Serving Our Seniors

Serving Our Seniors is a private, nonprofit geriatric service agency funded through the Erie County Senior Services tax levy, volunteers, and donations. The organization offers services to help senior citizens live independently in their homes. Advocates work with participants to resolve questions or problems by either connecting them to existing programming, or offering services. The program assists seniors of all income levels through a cost sharing program that allows participants to pay what they can afford. Serving Our Seniors offers services to assist with drug expenses, out of town medical transportation, ramps, personal care and housekeeping, emergency home repairs, handyman services, rural hot home delivered meals, and share a ride programs.

The goal of Serving Our Seniors is to help senior citizens live independently in their homes.

Serving Our Seniors’ Advocates have a 96% success rate in solving client calls. The organization is supported with the help of over 100 volunteers. The Drug Repository Program serves 80 senior residents each month filling 229 prescriptions for a value of $23,000. Approximately 90 Out-of-Town Transportation trips per month take seniors to medically necessary appointments across the state. The program delivers nearly 28,500 hot meals a year to rural residents. Serving Our Seniors also hosts 12 public forums per year pertaining to topics relevant to seniors, and brings high school students and senior citizens together to break down generational barriers.