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- EIN 23-1905649
- (215) 765-9000
- 642 N Broad St Philadelphia PA 19130-3424 USA
- www.pcacares.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Crime & Law, Domestic Violence, Food, Food Programs, Human Services, Protection Against Abuse, Senior Centers, Seniors, Supportive Housing for Older Adults
Mission: Philadelphia corporation for aging's mission is to improve the quality of life for older philadelphians and to assist them in achieving their maximum level of health, independence and productivity. Pca advocates for all older philadelphians while giving special consideration to assuring that services are provided to those with the greatest social, economic, and health needs.
Programs: Long-term care services: philadelphia corporation for aging performed 35,900 assessments in fy 2017 for individuals in need of care at home. Pca provided service coordination services to 18,100 consumers. These services included home delivered meals, personal care, home health care, nursing care, physical, speech and occupational therapies and home modifications depending on the individual's needs. Through pca's centralized meal distribution center, more than 6,200 older philadelphians received more than 1,536,000 nutritionally-balanced hot or frozen meals last year.
community services: pca coordinates and funds a broad range of community services and programs for senior citizens. These include 20 senior community centers which provide socialization, health screenings and educational programs to some 30,000 seniors. More than 468,000 meals were served to seniors in fy 2017 at these senior community centers and the 8 satellite meal programs funded by pca. Pca also funded various programs for legal, employment and volunteer services.
access services: in fy 2017 more than 332,000 one-way rides were provided to senior community centers, adult day services, medical appointments and shopping. Door-through-door and upper floor assistance was provided 57,000 times through attendant transportaion services (ats). The pca helpline provided more than 118,265 callers with information and referral through the pca helpline. In addition, more than 72,000 people received information and assistance and 921 received direct help in understanding health insurance options and benefits including medicare, medicare part d, medigap and private insurance.