Programs Provided
INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE
Providing information and/or assistance about available county, state, and federal services for Butler County citizens aged 60 and over. A newsletter is published bimonthly offering the latest in news and developments in aging services. Looking for a Senior Center in your town? View a listing of Butler County Senior Centers.
PHYSICAL FITNESS
A Federal grant through the Older Americans Act gives our agency the opportunity to offer programs that assist and educate senior citizens in maintaining and improving their health through physical fitness.
SENIOR CARE ACT
As coordinator of the county's Senior Care Act program, we are able to offer affordable in-home services, such as homemaking and personal care, to senior citizens who qualify. Cost is based on a sliding fee scale.
CELL PHONES FOR SENIORS
A project started by Butler County RSVP offering recycled cell phones to Butler County Senior Citizens. The recycled cell phones allow Seniors to have 911 emergency contact at their fingertips. It helps them feel safer to stay at home alone and/or travel, knowing that should there be an emergency...help is just moments away. Phones are donated to the program. The memory is erased, and the phones are re-issued to local senior citizens. For more information about the program please contact Melody at (316) 775-0500.
TRANSPORTATION
General Public Transportation is offered through our agency for all of Butler County and a route that travels into Wichita. For more information on transportation services in Butler County, contact our Transportation Coordinator.
RETIRED SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM (RSVP)
RSVP is a connecting link to help individuals 55 and older put their skills and life experience to work for their communities. RSVP volunteers choose how and where they want to serve, helping to meet the needs that often cannot be met through conventional means. Contact the RSVP program for more details; 316-775-0500.
FREEZER MEALS
The Butler County Department on Aging has a program to provide meals to persons living outside the cities that have Meals on Wheels or their own Senior Center lunch programs. If you do not live in Andover, Augusta, Douglass, El Dorado, Leon or Rose Hill, are over 60 and are not able to prepare your own meals, call us at 316-775-0500. The cost of each meal is $1.75 and delivery is free.
SHOPPING FOR SENIORS
This program is designed to promote our mission. A volunteer calls on Wednesday mornings, to persons in the city limits of Augusta, El Dorado, Andover and Rose Hill, gets a grocery order and volunteer shoppers deliver groceries to the participant. To qualify for this program, a person must be over 60 and not able to shop for themselves. Contact the Butler County Department on Aging at 316-775-0500.
CAREGIVER SUPPORT AND RESPITE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Programs are designed to offer more support for anyone, regardless of age, who are providing regular unpaid care for an elderly person. Caregiver Support can be either through group informational sessions or through one-on-one assistance to help caregivers explore their options in the community. The Respite Scholarship program offers relief to a caregiver by providing the means to afford adult day care at either a senior center or a long-term care facility or overnight care in a long-term care facility.
For information on these or any other programs, please call us at ...
316-775-0500 or 1-800-279-3655 for those outside the Wichita calling area.
Crystal Noles, Director
Brenda Louthan, Assistant Director & Program Mgr.
Pat Houchin, Office ManagervSara Erwin, Transportation Coordinator
Melody Gault , RSVP Program Mgr. v Brenda Streif, Planning Aide
“To grow old is to pass from passion to compassion,” Camus.