Resources as We Grow Older

Office of Aging

Needs Occasional Assistance

Supportive Services

All telephone numbers in this directory are area code 814 unless otherwise listed.

BLIND SERVICES

946-7330Blindness & Visual Services

Corrected Vision 20/200 (exception made for multiple problems or progressive eye disease.) Provides life skills, activities of daily living, techniques of movement, and travel instruction. Rehabilitation for employment training (vision 20/60.) Income guidelines for some programs.

(800) 622-2842Harrisburg Office
355-0500North Central Sight Services

Vision guidelines apply, Title XX Income Guidelines. Provides chore, transportation, and life skills.

238-0132Sight Loss Support Group of Central PA

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CHORE SERVICE

Provides for the labor involved in the performance of semi-skilled home repairs and maintenance tasks to enhance the health and safety of the individual in the home.

234-8222Community Help Centre – Skills Bank
263-4177Young People Who Care

Serves the Philipsburg Area

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CARE MANAGEMENT/SERVICE PLANNING

A service for clients with complex problems requiring the assistance of a caseworker to coordinate and plan for community services.

355-6755Centre County Children & Youth

For children under 18 and their families

355-6786Centre County Mental Health/Mental Retardation

For children or adults suffering MH, MR or drug/alcohol problems.

355-6768Centre County Office of Adult Services

For adults aged 18 to 59

355-6716Centre County Office of Aging

For adults aged 60+

861-1785Salvation Army – for the Centre Region

In addition, there are private independent care managers.

355-9434Soltis Senior Care Connections

Also, there are private independent Personal Property Appraisers.

360-3259Donnelly's Estate Liquidation & Appraisal Services

See telephone book yellow pages "Appraisers"

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FOOD BANKS

355-2238Bellefonte – Faith Centre
364-1131Centre Hall/Potter Township
(570) 962-2254Howard
349-5850Millheim (Community Action)
342-0404Philipsburg (Community Action)
387-6855Snow Shoe
234-2310State College (Food Bank of, Inc.)
237-5855Community Help Centre – for Emergency Food 24 hours/day, 365 days/year.
355-6768Office of Adult Services – for additional information (times, days, areas of service.)
(800) 494-2500Community Help Line – for more information

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HOME CARE MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT

(800) 464-2273Clear Care
(800) 777-6647Medical Supply, Inc.
238-4950Rose Cologne Center for Barrier-Free-Living

Education and guidance regarding design plans

See telephone book yellow pages "Hospital Equipment and Supplies"

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HOME DELIVERED MEALS

Hot, nutritious meals are delivered to homebound persons unable to prepare meals themselves and have no one to assist them.

355-6716Centre County Office of Aging

Provides noon meals Monday – Friday to areas of the county outside the State College Area School District/Centre Region (60+).

237-8135Meals-On-Wheels

Provides noon meals plus evening supper Monday, Wednesday, & Friday to adults living in the State College Area School District/Centre Region.

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INDEPENDENT HOUSING FOR SENIOR CITIZENS AND DISABLED PERSONS

Self-contained apartments designed to enhance personal independence, while limiting the need for individual maintenance. Common space and activities often available, and some facilities are equipped to assist with activities of daily living.

238-0400*Arnold Addison Court, State College
278-4701*Bellaire Courts, State College
355-6906*Beaver Farms, Bellefonte
355-6830*Brockerhoff House, Bellefonte
355-6830*Centre County Housing Authority
466-7553*Centre Estates, Boalsburg
359-2782The Court at the Oaks Senior Community, Pleasant Gap
355-6750*Crestside Terrace, Bellefonte
342-2292Decatur Village, Philipsburg
861-3337Deer Creek at Toftrees
238-3322Foxdale Village, State College
355-4090*Fox Hill Apartments, Bellefonte
355-3682*Governor's Gate Apartments, Bellefonte
355-8804Haranin Enterprises, Bellefonte
234-1323*Mount Nittany Residences, State College
231-9677*Park Crest Terrace, State College
364-1020Penns Manor, Centre Hall
(800) 735-3068*Philipsburg Court, Philipsburg
342-6802*Philipsburg Towers, Philipsburg
(717) 667-0055Quillas Creek Properties, Reedsville
867-8989Stone Glenn Apartments, State College
355-9774Terra Sylvan Associates
466-9490Transitions of America at Liberty Hill, Boalsburg
238-1949The Village at Penn State, State College
359-2782The Village at the Oaks Senior Community, Pleasant Gap
357-0202The Village of Nittany Glen, State College
238-3139Windsong at Brookline Village, State College

*Income guidelines apply. Contact individual facility for information.

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PROTECTIVE SERVICES

Protective Services include the 24 hour, 365 day a year capacity to accept Reports of Need for Protective Services; to investigate reports; to assess the needs of clients; and to develop and coordinate the implementation of service plans designed to reduce or eliminate the risk of danger to the client's person or property.

An older adult in need of Protective Services must be 60 years of age or older, must be incapacitated—having one or more functional limitations, must have no responsible caretaker and be at imminent risk of danger to his/her person or property. Types of abuse include: physical, sexual or emotional abuse, neglect by caretaker, self-neglect, exploitation, and abandonment.

355-6716Centre County Office of Aging

(8:30am to 5:00pm Monday – Friday)

(800) 479-0050Emergency Number

(after hours, weekends, holidays)

(800) 490-8505Pennsylvania Elder Abuse Hotline

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TELEPHONE REASSURANCE

234-8222Community Help Centre
355-6816RSVP

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