Council on Aging Martin County Receives 3 United Way Grants
Stuart, FL – The Council on Aging Martin County is the grateful recipient of three impact grants from the United Way of Martin County to support key resources for seniors within the Martin community.
The first grant, for $25,000, will go toward one of the Council on Aging’s newest services, the Elder Care Mobile Outreach Program’s Senior Services Navigator. Seniors in need who have difficulty getting to Council on Aging services can receive assistance in their own neighborhoods thanks to the Elder Care Mobile Outreach bus. The grant will help to fund the position of Senior Services Care Navigator, who assists seniors with resources like securing affordable housing, referrals to Meals on Wheels or the Adult Day Club at the Kane Center, enrollment in the GUIDE program for people with dementia and their caregivers, medical consultation and screening from the Day Primary Care Center, and assistance with everything from unpaid utility bills to loneliness and isolation.
Another $25,000 grant will provide scholarships to seniors for the Adult Day Club on the Kane Center campus of the Council on Aging Martin County. It is an ideal program for seniors with mild to moderate dementia or mobility issues who can benefit from social activity with peers, memory care, brain fitness and physical exercise.
Meals on Wheels, a program that provides a hot noonday meal and a warm smile to the homes of more than 500 seniors every Monday through Friday, received a $35,000 grant from the United Way of Martin County. For many Meals on Wheels clients, the visit is more than the delivery of a hot meal. It is a vital safety check on their well-being and may be their only consistent opportunity for social interaction with another person.
“We’re enormously appreciative to the United Way of Martin County,” Council on Aging Martin County CEO Karen Ripper said. “The golden years are not always golden for every senior. There are many seniors in our community who need and deserve our help, and we are deeply grateful to our partners like the United Way for helping us to meet their needs.”
The Council on Aging Martin County is the community’s hub for senior resources for health & wellness, social connections, meals & nutrition, and memory and caregiving programs. “We offer four key pieces of encouragement to seniors,” Ripper said. “Be healthy, stay active, eat well, and, very importantly, get help when you need it. We’re committed to being the source of that help for seniors, their families, and the community.”
For more information about the Council on Aging Martin County, visit www.coamartin.org or call 772-223-7800.
About the Council on Aging Martin County
For seniors, their families, and caregivers, the Council on Aging Martin County is their trusted and comprehensive hub for senior resources. We work with the community to reduce anxiety, depression, loneliness, and hunger. Together, we help seniors live a safer, healthier, and happier life.
From our Adult Day Club, Day Primary Care Center, case management, and memory enhancement programming, to our nutrition and exercise classes, games to improve memory, concerts and social events, the Council on Aging’s Kane Center on Salerno Road is a beehive of activities. Services also take to the road – like Meals on Wheels, providing a hot meal and a warm smile to more than 500 homebound and needy Martin County senior residents in their home each day, or Senior Dining Centers at locations throughout the county in Stuart, Jensen Beach, Indiantown and Hobe Sound. The Elder Care Mobile Outreach Bus brings knowledgeable and compassionate staff directly to seniors in local neighborhoods.
For 51 years, the Council on Aging Martin County has been working tirelessly to inspire a community that embraces, uplifts and encourages seniors to maintain lives of quality and purpose. Stay healthy. Be active. Eat well. Get help when you need it from the Council on Aging Martin County. Please visit us in person, online at coamartin.org, or on social media, and learn more about the many services of the Council on Aging Martin County. Our staff and volunteers are ready and eager to help.