The St. Louis Area Agency on Aging provides a comprehensible and coordinated system of community-based services for older adults in the City of St. Louis. The Agency's objectives are to secure and maintain maximum independence and dignity in a home environment and encourage economic, social and personal independence of older persons by providing opportunities for employment, socialization, and volunteer activities in the community. Geographically, the St. Louis Area Agency on Aging serves older adults who reside within the boundaries of the City of St. Louis. This meal provides one third of the daily recommended nutrition, five days and week, to persons who cannot shop and prepare food for themselves.
Contractors make regularly scheduled visits and follow a written care plan.
Tasks include bathing, shampooing hair and shaving. Homemaker Chore Services provides cooking, cleaning, laundry and general household tasks that do not involve direct care of the older person. Individual care for an older person in their home or an Adult Day Center may be utilized while primary care giver is away. St. Louis has 23 senior centers and 12 nutrition sites in public housing that support nutrition, social, physical and recreational activities. Their programs are well planned and supervised, and are developed carefully to get people involved.