Senior Life Center Participation Criteria

In accordance with the Georgia Department of Human Resources Division of Aging Services, Legacy Link, Inc. Area Agency on Aging, and the Senior Center regulations, policies and procedures, in order to become a participant of a senior center one must:

• Be 60 years or older, the spouse, or disabled dependent of an eligible client living in the same household.
• Be ambulatory with or without assistive devices.
• Be able to perform activities of daily living independently, i.e. eating, able to use the bathroom without assistance, etc.
• Have no functional or other impairments which hinder the capacity to participate in any activity in the center, or if there is impairment, the participant must have a willingness to make adaptations, when necessary, to receive full benefit for participation in Senior Center programs and services.
• Be supportive of the "contribution philosophy" as noted in the Federal Older Americans Act.
• Comply with center rules and policies (i.e. smoking and non-smoking  areas, meals, and transportation reservation system.)
• Complete necessary enrollment forms (i.e. emergency contact, medical history, and financial information).
• Agree if the meal quota does not allow for new clients, individuals may agree to:
  • Pay full cost of meal.
  • Secure a sponsor to pay for meals.
• May not engage in solicitation.
• Agree that all paid work performed by clients at the Senior Center is program income and will be used to sustain Senior Center programs.
• Agree that any activities by groups within the Senior Center must be approved by the director.
• Agree that any fundraising events by groups within the Senior Center must be approved by the director.
• Agrees that all monies must be collected and documented by  Senior  Center staff.

Because Senior Centers are to be maintained for the good of all, individuals who cause dissension, unpleasantness, and/or interfere with the enjoyment of the center by other clients, will be discouraged from these actions.  See policy on disruptive behavior.