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Senior Services Division

Senior Services Division – Ashland Senior Center
Senior Services Division—Ashland Senior Center
1699 Homes Avenue in Ashland | Mon – Thur, 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
1699 Homes Avenue in Ashland, Mon—Fri, 8:30 a.m.—3:30 p.m.
541.488.5342 | ashlandseniorservices.org
The APRC Senior Services Division enhances the lives of seniors by promoting healthy aging, well-being, diginity and independence.
The Senior Services Division offers a variety of services and activities at the Ashland Senior Center and advocates for senior needs
The APRC Senior Services Division enhances the lives of seniors by promoting healthy aging, well-being, dignity
throughout the community. For more information or to request a newsletter, call 541.488.5342 or email seniorinfo@ashland.or.us.
and independence. The Senior Services Division offers a variety of services and activities at the Ashland Senior
Center and advocates for senior needs throughout the community. For more information or to request a monthly
Senior Services Ongoing Programs
newsletter, call 541.488.5342 or email seniorinfo@ashland.or.us.
The following services support seniors and families: Enjoy a variety of recreational and social activities at the
Senior Center. Ongoing activities offered include
• Information and Referral: Referrals to local and regional Services from our Partners
Services
resources for seniors and family caregivers • Food & Friends: This program of Rogue Valley Council of
• Cribbage Club—Details p 18
The following services support seniors and their families. Most
• Health-Related Activities: Blood pressure testing, foot Governments serves lunch at Ashland Senior Center on
services and activities are free, but classes may have a small
care clinic, movement classes and other health services • Cards—Details p 19
Monday – Friday, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., by donation for
fee. Please call to sign up.
as available • Line Dancing—Details p 18
seniors 60+ years. Home delivered meals are available
• Information & Referral and Resource Consultations:
• Educational Activities: Seminars and workshops on topics • Gentle Yoga—Details pp 18 & 19
for qualified seniors. Learn more at 541.734.9505
Referrals to resources for seniors and family caregivers,
of interest to seniors and their families
• Mah Jongg—Details p 18
by appointment for more in-depth resource consultations
• Recreation Activities: Free weekly games, movies and • Senior Health Insurance Benefits Assistance (SHIBA):
Free assistance with Medicare, supplemental plans and
• Education: Seminars and workshops on topics of interest
specially scheduled craft activities • Tai Chi—Details p 19
prescription plans. Call 541.857.7780 for appointment
to seniors and their families
• Senior Health Insurance Benefits Assistance (SHIBA): • Computer Instruction (Mac & PC)—Details p 18
Call to schedule an appointment for free assistance with • Southern Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Assistance:
• Recreation and Social Activities: Weekly games, movies,
Offers low-cost eye exams, eyeglasses and OTC hearing
Medicare, supplemental plans and prescription plans. Food & Friends
discussion group, movement classes and special events
aids. Learn more at 541.779.3653
• Senior Utility & AFN (Internet) Discounts: Offered by City The Food & Friends program serves lunch at the Ashland Senior
• Advance Directives Assistance
of Ashland for low income utility and/or internet customers Center Monday—Friday, 11:30 a.m.—12:30 p.m., by donation,
• Computer, Tablet and Phone Instruction
over age 65, or over age 60 with disability. Call to schedule for seniors age 60 and up. Meals on Wheels home delivery is
• Passes for RVTD Bus or Valley Lift: Available to eligible
application assistance at the Senior Services Division office. Meet Our Friend & Volunteer
residents 62 and older
• Free Touchpass Bus Cards/Valley Lift Vouchers: A limited available for qualified seniors. These programs are administered
by the Rogue Valley Council of Governments (RVCOG). For more
• Senior Utility & Internet Discounts: Offered by City of
number of prepaid Touchpass bus cards and Valley Lift Kathy McNeal has volunteered over
information, please call 541.734.9505.
vouchers are available to seniors 62 and older. 700 hours over the past two years with
Ashland for low-income customers over age 65, or over
age 60 with disability
• Senior Food Box Program: We can help you connect with Ashland Parks and Recreation Senior
Meet Our Friend & Volunteer
Ashland Emergency Food Bank for home delivered food. Services Division. For this amazing
• Mike Hersh Memorial Food Pantry: Patrons may select
Jody Johnson and her husband Mark
items from our small food pantry, restocked weekly by contribution, she was honored with
moved to Ashland last year, from the
our partner Ashland Community Food Bank the 2023 Volunteer Service Award
Upcoming Events from Oregon Recreation and Park
Santa Cruz mountains. Shortly after
• Free Library: An honor system lending library of donated
New events may be added. For more info call 541.488.5342. Association. Kathy has volunteered
arriving, Jody started volunteer with
books, DVDs, magazines and jigsaw puzzles
doing outreach calls, office support
our partner, RVCOG Food & Friends. She
• Dementia Caregiver Support Group work and serving on the Ashland
• Ashland Senior Phone Buddy: Volunteers call buddies
works in the dining room at the Ashland
for regular check-ins and socializing b
May 15, Jun 19, Jul 17, Aug 21, Details p 20y phone Senior Advisory Council. Thank you for your incredible service
• Young at Art to our community, Kathy! Senior Center and also delivers meals
• Dementia Caregiver Support Group: A monthly group
for family caregivers
Jun 5, Jul 3, Aug 7, Details p 20 to homebound local seniors, often with
• AARP Smart Driver Course Mark’s help. She also brings amazing homemade cookies to
share with others. Jody says: “I have always volunteered, and just
For more information, call the Senior Services Division at 541.488.5342 or visit
Aug 28 & 29, Details p 20 love seniors and their life stories. And now I am one!”
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