Nutrition
Services
The City of Boston
administers the Elderly Nutrition Program for its seniors. All seniors over 60
and their spouse are eligible to eat at any of the ~40 congregate lunch sites
throughout the city. The suggested donation for the meal is $1.75, to help
defray the production and delivery cost of the meal.
The
Elderly Commission oversees different area service providers to ensure they
provide a nutritional meal to those in the greatest economic and social need.
These meals are served in strategically located centers, such as community
centers, senior drop-in centers, churches, etc. In addition to nutrition, the
program aims at reducing the isolation of older Americans by providing these
meals in a congregate setting whenever possible.
Meals On Wheels
The City of Boston also
oversees home delivered meals to its seniors. These meals are served to elders
who are unable to leave their homes due to illness, disability or frailty. Area
service providers will have Meals on Wheels Coordinators visit seniors at their
homes to assess their needs. Delivery of meals will begin shortly after the home
assessment. The meal providers can serve Latino, Haitian, Russian, Vietnamese,
Chinese, and traditional meals to homebound seniors, as well as weekend and
supper meals.
Transportation
Eligibility
for the following services (unless stated otherwise) is age 60 and older
The
Senior Shuttle provides free transportation within the City of Boston to
non-emergency medical appointments, food shopping, social and recreational
events.
Several Senior Shuttles are wheelchair accessible. The Senior
Shuttle provides curb to curb service to your destination and return home.
Priority is given to seniors needing transportation for medical appointments,
then food shopping groups and lastly, social or recreational activities.
The Senior Shuttle program requests AT LEAST three business days notice
for scheduling shuttle rides. This service is FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE.
Hours of Operation
Monday through Friday from 8:00am
to 4:00pm
Telephone Number: (617) 635-3000
Taxi Discount Coupon Program
Eligibility: Boston
residents age 65 or older, and persons with disabilities
Purchase taxi
coupon books worth $10.00 at a cost of $5.00. Taxi coupon books may be purchased
in the office of the Commission on Affairs of the Elderly in Boston City Hall,
Room 271.
Taxi Coupon Coordinator maintains regularly scheduled visits
to local senior centers, housing complexes and senior club meetings where coupon
books are available. Home-bound seniors may purchase coupons from Community
Service Advocates.
All Boston licensed taxi drivers are mandated to
accept the coupons, which come in various denominations by the Boston Police
Department Hackney Division and the Boston Taxi Industry.
Kit Clark Senior Services
Experienced staff provides clean,
safe, and courteous transportation using a fleet of handicapped-accessible
vehicles. The staff is trained in CPR and first aid.
- Kit Clark Program - Our lift-equipped vans can be
dispatched to provide transportation between seniors' homes and program sites
for adult day health, memory loss, congregate nutrition, and program related
recreation programs
- Shuttle service to medical appointments - Kit Clark vans
also provide shuttle service between home and doctors appointments at Beth
Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Bowdoin Street Health Center, and the Kit
Clark/Bowdoin Street Senior Health Center
- Additional transportation services - Kit Clark contracts
with a variety of vendors to provide rides to seniors with medical, mental
health, addiction recovery, and housing needs Kit Clark Senior Services
transportation program has provided competent service to elders through trained
professionals since 1974. For more information, call Kit Clark's transportation
department at (617) 825-5000 or e-mail mjohnson@kitclark.org
