Burlington County Commissioner Deputy Director Dan O’Connell (standing) visits with seniors at the 2022 Burlington County seniors carnival at the Carslake Community Center in Bordentown. The center is one of four congregate nutrition sites for local seniors in the county.
The Burlington County Commissioners have approved continuation of nearly a dozen services for county seniors and their caregivers.
The commissioners voted last month to approve one-year options on contracts for each service. They range from housekeeping and home care to legal services and physical fitness classes. Funding of $1.67 million is expected as part of the approved contracts for the county Department of Human Services and its office on aging.
The following providers were awarded contracts:
- Resources for Independent Living: $50,000 to provide light housekeeping services and caregiver respite
- The Tender Inc.: $78,200 to provide social day-care support and $77,850 for senior day-care services as a respite for caregivers
- Visiting Nurse Association of Central New Jersey: $132,874 to operate a caregiver respite program
- Resources for Independent Living: $40,000 for case-management assistance
- Visiting Nurse Association of Central New Jersey: $167,000 for in-home health aide services
- South Jersey Legal Services: $39,900 for legal advice and services
- Burlington County Sheriff’s Office: $15,179 for residential maintenance and security inspections
- Department of Human Services: $998,683 to manage senior nutrition services
- Senior Citizen United Community Services: $52,500 for transportation to and from the county’s congregate nutrition sites
- Greater Philadelphia YMCA: $18,400 to operate a physical fitness program
Funding for the contracted services is provided by the federal Older Americans Act, a measure first passed in 1965 to support a wide variety of community social services for seniors. It was last reauthorized in 2020.
Seniors can learn more about these and other programs by accessing the county aging office’s 120-page directory on services for county seniors, disabled residents and their caregivers. It can be accessed online at https://www.co.burlington.nj.us/434/Aging or by contacting the office on aging at (609) 265-5069.
