6500 Stockton Avenue, El Cerrito 94530

List of Services

For more information on our services,
call (510) 559-7677 or Click here.

• Alzheimer Respite Program (Tuesdays), activities for persons with memory loss.
• Barber / Hairdresser
• Case Management and Special Counseling
• Caregiver Support Group
• Daily Lunch Program at 12:00 noon. Suggested donation of $2.00
• Disabled Aids / Equipment to loan
• Easy Ride Transportation Service
  Door-to-door transportatin service within the City of El Cerrito, Mondays, Wednesday & Thursdays. $1 each way. Call (510) 559-7677 for application and scheduling.
  El Cerrito Residents Only.
• Foot Care Clinic 3rd Thursday of the month
• Friday Cash Prize Bingo - 1:30-4:00 pm. Free lunch for players, free prizes, free refreshments. Smoke Free.
• Health Insurance Counseling Program (HICAP)
• Hiking for Health
• Home Delivered Meals
• Information & Referral
• Preparation of Simple Wills
• Podiatry Clinic every month
• 60 Plus Bulletin, monthly newsletter
• Preparation of State and Federal Tax Forms and Homeowners' and Renters' Assistance Forms
• Recreational Classes offered daily; drop-in for coffee, tea, conversation and a wide range of classes and activities.
• Senior Daily Excursions and Extended Tours
• Tea Dancing 3rd Wednesday of each month
• Volunteer Opportunities
• Weekly Games: Chess, Mah Jong, and Grocery Bingo
• Women Support Group
  
  Alzheimer's Respite Program
  The Open House Senior Center's Respite Program is designed for individuals dealing with illness relating to memory loss. The program's closely supervised activities are tailored to individual needs and often include mild exercise, music, and daily living skills.

  The Respite program meets every Tuesday from 10:00am-3:00pm at 6500 Stockton Avenue. The cost is $17.00 for El Cerrito Residents, and $22.00 for non-residents. Hot lunch can be added for an additional $2.00. Please call for payment accommodations.

  In addition, this program encourages family members of the participants to use this time as a respite and leave participants at the Open House Senior Center program, so that they may enjoy some time to themselves. On the first and third Thursday of each month at 10:00am the caregivers meet to share information and support.

To be a member of the adult education programs you have to be 60 or older.

Sakura Kai meets on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of each month from 10AM-3PM at the Open House Senior Center. For more information, call Yoko Fitzpatrick, Coordinator at (510) 525-4919.

Minyo, Ceramic, Exercise, Japanese/English Computer Classes, Japanese Movie, Shin Issei Oral History, Shigin, Japanese Calligraphy, Celebration of Birthdays, Karaoke Sing-A-Long, Japanese Taiko Class, Japanese/English Computer Classes, and Shin Issei Oral History.

Christ Lutheran Senior Center

780 Ashbury Ave., near Stockton
Mondays, 9:00am-2:00pm
Christ Lutheran Senior Center offers creative writing lab, massage, conversational German, conversational Spanish, knitting, card making, lunch, exercise and much more. For further information, please call the Center Coordinator, Carol Kehoe at 524-1050 or 527-0389.

St. John's Senior Center

6500 Gladys at Lexington, El Cerrito
(St. John's Community Center Bldg.)
Tuesdays, 9:00am-2:00pm
This program is open to anyone over 55 years of age. Activities include: crafts, exercise, lunch, scheduled speakers, computer lessons, blood pressure screenings, living skills for older adults and much more.

Tai Chi Chuan from 9:30-10:30am.

Beginning Spanish from 10:30-11:30.

Chair Exercise from 11:30-12noon.

Lunch ($2 donation).
If you are arriving after 10am and planning to have lunch with us, please call (510) 237-3808 by 10am. Card and table games from 1:15pm.
For more information, call Jan Duckart, Coordinator of the Center at 237-3808.