Category: Services

AARP TAX-AIDE PROGRAM

Tax Return

AARP TAX-AIDE PROGRAM

The AARP Tax-Aide program provides free tax counseling and preparation for  middle to low-income taxpayers with special attention to those people aged 60 and over. The Tax Advisors are available for the months of March and April on Monday and Friday mornings at 9am. Appointments must be made by calling the Senior Center and the slots are filling up. Taxpayers are asked to provide their:

  1. Personal Identification and Social Security Number,
  2. Copies of your 2014 Federal and CT tax returns, and
  3. All 2015 income reports that have been received (SSA-1099 forms, all 1099 forms, W-2 forms, Unemployment Compensation Forms), and all other Forms that indicate Federal and/or CT income taxes paid in 2015, and
  4. Any documentation showing original cost of sold assets in 2015.

 

Extended TRIP Presentations for Paris, Canyon Country, and Rhine River Cruise

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holland windmills and rhine river castles

We have Collette Tours here Tuesday, February 9th for trip presentations. Please call 860-441-6785 to sign up for either of these (free) trip presentations.

1 pm Spotlight On Paris  https://gateway.gocollette.com/link/711403
2 pm Canyon Country https://gateway.gocollette.com/link/699933

Wednesday, March 1st Premiere will be here for our trip presentation on our Holland Windmills and Rhine River Castles cruise

http://www.premierworlddiscovery.com/pdf/2016/rivercruises/WO%20PWD%20Shell%20-%20HOLLAND%20WINDMILLS%20&%20RHINE%20RIVER%20CASTLES%2007OCT16.pdf

 

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