Welcome To The Council On Aging

Coordinator: Sheila Symonowicz

Service Description: The Council on Aging provides information and referral as well as support counseling regarding aging issues. Health insurance counseling and income tax preparation are provided by volunteers. Education, recreational and exercise programs are offered. Also offered are transportation services, medical equipment loan, blood pressure and podiatry clinics, meals on wheels, and volunteer opportunities.

Excerpt From Town Bylaws (Article 5):

There is hereby established a local Council on Aging consisting of not less than seven (7) nor more than eleven (11) voting members. Of this number, the Chairman, and not less than three (3) nor more than five (5) persons shall be appointed by the Board of Selectmen from the voters and residents of the Town. The Chairman of the Council, when appointed, shall designate the remaining members of the Council form interested and representative groups in the Town, the Council shall be responsible to the Board of Selectman. Its members shall serve without compensation, and, within the limits of available funds, it may appoint such clerks and other employees as it may require. It shall be the duty of the Council to carry out programs designed to meet the problems of the aging in coordination with programs of the Massachusetts Commission on Aging established under Section 73, Chapter 6, Massachusetts General Laws.

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