259 organizations
How senior services work in metro Atlanta
The front door for almost everything is your county's Area Agency on Aging — in metro Atlanta, that's Empowerline (run by the Atlanta Regional Commission). One call gets you screened for home-delivered meals, in-home help, transportation, and caregiver support, instead of hunting program by program.
The pieces: Meals on Wheels Atlanta and county nutrition programs deliver to homebound seniors (waitlists exist; get on anyway — they move). Senior centers are the underrated gem: hot lunch, exercise, classes, and company, usually free or a few dollars, through county senior services. Benefits: many seniors qualify for SNAP and Medicare Savings Programs that pay the Part B premium — a benefits check-up is worth real monthly money.
What to expect when you call: a friendly screening about daily needs — eating, bathing, getting around. If you're calling about a parent, have their age, county, and a sense of what's hardest right now.
Beth Israel Lahey Health is a nonprofit health system serving Massachusetts and New Hampshire. It runs hospitals, primary care, urgent care, behavioral health, community health centers, pharmacy services, home care, and senior living services.
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Claims Conference is a nonprofit that seeks compensation and support for Jewish Holocaust survivors around the world. It runs payment programs, funds social service agencies that help survivors, and supports Holocaust education, research, films, and survivor storytelling.
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AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety is a national nonprofit research and education group based in Washington, DC. It studies traffic crashes and risky driving, shares free reports and safety information, funds research, and runs a safe mobility conference. It is not an Atlanta service office and does not appear to provide rides, medical care, or emergency help.
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CobbLinc is Cobb County’s public bus and transit service, run through Cobb County government. It helps people get around Cobb County and to parts of Atlanta by local bus, commuter bus, paratransit, on-demand rides, and a transportation voucher program for eligible older adults and people with disabilities.
5 services