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Salvation Army
Senior Action Council of Fayette County
Seniority Program
Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE)
Services to Senior Citizens
Shadyside Hospital
Sixty-Five Plus Clinic of the West Virginia University Geriatric Program
Smithfield Public Library
Social Security Administration District Office
South Connellsville Childrens Center
South Connellsville Personal Care Home
South Connellsville Youth Center
South Fayette Nursing Center
Southwestern Funeral Director's Association of Pennsylvania
Southwestern Home Care
Southwestern PA Area Agency On Aging, Inc. Administrative Office
Southwestern PA Area Agency On Aging, Inc. Fayette County Office
Southwestern PA Human Services, Inc.
Southwestern PA Legal Aid Society
Spear Convalescent Home
St. Francis Central Hospital
St. Francis Health System/ Medical Center
St. Vincent Depaul Store
Success Academy

 

Salvation Army

(724) 437-2031

 

 

 

 

32 W Fayette ST

(724) 437-2031

 

 

 

 

 

 

Uniontown, PA 15401

(724) 437-0631 FAX

 

 

 Contact:  Capt. John and Alma Riley

Alternate Contact: Betty Landman, Caseworker

Hours:  Office hours are 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. -    4:00 p.m.  Monday - Friday

Services:  Disaster and emergency programs, emergency assistance to transients, Christmas season assistance to the needy.  Project Bundle-Up.  Soup kitchen open Monday - Friday 11-12:30p.m.

Senior Action Council of Fayette County

(724) 430-4603

 

 

 

 

137 N Beeson AVE

(724) 430-4603

 

 

Suite 107

(724) 437-9565

 

 

Uniontown, PA 15401

(724) 430-4603 FAX

 

 

 Contact:  Mae Thomas, Secretary (146 Park AV, Uniontown)

Hours:  8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.  Monday - Friday

Services:  To make the black African-American community and other minorities aware of the benefits that they can receive from various agencies.  Share and Care Committee sends flowers and condolences for funerals, visits and sends cards to homebound and shut-in persons, and arranges speakers and trips for senior citizens, participates in Senior Olympics, yard care committee who arranges for seniors to obtain grass cutting services.

Seniority Program

(724) 785-1876

 

 

 

 

Brownsville General Hospital

(724) 785-1876

 

 

125 Simpson Road

 

 

 

Brownsville, PA 15417

 

 

 

 Contact:  Rosemary Typovsky, Seniority Coordinator

Hours:  24 hour service

Services:  To provide services,  health screenings, assistance with Medicare, educational workshops, seminars, and special discounts at Brownsville General Hospital to people who are 50 years and older.  Local newspaper and phone for Senority members when in Brownsville Gen. Hospital.

Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE)

(724) 437-4222

 

 

 

 

140 N Beeson AVE

(724) 437-4222

 

 

Suite 404

 

 

 

Uniontown, PA 15401

(724) 437-5922 FAX

uniontownscore@lcsys.net

 

 Contact:  John Buchanan, Chairman

Alternate Contact: James Clarke, V. Chair.

Hours:  by appt.

Services:  Free, confidential counseling for small business or individuals desiring to start a business.

Services to Senior Citizens

(724) 430-4850

 

 

 

 

Fayette County Health Center

(724) 430-4850

 

 

100 New Salem Road

 

 

 

Uniontown, PA 15401

 

 

 

 Contact:  Mary Brown, Director

Hours:  8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.  Monday - Friday

Services:  Aging services include:  Care Management, a program that coordinates the assessment, planning, and delivery of all services to assure unrestricted access within the community; Home Support provides labor-intensive unskilled or semi-skilled maintenance, cleaning tasks, or routine household chores.  Personal Care provides periodic assistance with bathing, eating, grooming, ambulation, or taking medications.  Adult Day Care provides group activities in a supportive environment for those with physical, mental, or psychosocial limitations, emphasis is placed on gaining greater independence with daily living skills.  Ombudsman works with volunteers, residents, employees, and administrators of long-term care facilities and agencies providing long-term care in the client's home to resolve complaints, assure responsible care, and increase community awareness of client needs.  Adult services include services to people age 18 to 64 through Human Service Development Fund.  Available services are Adult Day Care, Light Housekeeping, Shopping Assistance, Chore Care, and Personal Care.

Shadyside Hospital

(412) 622-2121

 

 

 

 

5230 Centre AVE

(412) 622-2121

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pittsburgh, PA 15232

 

 

 

 Contact:  Jane MacLeon, MSW,  ACSW,  LSW

Hours:  Clinical/support areas:  8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday -            Friday ; 24 hour emergency service.

Services:  Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Center, Family Health Center, Irene C. Shea Medical Ambulatory Unit, Nutrition Counseling Center, Outpatient Chemotherapy Unit, Pain Management Center, Sports Medicine Center/Outpatient Physical Therapy, Diagnosis and treatment in the following areas:  cardiology, cardiovascular and thoracic surgery, pulmonary medicine, oncology, radiology, the neuroscience, endocrinology, critical care, hematology, infectious diseases, gastroenterology, dermatology, nephrology, rheumatology, dentistry, oral and maxillofacial surgery, ophthalmology, orthopedics, otolaryngology, plastic surgery, urology, emergency medicine, pathology, family and community medicine, and obstetrics and gynecology.  Community Education Programs include:  American Cancer Society Freshstart, Breathe Easy, Culinary Heart, Diabetes Education Network, Heart To Heart, I Can Cope, Lamaze Prepared Childbirth Class, Life Saver, prenatal classes, and Shape Weight Reduction.  All programs are available at minimal or not cost, call Nursing Education at (412) 622-2355 for information; for CardioPulmonary Rehabilitation Center, call (412) 622-1684.  Also offers Lifeline emergency communication system for the elderly and handicapped; call (412) 622-2700.

Sixty-Five Plus Clinic of the West Virginia University Geriatric Program

(304) 598-4850

 

 

 

 

2256 Health Sciences S

(304) 598-4850

 

 

 

 

 

 

Morgantown, WV 26506

 

 

 

 Contact:  Richard D. Layne, Director

Hours:  830 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.  Monday - Wed - Friday

10:30 - 4:30 Tue- Thur

Services:  Offers a variety of patient care services designed to meet the specific health care needs of the over 65 population.  The clinic staff provides medical care, assesses cognitive function, and determines the patients' ability to carry out the tasks of daily living.

Smithfield Public Library

(724) 569-1777

 

 

 

 

14 Water ST

(724) 569-1777

 

 

Smithfield, PA 15478

 

 

 

Contact:  Jean Kennedy, Librarian

Hours:  2 - 6 Tue & Thur

 

Social Security Administration District Office

(724) 439-3544

 

 

 

 

942 Morgantown RD

(724) 439-3544

1(800) 772-1213

 

 

 

 

 

Uniontown, PA 15401

 

 

 

 Contact:  Robert Callaro, District Manager

Hours:  8:45 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.  Monday - Friday;   Toll Free telephone answers 7:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.  Monday - Friday

Services:  Accepts and processes claims for social security retirement, survivors and disability benefits.  Medicare hospital and supplementary medical insurance, supplemental security income (SSI).  Benefits for the aged, blind, and disabled.  Accepts applications for social security numbers.

South Connellsville Childrens Center

(724) 626-1330

 

 

 

 

1518 S Pittsburgh ST

(724) 626-1330

 

 

 

 

 

 

South Connellsville, PA 15425

 

 

 

 Contact:  Dawn Richter

Hours:  6:00 a.m. - 12:00 Midnight  Monday - Friday

Services:  Provides childcare services for children 2 through 12 years of age.

South Connellsville Personal Care Home

(724) 628-8559

 

 

 

 

1508 S Pittsburgh ST

(724) 628-8559

 

 

 

 

 

 

South Connellsville, PA 15425

(724) 628-7862 FAX

 

 

 Contact:  Judy Trout

Services:  Provides personal care services to the elderly within the community.

South Connellsville Youth Center

(724) 626-1340

 

 

 

 

1508A S Pittsburgh ST

(724) 626-1340

 

 

South Connellsville, PA 15425

(724) 626-0226 FAX

 

 

 Contact:  Dawn Richter

Services:  All male group home-ages 13-18 years of age.  Youth are placed through the Juvenile Probation Office for Children and Youth Services.

South Fayette Nursing Center

(724) 329-4830

 

 

 

 

252 Main ST

(724) 329-4830

 

 

Markleysburg, PA 15459

(724) 329-0818 FAX

 

 

 Contact:  David A. Smith, Owner

Alternate Contact: Sheila Herring, Administrator

Hours:  24 hour service

Services:  Skilled nursing center-intermediate care facility, Medicare and Medicaid approved.  Accepts private insurance and HMO's.  Respite care provided.

Southwestern Funeral Director's Association of Pennsylvania

(724) 725-5245

 

 

 

 

501 Morgantown ST

(724) 725-5245

 

 

 

 

 

 

Point Marion, PA 15474

 

 

 

 Contact:  Phillip Rishel, Secretary/Treasurer

Hours:  24 hour service

Services:  The Association of Funeral Directors maintains high standards for funeral services.  A member of both the Pennsylvania Funeral Directors Association and the National Funeral Directors Association, participants are able to provide information or services for cremation or other alternate forms of funeral services as well as pre-need funeral arrangements.

Southwestern Home Care

(724) 627-2607

 

 

 

 

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