ADULT DAY CARE PROGRAMS
Adult Life Program (ALP) Hickory Adult Life Program (ALP) Conover Adult Life Program (ALP) Maiden Adult Life Executive Director 324-1313 464-0078 428-9010 326-9120
EMERGENCIES
Emergency Services (Ambulance, Fire, Sheriff, Highway Patrol) 911 Rescue Squads Catawba 241-3111 Claremont 459-7968 Fairbrook 322-1313 Hickory 462-1903 Maiden 428-9841 Newton-Conover 465-1132 Catawba County EMS 465-8234
Interim Health Care Intrepid Maxim Right at Home Total Care
324-2121 327-9600 464-5868 726-1561 464-8077 326-3000 315-5000 464-6323 464-5924 328-5373 324-6133 328-2936 466-5430 431-4498 464-5418 324-6933 304-4891
ASSISTED LIVING
Abernethy Laurels Alterra Sterling House Cambridge House Carillon Assisted Living Crown Villa Heritage Care Hickory Manor Kingston Residence Piedmont Village Rock Barn Assisted Living Spring Arbor Walden House Whispering Pines 464-8260 328-6090 325-4980 466-7474 466-0300 256-9868 324-5400 327-9955 464-6490 459-0008 326-7200 322-2230 464-5930
HOSPITALS
Catawba Valley Medical Center Frye Regional Medical Center
HOUSING FOR SENIORS
Cedar Glen Apartments Heritage Village Hickory Public Housing Authority Highland School Apartments Kenworth Hall Legacy Place Apartments Lutherhaus The Park at Cline Village Villas at Northview Woodland Manor
EMPLOYMENT
Employment Security Commission NC Vocational Rehabilitation Cooperative Extension 466-5535 294-0338 465-8250
FAMILY & CONSUMER SERVICES FINANCIAL GUIDANCE
Consumer Credit Counseling 322-7161 Department of Social Services 695-5600 Internal Revenue Service 1-800-829-1040 NC Department of Revenue 327-7474 Social Security Administration 328-3609
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
American Red Cross Catawba Parish Nurse Program Chamber of Commerce Community Schools Cooperative Christian Ministry of Greater Hickory Corner Table Council on Aging Eastern Catawba County Cooperative Christian Ministry Family Guidance Center Good Samaritan Clinic HealthFirst Center Hickory Soup Kitchen LifeLine Services Pallative Care & Hospice Public Health Salvation Army 322-4151 326-2903 328-6111 464-9355 327-0979 464-0355 328-2269 465-1702 322-1400 345-0854 485-2300 327-4828 485-2300 466-0466 695-5800 322-8061
INFORMATION & REFERRAL
CareLine Council on Aging United Way 1-800-662-7030 328-2269 324-4357
GENERAL INFORMATION
Driver’s License Offices Hickory Newton License Plate Agencies Hickory Newton Passport Applications Register of Deeds Office 326-9126 466-5516 328-3783 464-6878 328-5503 465-1573 328-9600 695-9900 695-5849 324-8094 431-2273 315-3025 322-6131 324-3025 322-2710 327-9600 256-0184
INSURANCE, RETIREMENT, AND SOCIAL SERVICES
AARP 1-800-OUR-AARP Area Agency on Aging 322-9191 Medicare Social Security Administration 328-3609 Medicaid Department of Social Services 695-5600 Senior’s Health Insurance (SHIIP) 328-2269 or 1-800-443-9354
HOME CARE SERVICES
A Caring Alternative Bayada Catawba County Home Health CNC/ACCESS Comfort Keepers Frye Home Health Gentiva Guardian Health & Home Services Healthmate, Inc. Home Instead Senior Care
LEGAL AID SERVICES
Legal Aid of North Carolina NC Lawyer Referral Service 1-800-849-5195 1-800-662-7660
MEDICAL RELATED DISORDERS
Alzheimer’s Association 267-7100 American Heart Association 323-8717 American Lung Association 1-800-LUNG USA Council on Alcoholism 695-5900 Mental Health Services 695-5900 Visually Impaired Services 695-5605
EDUCATION
Catawba Valley Community College 327-7000 Hickory Metro Higher Ed Center 324-5546 Lenoir Rhyne College 328-1741
NURSING HOMES
Abernethy Laurels Brian Center Health & Rehab Brian Center Nursing Care Conover Nursing & Rehab Lutheran Home Lutheran Home West 464-8260 322-3343 328-5646 695-8282 328-2006 322-6995
RETIREMENT & LIFE CARE COMMUNITIES
Abernethy Laurels Abingdon Glen Village Alterra Sterling House Carillon Assisted Living Kingston Residence Pinecrest Spring Arbor 464-8260 267-5694 328-6090 466-7474 327-9955 325-4795 326-7200 695-5600 695-5609
LISTING OF SERVICES FOR SENIOR ADULTS
NUTRITION FOR THE ELDERLY
Senior’s Morning Out - Congregate Meals
Catawba East Hickory Maiden Newton West Hickory Corner Table Soup Kitchen Hickory Soup Kitchen Meals on Wheels Nutrition Project Director
241-3696 320-5963 320-5966 465-2540 323-8746 464-0355 327-4828 695-5639 695-5617
SOCIAL SERVICES
Department of Social Services Adult Protective Services
SUPPORT GROUPS
Alzheimer’s Support Alzheimer’s Association Diabetic Support Group Duke Family Support Family Caregiver Support Visually Impaired Support Women’s Resource Center 267-7100 1-800-522-2451 324-3536 1-800-672-4213 485-4256 695-5605 322-6333 695-5608 441-2000 464-9444 1-866-472-2200 1-888-438-2427 323-7424 323-8400 328-5503 322-1610 328-0200 465-8255 322-6616 757-1345
IN CATAW BA COUNTY
POLICE / SHERIFF
Emergency 911 Police - Conover 464-4698 Police - Hickory 328-5551 Police - Newton 465-7430 Sheriff - Catawba County 465-8301 Are You Okay? Program 464-5241/464-3112
TRANSPORTATION
Department of Social Services Medivan Piedmont Wagon
PUBLIC LIBRARIES
Catawba County Main Branch Claremont Conover Maiden Mt View Ridgeview Sherrills Ford St Stephens Patrick Beaver Memorial Library 464-2421 459-9311 466-5108 428-2712 294-2343 327-2972 478-2729 256-3030 304-0500 322-7046 428-5022 324-6990 465-7470 324-8007 324-1200 324-2858 464-6130
UTILITIES (for Hickory area)
Catawba Valley Cable TV Charter Communications City of Hickory (water) Duke Power (electricity) Hickory Post Office Piedmont Natural Gas Sprint (telephone)
VETERANS SERVICES
Newton Hickory Lenoir Council on Aging Cooperative Christian Ministry ECCCM Meals on Wheels United Way
RECREATION
Hickory Recreation Department Maiden Community Center Neill Clark Recreation Center Newton Recreation Center Ridgeview Community Center Westmont Recreation YMCA Hickory YMCA Conover
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
328-2269 327-0979 465-1702 695-4435 324-4357
This directory was prepared by:
CATAWBA COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING 400 17th Street SW Post Office Box 835 Hickory, North Carolina 28603 Telephone: 828-328-2269