Missoula Aging Services

Our experience with Missoula Aging Services has gone full circle. 10 years ago I retired early to care for elderly parents and to help care for our grandkids. Initially, my mother-in-law moved to Missoula with Alzheimer’s. Two years later she passed and my mother of 92 years with short term memory loss moved to Missoula and lived to be 98. My husband was involved as well, while holding down a full time job. Little did we know the strain it could put on our relationship. But our relationship is stronger today because of the teamwork it takes to care for elderly parents.

In each case MAS was there to help us with health care insurance, taxes and other resources available to make our lives easier. It was comforting to know they were there for support. I would always walk away form MAS filled with gratitude for the community service they provide.

It has been almost two years of freedom from elderly care. My husband and I feel fortunate to know we were there for our parents in their last years, even though it was mentally draining.

So now we come full circle as we turned 65 this year and find ourselves asking MAS for guidance with Medicare! As usual, they guided us in the right direction and again, feel gratitude. Our story could have gone in a catastrophic direction without the support of Missoula Aging Services. We are fortunate to live in the Missoula community filled with so many resources to make living healthy and enjoyable. Missoula Aging Services is at the top of our list. THANKS!

Ed and Laurie Stalling

I SO appreciate this organization! Not only did I learn so much in the aging mastery class, implementing that information was a great help to my elderly cousin. Recently, Theresa Ragsdale spent well over an hour and a half guiding us through the Veterans Healthcare System and helping us navigate the phone interview. She also signed him up for Meals on Wheels and pointed out other programs he qualifies for as a disabled veteran. I am beyond grateful for her knowledge, professionalism, and compassion in helping us.
Sincerely,
Diane Davis

As a new retiree, I was looking for ways to help out in the community. Aging services is a wonderful clearinghouse for many volunteer connections through their R.S.V.P. Program. Staff are helpful and encouraging. I also received help with Medicare choices through MAS as well as great information in taking the Agin* Mastery Program. MAS is a place that I think of first when I talk to friend who are retiring.

I have been a caring companion for 7 years. The time spent with my companion are a treasure I will remember forever. I am allowed to be in their lives to help them , share laughter and stories. My family has either passed on or moved. I feel they gave more to me than I am able to repay. I have volunteered for other positions and always felt appreciated. If you need a way to give back to your community this is a supportive and friendly organization.

Their online classes via zoom help me stay connected with other senior adults even though I live in a very rural part of Montana. They are a lifeline!

My aging /retirement journey began during the pandemic. I was nervous about the isolation. I took the Aging Mastery class with Theresa and all the wonderful guest speakers. I took the winter session and was always looking forward to seeing the smiling faces of classmates and learning new information.

I have been a long term volunteer with Missoula Aging Services and have seen first hand how much this organization does in this community. From providing a hot meal for homebound people to supporting care givers in their long and difficult journeys to helping people navigate the complex world we live in this organization operates with a compassionate and caring attitude. This organization makes a difference. Just yesterday I listened to a caregiver who continues to work and just seeing her smile as she spoke of the relief she gets from Meals on Wheels made my day.

I have been volunteering for this organization on and off over the past 18 years, mostly as being a Board member charged with oversight. Currently I am the Board Chair. I have volunteered a lot during my career and in my personal life and I have never worked with an organization more dedicated to its mission than Missoula Aging Services. The staff and volunteers (over 400 of them) work unselfishly to provide our 20+ services to older adults in 2 counties of Montana. These services allow people who are aging to grow old with independence, better health and with personal dignity. It is an honor to serve and support this organization.
Roberta J. Smith

I became involved with Missoula Aging Services in May 2021 and have participated as a caregiver in the monthly Dementia Support Group and am also enrolled in the TCare program as a caregiver to my husband, who has cancer and Alzheimer's Disease. I completed the MAS Aging Mastery Program winter 2022. The opportunity MAS provides to the community is invaluable. Due to the support I have received as a caregiver and senior has allowed me to use these skills as a wife and caregiver to my husband. I thank Missoula Aging Services, Lauren, Teresa, and Dick for their support and caring attitude. Peggy Seidel

I reached out to Missoula Aging Services when I made my senior retirement move.
I always was purpose driven; so I contacted RSVP volunteer positions. I submitted my resume along with my application. The volunteer services coordinator called one day to say she had what she was certain was "a match" job description. It was!
I found meaning in my hours on duty,
My position was interactive with a medical population. Those people became dear to me, I could not change the direction of their disease, but they "knew I walked there with them".
My own social network was diminishing; it was an honor to fill out the patient's network.
Thank You Missoula Aging Services.

Missoula Aging Services offers an array of volunteer opportunities and services directed toward older individuals and their loved ones. I volunteer as a Foster Grandparent at a local middle school and work with special education students, the rewards for this opportunity far exceeded my expectations. To have a kiddo smile when I sit with them at lunch or toss a ball at recess, to take my hand or stroke my face with tenderness, is an expression of shared humanity unique to my volunteerism, and profoundly appreciated.

I'm the Volunteer Coordinator for First Interstate Bank in Missoula. I worked with MAS this year to put together a project where our employees went out to the homes of MAS clients and worked on yard clean up projects. It was a pleasure to work with the folks at MAS to coordinate this one day event. Our staff really enjoyed meeting and helping the clients of MAS and were happy to provide a much needed service to our local seniors.

When I was a caregiver for my great grandpa, MAS helped us out with their Veteran Directed Services. I don't know if we could have kept gramps in his house without their help. Everyone we worked with was kind and helpful and it would have been so much harder without them.

Missoula Aging Services provided a number of services to aide in the care of my wife's elderly grandfather. Every staff member from MAS was kind and compassionate, eager to assist, and provided much needed support.

After I retired and my husband passed away I needed something to occupy my time. I became a prep-cook for our Senior Center. I enjoyed being with all the wonderful people I met there, until a health problem occurred and retired. A year later when I knew more about my health problem I became a caregiver for a lovely lady for 2 years I took care of her before she passed away. During this time I met a wonderful lady from Missoula Aging Service and she introduced me to the Senior Companion Program. I became a Senior Companion and have 10 Seniors that have given me the will to go on. I feel I have the greatest family anyone can have. Through this program I am also a RSVP volunteer. Missoula Aging Services ( AmeriCorps) has been a lifesaver for me.

I work full time but I wanted to give back to the community. I reached out to the volunteer programs to find something I could do to give back that still takes my heavy work schedule into consideration. They found me a perfect position through RSVP. Missoula Aging Services has treated me with kindness and respect. I love volunteering for them! And even better, I am more connected with services available to me as I near retirement, they are so helpful!

I was asked by school principal to be a foster grandparent. Best thing I have ever volunteered for. MAS does more for this community than any organization I have ever been involved with. Great people, great organization. Really involved.

Missoula Aging Services provides purpose to my life. By helping others learn about computers I feel that I can contribute to the Missoula community.

We have asked for help through so many agencies given to us by MAS. Because of covid there was no one to help us.

I've done Volunteer with MAS Visiting with people at rest homes. I loved talking to the people. I also worked for years at the Senior Center. I've be able to visit at MAS when I had problems or questions I was concerned about and they were so knowledgeable about what I needed. They do so much for the elderly. They do so much to help and if they arn't sure they will make a point to find out. If a person was able to give even one day to do volunteer work, you will feel very rewarded. Give it a try, You might even fine you could give another day. I don't know how the elderly would be without MAS. God Bless. LelaMae Collver

We have volunteered for the last 1.5 years delivering Meals on Wheels. We have found that the clients are most appreciative of our efforts and we have even struck up friendhships with some clients, who look forward to telling us stories when we deliver their meals. The MAS staff that helps us load up the meals is first rate and friendly.

We volunteer for Meals on Wheels. This service feeds Missoula's aging and disabled. Many of these folks are hidden from view. Some live in poverty. Some just need nutritious food that they can no longer prepare for themselves (and pay the bill for it). This is a good and necessary service.

Over the last 3 decades, I have had various relationships with Missoula Aging Services. In the 1980’s, being new to town, and with an interest in gerontological nursing, I became a member of the board of directors. A few years later, MAS hired me as a Senior Advocate.

During my caregiving years, in the early 2020’s and well beyond, I reached out to MAS for decision-making help with relocating my parents who both had dementia. I also appreciated MAS' assistance with my parents' Medicare Part D plans, and later I personally benefited from the New to Medicare course when I reached retirement age.

More recently I have been involved with Dementia Friendly Missoula, a grassroots volunteer group focused on empowering people living with dementia and their care partners to remain active and involved our community. Missoula Aging Services has been supportive of DFM from its beginning and in 2018, DFM was welcomed under MAS’ umbrella as a volunteer initiative.

For 30+ years, I have watched MAS grow into the exceptional, community-responsive, non-profit organization it is today. One thing has not changed. I have always felt confident recommending MAS to patients, families, and friends for assistance in their unique circumstances.

Patti Holkup

When we retired, we needed something to do and friends introduced us to Meals on Wheels.
We loved doing it. The people on our route became friends and people we looked forward to seeing each week. We did this for fourteen years until it wasn't really possible for my husband any more. Then, the mother I had been caring for passed away and I needed something to occupy myself. We were still delivering Meals on Wheels at that time, but I saw the opportunity to apply to volunteer in the Front Office as receptionist, etc. I got the position and volunteered there for ten years, loving every minute of it. Some of the employees are still friends of mine. Since then, I have volunteered as tutor for one of the local schools. I definitely think Missoula Aging Service has enriched my life.

I have never been hungry, without medical treatment, unemployed for too long or homeless l retired from the Probation Dept in 2000 after 30+ years working with youth, in a job l loved. I returned to my home state Montana in 2004 and moved to Missoula in 2006.

I am now 81 years old, in poor health and unable to personally be a volunteer. I named myself, a home volunteer, as l support MAS from my home. I do this by supporting various programs such as Meals on Wheels and the Respite Program, which gives caregivers a respite from a most difficult job of caregiving. For many the job is 24/7. Can you even imagine what that entails? Sometimes this can be months and even years of care. All l can think of is “No Greater Love than to give your life for Another.”
MAS programs are many such as learning classes, help with Medicare programs, medical concerns for the elderly, information on government issues that may impact the elderly, telephone visits to those at home to check on them and a variety of other informational avenues of help.

How do l fit in since l am a home volunteer (my name for me). MAS fulfills my need to be needed by sharing what their needs are so l can be part of the community that feeds the hungry, protect the community by donating masks to volunteers and clients. I can send messages of hope to staff and volunteers and l can help the caretakers get a break. I can give financially in small amounts and l can send masks,etc. Just ask and the needs will be shared.

The return on my gifts—-wonderful thank you notes, words of caring for me and so many others, a feeling of gratitude for being able to be part of solutions and most of all, l am part of a compassionate organization of people who are the cream of the crop. Last but not least, l feel loved and cared for, especially at this most difficult time. Thank goodness for MAS

I am a volunteer for MAS and proud that they allow me to help. MAS is genuinely committed to the needs of our older community. If there is a need that is within their scope MAS is on it! I am a witness to their almost immediate responses to a community member. They are the real deal.

Missoula Aging Services was and is my lifeline to staying connected, intergenerationally, to elementary and middle school children in an educational and mentor role. When I retired 5 years ago as an educator I knew I still wanted to play a role in children's education. Foster Grandparenting with kids in a school setting helps keep me well, physically, mentally and emotionally. Thanks to Missoula Aging Services I am able to do what I love.

I feel so lucky to live in Missoula where there is an organization like Missoula Aging Services. They give a voice to senior citizens, such as myself. They provide invaluable services and help to make Missoula the amazing community it is. MAS provided me with a place to volunteer after I retired. It provided me with a way to give back to my community in a meaningful way.

I have experienced nothing but the highest levels of competency, kindness, and assistance from Missoula Aging Services over the last 5 years. I have and will continue to recommend their services to everyone. Every time I have sent someone to MAS I have gotten back such gratitude for making the introduction. An incredibly important lifeline for all Missoulians, MAS far exceeds expectations across the board.
Keep up the good work - especially in this challenging time - I cannot think of a better resource. Thank you MAS!

After my husband and I retired, we moved from the east coast to Missoula. We didn’t know anyone in the area, and making friends proved more difficult than I had realized. One day I saw a notice in the Missoulian asking for volunteers at Missoula Aging Services (MAS) to help on various projects. Several looked promising, so I signed up. One such opportunity was to help with the Wear It Again Jewelry Sale fundraiser. I love jewelry and the weekly sessions with a small group of delightful volunteers sorting, pricing and tagging donated jewelry provided a much-appreciated social outlet for me. This is now my seventh year with the sale, and I can’t imagine a more rewarding activity. Thank you MAS for all you do for the community!

Foster grand-parenting is one of the best things I have ever been involved with. MAS supports me in everything I do. They listen to me and offer great advice. They are a marvelous organization and have helped along the road of aging. Don’t know what I would do without them. Thank you so much and you all stay safe.
Bev

I started volunteering at MAS about three years ago, after I retired from my job of 30 years and was looking for something to do occasionally. The staff at MAS are all extremely friendly and helpful. It's a wonderful place to be. The programs offered by MAS are exceptional. I have recommended them to several of my friends who were in need of help with their aging parents. Every one of them told me that they were so pleased with the help they got. I have witnessed the staff interacting with clients and seen how caring and respectful they treat the clients that come to see them. MAS is a wonderful organization. They are a great asset to the Missoula community in every respect; from helping people who come to them with various concerns, to helping volunteers feel like a useful part of the community. It's so important for all of us to feel like we still have something to contribute. I am always told how much I am appreciated and thanked for my service. That means the world to me. It gives me a purpose. Thank you to everyone at MAS.

I starting volunteering with Missoula Aging Services in 2013 after I retired. It is a very rewarding experience! The staff is always friendly, helpful and appreciative. I am thankful to be able to give back to my Missoula community!

Seven years ago I was newly retired and it didn't take me long to realized how much I missed certain aspects of my previous jobs, all of which entailed interaction with people of the community and public service. I was attracted to an ad for volunteers at MAS to assist with the Medicare D enrollment process. Having worked in the healthcare field, I felt I would be qualified and interested. When I applied, I was told, "sorry, but we have filled all the positions.....but with your experience in the field and clerical skills, we have just the position for you!" I became part of the administrative staff, working at the front desk one to two mornings a week. In that position I interacted with the wonderful professional staff at MAS and also numerous clients, many of whom I had known from previous jobs I had worked in Missoula. I have moved around into other volunteer opportunities at the agency and not only enjoyed but feel personally blessed that I have had the opportunity to help people. It has filled my need for social contact, increased my knowledge about MAS and all the wonderful ways they are here for the senior community in the area. I am amazed at all the variety of not only services but volunteer opportunities MAS provides for the senior community. I am also impressed with their staff! It has been a pleasure to be here and have so many great friends.

Nancy Chandler

MAS is an organization that provides a variety of services to those in need. That includes me. I am 80 years old and am comprised by a variety of health problems so not able to volunteer. However, I have a good retirement plan which enables me to contribute money. This allows me to be part of the community and enhances my life as I am helping those in need. The journey is a most joyful one for me and I deeply appreciate MAS for the opportunity to have a small part in the process of giving.

So thank you for sharing and allowing me to help. I love the coupon program at the Farmers market and the Respite program. Thank you for everyone who helps those in need.

I am volunteering as a math tutor at Chief Charlo Elementary School. It is one of the best things I have ever done. Thanks to Missoula Aging Services for making it easy to do.

The difference it has made in my life is that the food bank people are like a family. I have worked there for 4 or 5 years and I lost my husband two years ago. They had my back and helped me get through it and having to go there took my mind off of things. Our customers are nice as well and I know several of them after all these years, I know what they like so I don’t bother taking them to things I know they don’t want. At any rate it has been a good experience for me.

Since retiring 5 years ago, volunteering through the RSVP program at MAS has given me a an opportunity to give back to my community and enabled me to meet a whole new set of friends. The staff at MAX are always kind, helpful and enthusiastic. I have referred many friends to MaSS for help and guidance in their lifes.

Without Missoula Aging Services and my volunteering for them I would be at home bored out of my head and just getting fat. I have 4 of the most wonderful clients. I give a lot of my self but my clients do not realize how much the give back to me.

Mas has been one of the greatest experiences in my life. It has given me the opportunity to help children .mas was there for me at an unbearable time in my life and gave me support friendship and a reason to get up everyday. They are there for so many people and help in so many ways and if they cant help they can direct you to a place that can. Mas has one of the greatest staff of people I have ever dealt with. They are the best resource place in montana

Missoula Aging Services provides invaluable support to our community and its elderly. I greatly appreciate all they do for those we love. Professional, organized, and thorough - I would recommend seeking their assistance for friends or family, or volunteering with them!

I have a client who lives in a senior residence. I take her shopping and to do errands. She has told me that going out with me is a bright spot in her week. She says she feels more connected to the community and feels that she belongs. She says the time with me gives her perspective on things she is dealing with and that she feels that I treat her as a whole person.

fIrst as a Foster Grandparent and now as a Senior Companion my experience has been and continues to be rewarding. Missoula Aging Services is a wonderful, professional organization, providing much needed and appreciated services to a wide community. I truly appreciate all they do and look forward to many more years working together.

As an older person I appreciate the help with Part D Medicaid for several years now. I appreciate MAS being there like money in the for the time that I may need the many other devices available to older people.

In my work, I collaborate with Missoula Aging Services (MAS) on several projects including Powerful Tools for Caregivers, educational programming, and Dementia Friendly Missoula. MAS is always open and willing to listen to ideas and work on programs that benefit seniors in our communities. MAS provides options for volunteers to assist with programs that spark their interests and talents. I am proud to work with MAS and know there are options for future collaborations.

I became involved with Missoula Aging Services approximately 3 1/2 years ago after seeing an ad in the Missoulian for the Foster Grandparents program in the public schools. They worked very diligently to find a school near where I live and so I was placed at Russell Elementary School which turned out to be a perfect fit!! I worked with a kindergarten and second grade teacher. I absolutely loved working with them and their students! The students are definitely so lovable and eager to learn and that is so rewarding! I feel very fortunate to have had this opportunity and would advise anyone who is bored to check out Missoula Aging Services! It's well worth your time!!

Working in the Missoula Senior Center was a wonderful experience. I met so many people and shared so many experiences. They are a great group to work with. Since my husband passed away I have been thinking about going back to work again. I know I need the support of the friends that I met at the Center. They do a great service to the many seniors that utilize the Center.

Missoula Aging Service offered us assistance in various ways including help with navigating the health insurance programs, meals on wheels and senior companion. All of these services were offered to us by different individuals within the program. All of them were fantastic to work with and the services were much needed at the time. MAS is a fantastic program and I hope they continue to do their great work for many years!

As I approached age 65, I didn't know much about the options and choices I'd need to make regarding Medicare. What I did know was confusing. I signed up for Missoula Aging Services' New to Medicare workshop because I knew they would present thorough, unbiased information in a way I could understand. After the sessions, when I had more questions as I worked through the information, I was able to talk to a Resource Specialist there who knew the information inside and out. What a relief to be able to access such knowledgeable support when one is dealing with important decisions like this! The professional staff at MAS are really topnotch--such an asset to our community!

MAS not only provides much-needed services for older adults and caregivers, they also offer volunteer opportunities and ways to engage with their community. It's a wonderful and reciprocal exchange of assistance that utilizes the gifts and abilities of older adults while also connecting them to resources that help them age with grace, independence and dignity.

Though I personally have never needed Missoula Aging Services (MAS) programs, my mother has been deeply involved with the organization since she retired a few years back. She attends workshops such as MAS' New to Medicare, she eats at congregate meals so she doesn't have to cook for herself, and she'll be attending a Life Reimagined workshop later this month. In fact, she's so committed to the organization, that she's also been volunteering with MAS to keep herself busy and stimulated. Not only is MAS a place for her to learn, but it's also a social outlet where she can meet other older adults. MAS has been integral in helping her navigate aging and growing older and as her daughter, I am truly grateful for this wonderful community resource!

I had heard that "Aging Services" gave help to seniors with issues, but didn't consider mine to be one..I was simply grieving, but couldn't stop. I could not stop crying. On the recommendation of my sister, I finally went and asked for some "Grief Counselling"
Within a short visit the counselor straightened me out. She taught me about grief and grieving and how it works. It made all the difference in the world. What a relief! It sounds minimal, but it was monumental. And it was "no charge". !

I truely appreciate the unique volunteer opportunities that have been presented to me. It is always fun to meet new people who have the same interest. Also, there is no pressure to volunteer other than what you place on yourself. The heartfelt thank you that you receive from Missoula Aging Services really comes from their hearts.

Missoula Aging Services is a solid organization that offers important help for older adults just when it is needed. The staff helped me file a report when my mom's insurance company was giving her a difficult time. Fast, efficient - and compassionate.

MAS was awesome in matching me with a volunteer site. I have been with the Police Department and St. Pat's Hospital for almost 17 years. With all the services that they provide, I was able to contact my daughter, power of attorney for my mom, and she was able to check in Billings to see if they had the same services. I am always telling others about going to MAS to sign up to volunteer and what services they offer and which services are free. MAS is compassionate about their role to the seniors, helpful to find volunteer sites or to suggest the different services they provide. You are wonderful!!

My Mom, DonnaRae Iverson, so loved volunteering as a Foster Grandma. She was at Russell for six years I believe and only like a month or so at Hellgate Elementary. She had fun reading to the kids and helping the teachers with special projects. She had a stroke in November 2015 and she has continued to spiral downward. She developed Parkinsonism with Lewy Bodies Dementia along the way also. She's also had a couple of mini strokes recently. She is currently on Partners in Hospice and in the first stages of dying. She's ready to go home, her body is tired...

I volunteer on a daily basis when I find the time. What a great agency that has helped ME many times as needed. I also have included MSA as a donation site upon my death.
Nyla Sterner

This organization is essential to our community, providing a light in the darkness for so many seniors and caregivers, MAS allows our citizens to live the lives that they want. I believe that the strength of their staff and volunteer force, is their passion and belief in the MAS mission. They arrive to work each day knowing that they will make a difference, and this community is so much stronger because of their involvement. I recommend them as the first and most complete resource for elder care, connection, health, and financial and mental well being.

Missoula Aging Services enabled me to spend 12 years of retirement teaching weekly science classes for all the third grade classes at Rattlesnake Elementary School. I thoroughly enjoyed this time with the kids and the teachers, and judging by the Thank You's I got every year, they enjoyed it too. A few of the topics we covered were Newton's Three Laws of Motion. Astronomy, Earth science, evolution of life on earth, black holes, and many more topics.

Bob Burgan

I became a caregiver for both parents at the young age of 62, having no idea how difficult it would become. Ageing services helped tremendously providing a care-giving class and support group. It was great to get tips and with being around others that could relate to my situation. I wasn't alone! Ageing services was also a great help with respite resources which I discovered was sanity (and physically) saving for me! i really appreciate all the help I received during a difficult 4 1/2 years of care-giving.

Since my wife and I first signed up as clients with Missoula Aging Services a few years ago their help to us as an elderly couple has been a godsend to us.We first started as 1 hour a week clients for help with cleaning our apartment. Since that time we have been privledged to have participated in Meals On Wheels and recently the Respite Services Program both of which have significantly contributed to our well being.My wife is 73 years old and an amputee (left leg) since age 17.I am 78 years old and also have significant health problems such as MS , open heart surgery,and diabetes.My wife is also diabetic,has stents in her left carotid artery,and also had a stroke a few years ago.As you can well see Missoula aging Services has, and continues to be, a significant contributor along with excellent medical care here in Missoula, MT, to our continued well being.
Sincerely , Joseph A. Pietro

When I lost my job at 59 I spent a long time searching for another. I applied for every kind of job but had no luck at getting one. One day my friend said she had heard on the public radio station that Missoula Aging Services needed volunteers. I was getting close to my 60th birthday so I decided to check it out. I talked to Alicia and was told about the Senior Companion program. I applied and was accepted and went to training soon after my intake. It was a life saver for me. That was 6 years ago. I switched to the Foster Grandparent Program and for the last few years worked at Franklin School. I have made good friends with other seniors. I appreciate all contact I have had with Missoula Aging Services.

I am a service coordinator in an independent living nonprofit retirement home. Many people here do not have much money to pay for services. Through the Senior Companion program at Missoula Aging Services several of the elderly residents here have a friend that really makes a difference in their lives. In a few hours weekly with each client good things happen. Errands are done, trips to medical appointments take place and friendships flourish. These helpers bring continued independence with their visits. They receive thanks from their clients, and a small stipend from MAS. This works well for everyone involved.

Missoula aging Service was so helpful as we engineered turning 65 and learning about Medicare and associated medical coverage. Thanks!

The counsel and information Missoula Aging Services afforded me when I was enrolling in Social Security and Medicare was invaluable. There are so many little ins-and-outs to be aware of, and I don't know where I would have ended up with the help of the MAS staff. I am greatly relieved to have had their assistance in the process.

I am a social worker at a local medical clinic and I often call upon Missoula Aging Services for their expertise. They are especially helpful when it comes to answering Medicare questions. I refer patients to them several times a week. The staff is very knowledgeable and is always willing to help.

MAS is a top-notch organization with a great cause, great volunteers, great Board, great staff. So glad MAS is here to help older adults in Missoula County!

My involvement is as a volunteer with the Meals On Wheels Program which provides nutritious meals for seniors and others with major health issues allowing them to retain independence. It also so provides a contact with the volunteer who delivers the meals, many times the only personal contact many have.

What a great organization! My father-in-law was able to stay in his own home and live independently for so much longer than he would have without the support of MAS!

Missoula Aging Services (MAS) is a five star organization any way you look at it. I have found great people, helpful information, wonderful programs, and more all under one roof. Keep up the great work!

Missoula Aging Services consistently strives to be better than the day before. Often they are providing services not found in other AAA's across the state, and are always looking for new ways to help the community. I am thankful to have such a wonderful service in the community.

It is such a relief to be able to get good reliable information from knowledgeable staff and volunteers when applying for Social Security. It can be a daunting process when you need extra help. Thanks to Missoula Aging Services for being that one-stop-shop for every issue related to getting older.

I have been involved with Missoula Aging Services as a volunteer, client and donor because of the integrity of the organization and its employees. Stellar.

This organization consistently exceeds my expectations. I have turned to them time and again for assistance with a wide variety of issues and have always received kind, compassionate, expert help.

Missoula Aging Services provides excellent information and support to older adults and people with disabilities who are in need of resources. Everyone at Missoula Aging Services is extremely knowledgeable and helpful. A+ organization!

The staff of Missoula Aging Services are professional and caring, a combination that provides excellent customer service to clients in need of help. My mother in law, an 84 year old homebound recipient of their Meals on wheels service often comments how much she appreciates the meals and the personal touch provided by Aging services' staff and volunteers. Each day she receives her meal, she is also asked how she is doing and there are times she asks for help or information on something that may be bothering her - like recent changes to her insurance plan - and the volunteer always makes sure a staff person follows up so she gets the answers and peace of mind she needs. Great people.

Missoula Aging Services offers a wonderful source of infomation for those in need and they work hard to take care of those they serve.

Missoula Aging Services has been extremely helpful when we had questions and concerns about our mothers. They helped us get respite help for both of them and helped me get extra help for my Medicare Part D.

Thank you MAS

What an awesome organization! I appreciate the Meals on Wheels Program and help with Medicaid through the Resource Center!

Missoula Aging Services is a wonderful organization and I highly recommend that others get involved!