Currently, there are more than 8,000 seniors in our service area who are eligible and in need of the services provided by Senior Coastsiders and the Coastside Adult Day Health Center. That figure is expected to double by 2047.

There is a growing need for services provided by Senior Coastsiders and the Coastside Adult Day Health Center. Both organizations have outgrown their current accommodations.

Senior Coastsiders needs a new building for many reasons
Senior Coastsiders currently shares space at the Ted Adcock Community Center, which was never designed as a senior center and has been considered a temporary home ever since the agency moved in. Space limitations prevent all the clients from doing the activities they want to do.

There is insufficient room for critical functions like counseling and wellness, as well as recreational activities like billiards, ballroom dancing, computer instruction and clay and stained glass work.

Senior Coastsiders must share a small kitchen with other groups, which greatly limits the nutrition program, especially as the senior population increases.

The limited area precludes a community center, where seniors of all ages and ability can share information, services and companionship.

Evening programs are not possible because Senior Coastsiders must vacate the community center’s “big room” by 3:00 p.m. and vacate the building completely by 5:00 p.m.

Why the Coastside Adult Day Health Center needs a new building
Current space limitations prevent the Coastside Adult Day Health Center from increasing its services to include home health care, hospice, and adult day care, as well as extending its hours of service.

The Alzheimer’s Unit of the Coastside Adult Day Health Center almost reached capacity when the client load increased 20 percent in 2004.

Despite the growing need for these services, the Coastside Adult Day Health Center will soon be forced to turn away clients because of a lack of space.