Lassen Senior Services

Lassen Senior Services oversees three sites:

Lassen Senior Services
1700 Sunkist Drive
Susanville, CA   96130
530-257-2113

Westwood Nutrition Site
Westwood Senior Apartments
671-315 Finland Drive
Westwood, CA   96137
530-256-3754

Doyle Community Center
434-685 Doyle Loop
Doyle,CA   96109
530-827-2848     

Our three nutrition sites serve hot, nutritionally balanced meals.  Lunch is served Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday at 12 noon for a suggested donation of $3.50 per meal for persons 60 years of age and over .  We would appreciate a day's notice if you plan to have lunch at any of our sites.  Non-Seniors are also welcome, but must pay a $7.00 fee.

In an effort to accomplish our mission, Lassen
Senior Services also offers take-out meals that seniors can pick up. If you would like to have lunch on-site but don't have a ride, we can pick you up.  Just give us a call (in advance) at one of the site numbers listed above.

Meals on Wheels

All Three of our nuturition sites deliver meals to seniors who are confined to their homes due to physical reasons or the inability to drive.  These flavorful, nutritionally balanced meals are available 5 days a week.  In addition our sites provide frozen meals for the weekend for those seniors most in need.  Not only do our caring, compassionate drivers deliver meals, they provide social contact and note any changes or absences of the client, then report to their nutrition site for follow up.

Lassen Senior Services provides some transportation directly:

The Susanville and Westwood sites have vans (some equipped with wheelchair lifts) to pick up Seniors and bring them into the nutrition sites for lunch if needed and arranged ahead of time.  We also take Seniors to medical appointments, shopping, banking, and other necessary stops within the driver's working time.  Donations are appreciated for this service.
 

Elmer drives our medical van to Reno once a week on alternating Tuesdays and Thursdays  Seniors will be picked up at the center or at their homes and taken to their destination and back again.  For more information or to reserve your spot on the bus, please call us at 530-257-2113.  Cost is %25.00 per person

Other independant commercial carriers make stops in our area.

Lassen Rural Bus has regular hourly routes around Susanville and a route to South Lassen County and one to West Lassen County.  Call 530-252-7433 or visit their website: 
http://lassentransportation.org/a/Lassen-Rural-Bus-LRB.php for more information and scheduling.

Mount Lassen Transit makes trips on Tuesday and Thursday transporting people to and from Red Bluff.   They also schedule special charter trips for Seniors.
Call 1-800-427-9553 or 530-529-2722.  Or visit their website:  www.mtlassentransit.com.

The Sage Stage goes to Reno from Alturas and back on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.  Brochure available in the Susanville office.  Call 530-233-3744.  Or visit their website: www.sagestage.com.

Senior Legal Services are provided by appointment.  Call 1-800-822-9687 for assistance.

HICAP offers help with Medicare Part D and Medicare overview for new beneficiaries.  For assistance call their office at1-800-434-0222.

The Lassen Council on Aging Representative is responsible for the USDA-EFAP Farmer's Market food distribution for Lassen County.  Call 530-257-4884 for times and locations.

We provide free Farmer's Market Coupon Books to low income Seniors during the summer season.  Call the Lassen Senior Services for details at 530-257-2113.

Recycle Program - please bring printer cartridges, laptops, digital cameras, and all other HANDHELD electronics to be recycled for fundraising purposes.

Health Fair - annually in October.

We provide general information for Senior support groups, benefits, death and dying, health care, housing and assisted living facilities, medical equipment, nutrition and food, assistance and respite programs, and alzheimer's edcation.  Come into Lassen Senior Services to look over the available information.

We occasionally have guest speakers during the lunch hour discussing different topics such as Reverse Mortgage, Food Stamps and Senior community and assisted living.

We recognize monthly birhdays with a special menu, small gift and sometimes special entertainment.

Utility discount forms are available for low income seniors. 

Susanville

The Lassen Senior Services Board meeting is the 2nd Thursday of each month and we invite anyone to attend who is interested in our program.

Tai Chi class is every Monday and Wednesday from 9:30 to 10:30am.  Very informal.  It is instructor-led on VCR and we chat over coffee before and after.

The Senior Club meeting is held the 2nd Wednsday of each month.  Call 530-251-0343 for more information.

Doyle

A Potluck is held at the Doyle Community Center the second Wednesday each month.  They are a very active group and have regular announcements in our monthly newsletter as well as at their senior center.  See our Contact Us web page for more information.

Janesville

Janesville is not a nutrition site, but The Jolly Elders monthly potluck is held, 12noon, on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at the Janesville Jolly Elders building.  Weekly games are played there at 1pm.