$1.9M in expenses

Adult day care: day care/day health services provided to older adults, the majority of whom are living with memory loss. During the year 18,253 days of care was provided to 305 people at the award-winning elizabeth and tab williams adult day center of senior services. The williams center is open from 7:00 a.m. To 6:00 p.m., monday through friday and provides supervision, memory stimulating activities, meals, baths, haircuts, dental care, etc. To older adults living with memory loss, as well as support groups for family caregivers.

$1.4M in expenses

Home care: certified nursing assistants of senior services spent 20,174 hours caring for 194 older adults living with frailty in their homes. Home care services include help with bathing, dressing, assistance using the restroom, physical exercise, transfer, etc.; 13,197 baths were given during these hours of service. This service helps older adults remain in their homes living with dignity, avoiding costly institutional placements.

$2.1M in expenses

Meals on wheels: nutritious meals delivered monday through friday to older adults who have difficulty leaving their home, preparing meals for themselves, with no one to assist with the noontime meal. During the year, 223,781 lunches were delivered to 1,447 seniors and 18,083 pounds of groceries were delivered to 105 people in need, representing thousands of moments of priceless human interaction and connection.

$2.7M in expenses

Living at home: 240 high risk elders were able to remain living at home through specialized packages of services coordinated by nurses and social workers of senior services. This "nursing home without walls" approach is less expensive and preferred by seniors. An estimated 307,713 in-home service hours and 40,552 baths were arranged for by our case managers and provided indirectly as a result of this medicaid program. Helpline: the helpline is staffed with aging resource specialists who provide information, referrals and options counseling to seniors and their caregivers on a variety of aging topics such as in-home service, housing options, community resources, and long-term planning. Aging resource specialists answered 10,611 information and assistance questions of seniors or family caregivers. Senior lunch: 12,192 hot lunches were served to 157 older adults at four congregate nutrition sites in forsyth county. In addition to lunch, participants benefitted from informational and entertaining programs and regular socialization. Creative connections: 907 older adults were served in creative connections with 82 new participants this year. Older adults participated in 1,035 creative connections activities. Age-friendly forsyth: is a program of senior services that engages and informs aging adults and community partners on ways to create a livable community through strategic collaborative planning, advocacy and awareness, and community data gathering, analysis, and reporting elder care choices of senior services is a referral and consultation service for employees of contracting companies. The service is designed to save employees time in identifying and locating appropriate resources to help in their caregiving needs. Family care giver support- this program provides support and information to caregivers that are providing care to a senior adult. This program also supports older adults who are serving in a kinship care role, such as grandparents raising grandchildren.