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Senior Living
SENIOR LIVING BY TAMMY C. VAUGHN, AGING SERVICES INC. Business is as “usual” as it is “unusual”
Greetings from Aging Services, Inc.:
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Where business is as “usual” as it is “unusual”; and what I mean by that is we are still serving seniors in Cleveland County…however, we are doing that in a precautionary way that looks quite different and still takes care of our most frail seniors.
ets of cookies, granola bars, cheese crackers, pudding cups, apple sauce, fruit cups, loaves of bread. They are sent out as snacks with our Monday meal delivery. We still need these items as well as boxes of Ensure. You can bring them to 1179 E. Main Street in Norman, Ok. We are located in the Community Services Building.
We may not be able to serve hot meals at our 5 congregate sites. But we delivered 1,734 frozen meals with bread, milk, and snacks this past Monday. That is a 5 day supply of meals for 346 seniors and we will do it again this coming Monday and as long as we can receive our food supplies.
Our organization is considered one of the frontline “essential” services and we are serving seniors through Cleveland County with meals, bus trips to the grocery store and pharmacy – 1-2 people at a time, as well as bagged food for grandparents raising grandchildren, and respite vouchers for caregivers. We plan to be in place doing most of the same things we usually do until our lives return to normal and we can add back some of our services such as housekeeping, congregate meals program, and more rides on our bus.
Thank you to the amazing volunteers who have shown up on Monday to deliver meals to our seniors’ porches and promised to come back. Thank you to people who have already donated individualized packThank you for the donations we have received through PayPal on our website at www.agingservicesok.com. For those who have started fundraisers for us on Facebook so that we can continue to purchase essential items for our seniors, we thank you. Thank you to staff members who have gone above and beyond to make phone calls to check on all the people we serve.
Remember, some seniors are missing only one essential thing and that is a voice at the end of the telephone checking on them, telling them a joke, letting them know all will be well, asking them how they have gotten through things like this in their past. Engage a senior in a phone conversation. Make that part of your quarantine.
We all are blessed to live in the State of Oklahoma where people truly rise to any occasion to help out their fellow people. Our most frail seniors in need are getting through this because of all of you and I sincerely thank you.
