Elderly Services

A senior greets Mayor Fenty at So Others Might Eat's Dwelling Place Senior Center and Shelter for Abused Elderly

Photo courtesy of Lateef Mangum
One of the Dwelling Place Senior Center's 25 regular participants presents Mayor Fenty with a handmade teddy bear for his daughter.

Program Highlights

Seventy-nine low-income seniors enjoyed meals, activities, life skills education, and case management at the Dwelling Place Senior Center in 2008.

Sixty-two vulnerable, homebound seniors received 285 case management visits, 519 food deliveries and 3,581 reassurance telephone calls through the Caregivers Program in 2008.

SOME offers several programs that meet the special needs of the city's most vulnerable seniors, providing services to maintain their health and well-being and allowing them to age-in-place in safety and with dignity.

Dwelling Place Senior Center is a day-center where senior citizens come together for activities and services that support their independence, reduce their isolation and loneliness, and enhance their dignity. This program provides seniors with case management, counseling services, healthy meals, health promotion, nutrition education, transportation, and recreation services. Learn more about volunteer opportunities at the Dwelling Place Senior Center.

Dwelling Place Senior Center
202.582.7138
dwelling@some.org

Dwelling Place Shelter for Abused and Neglected Elderly is a transitional, seven-bed shelter that offers a safe haven for senior citizens who have been abused, neglected, financially exploited, or displaced. Residents have their own rooms and receive hot, nutritious meals. Dwelling Place staff members help residents to obtain Social Security and public benefits and to find affordable, long term housing. Staff members also offer counseling in the areas of nutrition and family relations. Through SOME's Continuum of Care, residents also have access to medical, dental and psychiatric services.

Dwelling Place Shelter for Abused and Neglected Elderly
202.583.7602
dwelling@some.org

The Caregivers Program provides full-time case management by a licensed geriatric care social worker and matches volunteers with homebound, low-income seniors to alleviate isolation and loneliness and help with the practical demands of day-to-day life. Volunteers provide such services as telephone and in-person companionship, transportation and escorts to doctor appointments, light housekeeping, minor home repair, food delivery every third Saturday, reading, and more based on individual needs. Learn more about how you can volunteer with seniors in the Caregivers Program.

Dwelling Place Caregivers
202.581.8000
dwelling@some.org

Senior Summer Camp is a week-long retreat at a beautiful country house in West Virginia for senior citizens who are in need of rest and relaxation but are unable to afford a vacation. Two week-long sessions are held every summer. The camp is staffed completely by volunteers, many of whom are seniors themselves. You can support our efforts by sending a senior to camp now. Fifty dollars provides the cost for a senior to attend one day, and $250 covers the cost of the full 5 days.

SOME Senior Summer Camp
71 'O' Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
202.797.8806
meford@some.org