Program areas at Penn South Social Services
Penn South program for seniors (psps), the largest and longest established program, is driven by the needs and interests of senior residents. Psps assists nearly 1,200 individuals and their families each year with case management, case assistance, healthcare assistance and management, health promotion, comprehensive group programs and ancillary Services. Psps oversees a comprehensive falls prevention program that sharpely reducing dangerous falls throughout the co-op. The latest program implemented at psps is a newly created Social adult dementia day program called club connect. Club connect offers a small group of participants in the middle stage of cognitive decline opportunities to engage in recreational activities and remain active in their community. With the onset of the covid-19 pandemic, psps has substituted virtual for live programs and has provided Services to home bound seniors including masks, shopping and food delivery. It has also made arrangements with a local pharmacy for on-site vaccination.
The ps-hops (Penn South home organized personal Services program connects its over 300 members (18 and over) with health Services and produicts at reduced prices including home health aids, emergency response systems, hearing and vision Services, attorneys hotels, salons, dry cleaning and more
Psss also has several clubs for all residents for all ages, including: - annual flea market, movie nights, music club events art/sketch classes, chess group, chess club, tai chi classes, guitar classes, meditation. Additionally, added two newly funded programs 1. To provide free tickets to youth under the age of 17 to the theater and 2. New archive project to hear the stories of original cooperators in the Penn South coop