Located on the border of the Bowery and Chinatown, BRC's Senior Center serves the elders of these two communities, which are among the poorest of Manhattan. It is one of the few programs for seniors in New York City that is open 6 days each week, and provides meals for all 7. Providing an antidote the social isolation that can so easily envelope the twilight years, BRC's Senior Center provides community, social and educational activity, limited health and mental health services, recreation, and nutritious meals to well over 100 of our elders every day. The Senior Center is also home base to BRC's Homebound program. BRC staff visits seniors residing in flophouses of the Bowery - where BRC was born - who are too frail to travel. Delivering food, basic necessities, and humanity, this BRC program is for some their only point of social interaction each day.
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