Senior Services
The Santa Clara County Fire Department serves as a community resource for seniors.
If you need assistance finding a service, we are here to help you find it! Please
call our Public Education Office for more information.
Farewell to Falls: A FREE, home-based fall prevention program available to seniors, age 65 years
or older, who live in Santa Clara or San Mateo County.
If you have fallen recently, or are concerned about falling, you may be eligible to participate in
a fall prevention program offered through the Trauma Service and Emergency Department at Stanford University
Medical Center. Program Focus includes:
- Medication Review
- Home Safety Assessment and Modification
- Home Exercise Program
- And Other Health Factors
A Farewell to Falls information brochure is available for viewing or download
 here.
To prevent that next fall, please call 650.724.9369 or complete a
referral form and fax to 650.725.2359
Helpful Safety Publications:
- Senior Services Referrals:
For a list of Santa Clara County senior service providers and
referral agencies, click
senior_services_referrals.pdf [796k].
- Fire Safety Checklist for Older Adults:
http://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/fa-221.pdf [1.3mb]
- Fire Safety Lasts a Lifetime: A Fact Sheet for Older Adults and their
Caregivers:
http://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/fswy21.pdf [112kb]
- Let's Retire Fire: A Fact Sheet for Older Americans:
http://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/fswy4.pdf [36kb]
Additional helpful links:
- AARP Driver Safety Online Course:
www.aarp.org/families/driver_safety/driver_safety_online_course.html
- American Society on Aging (ASA): www.asaging.org
Offers educational services, publications, training resources, and a network of professionals in the field of aging.
- Benefits Checkup: www.benefitscheckup.org
Helps seniors locate programs that will provide funding for prescription drugs, healthcare, utilities,
and other essentials items or services.
- California Department on Aging: http://www.aging.ca.gov
Facilitates service through local agencies who serve seniors, adults with disabilities, and caregivers.
- Catholic Charities: www.ccsj.org
Assists individuals and families in establishing housing, employment,
education, and emotional health within Santa Clara County.
- Council On Aging - Silicon Valley: www.careaccess.org
2115 The Alameda, San Jose, CA 95126
408.296.8290 or 800.510.2020
- County of Santa Clara Official Website (Health & Human Care):
www.sccgov.org
- The Health Trust: www.healthtrust.org
Makes grants, provides services and raises funds to solve community health issue.
- Meals On Wheels: patties@healthtrust.org
The hot meal delivery program in Santa Clara County
1701-A South Bascom Avenue, Campbell, CA 95008
408.961.9870
- Heart of the Valley, Services for Seniors, Inc.:
www.servicesforseniors.org
In-home services for seniors 59+; including shopping, errands,
light yard work, handyman, home projects, paperwork and home visits.
- Home Safety Services:
www.homesafety.net
Home modifications made to enable seniors to remain as safe and independent as possible; including installation of
grab bars, stair railings and wheel chair ramps. Licensed as Certified Aging in
Place Specialists.
- Hospice of the Valley:
http://www.hospicevalley.org
The philosophy of hospice care is to provide comfort and pain management when cure is
no longer an option. Our goals are to support quality of life, to honor the wishes of
our patients, to maintain the dignity of the individual, and to support the family
through their grief process.
- Live Oak Adult Day Services:
www.liveoakadultdaycare.org
A nonprofit, community service agency that offers a specialized program of
recreation and socialization opportunities for the less independent adult.
- Medicare: www.medicare.gov
Official US Government site for people with Medicare.
- Mexican American Community Services Agency, Inc.:
www.macsa.org
- No Drugs Down the Drain:
www.nodrugsdownthedrain.org
Unused medicine that is flushed or put down the drain can end up in our waterways and pollute
the environment. Because of the possible environmental consequences, disposing of leftover
medication down the toilet is no longer acceptable. To find your local agency's disposal
information, click the link above and then enter your zip code to find out where to drop
off your unwanted medication.
Santa Clara County Senior Community Centers:
- Campbell Adult Center: 408.866.2146
http://www.ci.campbell.ca.us/Recreation/adult50/index.htm?
- Cupertino Senior Center: 408.777.3150
http://www.cupertino.org (select "Jump to" Senior Center)
- Gilroy Senior Center: 408.846.0414
http://www.ci.gilroy.ca.us/comserv/rec_seniors.html
- Los Altos Senior Center (Hillview Community Center): 650.947.2797
http://www.ci.los-altos.ca.us/senior/index.html?
- Los Gatos Senior Center: 408.354.1514
http://www.losgatosca.gov/index.asp?NID=320
- Milpitas Senior Center (Barbara Lee Center): 408.586.2775
http://www.ci.milpitas.ca.gov/ (select "Community", then "Senior Programs")
- Morgan Hill Centennial Recreation Center: 408.782.1284
http://www.mhcrc.com/html/programs_seniors.html
- Mountain View Senior Center: 650.903.6330
http://www.ci.mtnview.ca.us/ (select "Parks & Rec.", then "Senior Programs")
- Palo Alto Senior Center (Avenidas): 650.326.5362
http://www.avenidas.org/
- San Jose Department of Parks, Recs & Neighborhood Services: 408.535.3570
http://home.earthlink.net/~gaxmda/cypress.html (select the senior center in your neighborhood)
- Santa Clara Senior Center: 408.615.3170
http://santaclaraca.gov/park_recreation/pr_seniors.html
- Saratoga Senior Center and Adult Care Center: 408.868.1257
http://www.sascc.org/saratogaseniorcenter.htm
- Sunnyvale Senior Center: 408.730.7360
http://www.sunnyvale.ca.gov/ (Select "Parks & Rec.",
then "Senior Center")
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