Twp Admin & Sr Services

SENIOR SERVICES

Our Mission

To ensure a continued quality of life for the older adult residents of Amherst Township, we exist to help all township residents over the age of 60 maintain their independence and freedom to live with dignity.

Services We Now Offer

Medicare and supplemental insurance counseling
Referrals to area senior service providers
Support Services - One-on -one help assessing needs, filling out applications, referring or linking to service agencies or programs, scheduling or assisting with appointments and following up to make sure that the help needed has been obtained.
Amherst Twp. NO longer offers a meal program. See below for other options

Vial of L.I.F.E.

Lifesaving Information For Emergencies (known as L.I.F.E.) is a non-profit national program in which key medical information is available to first responders in the event of an emergency.

A plastic baggie is labelled with a Vial of L.I.F.E. sticker and contains all pertinent medical information needed, such as emergency contact, diagnoses, medications, allergies, legal designations, medical providers, and insurance information.

The Vial of L.I.F.E. stickered baggie is placed on the outside of your refrigerator. An additional Vial of L.I.F.E. sticker is placed on your front door or window and will alert first responders to look for your medical information on your refrigerator.

The Amherst Township Senior Service Office is offering these kits to all Amherst Township Senior residents. If you would like a kit or if you have any questions please feel free to call the office.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

The meal program previously offered by Amherst Township ended on Feb. 28, 2020.

If you are a senior and in need of home delivered meals, the following options are available:

Amherst Office on Aging , this is a daily home delivered meal service. Cost is approximately $5.30 per meal. Please call 440-988-2817 for further information or to enroll
Simply EZ meals, this is a once a week home delivered meal service (delivering all meals at one time). Cost is approximately 6.00 per meal. These meals are ready to heat, vacuum sealed meals. Please call 1-800-800-9929 for more information or to enroll
Neighborhood Alliance, this is a daily home delivered meal service. Cost is based on your income level, there is a waiting list. Please call 440-277-8269 Ext 6214 for more information or to be placed on the waiting list.

If you would like additional information, please call the SS Office at 440-988-5894 Ext 101

We are sorry for the inconvenience.

DoorDash Helping Second Harvest

Second Harvest Food Bank and DoorDash are teaming up to deliver food boxes to seniors.

ProjectDASH has been testing food deliveries to older Lorain County residents throughout May.

Eligible seniors can have shelf stable food, cheese, and produce delivered to them at home as

part of this monthly program.

“Seniors now make up more than 18 percent of who is served at food pantries, but we know many

are still unable to access help because of a lack of transportation or mobility,” said

Julie Chase-Morefield, president and CEO of Second Harvest.

The effort is funded through the federal “Commodity Supplemental Food Program”, which

Second Harvest has been a part of since 2015. During the COVID-19 pandemic, members

of the National Guard delivered boxes and dedicated volunteers continued the program.

Second Harvest was limited to serving 80 seniors each month with the help of volunteers,

but can now enroll more seniors through ProjectDASH.

It can deliver within a 10-mile radius of Second Harvest’s Baumhart Road facility in Lorain,

which is the designated hub. That reach extends to Lorain, Vermilion, Amherst,

Amherst Township, and parts of Elyria Township and Sheffield. As the program expands,

Second Harvest will look to set up additional hubs in strategic locations to expand its reach.

The program is open to residents 60 or older with an income at or below 130 percent of the

federal poverty line, currently $17,667 annually for a single person. Seniors can call Second Harvest

from 8am to 4:30pm Monday through Friday at (440) 960-2265 to apply for the program.

The meal program previously offered by Amherst Township ended on Feb. 28, 2020.

As reported in the Chronicle Telegram (5/28/22)

TWP ADMINISTRATOR & SENIOR SERVICE DIRECTOR

LYNDA ASHLEY - TOWNSHIP ADMINISTRATOR & SR. SERVICE DIRECTOR

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

GEORGIANNE LYNCH