Find Senior Living & Care in East Fallowfield, PA

Older adults in East Fallowfield, PA, are served by the Chester County Department of Aging Services. A Pennsylvania Department of Human Services directory names it as Chester County's Area Agency on Aging. In the state Department of Aging's view, a local agency like this is the front door for aging services.

Across the state, 52 agencies cover all 67 counties. The Chester County office also has a protective role. It's required to look into reports of suspected abuse, neglect, exploitation, and abandonment of incapacitated Chester County residents 60 and older. If something about an older neighbor's situation worries you, this is the office that takes those reports.

Chester County's senior center list includes a Coatesville Campus at 250 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. in the City of Coatesville, PA. The county says most of its senior centers offer hot meals, exercise programs, health screenings, and classes. For older adults in East Fallowfield, PA, those are good reasons to get out and see people.

Because the county describes its centers as a group, it helps to ask the Coatesville Campus which of those programs it runs and how to join in. You may want to stop by once for a meal or a class before deciding whether it fits into a regular week.

Chesco Connect, Chester County's transit service, gives rides to adults 65 and older in East Fallowfield, PA, through its Senior Shared Ride Program. Chester County's Aging Services lists the kinds of trips the senior program covers. They include senior centers, the grocery store, pharmacy visits, and Aging Services events.

Riders can apply online at FindMyRide.Gov. Before the first trip, it helps to ask Chesco Connect how far ahead rides need to be booked, so appointments line up. When you compare senior living communities, you might also ask whether a community van handles errands and outings.

East Fallowfield Community Park, the township's park at 900 Buck Run Road, has 5 miles of paved, mowed, and gravel trails. The township describes two loops as ADA trails. The paved Playing Field Loop is about 0.42 mile, and the Pond Trail, a mix of paved and mulched path, adds 0.48 mile.

The longer west-side trail mixes paved, gravel, and grass, with hilly and flat stretches. The township warns that one section is steep, so it's wise to use the hand rail there. Park rules keep dogs leashed and under control, ban smoking anywhere in the park, and allow bicycles only on paved and gravel trails. For a first visit, the two ADA loops make a gentle start.

East Fallowfield Township's Historic Commission works to preserve and protect the township's buildings, structures, and historic sites. It was set up again in 2004. The commission counts 61 properties on the Pennsylvania Historic Registry. Another 152 are marked as significant. For older adults in East Fallowfield, PA, that's plenty of local history to explore.

A local historian's research is kept in the township building. It includes writings, photographs, documents, and maps. New and longtime residents alike have a reason to stop in and ask the township how to see it.

Picking well comes down to touring a handful of communities with identical questions and comparing what you hear. It also helps to know Chester County's Ombudsman Program. It investigates and resolves complaints for older people in nursing homes, personal care homes, and domiciliary care homes, or those getting long-term care services. All contact with it is confidential.

Staff and volunteers do the ombudsman's work. During tours, jot down how each place sets a care plan, who's awake on the night shift, and what a normal day of meals and activities looks like. Laying the notes side by side afterward makes the fit for the person moving in easier to judge.