Senior Citizen Operations Program

Deaf Action Center operates a Senior Citizens program to support elderly deaf and hard of hearing residents in North Texas. The purpose of the Senior Citizen Outreach Program (SCOP) is to promote the health and wellbeing of deaf and hard of hearing seniors by providing engaging activities and direct support to them. 

 

Our services are offered Monday through Friday from 8:00 am – 4:30 pm (excluding some holidays).

 

This program is made possible through a wide variety of support from both the public and private sector, including:

 

  • Texas Department on Aging 
  • Texas Health and Human Services Commission – Office of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services
  • Dallas Area Agency on Aging 
  • Dallas County Older Adult Services 
  • Donors like you
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Hot Lunches

A healthy, well-balanced meal is available every weekday afternoon in the Martha’s Vineyard Place café to those participating in our Senior Citizens program. This gives seniors the opportunity to engage with each other while enjoying meals planned by a certified nutritionist.

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Transportation

Deaf Action Center provides select transportation services for deaf and hard of hearing seniors participating in the Senior Citizens program. Transportation is provided to local grocery stores, pharmacies, and other locations as planned.  

A photo of an elderly white woman with short grey hair wearing a blue cardigan over a patterned button-down shirt while sitting at a table and eating a bowl of soup. There’s an apple on the table next to her bowl and more people sitting at tables out of focus in the background.

Hot Lunches

A healthy, well-balanced meal is available every weekday afternoon in the Martha’s Vineyard Place café to those participating in our Senior Citizens program. This gives seniors the opportunity to engage with each other while enjoying meals planned by a certified nutritionist.

A photo of an elderly Asian man with short, dark hair wearing a bright yellow polo leaning on a shopping cart. He is standing in a grocery store aisle looking at food products on a shelf.

Transportation

Deaf Action Center provides select transportation services for deaf and hard of hearing seniors participating in the Senior Citizens program. Transportation is provided to local grocery stores, pharmacies, and other locations as planned.  

Photo of three elderly people sitting around a table painting. A black woman with white hair wearing a bright blue shirt is in the foreground and there are two white seniors, one man with a mustache and a woman with short blonde hair, out of focus in the background. They’re all painting with a variety of colored paints and paintbrushes set in front of them on the table.

Activities and Special Events

Seniors participate in a variety of activities and special events, creatively designed to meet the needs and interests of a growing and active adult population. Activities may include:

 

  • Arts and crafts  
  • Seminars and speakers on current topics   
  • Games and celebrations for special occasions 
  • Health screenings   
  • Movies and popcorn  
  • Field trips 
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Site Council

Our Site Council gives seniors a clear voice in the program, enhancing and enriching everything we do and offer. The Site Council advises and assists staff to help promote the health, wellbeing, and independence of seniors through recreation, creative activities, and support services. 

Photo of three elderly people sitting around a table painting. A black woman with white hair wearing a bright blue shirt is in the foreground and there are two white seniors, one man with a mustache and a woman with short blonde hair, out of focus in the background. They’re all painting with a variety of colored paints and paintbrushes set in front of them on the table.

Activities and Special Events

Seniors participate in a variety of activities and special events, creatively designed to meet the needs and interests of a growing and active adult population. Activities may include:

 

  • Arts and crafts  
  • Seminars and speakers on current topics   
  • Games and celebrations for special occasions 
  • Health screenings   
  • Movies and popcorn  
  • Field trips 
A close-up photo of five people standing in a circle with their hands piled on top of one another in the middle. Most of the hands are wrinkled and seem to belong to older people.

Site Council

Our Site Council gives seniors a clear voice in the program, enhancing and enriching everything we do and offer. The Site Council advises and assists staff to help promote the health, wellbeing, and independence of seniors through recreation, creative activities, and support services. 

Contact SCOP​

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Kim Bond

SCOP Coordinator

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Roy Jones

Information, Referral, and Assistance

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Roy Jones

Information, Referral, and Assistance