Helping Seniors Live Healthy and Safe with Dignity at Home

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Helping Seniors Live Healthy and Safe with Dignity at Home

ALLEGHENY COUNTY INVESTMENTS

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SUSTAINABLE HOME IMPROVEMENT PROJECT

The Sustainable Home Improvement Partnership is a 4-agency collaboration that provides free home improvements, repairs, and modifications to income-eligible seniors.

Lead: ACTION-Housing, Inc. With: Nazareth Housing Services, Rebuilding Pittsburgh Together, The Pittsburgh Project

IN SERVICE OF SENIORS

In Service of Seniors is a grassroots, neighborhelping-neighbor model that recruits, trains, and matches volunteers with local older adults, to provide critical non-medical support that allows them to age in place.

Lead: Wesley Family Services With: North Hills Community Outreach, AgeWell Pittsburgh, Travelers Aid, University of Pittsburgh Occupational Therapy, Brightwood Center Institute Occupational Therapy Assistant

AGEWELL

AgeWell is a robust multi-agency collaboration offering a continuum of services (information & referral, adult day service, in-home care, food/meal service, medical service, transportation, telehealth, and exercise/falls prevention) that help seniors thrive and live safely at home.

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Lead: Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh With: Jewish Association on Aging, Jewish Family & Community Service

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HCBS CARE CONNECTIONS

HCBS Care Connections is a NAMS-led project to implement the Changes of Condition intervention, which monitors changes in everyday functioning that threaten seniors' independence if left unaddressed, across the meal delivery operations of seven providers in the Meals on Wheels Greater Pittsburgh collaborative.

Lead: Northern Area Multi Service Center With: ACCESS Transportation Systems, Inc., Catholic Youth Association, Eastern Area Adult Services, Hill House Association, LifeSpan Senior Services, Plum Senior Community Center, Riverview Community Action Corp., The Thorne Group, Inc., University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health

SENIOR TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

Travelers Aid Society removes barriers, such as fares, fuel costs, unavailable drivers, etc. for seniors, their family caregivers, and the volunteers who assist them so that seniors can attend medical appointments, shop, socialize, and get to general health and wellness services.

Lead: Travelers Aid Society With: ACCESS Transportation, Wesley Family Services, North Hills Community Outreach, UPMC Senior Services, Western Pennsylvania Community of Hope, YWCA

BETTER CHOICES, BETTER HEALTH

Better Choices, Better Health teaches participants how to improve their own health by self-managing their chronic conditions including pain management, nutrition, exercise, medication use, and communicating with physicians.

Lead: Vintage, Inc. With: Community College of Allegheny County, Jefferson Regional Foundation

UNITED WAY INITIATIVES

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OPEN YOUR HEART TO A SENIOR (OYHS)

OYHS mobilizes caring neighbors to provide volunteer services that target fall prevention, combat loneliness, and increase access to transportation, allowing seniors to live healthily and safely at home with dignity.

Lead: United Way With: Wesley Family Services, North Hills Community Outreach, and 14 other non-profit senior service organizations

UNITED FOR CAREGIVERS

United for Caregivers@Work helps caregivers by equipping their employers with a variety of proven methods to help their employees who are caring for an older loved one by identifying activities that best suit their workplace's culture, staff capacity, and budget.

Lead: United Way With: The Pittsburgh Foundation

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