Partners in Caring is an innovative and comprehensive support services program providing social activities, meals and access to services for seniors and people living with disabilities in three Seattle Housing Authority residences (Bell Tower, Harvard Court and Olive Ridge). We also provide weekly grocery delivery to Jefferson Terrace, and we coordinate grocery delivery to several other buildings through our Grocery Delivery Project.
Partners in Caring helps residents live with greater independence, health and well-being through services such as:
- Monthly van trips to grocery stores — and weekly grocery bag delivery to homebound residents.
- Field trips to local museums and other attractions.
- Exercise opportunities (e.g., walking groups, Tai Chi, chair yoga).
- Free classes and workshops (e.g., cooking, art and self defense).
- Social meals (e.g., pancake breakfasts and BBQs).
- Other group activities to meet residents’ needs and interests.
- Referrals to community resources, including Aging and Disability Services and Community Psychiatric Clinic case workers.
- Support to resident boards at the buildings.
Your gift of...
$600 delivers groceries to a homebound person for 1 year.
$300 delivers groceries to a homebound person for 6 months.
$100 delivers groceries to a homebound person for 2 months.
$50 delivers groceries to a homebound person for 1 month.
Q13 News report on how grocery delivery can be a lifeline: More than 95% of seniors and people living with disabilities in Seattle public housing do not have adequate access to healthy food, as recent research from Solid Ground’s Hunger Action Center shows. This Q13 story covers the hunger study results and tells the powerful story of Mary Rolfe, one public housing resident for whom Partners in Caring’s grocery delivery service is a literal lifeline.
Impacts of nutrition and human services interventions on the health of elderly and disabled persons in public housing (PDF) — This report by Solid Ground's 2008-09 Congressional Hunger Fellow Collin Siu is the first research evaluating supportive services funded by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development ROSS RSDM – Elderly and Persons with Disabilities grant. The study provides evidence that nutrition and human services interventions improve the health of seniors and people living with disabilities. Services decrease social isolation, the non-treatment of chronic conditions, and the proportion of evictions that result in the tenant having to leave his/her unit. However, residents still face significant barriers to accessing healthy foods, low fruit and vegetable intake, and a high rate of chronic conditions that warrant more attention to this vulnerable population. For information contact paulh@solid-ground.org.
Phone: 206.694.6731
TTY: 7.1.1
Email: PIC@solid-ground.org
FAX: 206.634.3717
Address: Partners in Caring
Solid Ground
1501 North 45th Street
Seattle, WA 98103-6708