Pitt County Council On Aging
Senior Citizen Services
Why pick this one
Pitt County Council On Aging provides Meals on Wheels, no-charge Medicare SHIIP counseling, transportation, and six senior wellness centers across Pitt County.
Best for
- Homebound adults ages 60 and over needing delivered meals
- Pitt County residents needing Medicare enrollment or coverage guidance
- Older adults needing home safety assessments or grab-bar and hand-rail modifications
- Adults 60 and over seeking senior center lunches, classes, activities, or health screenings
- Adults 60 and over needing possible transportation to medical appointments
Look elsewhere if
- Medicaid recipients seeking COA-funded medical transportation, since the website directs them to the Department of Social Services
- People seeking emergency transportation or emergency senior services
- People needing services outside the older-adult and caregiver support focus
Specialties
- Weekday hot and Saturday boxed Meals on Wheels deliveries
- Congregate lunches at senior wellness centers
- Home safety assessments
- Home modifications including grab bars and hand railings
- Medicare eligibility, enrollment, prescription, Advantage, and cost-savings counseling
- Matter of Balance, Walk with Ease, and chronic-condition self-management classes
- Reduced-price Ensure, Glucerna, and Nepro supplements
Certifications
- 501(c)(3) nonprofit agency
- NC Seniors’ Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP) coordinating site
What makes them different
- Six senior wellness centers located in Ayden, Bethel, Farmville, Fountain, Greenville, and West Greenville
- Homebound adults ages 60 and over may receive weekday hot and Saturday boxed meal deliveries
- Medicare counseling is provided at no charge by staff and volunteers trained and certified through NC SHIIP
- The Council on Aging manages home modifications such as grab bars and indoor or outdoor hand railings
- Transportation to medical appointments may be available for adults 60 and over who do not receive Medicaid
- Serves
- Ayden, Bethel, Farmville, Fountain, Greenville, West Greenville
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 4551 County Home Rd, Greenville, NC 27858
- Phone
- +12527521717
- Website
- http://www.pittcoa.com/
- info@pittcoa.com
Services
- Information and referrals
- Caregiver and support resources
- Housing and home health resource information
- Nutritional services
- Healthy aging and injury prevention
- Medicare counseling
- Senior wellness centers
- Transportation referrals and limited medical transportation
- Health screenings
- Classes, activities, and trips
- Room rentals