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Mechanicsburg, PA – Officials from the Pennsylvania Lottery and the Department of Aging visited Mechanicsburg Place Senior Center in Cumberland County to highlight the significant impact the Lottery has on older Pennsylvanians throughout the commonwealth. Specifically, Mechanicsburg Place Senior Center received a $54,861 grant from the […]

Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Aging announced a new law that expands income eligibility limits for the Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract for the Elderly Needs Enhancement Tier (PACENET) program is now in effect. Governor Tom Wolf signed legislation into law in December 2021 that allows an additional […]

The Pennsylvania Department of Aging announced a new law that expands income eligibility limits for the Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract for the Elderly Needs Enhancement Tier (PACENET) program is now in

Dept of Aging encourages older adults to prepare for dropping 3G

HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Department of Aging (PDA) has joined with Slippery Rock University (SRU) to launch a pilot program to offer students in recreational therapy and behavioral sciences programs real world experience by completing service-learning projects that included interactions with older adults. The Butler and Mercer County Area Agencies on Aging connected more than 100 seniors with PDA, who coordinated with the university to launch the program during SRU’s 2020 fall se...

Dec 14, 2020 ​HARRISBURG – Older adults and people with disabilities have until Thursday, December 31, 2020 to apply for rebates on property taxes and rent paid in 2019. The departments of Revenue and Aging are reminding Pennsylvanians that the rebates are available through the Property Tax/Rent Rebate Program, which has delivered more than $6.8 billion to eligible applicants since the program’s inception in 1971. “With the COVID-19 pandemic impacting many Pennsylvanians this year, ...