Resources for Seniors
General Resources
First Tennessee Area Agency on Aging and Disability
For more information on Options or Choices for meal on wheels, personal care, and homemaker please call Information Assistance Line: 423-928-3258 or 1-866-836-6678.
Grownup Day Center
Address: 603 Bert St #3, Johnson City, TN 37601
Phone: 423-928-8855
Adult Protective Services
To report suspected elder abuse or neglect, please call 1-888-APS-TENN (1-888-277-8366)
Behavioral Health Resources
Charlotte Taylor Center - Frontier Health
Address: 426 E G St, Elizabethton, TN 37643
Phone: 423-547-5950
24/7 Crisis Hotline: 1-877-928-9062
Website: https://www.frontierhealth.org/directory/frontier-health-charlotte-taylor-center/
This resource offers therapy services, older adult case management grant, medication management, peer support services, and other types of mental health assistance. Accepts Medicare and Medicaid insurance as well as most private insurance plans. This resource offers a 24/7 crisis hotline assess possible crisis via phone call or arrange face to face assessment-If you or someone you know is in danger of suicide please go to your nearest Emergency room or call 911.
Insurance Resources
TN SHIP (Medicare and Information Counseling)
Guidance on Medicare and related health insurance assistance for more information please call 1-877-801-0044.
TN Medicaid Application
Phone: 1-888-531-9876
Website: https://tenncareconnect.tn.gov/
Medical Resources
Alzheimer's of Tennessee
Support for individuals with Alzheimer's, dementia, and their caregivers.
Website: https://www.alztennessee.org
Contact: Tracey Kendall Wilson, Northeast Tennessee Regional Director
Phone: 423-232-8993
Caregiver & Respite Care
Silver Angels
Offers private pay in-home personal care, homemaking, and respite care.
Address: 1500 W Elk Ave, Suite 109, Elizabethton, TN 37643
Phone: 423-543-1250
Life Care Center of Elizabethton
In-patient facility that offers long term skilled care and respite care. Private pay or Medicaid.
Address: 1641 US-19E, Elizabethton, TN 37643
Contact: Amanda Jennings
Phone: 423-547-7712
Hermitage Health & Rehab
Private pay only. Does not accept any insurance for respite or long-term skilled care.
Address: 1633 Hillview Dr, Elizabethton, TN 37643
Contact: Wesley
Phone: 423-543-2571
Hillview Health & Rehab
Offers respite care, rehab, and skilled nursing care.
Address: 1666 Hillview Dr, Elizabethton, TN 37643
Phone: 423-543-4061
Housing Resources
Senior Apartments
Courtyard Apartments
Phone: 423-543-2274
Franklin Place
Phone: 423-542-2491
Mountain Hollow Apartments
Phone: 423-542-2111
Mekkah's Meadow
Phone: 423-929-2925
Elizabethton Housing and Development Agency
Address: 910 Pine Ridge Cir, Elizabethton, TN 37643
Phone: 423-543-3571
Website: https://www.elizabethtonhousing.org/
Neighborhood Service Center - Carter Count (UETHDA)
Offers assistance with housing, utilities, rent, weatherization, and other connection services.
Address: 408 Cherokee Park Drive, Suite 5, Elizabethton, TN 37643
Phone: 423-246-6180
Food Pantries
ARM
This resource provides assistance with food boxes and clothing vouchers.
Address: 714 West C St, Elizabethton, TN 37643
Phone: 423-542-0919
Website: http://armfoodpantry.com/
Neighborhood Service Center - Carter County (UETHDA)
Address: 408 Cherokee Park Dr, Suite 5, Elizabethton, TN 37643
Phone: 423-246-6180
Website: https://uethda.org/
Rockhold UMC
Provides services on the third Saturday of each month from 9:00am - 10:30am.
Address: 3289 Rockhold Rd, Bluff City, TN 37618
Phone: 423-389-2099
Unaka Baptist Church
Provides services on the first Saturday after the second Wednesday of each month from 10:00am - 11:00am.
Address: 1598 Highway 91, Elizabethton, TN 37643
Phone: 423-474-2274
Little Milligan Care and Share
Provides services on the first Wednesday of each month from 8:30am - 11:00am
Address: 4101 Highway 321, Butler, TN 37640
Phone: 423-768-3194
Hale Community Ministries
Provides services Monday - Thursday from 8:00am - 12:00pm
Address: 1301 Arney St, Elizabethton, TN 37643
Phone: 423-547-2560
East Side FWD
Provides services on the second Tuesday of each month. General public from 10:00am - 12:00pm, disabled and elderly from 1:00pm - 2:00pm.
Address: 1301 Arney St, Elizabethton, TN 37643
Phone: 423-547-2560
Senior Work Experience Program
Senior employment program that provides work experience for adults 55 and older who are currently unemployed and in need of updating work skills. For more information, call 423-461-7844 or 423-461-7845.
Transportation
Net Trans (Public Transportation)
Address: 704 Rolling Hills Dr, Johnson City, TN 37604
Phone: 1-800-528-7776
Ready Go Senior Transport
Phone: 423-218-8448
website: www.readygoseniors.com
For a fee can transport senior to medical appointments, surgery appointments, curbside and door to door, long distance transport, bariatric transport, grocery/pharmacy pick-up and more!