Resources for Senior Citizens

Meals on Wheels is a non-profit organization serving Sacramento County seniors 60 years of age and better. Meals on Wheels helps keep seniors in their homes and communities by providing nutritious meals, safety net services, social contact, community resource information, and much more.

On average, over 2,000 seniors participate in our programs every weekday.

They provide:

• Healthy meals co-developed by a Registered Dietitian for good nutrition.
• Home-delivered meals delivered throughout Sacramento County.
• Twenty congregate cafes where seniors can enjoy lunch together and socialize. CAFES NOT CURRENTLY IN SERVICE DUE TO COVID RESTRICTIONS
• Safety net services like fall prevention information and resources.
• Nutrition education and community resources for seniors.

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Creating a world without elder abuse begins first by raising awareness in our community. It starts by being mindful of the elders and dependent adults in your life and neighborhood and partnering together to educate those unaware. Elder abuse can happen to anyone. By partnering together, we can create the ultimate vision of a county where elder and dependent adult abuse does not exist.

According to the latest data, in 2018, it is conservatively estimated that more than $5 million annually is lost to financial abuse annually within Sacramento County. At least 40 percent of this is due to scams. Therefore, it is important to know the signs of fraud scams making their way through Sacramento County:

• IRS: Victims are told they owe money to the IRS and it can be paid through a wire transfer 
• Medicare or Social Security Scams: callers claiming that services or benefits will be stopped if you don't provide updated information
• Secure/Gift Card Scam: caller calims to be from victim's bank and to be tracking a large unauthorized amount which victim needs to secure with gift card or VISA gift card in order to cancel the large transaction before it charges the victim
• Grandparent Scam: Caller claims to be the victim’s grandchild traveling in a foreign country who has been arrested and needs money 
• Sweepstakes/Lottery Scams: Caller says the victim is a winner and needs to make a payment to unlock the supposed prize
• COVID-19 Specific Scams
  • Home test kits for COVID-19 scams: Scammers are calling or sending text messages to older adults offering “coronavirus test kits” in an attempt to collect credit card or banking information. 
  • Fake COVID-19-related products and services: Text and phone scams are advertising products, such as fake drugs, vaccines, and devices, that claim to prevent or cure COVID-19. Other scams are offering services for the home that falsely claim to protect people from contracting COVID-19. Fake gift-card emails are also being sent to vulnerable older adults to offer “assistance” during the crisis or “reward” people for following public health guidelines.
  • Charity scams: Charity scams prey on older adults by aiming to collect money for fake COVID-19 relief charities.

To help a senior, make them aware that these scams exist. Older adults need to know that government agencies will never ask them to provide personal or payment information via phone, text or email. If a senior you know receives a suspicious text, call, or email related to COVID-19, or if you think they might be a victim of a COVID-19 scam, you should file a complaint with the FCC immediately and contact local law enforcement. You should also report any compromised financial information to the bank or credit card issuer and report compromised personal information such as Medicare, Social Security or health insurance ID numbers to the appropriate organization.