A major health emphasis continues to be made to provide wellness clinics each month as well as health care screenings and informational talks. The Town continues to participate in a regional approach to alcohol dependency via a program of outreach counseling through Wheeler Clinic and a monthly support group at Manchester Memorial Hospital. Funding for this program comes from grants from the Area Agency on Aging and Dept. of Health and Addiction Services. Outreach Social work with multigenerational older adult family caregivers, extended support and professional caregivers continues to be the demand in the area of senior services. Cases are managed with an intergenerational approach.
Recreation therapy is offered to a special population of older and frail elderly.
This program has proven to be a primary community support service that prolongs one's ability to remain in the community several more years before having to look to a more restrictive setting. Special activities included An Intergenerational Fishing Derby was sponsored by the Super Sixty Sportsmen Club. Another annual event, Halloween Happenings, with a haunted house designed by the Teen Center, story telling and trick or treating served approximately 100 preschoolers and 70 to 80 seniors. A new special event was our New Year's Eve Party attended by over 100 seniors. It was so well attended that we will continue this as an annual event.