SAGE Eldercare

Spend-A-Day Adult Day Health Center: Spend-A-Day provides a day of social and stimulating activities for frail or impaired adults in a medically supervised, home-away-from-home setting. Licensed by the Department of Health and Senior Services as an adult medical day care, we combine skilled services with extensive recreational, educational, and group programming to offer a viable option to in-home, nursing home, or assisted living care.

HomeCare: Certified Home Health Aides supervised by Registered Nurses to help with daily living needs on an hourly or live in basis.

Meals On Wheels: Frail, homebound or disabled adults (aged 60 and over) are eligible to receive professionally planned and prepared meals 5 or 6 days per week.

Grocery Shopping and Errand Service: If you are over the age of 60 and would like help with your grocery shopping, errands or laundry, SAGE can do it for you.

GPS (Guidance, Planning and Support) Services: GPS assists older adults and their caregivers by assessing individual needs, creating a plan of care to meet those needs and offering guidance through the system of services available to seniors.

InfoCare: This service provides older adults and family caregivers with information, outreach, support services, and consultations. Your concerns will be addressed promptly by a knowledgeable and caring professional, and we will follow up with you to make sure that our referrals were useful and that your needs were met.

SHIP (State Health Insurance and Assistance Program) of Union County: Free help with Medicare and other health insurance questions.

Support Groups: People Responsible for Elderly Persons (P.R.E.P.) and Alzheimer's Association Caregiver support groups meet monthly and are led by a professional eldercare specialist who knows that caring for an elderly loved one can be a demanding and stressful responsibility.

Fall Prevention Initiative: Education through presentations to the community regarding how to prevent falls, as well as understand how seniors may be at risk. Events are also held and include balance assessments, medication reviews, exercise demonstrations and displays of assistive devices to promote home safety.

Community Education: SAGE hosts many educational opportunities throughout the year on topics such as Fall Prevention, Health and Wellness, Brain Health/Memory Care, Caregiver Stress, and more. Check our website to see our list of community events.

Exercise Classes: Open to anyone 60 years of age and older; call for current class offerings, which ususally include yoga, tai chi and fun-to-be-fit classes.

Resale Shop: Located at 31B Chatham Road in Summit, the Resale Shop helps provide funds for SAGE’s programs and services. The Resale Shop’s unusual variety and exceptional quality of goods have attracted collectors and homemakers alike from Summit and many surrounding towns. Goods are obtained through individual donations, or are sometimes as part of an estate. All profits support SAGE’s programs.

Furniture Restoration Workshop: The Workshop Volunteers offer the public fine-quality furniture restoration. The Workshop has earned a reputation for its fine reweaving of cane chairs. Pricing is reasonable, based upon the condition of the furniture item and the materials and labor necessary for its restoration. All funds received for Workshop services benefit the programs and services of SAGE. Located on the lower level of SAGE at 290 Broad St in Summit.

SAGE Eldercare is a unique community resource that offers a comprehensive array of programs and services for older adults and caregivers, promoting independence and quality of life.