Program areas at Penn South Social Services
Penn South program for seniors (psps), the largest and longest established program, is driven by the needs and interests of senior residents. Psps assists nearly 1,200 individuals and their families each year with case management, case assistance, healthcare assistance and management, health promotion, comprehensive group programs and ancillary Services. Psps oversees a comprehensive falls prevention program that sharpely reducing dangerous falls throughout the co-op. The latest program implemented at psps is a newly created Social adult dementia day program called club connect. Club connect offers a small group of participants in the middle stage of cognitive decline opportunities to engage in recreational activities and remain active in their community. With the onset of the covid-19 pandemic, psps has substituted virtual for live programs and has provided Services to home bound seniors including masks, shopping and food delivery. It has also made arrangements with a local pharmacy for on-site vaccination.
The ps-hops (Penn South home organized personal Services program connects its over 300 members (18 and over) with health Services and products at reduced pricesincluding home health aids, emergency response systems, hearing and vision Services, attorneys hotels, salons, dry cleaning and more
Psss also has several programs for all residents for all ages, including: art/sketch/drawing sessions, chess club, community discusions, flu/covid clinics, movie nights & presentations, music club. Classes in yoga, pilates, tai chi, guitar. Free tickets to youth under the age of 17 to the theater, free tickets to community events and the Penn South archive project to hear the stories of cooperators who live in the Penn South coop