ABOUT US

With over 40 years of service to our community, Uinta Senior Citizens, Inc. (USCI), is the only sanctioned, community-based In-Home Services and National Family Caregiver Service in Lincoln and Uinta Counties.

We provide two full-service senior centers in Evanston and the Bridger Valley.

Importance of Senior Centers in Our Community

For older people at risk of losing their self-sufficiency, senior centers are an entry point to an array of services that will assist them as they “age in place.” Senior centers offer a wide range of health, education, recreation, volunteer and other social interaction opportunities for their participants that enhance dignity, support independence and encourage community involvement.

Centers are also a resource for the entire community, providing services and information on aging and assisting family and friends who care for older people. Senior centers can provide an optimal social environment that’s conducive to the development of a social support system to reduce loneliness and depression.

Senior Centers Improve Lives

A recent survey suggests that senior centers play a vital role in the lives of older adults when it comes to their physical and mental well-being.

  • About 90 percent of seniors reported their health to be the same or better than the previous year.
  • Almost half feel less lonely (46 percent), laugh more frequently (49 percent), have reduced their levels of stress (48 percent), feel more satisfied with life (43 percent) and have increased or started exercising regularly (40 percent).
  • About one-quarter have more energy (22 percent), worry less about the future (23 percent) and feel more independent (28 percent)
  • Over 90 percent indicated that they have developed very close friendships at their senior center and the majority do engage in social activities outside of the center with friends made at the center.
  • About 85 percent reported that the friends they have made at the senior center provide them with a sense of emotional security and someone they can depend on when needed.
  • Approximately 85 percent said they provide some type of assistance to senior center friends and 22 percent do so pretty or very often.
  • Over 50 percent reported receiving some type of assistance such as transportation, personal gifts, emotional support and companionship.
  • Senior center friends call each other on the average of 2.7 times each week to check on each other.