Referral:
Staff direct and follow-up referrals to
seniors for specific resources.
Information:Staff answers questions about resources, services, activities, and programs either through phone or thrQugh personal contact.
Transportation:
Long distance and in-town drivers are available for medical appointments, shopping for goods and services, and for social and recreational reasons. Seniors pay a set rate, which is paid to the drivers and towards fuel costs.
Home and Maintenance - House Cleaning - Snow removal:
A list of these service providers is supplied with a recommended fee to be paid directly to these workers.
Reading/Letter and card writing Assistance with forms:
Seniors requesting help in completing forms may call the office. Assistance with most forms is at no charge.
Volunteer Visitors:
Seniors who are lonely may request a friendly visitor. The volunteer will visit the senior regularly as prearranged.
Emergency Response Systems:
Portage Service for Seniors administers Portage & District Lifeline used in private homes and non-serviced dwellings. This emergency response system provides a ‘personal, caring connection’ 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, providing peace of mind you and your loved ones deserve. Help is always just a push of a button away.
Telephone checks:
Volunteers call seniors to reduce their sense of isolation, and anxiety about living alone and to ensure that they are safe and well.
Errands:
Volunteers perform a variety of daily living activities for the user, such as bill paying, picking up or dropping off goods such as library books, and other tasks.
Congregate Meals:
Meals resemble a family or friendship setting as much as possible with every party contributing to meal preparation and serving according to capacity, including users, volunteers and the community as’ a whole. The charge for the meal ($5.00) covers the cost of purchasing the food. Meal programs have been established at four locations: Oaktree Towers, Stephen’s apartments, Rotary Park and Regency House. The meals are open to seniors in the community.
Tenant Companion:
Supports seniors in a range of services in community congregate living, settings. Examples: promotes exercise, social outings and friendly visits.
E.R.IK.: Emergency. response information kit. Available through Portage Service for Seniors, this is a kit containing your medical information for transport with you by emergency personnel. We appreciate a one dollar donation to help cover the cost of the kit.
Helping Hand Portage Ia Prairie, Inc. (known as Meals on Wheels):
Provides a hot meal to persons who are con.fined to their homes or who for any reason are incapable of preparing meals. The meals are delivered hot at noon Monday to Friday, excluding holidays. Frozen meals for the weekends are available. The cost of the meal is $5.00.
Seniors Online:
Computers are. available during regular office hours. Access to Internet and printing. Assistance available if requested. Please call to reserve a time slot.
Locations are Portage Service for Seniors and ‘Regency House.