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Provides recreational activities for older adults in the community. Programs and activities include:
- Book Clubs
- Music Classes
- Knitting
- Art classes: painting and drawing classes and art history
- Spanish classes
- Fitness classes: Yoga, Tai Chi, Pilates, Dance classes
- Health and Wellness services: Blood pressure testing, cholesterol testing, and podiatry
- Card and Game Play: Ping pong, bocce, poker, canasta, bridge, table top games, mahjong, bowling
- Social events
- Social services: Loss and Bereavement support groups, Caregiver support groups, benefits assistance, and transportation services
- PTC Library: computer access, books, CDs, and DVDs
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Senior Centers
Offers a day center for older adults to socialize with others. Provides lunch to older adults who are 50 years and older. Also provides daily drop-in activities, programs, trips, guest speakers and services for older adults.
Services and activities include:
- Arthritis Exercise Program
- Bingo, Mahjong, and Pinochle
- Speakers & Entertainers
- Walking Club
- Yoga
- Transportation services
Offers a community center for seniors to sign up for classes, trips, events, and support groups.
Also provides information and referrals to social services, which include:
- Transportation (RTA Bus Pass, Discount Taxi Program, Dial-a-Ride)
- Application assistance for Low-income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
- Benefits assistance (S.H.I.P., Medicare, SSI, Benefit Access, etc.)
Providing an array of programs and services for LGBTQ community members over the age of 55. Services include:
- Social and recreational activities
- Educational workshops
- Support groups
- Benefits assistance
- Employment assistance
Also offers a meal program that distributes boxed meals for older adults ages 55 years or older. Meals can be picked up at the Addison location Monday through Saturday at 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM.
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Senior Centers
Located in the lower level of Miller Park Pavilion, offers special events, card clubs, exercise classes, arts and crafts, socialization, and information about other senior social services.
Recreational programming activities for older adults in the Grayslake area. Activities include:
- Bingo
- Trivia Games
- Crochet and Knit Clubs
- Poker
- Exercise classes
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Senior Centers
Offers supportive living for seniors who are low-income. Provides entertainment and activities daily.
Provides various activities and programs for seniors ages 55 and older. Activities include exercise, trips, games, and events.
Offers the following activities and services to seniors:
- Transportation for medical appointments
- Medical Equipment Lending Closet (loans medical equipment for up to three months to residents of Lake Forest and Lake Bluff)
- Medicare and insurance information and assistance
- Social services advocacy and benefits assistance
- Health and fitness programs
- Educational programs
- Trips and tours
Provides recreational activities and events for older adults. Also offers information and referrals for outside services, including:
- AARP Safety Driving Class
- Benefit Access
- Billiard Table
- Bone Density Testing
- Card Games
- Country Line Dancing
- Exercise Classes
- Fitness Room
- Foot Care
- Gift Shoppe
- Health/Wellness Workshops
- Health Screenings
- Lawn & Snow Service
- License Plate Discounts
- Oil & Water Color Painting
- Quilting
- Red Hat Society
- Rules of the Road
- Senior Health Insurance Program (SHIP)
- Soul Line Dancing
- Support/Enhancement Groups
- Transit Card
- Transportation
- Tax Preparation
- Vacation Travel
- Walk For Fitness
- Woodshop
- Yoga & Meditation
* Visit the website for more information on each program/service.
Services
Senior Centers
Social opportunities for seniors to play cards and games, watch TV, etc. Also features a small library.
Provides a place where senior citizens, as individuals or in groups, come together to take part in fun activities.
Activities include:
- Bingo.
- Day trips.
- Fundraiser dinners.
- Textile crafting group (quilting, embroidery, crochet, knitting, etc.).
- Painting.
- Card games (pinochle, mahjong, euchre, spades, etc.).
- Puzzles and table games.
- Book club.
- Red Hat Ladies group.
- Line dancing classes.
Provides a place for older adults to socialize and make friends. Senior Center has board games, card games, television, books that can be borrowed, and Bingo. The engAGE program offers various monthly activities. Also performs community outreach.
engAGED activities include:
- Yoga.
- Manicure Day
- On The Page drawing courses.
- pAGE Turner Book Club.
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Information and Referral
Outreach Programs
Senior Centers
Services include the Senior Health Insurance Program, transportation services including Ride DuPage, and reduced fare cards for RTA, assistance finding resources for seniors and their families and help with Benefits Access applications for seniors.
A variety of entertaining programs and leisure activities are available at the center including music, quilting, pool, dancing, games, trips, holiday events, and more.
Through a cooperative effort of local health care providers, colleges and other community agencies, the center offers health screenings, medication management, nutrition education, group exercise, referral, and mental health resource and referral.
Club 55 offers a variety of engagement opportunities including yoga, support groups, card games, and more!
The Senior Center offers many programs which include:
- Senior Citizens Nutrition Program: Congregate and home delivered meals.
- Senior Benefits Assistance (BAA Program).
- Health Insurance and Medicare Assistance (SHIP Program).
- Pharmaceutical assistance.
- Legal Aid for seniors.
- Transportation for age 60+, anywhere inside city limits. Wheelchair lift vans available.
- Recreation: Pool, TV, exercise equipment, quilting, painting, bingo, etc.
- Fitness programs: Exercise classes, bowling.
- Health screenings: Blood pressure, flu shots.
- Telephone reassurance/wellness checks.
- Home visits.
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General Benefits and Services Assistance
Temporary Financial Assistance
Senior Centers
Congregate Meals/Nutrition Sites
Home Delivered Meals
Prescription Expense Assistance
General Health Insurance Information/Counseling
Senior Ride Programs
General Legal Aid
Senior Services Associates offers a variety of opportunities to socialize virtually and in-person.
- Includes activities such as bingo, card games, holiday parties, crafts, and bus trips to ball games, theatre events, and other special outings.
Senior Services Associates also reaches out to professionals who give presentations on a variety of topics of interest to older adults such as:
- Healthy Heart Aging.
- Medicare Part D.
- Long Term Care Insurance.
- Defensive Driving.
- Fraud and Scam Awareness, and much more.
Senior Services Associates frequently host events focused on maintaining the health of older adults. Programs and activities include:
- Exercise programs.
- Fall Awareness presentations.
- Flu shots.
- Medication management, and a wide range of screenings including those for blood pressure, hearing and sight, mental health, and counseling.
Williamson County Programs on Aging provides recreational activities, including:
- Bingo.
- Games.
- Crafts.
- Television.
- Visiting.
- Reading.
Other programs for seniors include:
- Educational opportunities in conjunction with John A. Logan College.
- Two computers for internet usage and email.
- On-site painting class.
- Rules of the Road and Defensive Driving classes.
- Low impact stretching and exercise classes for those with arthritis.
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Senior Centers
Driver Training
General Arts and Crafts
Promotes the well-being of the senior community by providing programs and activities surrounding:
- Health and fitness.
- Educational programs.
- Social luncheons.
- Games, hobbies, and arts.
- Events and trips.
- Senior Dining Site: Hot, nourishing meals with various activities.
- Home-Delivered Meals: Nutritious meals are provided to seniors who are homebound because of illness, physical or mental impairment, or who are otherwise isolated.
- Transportation: Transportation for business, shopping, doctors appointments, pharmacies, trips to the Sunshine Center, or other community services and events.
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Congregate Meals/Nutrition Sites
Senior Centers
Senior Ride Programs
Home Delivered Meals
Offers a number of recreational programs and classes for youth, adults, and special populations, such as for people who have developmental disabilities. Among other offerings are the Scovill Activity Center (seniors), Lakeshore Landing (a park on the shores of Lake Decatur), and Scovill Zoo.
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Public Parks
Zoos/Wildlife Parks
Senior Centers
Recreational Activities/Sports
Provides recreational, educational, and information programs, activities, and services for senior adults to enhance, promote, and encourage their participation and leadership so they may lead happy, useful lives which are beneficial to themselves and their community.
Services
Senior Centers
Administers the following programs:
- General Assistance program for those low income, without minor (age 17 and below) dependents, and who do not qualify for other financial aid programs (such as Social Security or TANF).
- Senior Citizens Center.
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General Relief
Senior Centers
Offers educational and recreational programs, health screenings, and a hot noon meal. Specifically, the following types of services are available at the Senior Center:
- Blood pressure checks.
- Rules of the road.
- Hearing clinics.
- Annual senior expo.
- Crafts.
- Cards and bingo.
- Parties.
- Exercise.
- Informational sessions (from investing to cooking to shopping wisely).
- Wii bowling tournaments.
- Pool tournaments.
The Center is also available to be rented out during off hours for family reunions, showers, etc.