Compassionate support and practical solutions for seniors and their families.
Support Services
The Support Services Department is dedicated to enhancing the well-being of seniors and their families by offering a wide range of assistance and personalized services designed to meet their evolving needs. Below, you’ll find a detailed breakdown of each service we provide. From practical support to emotional care, these offerings are tailored to ensure that seniors and their loved ones feel empowered, supported, and connected. Explore the descriptions to see how we can help you or your family navigate this journey with confidence and peace of mind.
Care Management – SSP (Support Services Program): Care managers access the needs and resources of an older person who may be experiencing diminished functioning, or personal crisis. A Care Plan is developed. Care Managers then link them with the appropriate services/assistance.
Care Management – FCSP (Family Caregiver Support Program): Care managers assess, coordinate and monitor non-paid caregivers (usually family members) where caregivers are experiencing diminished capacities due to mental impairment or severe stress and/or depression.
Caregiver Support
Assessment: Care manager completes a comprehensive assessment, including physical, psychological, and social needs, on an unpaid (family or other) caregiver resulting in an implementation of a care plan.
Counseling: Support services that are related to stress, depression, and loss because of caregiving responsibilities.
Support Groups: A weekly Caregiver Support group is offered to non-paid caregivers by a licensed facilitator. The purpose of the support group is to share experiences and ideas to ease the stress of caregiving, also to improve decision-making and problem solving skills relating to caregiving responsibilities.
Workshops: Sessions are tailored to assist caregivers in developing skills and gaining knowledge necessary in fulfilling their caregiving responsibilities. Training can be one on one or in a group.
In-Home Care Program:
Supervision: Provides trained supervision of the care receiver at home, so that the informal or family caregiver may have a few hours of respite to attend to his or her own needs such as shopping, going to the Dr. or just relaxing.
Personal Care: Provides the care recipient assistance with bathing, eating, toileting, transferring, and dressing to relieve the informal or family caregiver.
Homemaker Assistance: Provides the care receiver assistance with meal preparation, medication management, using the phone and or light housekeeping in order to provide relief to the informal caregiver.
Registry: Service that recruits screens, and maintains a listing of dependable, qualified self-employed homemakers or respite care workers. Workers are matched with clients willing to assist with their caregiving responsibilities.
Senior Access
Community Access Services provides a package of services designed to aid and assist low to moderate-income populations age 50 and older, who reside in the city of Santa Clarita, and who may be at risk of homelessness and institutionalization. Components consist of Information, Assistance and Referral, Forms Completion, Advocacy, Financial Benefits Counseling and Assistance.
Telephone Reassurance
Provides daily phone contact (Monday – Friday) with homebound individuals who live alone; helps monitor their well-being and activities of daily living.
Public Information & Community Education
Public Information: Provides information about caregiving programs in the form of publications, media campaigns, etc.
Community Education: This service is designed to educate groups of current or potential caregivers about available FCSP services, other support services, and resources. The annual Caregiver Resource Day hosts guest speakers, community vendors, and resources to educate the community on caregiver issues. The event usually reaches 100+ guests. Other smaller events are also provided throughout the year.
To learn more about our programs and services, please call (661) 259-9444 or fill out our contact form. A friendly team member will reach out to you as soon as possible!
Thank You for your support and believing in our mission as we serve seniors together.
Donate Today!
Contributing to the SCV Senior Center provides direct, tangible and cost effective benefits to local seniors. All donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.