What we are about
The Massachusetts Councils on Aging were first created in 1956 to help identify the needs of the over-59 elders in the community, and to enlist the support and participation of the community to meet these needs. In 1970, the first Council on Aging was formed in Falmouth by order of the Town Meeting. Shortly thereafter, the Falmouth Senior Center came into being. Today, the Council on Aging work is accomplished in cooperation with the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs and Elder Services of Cape Cod and the Islands, Inc.
The Falmouth Senior Center, established in 1970, is located very close to the downtown area of Falmouth between East Falmouth and Woods Hole, and is open and free of charge to all seniors in their 60th year. It serves a membership of approximately 4,000 seniors and offers numerous social activities and Outreach services/programs as outlined below. (Click on the program of interest to obtain further information.) Since its inception, the Senior Center has been striving to enlarge its services and programs. The future holds promise of a new Senior Center building to house our ever-increasing size.
Essential services are available through the Outreach department of the Senior Center, which works closely with many other town, county, and state agencies to bring various kinds of assistance to the Falmouth seniors. A social worker and several other outreach employees staff the Outreach department, along with volunteers numbering in excess of 50 people.
Social Activities - Outreach Services and Programs
Social Activities:
The Massachusetts Councils on Aging were first created in 1956 to help identify the needs of the over-59 elders in the community, and to enlist the support and participation of the community to meet these needs. In 1970, the first Council on Aging was formed in Falmouth by order of the Town Meeting. Shortly thereafter, the Falmouth Senior Center came into being. Today, the Council on Aging work is accomplished in cooperation with the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs and Elder Services of Cape Cod and the Islands, Inc.
The Falmouth Senior Center, established in 1970, is located very close to the downtown area of Falmouth between East Falmouth and Woods Hole, and is open and free of charge to all seniors in their 60th year. It serves a membership of approximately 4,000 seniors and offers numerous social activities and Outreach services/programs as outlined below. (Click on the program of interest to obtain further information.) Since its inception, the Senior Center has been striving to enlarge its services and programs. The future holds promise of a new Senior Center building to house our ever-increasing size.
Essential services are available through the Outreach department of the Senior Center, which works closely with many other town, county, and state agencies to bring various kinds of assistance to the Falmouth seniors. A social worker and several other outreach employees staff the Outreach department, along with volunteers numbering in excess of 50 people.
Social Activities:
- Birthday – social parties
- Bridge - weekly
- Bus trips
- Choral singing - seasonal
- Cribbage - weekly
- Line dancing - weekly
- Oil painting - weekly
- Poker - weekly
- Quilting - weekly
- Scrabble – weekly
- Seminars on various topics
- Sewing - seasonal
- Stained glass - weekly
- Osteoporosis prevention
- Strength training
- Yoga
- Tai-Ji
- Back and shoulder massage
- Blood pressure clinic
- Chiropractic consultation
- Flu shots
- Glucose testing
- Hearing screening
- Pedi-care
- Reiki-seasonal
- Sight Loss
- Home repair (minor)
- Income tax return preparation (sponsored by AARP – call the Falmouth Senior Center for appointments)
- Knife sharpening
- Legal assistance
- Medical transportation
- Food shopping and some general transportation within Falmouth via the Van Go Senior Center minibus
- SHINE (Serving Health Information Needs of Elders) - assistance in choosing health insurance
- Bereavement Group
- Food stamps
- Friendly Visitor Program
- Fuel assistance
- Home care referral
- Home visits for needs assessment
- Individual counseling
- Information and referrals
- Reassurance phone calls
- Respite care
- Around the Table (sponsored by St Barnabas Episcopal Church)
- Congregate dining (at Harborview apartments) (sponsored by Elder Services of Cape Cod & Islands)
- Meals on Wheels – 508-548-4198 (sponsored by Elder Services of Cape Cod & Islands)
- SERVE program – (sponsored by SERVE New England)
- Emergency snow shoveling
- Friendly Visitor
- Home repair (minor)
- Medical transportation
- Newsletter (Soundings)
- Reassurance telephone calls
- Receptionist
- Respite volunteers
- Shopping
- Yard work (one-time small to medium outside chores)