ELDERNET OF LOWER MERION AND NARBERTH
Programs
Eldercare Support and Community Services
TO ENABLE FRAIL AND DISABLED CLIENTS WITH LOW INCOMES IN LOWER MERION AND NARBERTH TO LIVE IN DIGNITY AND SAFETY IN THEIR OWN HOMES FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE BY PROVIDING THE FOLLOWING FREE SERVICES: IMPROVING ACCESS TO MEDICAL CARE; OFFERING VOLUNTEER HELP WITH TRANSPORTATION, SHOPPING, PAPERWORK AND HOME REPAIRS; PROVIDING SOCIAL WORK, CARE MANAGEMENT & HELP IN APPLYING FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE BENEFITS AND SERVICES; PROVIDING INFORMATION AND REFERRALS TO PUBLICLY FUNDED AND OTHER COMMUNITY SERVICE. LOW INCOME FAMILIES CAN ALSO PARTICIPATE IN FREE PROGRAMS OFFERING EMERGENCY FINANCIAL AID TO RESIDENTS IN CRISIS; COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER AND FOOD PANTRY; AN "ASK A NURSE" PROGRAM (IN CONJUNCTION WITH BRYN MAWR HOSPITAL) THAT OFFERS FREE VACCINATIONS' HOLIDAY FOOD AND GIFT BASKETS FOR RESIDENTS IN NEED. ELDERNET ALSO ADVOCATES FOR INCREASED QUALITY SERVICES FOR ELDERLY AND LOW-INCOME PEOPLE. KEY STATS FOR 2023 -- 197 CORE VOLUNTEERS, SEVERAL NON-PROFITS, STAFF, AND ONE PAID RIDE SERVICE GAVE 6,439 HOURS OF SERVICE TO 171 CORE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS AND TO ELDERNET'S FOOD PANTRY. -- ESCORT DRIVER PROGRAM: 98 VOLUNTEERS, STAFF AND ONE PAID RIDE SERVICE PROVIDED 1,692 ROUND TRIP RIDES TO 112 PARTICIPANTS. THIS REPRESENTED OVER 3,849 HOURS OF SERVICE, AND OVER 10,861 MILES DRIVEN. PARTICIPANTS ARE RESIDENTS OF LOWER MERION AND NARBERTH, LIVING WITH LOW-MODERATE INCOMES, WHO ARE TOO PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY DISABLED TO DRIVE, TO USE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, OR SHARED RIDE TAXIS. -- INFORMATION AND REFERRALS: STAFF HANDLED TELEPHONE, E-MAIL, AND WALK-IN INQUIRIES FROM INDIVIDUALS, PROVIDING ASSISTANCE AND RESOURCES. CALLERS WERE OF ALL AGES AND INCOMES. -- CARE MANAGEMENT: 2 CARE COORDINATORS ASSISTED 155 UNDUPLICATED PARTICIPANTS AND THEIR FAMILIES WITH COMPLEX ISSUES SUCH AS CHRONIC ILLNESS, CONNECTED INDIVIDUALS TO BENEFITS AND RESOURCES, RESPONDED TO CALLS TO ASSIST THOSE IN CRISIS, AND WORKED WITH HOMELESS AND OLDER ADULTS REFERRED BY THE LOWER MERION TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT. -- EMERGENCY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND FOOD PANTRY: 237 PEOPLE, IN 233 HOUSEHOLDS, 34 WITH CHILDREN, WERE HELPED WITH 18,188 IN EMERGENCY FUNDS PLUS 78,304 POUNDS OF GROCERIES. COLLABORATIVE INITIATIVES THE ADA MUTCH COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER HOUSES A FOOD PANTRY, A PART-TIME SOCIAL WORKER, A CENTER COORDINATOR, AND COMMUNITY WELLNESS PROGRAMS SUCH AS BRYN MAWR HOSPITAL'S "ASK A NURSE" PROGRAM. THE MUTCH CENTER IS COLLABORATION AMONG ELDERNET, THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY OFFICE ON AGING, LOWER MERION TOWNSHIP, MAIN LINE HEALTH, AND A WIDE ARRAY OF COMMUNITY FOOD AND GROCERY DONORS. THE MUTCH CENTER AND FOOD CUPBOARD ARE OPEN EVERY TUESDAY AND THURSDAY. OTHER HOURS BY APPOINTMENT. THE LOCK FOR LIFE IS A PROGRAM AVAILABLE THROUGH ELDERNET AND ADMINISTERED BY THE LOWER MERION POLICE DEPARTMENT. IT PROVIDES POLICE, FIRE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL ASSISTANCE (EMS) PERSONNEL WITH ACCESS TO A FRAIL OLDER PERSON'S HOME IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY WHEN THE PERSON IS UNABLE TO OPEN THE DOOR. A KEY TO THE HOUSE IS STORED IN A SECURE METAL LOCK BOX, WHOSE CODE CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED BY POLICE, FIRE, OR EMS PERSONNEL IN AN EMERGENCY. THE PROGRAM IS COLLABORATION AMONG ELDERNET, LOWER MERION POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS, THE VOLUNTEER MEDICAL SERVICE CORPS, MAIN LINE HEALTH, LEADERSHIP MAIN LINE, AND THE ROTARY CLUB OF ARDMORE. ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY SIX LOCKS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED. TWENTY FIVE PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM HAVE HAD AT LEAST ONE ENTRY BY POLICE/EMERGENCY PERSONNEL.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJul 1, 2022 – Jun 30, 2023Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$710.9KProgram 1 [2025]
FOR NEARLY 50 YEARS, ELDERNET OF LOWER MERION AND NARBERTH HAS SERVED THE LOCAL COMMUNITY BY HELPING TO ENSURE THAT LOW TO MODERATE INCOME LOCAL SENIORS (AGE 60+) AND ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES CAN LEAD FULL AND INDEPENDENT LIVES AND REMAIN IN THEIR HOMES AND COMMUNITY. ELDERNET CONTINUES TO ENSURE THAT OUR NEIGHBORS' BASIC NEEDS ARE MET WHILE ALSO BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS ACROSS BOUNDARIES AND PROVIDING THE SOCIAL INTERACTIONS THAT ARE PROVEN TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY AND LIFE EXPECTANCY OF OLDER ADULTS. ELDERNET TO DECREASES OLDER ADULT ISOLATION, PROVIDES HUNGER RELIEF, BROADENS ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, AND PROMOTES THE FINANCIAL STABILITY AND INDEPENDENCE THAT ALLOWS OLDER ADULTS TO AGE SAFELY IN THEIR HOMES. WITH OUR EXTENSIVE NETWORK OF VOLUNTEERS, ELDERNET OFFERS THREE MAIN PROGRAMS TO THOSE WHO QUALIFY: VOLUNTEER SERVICES, COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER AND FOOD PANTRY, AND CARE MANAGEMENT SERVICES. ALL ELDERNET'S PROGRAMS ARE FREE TO PARTICIPANTS WHO ARE FIRST SCREENED FOR ELIGIBILITY BY SOCIAL WORKERS IN OUR CARE MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT. VOLUNTEER SERVICESELDERNET VOLUNTEERS DRIVE PARTICIPANTS TO MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS AND OTHER ESSENTIAL ERRANDS. THEY VISIT PARTICIPANTS IN THEIR HOMES AND ASSIST WITH ODD JOBS AS NEEDED. LAST FISCAL YEAR, 139 VOLUNTEERS WORKED 6,439 VOLUNTEER HOURS PROVIDING 2,122 ROUND-TRIP RIDES TO 144 PARTICIPANTS. THIS IMPORTANT SERVICE ENABLES PARTICIPANTS TO REMAIN HEALTHY AT HOME WHILE ALSO PROVIDING THEM WITH A PERSONAL ESCORT TO THEIR APPOINTMENTS. THIS SOCIAL INTERACTION IS ALSO CRUCIAL TO THE HEALTH OF OUR PARTICIPANTS AND THE VALUE OF THE ONGOING RELATIONSHIPS THAT OFTEN DEVELOP BETWEEN PARTICIPANTS AND THEIR VOLUNTEER DRIVERS CANNOT BE QUANTIFIED.COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER AND FOOD PANTRYTHE LOWER MERION TOWNSHIP 2022 COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT SHOWED THAT FOOD INSECURITY WAS ONE OF THE MOST PRESSING NEEDS FACING RESIDENTS. GOVERNMENT CUTS EARLIER THIS YEAR TO THE BENEFITS THAT PARTICIPANTS RECEIVE TO LESSEN FOOD INSECURITY HAVE ONLY INTENSIFIED THAT NEEDED. THE CENTER AND PANTRY PROVIDE A PLACE FOR QUALIFIED PARTICIPANTS TO SHOP FOR FRESH PRODUCE, MILK, BREAD, MEAT AND PRE-PACKAGED AND CANNED FOOD. MANY PERSONAL HYGIENE PRODUCTS, LIKE TOILET PAPER, CANNOT BE PURCHASED WITH GOVERNMENT BENEFITS SO REMAIN IN GREAT DEMAND AT THE PANTRY SO MUCH SO THAT KEEPING IT SUFFICIENTLY STOCKED IS AN ONGOING CHALLENGE. LAST FISCAL YEAR, 40 VOLUNTEERS WORKED 2,010 VOLUNTEER HOURS DISTRIBUTING 101,650 POUNDS OF FOOD VALUED AT $201,268 TO 2,174 PARTICIPANTS. THE DIRE NEED FOR THIS SERVICE IN OUR COMMUNITY IS EVIDENCED BY THE FACT THAT YEAR-OVER-YEAR THE POUNDAGE OF FOOD DISTRIBUTED HAS INCREASED BY ALMOST 40%.CARE MANAGEMENTWITH SUPPORT FROM THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY OFFICE ON AGING AND ADULT SERVICES, ELDERNET IS THE ONLY INTENSIVE SERVICES PROVIDER TO SENIORS IN THE TOWNSHIP. THIS SUPPORT IS PROVIDED BY TWO LICENSED SOCIAL WORKERS WHO ASSIST PARTICIPANTS IN ACCESSING BENEFITS AND COMMUNITY-BASED RESOURCES THAT HELP THEM TO REMAIN HEALTHY IN THEIR HOMES. ELDERNET'S SOCIAL WORKERS IN THE CARE MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT TOUCHED EVERY PARTICIPANT WHO AVAILED THEMSELVES OF OUR SERVICES EACH YEAR. LAST FISCAL YEAR, 281 UNDUPLICATED PARTICIPANTS AND THEIR FAMILIES WERE HELPED. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH MONTGOMERY COUNTY TO BE ONE OF THREE SIS (SENIOR INTENSIVE SERVICES) PROVIDERS IN THE COUNTY AND WE ARE THE ONLY PROVIDER IN LOWER MERION.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJul 1, 2024 – Jun 30, 2025Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$606.6K
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