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Crawford
County Senior Resources
Programs & Services |
ELDERLY NUTRITION PROGRAMS
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TRANSPORTATION |
OTHER SERVICES
ELDERLY NUTRITION PROGRAMS
Senior Dining:
Senior Dining meals are available to persons 60 or older and spouses
of an active senior dining participant regardless of age.
Senior Dining provides
more than a hot, nutritious noon meal for elderly persons. Meals are
enjoyed in a warm, family-like atmosphere where opportunities for
socialization and friendship can be found.
Donations are accepted
for the meals to help provide funding for the nutrition program. The
suggested donation per meal is $2.50. The program is available to
all seniors regardless of income.
Senior Dining locations are:
Eastman, Salem United
Methodist Fellowship Hall, Monday through Friday, serving at 11:30.
For a reservation call 608-874-4364.
Gays Mills, Scooters
Red Apple Inn, Monday through Friday, serving at 11:30. From a
reservation call 608-735-4140.
Prairie du Chien,
Memorial Hospital, Monday through Friday, serving 11:00. For more
information call 608-326-0235.
Soldiers Grove,
TaZzee’s Restaurant, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday, serving
at 11:30. For a reservation call 608-624-3295.
Home Delivered Meals:
Home Delivered Meals are intended for the elderly person who is
homebound and unable to attend senior dining facilities; unable to
shop and/or cook or has no one available to perform these services.
Special diets are
available upon request. Each person applying for home delivered
meals must be assessed to determine the individual’s need for
service. An initial phone interview is conducted to determine
eligibility.
Donations are accepted
for the meals to help provide funding for these services. The
suggested donation is $3.00 per meal. No one is denied meals because
of their inability to pay.
Nutrition Intervention Program:
A registered dietitian is available to provide guidance to seniors
on nutrition and health information. Donations are accepted, but no
one will be denied services if a person does not make a donation.

BENEFIT SPECIALIST
A Benefit Specialist is
a person trained to help persons 60 years old and older who are
having a problem with their private or government benefits. Benefit
Specialists receive on-going training and are monitored by attorneys
knowledgeable in elder law from the Elder Law Center of the
Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups.
A Benefit Specialist
can help you with:
• Medicare and Medicare Supplemental Insurance
• Medicare Part D – Prescription Drug Program
• Social Security & Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
• Medicaid (Medical Assistance)
• Food Stamps
• Homestead Tax Credit
• Housing Problems
• Veteran’s Administration Benefits
• Senior Care-Wisconsin’s Prescription Drug Program
HOMESTEAD TAX
CREDIT:
Homestead Tax Credit preparations will begin mid February.
Call 608-326-0235 to schedule an appointment.
Who can apply for Homestead Tax Credit?
* Low and moderate income individuals
* Individuals with disabilities
* Elderly
* Individuals who qualify for the Homestead
Credit or the Earned
Income Tax
Credit
Information persons
need to bring to appointment are:
* W-2 wage and tax statements
* Information on other sources on income and
deductions
* Social Security card of taxpayer
* Rent Certificate, copy of 2007 property tax
bill
TRANSPORTATION
Three Senior Travelers
provide door-to-door transportation to persons 60 years and older to
senior dining centers, medical appointments, and shopping or
recreational purposes on a “first come, first serve” basis.
A new service has been
added-any adult county resident in service areas under 60 of age may
ride the Senior Traveler for shopping or medical appointments on “a
seat available” basis.
Crawford County Service
Areas:
Senior Traveler I serves northern Crawford County-Soldiers Grove,
Gays Mills & Mt. Sterling.
Senior Traveler II
serves southern Crawford County-Eastman, Lynxville, Seneca, Wauzeka
and Prairie du Chien.
Senior Traveler III
serves the Prairie du Chien Senior Dining Site.
Co-payments are
required.
Contact Senior
Resources for schedules, co-payments or reservations, 608-326-0235
OTHER
SERVICES
National Family Caregiver Support Program:
The National Family Caregiver Support Program is designed to help
family caregivers meet the needs of their dependent loved ones. You
may be eligible if you are a caregiver of a person 60 years of age
or older. No income eligibility testing is required.
Caregiver Services include:
• Respite care in-home or institutional
• Information and assistance to caregivers
• In-home supplemental services such as homemaker, chore and
personal care
• Individual counseling and skills training for caregivers.
Crawford County Communique:
The Communique is a monthly newsletter published for seniors. The
newsletter includes senior dining and home delivered meals menus,
Senior Traveler schedules, blood pressure, Benefit Specialist
schedules and many informational articles on senior issues.
The Communique is
distributed throughout Crawford County at area grocery stores,
banks, restaurants, elderly housing units, and at all senior dining
centers.
AARP Tax Aid for Low
Income Senior Citizens of Crawford County:
AARP representatives will be at the County Administration Building,
225 North Beaumont Road, PdC on March 13 and April 10, 2008 from
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Representatives will prepare 2007 taxes
for Low Income Senior Citizens (persons 60 or older) of Crawford
County. Call 608-326-0235 to schedule an appointment.