Home Services

Senior Choices Summits

The Senior Choices Summits were developed as a means to educate the older adult population in the Charlotte/Mecklenburg area on issues of interest to seniors.

In 2010, we’ll be celebrating The Shepherd’s Center’s 30th anniversary with a Homecoming on Wednesday, April 21 at Pritchard Memorial Baptist Church.  You are invited to join us for lunch, a raffle and plenty of other surprises. 

Planning is also underway for the final Summit which will be held In September, 2010.  More information on this summit will be forthcoming.  For more information, please call 704.365.1995 or email plampel@shepherdscharlotte.org.

Senior Fraud Alerts

From time to time, The Shepherd's Center of Charlotte receives fraud information that may be of interest to you. This information comes to us from the NC Secretary of State's Office, the NC Attorney General's Office, and federal offices.
If you feel you may have been involved in a fraudulent activity, please contact either:
NC Secretary of State's Office / 919.733.3924 or
NC Attorney General's Office / 919.716.6400.

Medical Transportation

Volunteers provide rides to medical services, dentists or physical therapy. Call at least three days in advance. Service is available in central and southeast Charlotte.

Handyman

Volunteers perform small repairs to help keep older homes safe and livable. Fee of $10.00 per hour goes to the Handyman or as a donation to The Shepherd's Center. Service is available in the Charlotte area.

Grocery Shopping and Errand Service

Volunteers provide rides to the grocery store, bank or beauty parlor. Service is available in central and southeast Charlotte.

Companion Aide Referral

This program has been restructured for 2010. Instead of referring individual certified nursing assistants and sitters to families in need of help in the home, we are now referring families to agencies who supply CNA’s and sitters. When this program was originally developed, there were no agencies for families to turn to, but in the past 10 years over 140 agencies have opened in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg area. The Shepherd’s Center will be developing a comprehensive referral list of agencies to aid families in need of home care assistance.