transportation
Continuing Ed Bus Transportation
24/7 Employment Transportation Services
Trips must be reserved by noon on the business day before the trip and are provided as part of a shared ride service. All services require completion and approval of an eligibility form before service can begin. Our fleet consists of sedans, vans and mini-buses.
Lift-equipped vehicles are available for riders in wheelchairs and guide animals are permitted. We provide door-to-door service so the driver will come to your door when he or she arrives. Our reservationists and drivers are specially trained to assist riders with varying types of disabilities and can arrange accommodations to meet individual needs.
Call us for services or go to our website to download and complete our Transportation Forms.
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Legal Aid of North Carolina - Senior Law Project
547 Haywood Road Asheville, NC 28806
http://www.legalaidnc.org/Pages/about-us/projects/Senior-Law-Project.aspx
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The Elder Law Clinic of Wake Forest University School of Law Worrell Professional Center
1834 Wake Forest Road P.O. Box 7206 Winston Salem, NC27109
336-758-5061
http://elder-clinic.law.wfu.edu/services/
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Foster Grandparents - Senior Corps
https://www.nationalservice.gov/programs/senior-corps/senior-corps-programs/fostergrandparents
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Foster Grandparents are role models, mentors, and friends to children with exceptional needs. The program provides a way for volunteers age 55 and over to stay active by serving children and youth in their communities.
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Volunteers serve at thousands of local organizations that:
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Help children learn to read and provide one-on-one tutoring
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Mentor troubled teenagers and young mothers
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Care for premature infants or children with disabilities
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Help children who have been abused or neglected
All you need to join is the ability to give the kind of comfort and love that sets a child on the path toward a successful future. If you’re 55 or older and want to share your experience and compassion, you have what it takes to be a Foster Grandparent.
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Senior Companions provides volunteers aged 55 and over who make a difference by providing assistance and friendship to adults who have difficulty with daily living tasks, such as shopping or paying bills. The program helps these adults remain independent in their homes instead of having to move to more costly institutional care.
The program serves 15 to 40 hours per week helping an average of two to four adult clients live independently in their own homes.
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Shepherd’s Center of Greensboro
302 W Market St, Greensboro, NC, 27401
336-378-0766
http://www.shepctrg.org/what-we-do/shepherds-wheels/
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Shepherd’s Center of Greensboro helps older adults pursue independent and active lives of purpose. Our seniors are lively, involved, curious and independent. They may be called older adults or seniors or elders…but their lives still have purpose, they share self and resources, and they are excited about learning and experiencing all of life. SCG sees them as resilient, tenacious and strong models for future generations.
The Shepherd’s WHEELS rideshare transportation service is provided for senior citizens (60+) who live independently within Greensboro city limits and are unable to drive or have limited access to transportation. All drivers are volunteers who share their time, cars and gas in order to help.
• Rider will be picked up at home by one of our volunteers and returned home after errands are finished.
• Shopping can only be done at our approved list of destination sites that include banks/credit unions, utility payment sites, grocery stores, food banks, drug stores, post office, etc.
• Seniors needing a photo ID may also call for transportation; an appointment at DMV is required.
• There is a maximum time limit of two hours with no more than three stops per trip, with one request per week.
• Request must be called in 7-10 days ahead of date when the ride is needed.
• Rider must be able make the calls to the office and to receive confirmation calls.
• Rides are provided within Greensboro city limits.
• While canes and walkers may be accommodated with the rider, we cannot transport wheelchairs.
Please call the SCG office to discuss basic eligibility and to be placed on our waiting list for application. Every effort is made to secure a driver for each ride requested, but rides cannot be “guaranteed” since they are based on availability of volunteer drivers.
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Senior Wheels Medical Transportation Program
by Senior Resources of Guilford
301 East Washington Street, Greensboro, NC, 27401
336-373-4816
http://www.senior-resources-guilford.org/
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The Senior Wheels Medical Transportation Program provides rides for seniors age 55 and over who are ambulatory to medical appointments in Guilford County and to regional medical facilities.
Individuals must be ambulatory to receive rides through the Senior Wheels Program.
Volunteer drivers from the faith community provide the rides to scheduled medical appointments.
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Mercy Medical Angels (MMA) - Ground Transportation Program
888-675-1405
http://mercymedical.org/ground-transportation/request-assistance/
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Description
Mercy Medical Angels (MMA) ensures that no needy patient is denied access to distant specialized medical evaluation, diagnosis or treatment for lack of a means of long-distance medically-related transportation; further to ensure the provision of urgent transportation in situations of compelling human need and homeland security (disaster response) emergencies. MMA bridges the access gap by providing charitable medical transportation throughout the United States by using one or more of the modes of transportation. Commercial Airline Tickets, Volunteer Pilot Operations and Long Distance Ground Transportation.
MMA’s Angel Wheels program ensures travel for low-income patients by providing gas cards and commercial bus or Amtrak tickets. Patients (with or without escort) must be ambulatory and require no medical monitoring or care en route. These trips are for non-local medical care or for patients returning home after a distant appointment or hospitalization. The typical trip does not exceed 300 miles.
To request assistance for ground transportation needs, complete the form on our website.