SENIOR SUPPORT SERVICES

CSI operates two Outreach offices that service Lakewood, Jackson, Plumsted, Point Pleasant and the non-Dover Township shore areas. Outreach services are available to all persons who are 60 years of age or older. Services provided include:

Information and Assistance - CSI is a New Jersey EASE provider in cooperation with the Ocean County Office of Senior Services. Trained staff provide information, assistance and referrals regarding services and programs for older adults and their caregivers.

Benefits Screening - Trained staff visit frail, elderly clients in their homes to assist them with cumbersome paperwork and link them with agencies that provide additional services that they may need.

Transportation - Medical transportation is provided to the senior residents of Lakewood, Jackson, Plumsted, Point Pleasant and the non-Dover Township shore areas.

Assisted Transportation - Outreach workers provide this service for seniors who require assistance due to frailty, language barriers, physical or mental impairment.

Volunteer Friendly Visitor and Telephone Reassurance Services are provided by trained volunteers who are dedicated to helping those isolated who benefit from social contact.

Physical Health - Activities are provided at our ten nutrition sites and Beehive Senior Center.

Language Translation - Spanish.

Education & Social Recreation - Programs of interest to seniors are presented and discussed. Cards, games and other social activities are planned for you to enjoy.

Community Services, Inc. Outreach
Northern Ocean County Resource Center
225 Fourth Street, First Floor
Lakewood, N.J. 08701
Phone: (732) 367-1400 ext. 24
Fax: (732) 905-0648

Operating Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Shore Area Outreach
Durand Masonic Hall
Route 35 South & New Jersey Avenue
Point Pleasant, N.J. 08742
Phone: (732) 892-5514

Operating Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

SENIOR CENTER

Point Pleasant Senior Beehive
St. Martha’s Roman Catholic Church
3800 Herbertsville Road
Point Pleasant, New Jersey 08742
Phone: (732) 899-3797
Fax: (732) 899-4716

The Beehive Senior Center operates Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Activities include education, social recreation, physical fitness, and physical health. A calendar of monthly activities is available upon request.

Each participant has the opportunity to make a donation toward the cost of outreach services There is no required payment, but a $1.00 donation per service is suggested. The method of payment is strictly confidential. All participant donations are put back into the Support Services operating grant to help further the program.