Beginning with Respect for You
to age at home, remain healthy, and stay active and connected to the community you know and love.
Our Mission
Central Vermont Council on Aging (CVCOA) is the leading expert and advocate in healthy aging for Central Vermonters. At CVCOA, we respect the wishes of aging persons to age at home, remain healthy, and stay active and connected to the communities they know and love. We offer programs and services for people age 60+, caregivers, and their families. Our mission is to support Central Vermonters to age with dignity and choice. We're grateful to all sponsors and donors who support this mission.
Medicare & You Workshops are offered monthly to help individuals who are new to the Medicare system. Click here to learn about health insurance counseling options.
From social activities, community resources, respite grants, and caregiver courses, CVCOA is here to support the challenges and joys of caring for loved ones. Click here to learn more.
CVCOA offers free, in-person technology training classes through Senior Planet. Join the iPad Essentials class in Montpelier or join us for our Digital Technology for Older Adults workshop series at Aldrich Public Library in Barre. Click here for more details and registration info.
CVCOA Events
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"New Year Again!"
Join us on Zoom: January 4, 10:30 - 11:30 AM.
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January 18, 1:30 to 3:00 PM Snowbirds! Come create fun with beautiful bird cards, consider the feathered friends that stay around in winter, and share favorite destinations for a break from the cold.
Memorable Times Online
Memorable Times Online, "New Year Again!" Join us to celebrate a fresh new year on Zoom: January 4 We'll take a look at First Nights and New Year's Days around the world, plus enjoy a special "New Again" jukebox of tunes to bring in a good 2023! Contact Barb Asen at [email protected] or 802-476-2681 for more information or the Zoom link. Memorable Times Online is the virtual memory café offered by Central Vermont Council on Aging in partnership with the ABLE Library of the Vermont Department of Libraries. It meets the first Wednesday of each month from 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. on Zoom. This dementia-friendly program is free and part of the memory café movement growing all around the world. Registration is required. Get in touch with CVCOA to find out more! |
Memorable Times Café
January 18
1:30 to 3:00 PM
Snowbirds! Let's talk about the feathered friends that stay around for the winter, and share where we have gone or would wish to go for a break from the cold.
Memorable Times Café is a relaxed social time for people living with mild to moderate memory loss and their care partners. Sponsored by Central Vermont Council on Aging in partnership with ABLE Libraries of the state of Vermont.
Please contact Barb Asen, Director of Family Caregiver Support, at 802-476-2681 or [email protected] for more information.
CVCOA News & Announcements
View AllChanging Lives
Bill, who has Lewy Body Dementia and other medical issues, and his primary caregiver, Donna, have been receiving Case Management Services from Andrew at CVCOA since May 2023.
Upcoming Exercise Class Leader Training Opportunities
If you have enjoyed taking fitness classes, feel comfortable demonstrating moves others can copy and would like to help others grow, learn, and socialize together, this new adventure might be for you.
Sharing Music and Memories with Friends in Scotland
Barb Asen, Director of Family Caregiver Support at Central Vermont Council on Aging (CVCOA), along with Vermont Department of Libraries’ ABLE Library, has led a team of staff and volunteers to build a partnership with a memory cafe in Scotland. ...
A Trip to the Coast
CVCOA connects people. This summer, one of our case managers was able to connect a donor and a client in an unconventional but impactful way.
Making the World a Better Place
In 2020, at the height of COVID, CVCOA started a Creative Care Kit project to bring arts activities to homebound older adults, helping to enhance social connection through arts and technology.
Stepping Up to Help
This past summer CVCOA Case Manager Bill Merrylees had the pleasure of working with David and Judy Murphy of Central Vermont Mission (CVM) to help some CVCOA clients be able to enter and leave their homes safely.
One person at a time, you have made the lives of older Vermonters better with support and companionship. The services you provide are part of being in a caring network to support Central Vermonters. Every single day our volunteers make a significant difference in the lives of others.
To Karen and Rhenee, Thank you both for your valuable time and patience with me. You eased my discomfort with the ‘system’ and made it fun. It looks like you solved my dilemma within one hour.
This is a difficult case and her work has made this Vermonter’s life so much better.
Brenda, you did a fantastic job with S.B. Your approach was person centered and despite all the difficult twists and turns of this case you stayed true to S.B. Her last years were better in no small measure because of your efforts. I am so proud to serve with you. Thank you so much!
You are truly a life-saving ‘warrior.’ Please continue to do what you do so well.