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Senior

Services

Division

Ashland Senior Center

1699 Homes Avenue in Ashland
Mon – Thur, 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, dignity
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
newsletter, call 541.488.5342 or email seniorinfo@ashland.or.us.

Services Services from our Partners
The following services support seniors and their families. Most • Food & Friends: This program of Rogue Valley Council of
services and activities are free, but classes may have a small Governments serves lunch at Ashland Senior Center on
fee. Please call to sign up. Monday – Friday, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., by donation for
• Information & Referral and Resource Consultations: seniors 60+ years. Home delivered meals are available
Referrals to resources for seniors and family caregivers, for qualified seniors. Learn more at 541.734.9505.
by appointment for more in-depth resource consultations • Senior Health Insurance Benefits Assistance (SHIBA):
• Education: Seminars and workshops on topics of interest Free assistance with Medicare, supplemental plans and
to seniors and their families prescription plans. Call 541.857.7780 for appointment.
• Recreation and Social Activities: Weekly games, movies, • Southern Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Assistance:
discussion group, movement classes and special events Offers low-cost eye exams, eyeglasses and OTC hearing
• Advance Directives Assistance aids. Learn more at 541.779.3653.
• Computer, Tablet and Phone Instruction
• Passes for RVTD Bus or Valley Lift: Available to eligible
residents 62 and older Meet Our Friend & Volunteer
• Senior Utility & Internet Discounts: Offered by City of Kim Rosmaier was born and raised
Ashland for low-income residents over age 65, or over in New York. After high school, she
age 60 with disability moved to California. She received
• Mike Hersh Memorial Food Pantry: Patrons may select her BS degree from UC Davis in
items from our small food pantry, restocked weekly by Natural Resources Sciences. After
our partner Ashland Community Food Bank. working for the State of California for
• Free Library: An honor system lending library of donated 25 years, Kim retired and moved to
books, DVDs, magazines and jigsaw puzzles Ashland. Kim has been volunteering
with APRC Senior Services Division
• Ashland Senior Phone Buddy: Volunteers call Buddies for the past 2 years. She participates
for regular check-ins and socializing by phone in Parks and Senior Services classes
• Dementia Caregiver Support Group: A monthly group and directed our charades activity.
for family caregivers

For more information, call the Senior Services Division at 541.488.5342 or visit
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