Trying to find help for aging family members or yourself can be overwhelming. You don’t have to do it alone. Call South Shore Elder Services’ (SSES) Information and Referral Department at 781-848-3910 where our Information Specialists can connect you to many resources available.
Let’s face it. It’s not something we like to think about or talk about, but older people face similar difficult situations that younger people do: isolation, neglect, or abuse are equal opportunity stresses and don’t end because someone advances in age. In fact, seniors are often more vulnerable and encounter additional stress and risk due [...]
Every single day, more than 65 million people in the United States provide care for a chronically ill, disabled, or aged family member or friend. That’s 29% of the population in our country and the statistics are no different locally. When you break it down, nearly 1/3 of the people in this country spend an [...]
Our home delivered meals program, also know as “Meals on Wheels”, are designed to provide just the right combination of good nutrition and a friendly visitor for people 60+ who may not have enough food, be able to prepare their own food, or understand the proper nutritional requirements as they are advancing in age.
We deliver [...]
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South Shore Elder Services, Inc. is the designated Aging Services Access Point and Area Agency on Aging for eleven communities on the South Shore. We have been providing services to older people and their caregivers in Braintree, Cohasset, Hingham, Holbrook, Hull, Milton, Norwell, Quincy, Randolph, Scituate and Weymouth since 1977.
Our mission is to promote and [...]
1. My mother needs long term care. What options are available and how do I research these facilities?
It is important to first establish exactly what type of care your mother needs. If she does not require 24 hour care perhaps she could remain in a more independent setting with support services. Assisted Living, elderly housing, [...]
Trying to find help for aging family members or yourself can be overwhelming. You don’t have to do it alone. Call South Shore Elder Services’ (SSES) Information and Referral Department at 781-848-3910 where our Information Specialists can connect you to many resources available.
Let’s face it. It’s not something we like to think about or talk about, but older people face similar difficult situations that younger people do: isolation, neglect, or abuse are equal opportunity stresses and don’t end because someone advances in age. In fact, seniors are often more vulnerable and encounter additional stress and risk due [...]
Every single day, more than 65 million people in the United States provide care for a chronically ill, disabled, or aged family member or friend. That’s 29% of the population in our country and the statistics are no different locally. When you break it down, nearly 1/3 of the people in this country spend an [...]
Our home delivered meals program, also know as “Meals on Wheels”, are designed to provide just the right combination of good nutrition and a friendly visitor for people 60+ who may not have enough food, be able to prepare their own food, or understand the proper nutritional requirements as they are advancing in age.
We deliver [...]
What if you got:
Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Ed Markey, Stephen Lynch, Barbara Mikulski, Gene Sperling, Paul Ryan, Patty Murray, Harold Rogers, Max Richtman, Mark Takano, Alan Grayson, Jim McGovern, Ann Hartstein, David Seltz, and Christine Alessandro all in one room?
It might look like this: (Click link below)
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Governor’s 7th. State of the State: Patrick Bats 0-7 On Elderly Agenda
Once more, in his “annual call to action,” Governor Deval Patrick has ignored completely the needs of the elderly and disabled. There was nothing in the Governor’s State of the State speech tonight to address the needs of 1.3 million elderly constituents. This is [...]
Please click the following link for the February 2013 Volume 26 #2. This volume is dedicated to raising awareness at the state and federal level of the needs of elders and the impact of budget cuts.
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