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February 27 & 28, 2002
Senior Lifestyles
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By BEN LEDBETTER
Of The Herald Staff
While both senior centers in
Cleveland County offer some of
the same services, there are
things available from only the
city-funded Kings Mountain fa-
cility. C
One of the things unique to
Kings Mountain's facility is a
ceramics shop. Kings Mountain
also has subsidized transporta-
tion.
To use the transportation,
which is funded through a
grant, a citizen must be 60
years old and a resident of the
cuftent Kings Mountain School
District.
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Transportation Administration
of Cleveland County (TACO)
for that service.
Transportation is an impor-
tant service, Thornburg said.
“Transportation is a big
need,” he said. “ You can have
all the services in the world and
a nice senior center, if you can’t
get there it’s not going to do
any good.”
But the two centers do share
some services.
Kings Mountain Anne
Director said the Council on
Aging and Kings Mountain
share money for health screen-
ings. With that money, the COA
has four health fairs in the
county, with one of them being
in Kings Mountain.
“We're not competitors,”
Thornburg said. “We work real-
ly well together and we comple-
ment one another.”
The COA Senior Center
serves all of Cleveland County
and the Kings Mountain Senior
Center serves the KM school
district.
But while health and trans-
portation are common services
which can be associated with
Senior Centers, other services
are also offered.
Tax assistance, nutrition, and
legal services are part of the
Patrick Center’s offerings.
assisted
Thornburg said volunteers
come in and do tax returns at
no cost for seniors. Those are
done by appointment only.
While an outside group also
comes in and performs certain
legal functions at no cost, staff
at the center can also do certain
legal tasks.
Thornbur; can do power of
attorney, living wills, and health
care powers of attorney. He said
the center also has access to no-
taries.
One of the center's seasonal
programs is the Operation we
Cool-Off program, which con-
sists of loaning fans to seniors
during the summer. Thornburg
said he also receives air condi-
tioner donations also.
A program to help seniors
with insurance questions,
Seniors Health Insurance
Program (SHIP), is another pro-
gram offered at the Patrick
Center.
The program trains volun-
teers to help seniors with their
insurance problems such as
Medicare and Medicaid. They
also help seniors find a supple-
mental policy to fit their needs.
Carolyn Bell, at the Patrick
Center, is a certified SHIP coun-
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