The Inglewood Senior Citizens Center is located at 111 North Locust Street , Inglewood , CA 90301 . The Center operates for Inglewood senior citizens from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. , Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
Center citizen city inglewood senior is the Center for senior citizens was established in 1975, in downtown Inglewood , after being converted from a carpet warehouse to provide activities and services for active city Inglewood senior citizens as well as those who are home-bound. From its present location measuring nearly 14,000 sq.ft which includes a central on-site kitchen, the center serves over 800 seniors daily, preparing and serving meals, and providing activities, medical information and patient-care referrals.
The center also serves another 1,000 seniors a day by providing transportation and delivering meals to their homes.
Center citizen city inglewood senior is a boon to the senior citizens of the city of Inglewood as it provides a warm and congenial environment for the elderly.
Seniors, ages 50 and over, can enjoy a variety of activities, holiday celebrations, parties and classes, have a hot lunch, participate in clubs, take trips and excursions, and volunteer to help others. The Center also serves as the focal point for social services for the Inglewood senior citizens.
They provide the following services:
- Transportation
- Congregate Meals
- Home-Delivered Meals
- Care Management
- Information, Referrals and Assistance
For those who are immobile, the Inglewood Senior Center offers several transportation opportunities to residents of Inglewood , Lennox and Hawthorne . For instance, para-transit (wheelchair accessible vans), taxi coupons, I-line shuttle and discount bus passes along with other modes of transportation.
Other than door-to-door transportation for appointments, shopping or to attend a program at a Senior Center , if you are a city Inglewood senior, you may participate in the congregate meals program, which provides hot lunches for seniors.
Or if you are homebound because of illness, age or frailty and would like to have meals delivered to your home, you can request for Home Delivered Meals (meals-on-wheels).The meals are served five days per week. The Center has a frozen home delivered meal program as well and can often provide meals for weekends.
The center however, is not without its infrastructural drawbacks - limited access for disabled patrons, no housing units, and inadequate facilities to serve the growing senior citizen population.
Looking at the future potential of the Center and to cater to the projected growth in the senior population, Senator Barbara Boxer, U.S. Senator from California , recently announced a $400,000 donation for New Inglewood Senior Center . This announcement was made on Thursday, December 1, 2005 .
This fund was made available to assist in the development of new facilities, along with affordable housing for the aging population of the area residents.
“The new Inglewood Senior Citizens Center will accommodate more of Inglewood 's seniors, providing them with additional affordable housing on top of so many essential services,” Boxer said. “I am pleased that the Senate recognized the importance of this project.”
The funding for the construction of the new Inglewood facility is included in the final version of the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill for fiscal year 2006.
When completed, the facility will include 60 units of affordable housing, and replace the current facility. The larger, 17,500 square-foot center will have expanded facilities for seniors with disabilities, and upgraded equipment for staff and patron needs.
