Vida Senior Centers
Vida Senior Centers is a second home for the Hispanic older people of DC. Every day Vida opens its doors at 9:00am to provide a big variety of services to our seniors: breakfast and lunch, health screening, social services, nutritional counseling, mental health workshops as well as education and recreational activities. We have served over these 5 decades more than 20,000 Hispanic seniors in DC, being most of them below the poverty line. At least 120 seniors come daily to our two centers. They are primarily Spanish speaking and are originally from 26 countries of Central and South American and Mexico.
Vida Senior Centers has worked with this population for more than 40 years and has developed culturally appropriate, multilingual systems of support and socialization that make aging independently easier for Hispanic and other foreign-born elderly. What distinguishes Vida Senior Centers is the small group attention lavished on our clients. Services to over 700 individuals a year are delivered personally, bilingually and culturally appropriate, making it possible for the organization to cater to the many cultures represented by the Latino and other seniors who are Vida clients.
Vida Senior Centers has worked with this population for more than 40 years and has developed culturally appropriate, multilingual systems of support and socialization that make aging independently easier for Hispanic and other foreign-born elderly. What distinguishes Vida Senior Centers is the small group attention lavished on our clients. Services to over 700 individuals a year are delivered personally, bilingually and culturally appropriate, making it possible for the organization to cater to the many cultures represented by the Latino and other seniors who are Vida clients.
Recreation and Education
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- 1330 Missouri Street NW Washington DC 20011
- 1842 Calvert Street NW Washington DC 20009
Service Eligibility:
Latinx
Seniors (55+)
Race/Ethnicity
Age Group
Ages 60+
Geography
DC Resident
Social Services - Vida
The participants of Vida Senior Centers are mostly first-generation Hispanics, who throughout their lives accumulated little pension and few social benefits, either because they were late to the Unite...
- 1330 Missouri Street NW Washington DC 20011
- 1842 Calvert Street NW Washington DC 20009
Health Promotion and Wellness
VIDA daily monitors the health condition of our participants. Vida has a Cuban geriatrician who fulfills the role of Health Advisor and Coordinator of the Health Promotion and Wellness Program. In add...
- 1330 Missouri Street NW Washington DC 20011
- 1842 Calvert Street NW Washington DC 20009
Service Eligibility:
Health Conditions
Latinx
Seniors (55+)
Nutrition & Food
At Vida Senior Centers we take care of the nutrition and diet of our participants. To do this, VIDA has a licensed nutritionist / dietitian who supervises the food services of our participants. Our nu...
- 1330 Missouri Street NW Washington DC 20011
- 1842 Calvert Street NW Washington DC 20009
Service Eligibility:
Health Conditions
Latinx
Seniors (55+)
Race/Ethnicity
Age Group
Behavioral & Mental Health - Vida Senior Centers
When aging, it is sometimes inevitable that older adults have a life without much company. Sometimes this happens because of their children have other responsibilities as parents and have to take care...
- 1330 Missouri Street NW Washington DC 20011
- 1842 Calvert Street NW Washington DC 20009
Service Eligibility:
Health Conditions
Transportation to Sites and Activities
Scheduled transportation provided by trained personnel in suitable vehicles for District residents 60 years of age and older, in order to allow these individuals to participate in various programs and...
- 1842 Calvert Street NW Washington DC 20009
- 1330 Missouri Street NW Washington DC 20011
Service Category:
Transit
Transportation
Service Eligibility:
Age Group
Ages 60+
Geography
DC Resident
Individual Socialization
Individual Socialization is defined as individualized contact between client and grantee via phone, webinar, video chat, or other means (in person visit) to provide a well-being check, reassurance, an...
- 1330 Missouri Street NW Washington DC 20011
Service Category:
Care
Community Support Services
Service Eligibility:
Age Group
Ages 60+
Geography
DC Resident