Hollywood Senior Center
Assistance League of Southern California

Services in: Español - -

"To help seniors and their families
Maintain and enhance their independent life styles
Through meaningful involvement and peer relationships
Within a family atmosphere, which values cultural
Heritage, diversity and individual worth."

The Center serves men and women of various abilities, ages 60 and older, regardless of race, creed, color, religion or income level. The Assistance League of Southern California Hollywood Senior Multi-Purpose Center enriches seniors' lives and offers them opportunities for personal growth through stimulating activities, involvement, support and assistance.

The Center is funded by:

Activities and Education

Seniors remain active and enhance their physical and mental well-being through the various recreational and educational programs.

The Hollywood Center has a travel club and offers many social activities.

Nutrition Services

Nutrition Sites 

Hot lunches are served at the Fountain Avenue site seven days a week and at several other community sites, Monday through Friday. These lunches offer mature adults well-balanced, hot meals and socialization. A $1.75 donation per meal is suggested. Each site is ethnically sensitive to its community.

Home Delivered Meals
Seniors who have limited mobility can participate in the Home Delivered Meals program. Drivers deliver the hot meals right to the door, often stopping for a moment to chat. Nutritious hot lunch meals are delivered 5 days a week to qualifying seniors within the geographic area. A $2.00 donation per meal is suggested. Frozen weekend meals are available.

Health Services

The Center offers periodic health screening, provided by health providers and registered nurses. Blood pressure screening is provided monthly at ALSC Parson Hall Nutrition site and at other nutrition sites. Vision assessments are also available.

A representative from Center for Health Care Rights is available at the Center once a week. This non-profit organization assists and deals with issues related to Medicare, Medical and HMO's.

Care Coordination

Through the case management program, the Center coordinates seniors' care by assessing their needs and arranging appropriate services for them, which may include personal care, housekeeping, transportation, home visits, nutrition, senior companions and telephone visiting.

Daytime Care

The Hollywood Senior Center offers two different and separate programs: an Adult Day Support Center and an Alzheimer's Day Care Center.

Adult Day Support Center

The Hollywood Adult Day Support Center 
was open in September 2002. 

The center offers:

A nutritious lunch is served at noon.

The Adult Day Support Center is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. For further information or to arrange a visit call: 
(323) 957-3900, ext. 166.
Email: execdir@hsmpc.com 

Alzheimer's Day Care Center

The Center provides supervised daytime care for physically and mentally limited seniors, including those with Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia, who benefit from organized activity and socialization in a safe environment.

The challenges of Alzheimer's Disease and other forms of memory impairments can leave individuals and families bewildered by the large responsibilities they face. The Hollywood Senior Multipurpose Center established an adult day care program in 1984. Currently known as Adult Day Services, this program offers affordable respite and professional care in a friendly and safe environment.

The program accepts individuals with all forms of dementia or those who have been affected by stroke, Parkinson's disease, heart disease or developmental disabilities.

With an excellent ratio of 4 to 1, staff provide individualized, personal attention to the participants. The highly qualified, caring staff work under the direction of a professional geriatric social worker, activity specialist and program aides. Trained senior companions and student interns assist in client care and recreation in a respectful and nurturing manner.

Client benefits:

Transportation

The Hollywood Adult Day Support Center is conveniently located near major Los Angeles freeways and situated on a quiet street amidst other buildings of the Assistance League of Southern California.

Door-to-door transportation service
is available within a circumscribed area.

Adult Day Services are available Monday-Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Extended hours are available by special arrangement.
For further information or to arrange a visit call:
(323) 957-3900, ext. 166.
Email: execdir@hsmpc.com 

Caregivers Support Group

The Caregivers Support Group helps those who care for dependent loved ones handle their conflicting emotions and the demands on their time. Support groups are available in Hollywood.

Resource Guide

The Center acts as a resource for many seniors, helping them gain access to information and assistance. The multi-lingual staff (English, Spanish. Armenian and Russian) provides:

Seniors can gain assistance and obtain information in a personal, non-bureaucratic setting. The center offers a wide range of interrelated programs that provide easy access by seniors and their families.

Attorneys are available at the Center for seniors with legal questions on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Tuesday of each month. Bet Tzedek is a legal organization that serves low-income seniors. A representative comes to the Center on Thursday every three months.  Call the Center for an appointment. 

The Center has the expertise and the resources to help you solve problems. Executive Director Barbara Linski and Casework Supervisor Jim Pfanner, are members of the Los Angeles City Attorney Elders at Risk Task Force.

Transportation

Wheelchair accessible vehicles provide low-cost, door-to-door transportation and escort to impaired seniors and the disabled. Curb-to-curb transportation is available through Cityride.

Emergency scrip is available on a limited basis.

The Center is a Lifeline

Hollywood Senior Multipurpose Center is a lifeline for nearly 7,000 seniors and their families. Your help will ensure that they receive the friendship and care they need in their later years.

For additional information, contact the Assistance League of Southern California Web site at:
http://www.assistanceleaguesocal.org/