Land-of-Sky Regional Council

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	Lending Our Support to the Region’s Communities Serving Buncombe, Henderson, Madison, & Transylvania Counties 339 New Leicester Highway, Suite 140, Asheville NC 28806 Phone: (828) 251- 6622 • Fax: (828) 251- 6353 • Email: info@landofsky.org

AREA AGENCY ON AGING

Programs
• Family Caregiver Support • Older Worker Employment • Ombudsman

Other Programs & Services
• Advisory Council • Century Club • Congregate Nutrition Meal Sites • Fan/Heat Relief • Health Promotion and Disease Prevention • HCCBG Services • Senior Friendly Communities • Senior Centers • Senior Tarheel Legislature

Information
• Contacts for Help • Educational Events for Older Adults Calendar • Press Releases • Publications • Topic Index • Buncombe County 2008-2012 Goals and Objectives

Senior Centers

Senior Centers

A multipurpose senior center is a community facility where older adults come together for services and activities that reflect their skills, interests, and diverse needs. Centers are a resource for the entire community, providing services and information on aging, and assisting family and friends who care for older persons. For older persons at risk of losing their self-sufficiency, senior centers are the entry point to an array of services that will help them maintain their independence. Any variety of services to individuals or groups may be accessed depending on local community circumstances.
Examples of individual services at senior centers are information and referral, home-delivered meals, job finding and training, legal assistance, health insurance counseling, transportation, and volunteer opportunities. Examples of group services are group meals, educational sessions, cultural events, health and wellness activities, retirement planning, community service projects, intergenerational programs, volunteer opportunities, and recreational trips.
Certification of senior centers is an initiative designed to enhance their operation and programming. It is a two-tiered model: The Center of Merit and The Center of Excellence. In order to get either of these designations, a Self-Assessment tool known as the SCOPE (Senior Center Operations and Program Evaluation), is used to measure centers for merit or excellence or define areas where improvement is needed. Such designation allows a center to be recognized as a viable, fundable, and qualified provider of best-practice services within the community. They can use their state-certified Center of Merit or Excellence in their literature, grant applications, and marketing materials. Certification will also eliminate the need for future HCCBG Standards monitoring. In Fiscal Year 2004-2005, all certified centers received additional funding for monies allocated by the General Assembly.
Region B Senior Centers:

Buncombe County

Harvest House

Senior Opportunity Center

Lakeview Senior Center

Henderson County

Sammy Williams Senior Center

Edneyville Senior Center

Madison County

Marshall Senior Center

Hot Springs Senior Center

Department of Community Services

Transylvania County