SENIOR ADULT
SERVICES
Our Senior Adult Day Center helps the frail elderly continue to live in their own homes, and remain part of our community. This program accepts persons with limited vision and other disabilities. The Senior Adult Day Center provides transportation to our facility, a warm meal and a warm welcome. Each day is filled with recreational and educational activities. Our Bergen NJ EASE care management program sends professional social workers into the homes of seniors in need of further assessment, planning and focused assistance.
Additional program information and contacts
Adult Day Care Center
Daily day care for frail elderly
persons ages 60 and up.
The Adult Day Care Center operates Monday through Friday
at our Armory Street site in Englewood. Lunch and transportation
are available. Stimulating and innovate programming including
music, the arts, speakers, entertainment, exercise, peer
support and much more are part of each day. The Center’s
mission is to provide a safe, warm and nurturing social
experience for those seniors who might otherwise be kept
home alone due to ill health and infirmity.
Shining Lights
Day care program for visually impaired
Bergen County adults.
Shining Lights, the only day care program specifically
for the visually impaired meets Monday, Wednesday, and
Friday of each week. Lunch and transportation available.
The program provides a safe environment for adults with
significant visual disabilities and a caring staff and
volunteers who assist with programming and activities
within and outside of the building.
Bergen NJ EASE
In-home care management for seniors
and caregivers in need of community support.
Bergen Family Center in cooperation with the Bergen County
Office on Aging, provides service through Bergen NJ Ease.
A trained social worker will come to your home to answer
questions about care giving, provide information and
referral to local resources and help navigate the myriad
resources available to friends and family members who
care for elderly persons in need of ongoing support.
This program can also be accessed toll-free at 877-222-3737.
Nursing Home Volunteer Advocacy Program
Volunteer advocates
for NJ nursing home residents.
This program recruits and trains volunteers as advocates for residents of
nursing homes in northern and western New Jersey. After completing training,
volunteers are assigned to a home and visit on a regular basis providing socialization
for residents as well as helping them with any concerns about their personal
situation and care. Bergen Family Center provides oversight in two areas:
REGION I covers Essex, Hudson, Morris and Union counties. REGION II includes
Bergen, Passaic, Sussex, and Warren counties. Persons interested in volunteering
can contact Sue Rosenkranz for Region I at 973-226-1041 or Clara Krever at
201-568-4285 for Region II.
For all senior services contact Susan Linder.