Senior citizens who live on the South Plains, especially those in rural areas who live
alone and are poor, rely on their local senior citizens centers to provide critical
services such as nutrition, transportation, telephone reassurance, and health screenings.
Senior citizen centers are the focal points for delivery of many aging services. Some of
the services offered are meals, recreation and social activities, nutrition/health
education, exercise programs, transportation, and volunteer opportunities.
Follow this link for a list of local senior citizen center websites.
Congregate and home delivered meals are at the core of many of the multipurpose senior
citizen centers. Of the 23 senior centers, 22 are also nutrition sites offering hot noon
meals during the week. Meals must meet at least one-third the Recommended Dietary
Allowance (RDA). SPAG contracts with a registered dietician who plans menus for nutrition
service providers, evaluates their projects, and conducts nutrition education lessons,
which are passed on to participants at the senior centers and recipients of home delivered
meals.
Anonymous donations are encouraged to help defray costs; however, senior citizens
will not be denied services because they cannot or choose not to contribute.
The centers also serve as the locations for the
caregiver resource libraries
which provide valuable information for caregivers and care receivers.
Contact Francisco Sotelo
1323 58th Street / P.O. Box 3730 Freedom Station
Lubbock, Texas
79452-3730
(806) 687-0940 / 1-888-418-6564
Fax (806) 765-9544