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Trained advocates providing information and resources to people over the age of 60. The goal is to assist residents in finding resources to stay in the home and find possible options for alternative living situations. Helps with services such as: - Assist with plans for recreational activities - Caregiver education and support - Caregiver relief - Community education - Consumer protection - Deliver home meals and work with nutrition sites - Forms assistance - Health care directives - Home visits - Medicare Part D enrollment - Nutrition Assistance Program for seniors (NAP) - Partners with Senior Linkage Line and Area Agency on Aging - Scams/fraud - Senior legal rights - Transportation resources - Volunteer recruitment and training

- Title III Congregate Meal provision to an elderly client or other eligible participant at a nutrition site, senior center or some other congregate setting. - Title III Home Delivered Meals may be made available to individuals with disabilities who reside in a non-institutional household with and are accompanied by an individual eligible for congregate meals. - Title VI Congregate and Home Delivered Meals will include enrolled members of any recognized tribe aged 55 years or over within the program service area. Eligibility will include spouse, handicapped or disabled individual in the same household of the eligible participant who accompany participant to a congregate site. - Title VI Caregiver Program will include caregiver support services directed toward informal, unpaid family caregivers of adults 55 years and over. Grandparents and relative caregivers, age 55 and older, who are the primary caregivers of a child not more than 18 years old because the biological or adoptive parents are unable or unwilling to serve as the primary caregiver of the child. They must be related to the child by blood, marriage, or adoption and live with the child.

The Heritage Community Center offers a place for seniors to come for companionship, activities, resources, and meals through fundraising events

- Clubs including book club, Happy Hands knitting club, women's club, bridge, Chan-O-Laires chorus group, and woodcarving group - Congregate dining - Cribbage - Day trips and extended overnight trips - Foot care clinic - Health education classes - Health insurance assistance - Mahjongg - Meals on Wheels - Monthly catered afternoon meals (Lunch Box Special) with entertainment - Nintendo Wii - One-on-one computer assistance - Passport to the World Programs (lunch and education on various countries) - Technology classes

Provides daily meals to seniors - $4.00 donation for age 60 & older - $6.00 donation for under age 60 For home meals, call (218)999-1045 between 7:00 am - 2:00 pm

Meals on Wheels through Lutheran Social Services - Mobile meals are available to those who are unable to prepare their own meals

- Advocacy and outreach on elder services - Congregate meals for dine-in and home delivery of meals - Educational conferences - Elder activities - Elder/Disabled Energy Program (electric and gas service payment assistance) - Information and referrals - Social nutrition

Volunteer-delivered meals for older adults who are unable to prepare meals. Meals are delivered at 12 noon.

Offers an outreach center. Services provided: - Community resource information - Meals on Wheels program

Connects and provides older adults and their caregivers with services in their community to allow them to live long, healthy, and independent lives in their own homes. Services include: - Food Assistance: Congregate dining locations offering low-cost meals, low-cost frozen meals, home-delivered meals, NAPS, and SNAP - Healthy Living: Blood pressure checks, fall prevention screenings, telehealth conferences, Tai Chi and yoga sessions, and stretching/balance education - Information Services: Offers memory loss education and Dementia Friends, Medicare counseling and assistance, fraud/scam identification and prevention, assistance with internet search, assistance with Healthcare Directives and Power of Attorney forms, and classes to older adults - Mobile Community Center: Brings services and socialization to the door or community. The vehicle is equipped with high-speed internet, flat-screen TV, applications for programs, and meeting space for coffee and conversation. - Social: Offers card parties, coffee and conversation time, caregiver respite, karaoke parties, video calls and chats with friends, and social media assistance

Offers services for veterans including: - Behavioral health and counseling - Caregiver support and respite - Case management - Financial counseling - Home delivered nutritious meals

- In-home care including health care, therapies, homemaker and companion services. - House Calls providing primary care services by a physician or certified nurse practitioner. - Hospice care for end of life home care - Home delivered meals for the 7-county metro area are available as part of Optage services. Meals can also take place in a congregate setting at 17 locations throughout Hennepin, Ramsey, and Washington counties.

Community Based Services are programs designed to assist aging and disabled persons to maintain independent living Services to individuals and families are provided to: - Support and maintain independent living in the community - Assist aging and disabled persons in determining their health care needs - Avoid costly hospitalization and institutionalization - Coordinating home care services - Skilled nursing - Home Health Aide (HHA) - Homemaker - Senior Companion - Respite care - Meals on Wheels (MOW) - Transportation

Hot meal delivered to client's home at lunchtime. There are no late afternoon meals. Special diets cannot be accommodated but diabetic desserts are available.

Provides a hot, nutritious noon meal to older adults, adults with disabilities, or adults who are terminally ill and with limited mobility who are unable to prepare their own meals. Meals are provided by local caterers and delivered by volunteers. Program Coordinators will meet individually with client to discuss nutrition and other services available to aid them in remaining independent. Volunteer opportunities available to drive for Meals on Wheels.

Offers an outreach center. Services provided: - Community resource information - Food shelf with available food items to anyone in need. Accepts donations of food. - Meals on Wheels program

Provides a nutritious meal delivered to ones home by volunteer drivers within Blue Earth city limits.

Offers different activities such as bingo, cards, and music throughout the week. Also provides meal programs, including congregate meal dining and home-delivered meals.

Provides meal services, community events, and wellness for elders who are White Earth Nation members. Services include: - Congregate meals - Employment opportunities - Exercise sessions - Foot care clinics - Home-delivered meals - Information and referral services - Nutrition education - Nutrition counseling - Social events - Podiatry clinics - Transportation through public transit program - Wellness screenings

VINE volunteers deliver noon meals each weekday to older adults and others who are not able to shop for and/or prepare nutritious meals. Provides personal safety checks to those who are homebound as part of the program. Service is not available on holidays.

- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Applications: Provides assistance with applications for SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) a county-run, state-supervised Federal program that helps Minnesotans with low incomes get the food they need for sound nutrition and well-balanced meals. The program issues electronic food support benefits that can help stretch your household food budget. - Information and Referral: Offers information on resources of local food shelves - Nutrition Assistance Program for Seniors (NAPS) Applications: The program is designed to provide healthy and nutritious food products each month at no cost to eligible individuals over the age of 60. Helps eligible individuals apply for the program. - Second Harvest Heartland: Provides a free food distribution program to those in need - Prairie Five Meals Program: Offers congregate dining, home delivered, and frozen meals serving 34 communities in the area. Frozen meals are available for weekend, holiday, emergency and rural delivery. The program promotes health and independent living in the senior population through improved nutrition and reduction of social isolation.

- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Applications: Provides assistance with applications for SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) a county-run, state-supervised Federal program that helps Minnesotans with low incomes get the food they need for sound nutrition and well-balanced meals. The program issues electronic food support benefits that can help stretch your household food budget. - Information and Referral: Offers information on resources of local food shelves - Nutrition Assistance Program for Seniors (NAPS) Applications: The program is designed to provide healthy and nutritious food products each month at no cost to eligible individuals over the age of 60. Helps eligible individuals apply for the program. - Second Harvest Heartland: Provides a free food distribution program to those in need - Prairie Five Meals Program: Offers congregate dining, home delivered, and frozen meals serving 34 communities in the area. Frozen meals are available for weekend, holiday, emergency and rural delivery. The program promotes health and independent living in the senior population through improved nutrition and reduction of social isolation.

Offers an outreach center. Services provided: - Community resource information - Food shelf with available food items to anyone in need. Accepts donations of food. - Meals on Wheels program

Provides home delivered meals

Offers recreational activities for older adults. Activities offered include: - Bicycling club - Bingo - Book clubs - Card games - In-person or virtual caregiver support groups - Exercise classes such as Silver Sneakers Strength and Balance, Tai Chi, flexibility and strength, and yoga - Health insurance counseling - Knit and quilting - Line dancing - Legal information and resources - Ping pong - Outreach services such as referrals, mobile meals, and home visits - Special events - Technology assistance - Trips and community tours - Walking groups The Heritage Center is also available for rent for family parties, babyshowers, meetings, or a corporate event.