Category: Services

NURSE MANAGED FOOT CLINIC

2nd Wed of every month from 1:00pm to 3:00pm

A nurse from the Visiting Nurses Association of Southeastern Connecticut (VNA of SECT) is available for routine foot care. Appointments are required. The fee is $10pp.

Anyone with a Diabetic diagnosis cannot be seen by this clinic but all others are welcome.

How To Relieve Hand Arthritis

Join Mary Jane Fegan, DPT from Rehab Concepts Physical Therapy on February 19th at 1:00 pm for a presentation on managing hand arthritis.  Learn about risk factors and practical advice on ways to alleviate the symptoms of hand arthritis.

Bank run

is offered every Friday morning to banks in Groton.

ADA Transportation

ECTC provides this transportation for any person with a disability to any location.  $2.50 one way fee.

Municipal Medical Transportation

this is a grant funded program by the state DOT.  Eastern Connecticut Transportation Consortium (ECTC) brokers transportation services for medical appointments for seniors and persons with disabilities.  13 free round trip rides are available per year.  Caregiver Mileage Reimbursement program is available for family members or friends who drive seniors or persons with disabilities to medical appointments.

Grocery Shopping

is available on Wednesday mornings and afternoons.  Stores are rotated.  $2.00 fee

Volunteer Drivers

Volunteer drivers are available upon request when a senior is unable to use the Center’s transportation for medical appointments, nursing home visits due to overbooking or locations out of our service area.

To Medical appointments

seniors may be brought to medical appointments from home or from the center.  One appointment is allotted per day and transportation rotates the town where seniors will be taken to appointments. $2.00 round trip

To and from the center

transportation pick up is offered beginning at 8, 9, and 10 AM in the morning from the senior’s home.  Seniors will be brought back to the home beginning at 1 PM.  No fee is charged for this service. Transportation is also made available for evening programs and weekend special events.

Hair Salon

A licensed hairdresser/manicurist offers a full range of services from wash and dries to haircuts, colors, perms and also manicures and pedicures.  This service assists seniors who do not have transportation to a community salon.  Primary benefit is improved self-esteem of seniors who use this service and overall well-being.