Focal Points Winter 2008

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Press Release March 2008

NISC State Award to MCOA

Call for Presentations

MCOA Conference 2008

Your local Council on aging has the information you need. Among the services and referrals we provide are the following:

  • Assessment and Evaluation
  • Assistance in Your Home
  • Care Planning
  • House Options
  • Nursing Homes
  • Respite Care
  • Medical Services
  • Transportation
  • Public Benefits Counseling
  • Recreational Activities
  • Volunteer Opportunities
  • SHINE (Serving Health Information Needs of Elders)

Councils on aging serve seniors every day:
Over 425,000 seniors received services from a local COA in the fiscal year 2002
  • We help provide 7,500,000 meals annually throughout the state of Massachusetts
  • We provide 26,800 seniors with volunteer opportunities.
  • These volunteers perform 2,300,000 hours of service per year
  • We provide transportation - hundreds of thousands of ride - to medical appointments for seniors thought out the state.