Senior Services aim at promoting independent choices and providing necessary supports to individuals as they age. The agency works towards preventing social isolation, alleviating poverty, preventing or managing crisis, supporting independence and healthy aging, and promoting inclusion. The JFSC Seniors' Outreach Team
provides services to seniors in the Jewish Community, and has a mandate for serving all aging adults living in the majority of the southwest and southeast sectors of Calgary.

Seniors' Outreach Services.

Outreach workers provide support to seniors in various settings: home visits, visits in hospitals, long-term care facilities, one-on-one meetings at the office. In all these settings, the following assistance is available:

• Needs and strengths assessment, assisting seniors with setting their goals;
• Information, referral, and facilitating access to community services;
• Case management and issue resolution;
• Advocacy and facilitating access to government benefits and programs;
• Assistance with housing, income, transportation, health care, Food Pantry and emergency financial aid;
• Emotional support and supportive counseling;
• Education and health promotion presentations.

In addition to the whole spectrum of general seniors outreach assistance, there are several specific areas of service that target aging members of the Jewish Community, including recent newcomers and Holocaust survivors.

To contact Seniors' Outreach Services please email seniorsoutreach@jfsc.org