Lackawanna County Area Agency on Aging
Welcome!
The Lackawanna County Department of Human Services administers services and engages with the older adult constituents of Lackawanna County through the Area Agency on Aging. This branch of the Human Services Department was established in 1966 to provide critical services, assessments, and protections to the residents of our community in response to the Older Americans Act of 1965. The Act continues, through its most recent reauthorization in 2020, to serve as the foundation of our mandate.
What's Happening
Caregiver Meal Prep and Delivery
Volunteers from the Lackawanna County Area Agency on Aging, State Representatives and Senators' offices, and the community helped lend on hand to prepare and deliver special holiday meals to caregivers and those they care for. A special thanks to meals on Wheels Community Services of NEPA for adding on these meals to an already busy schedule and to Age Friendly Lackawanna for sponsoring this great cause!
Santa Sponsors Really Deliver!
This holiday, individuals (angels) from our community, local non-profits, medical groups, law firms and businesses volunteered to sponsor grandchildren in the Lackawanna County Area Agency on Aging Grandparent Caregiver Support Program to support grandparents raising grandchildren in Lackawanna County. Pictured here is the team from Amazon.com in Olyphant, PA, with Lackawanna County Area Agency on Aging employees, who sponsored several of the children from this program! Thank you to everyone who purchased gifts to help make this holiday season a great one for our grandparents!
If you are interested in scheduling a Dementia Friends
in-person session, contact Mike Castellano at the United Way of Lackawanna, Wayne, and Pike Counties 570-343-1267 ext. 311, Nicole Lipinski at the Wright Center 570-904-1123, or Sara McDonald at the Lackawanna County Area Agency on Aging 570-963-6740
