Services

Caring individuals active in the community

The COA offers a wide variety of services and assistance, including private, personalized and professionally managed in-home care, therapeutic care for loved ones requiring supervision and assessments for subsidized care based on financial guidelines.

COA Coastal Home Care and Coastal Care Management
The Council on Aging has been involved with elders in St. Johns County for over 35 years! We feel privileged to be able to offer you and your family the very best in in-home care and care management services. Please click on the link above or call (904) 209-3675 for more information on our COA professionally managed care options and independent living services.


COA Transportation Services
This door-to-door (para-transit) service is funded through the Florida Commission for the Transportation  Disadvantaged and is available to those who have no other means of transportation due to age, income or disability. The service is also available to transportation-eligible Medicaid recipients.  For Customer Service, call (904) 209-3710.

Sunshine Center
The Sunshine Center Therapeutic Adult Day Center provides supervised care with structured activities for those who can no longer be left unattended. Aside from providing cognitive awareness exercises within a caring atmosphere, the Sunshine Center also offers much needed respite time for caregivers and allows family members the option of continuing their individual work and recreational schedules. The Sunshine Center is open Monday through Friday from 7:30 am until 5:30 pm.

Licensed nurses and specially trained staff are available to assist with activities of daily living and personal care. A nutritious lunch and snacks are served each day and a regular schedule of exercises and daily activities are planned and supervised by a staff of trained professionals.

Activities include: Songs, Music, Dance; Arts & Crafts, Horticulture, Bingo & Table Games, Active Games, Daily Exercise Program, Cognitive Stimulation, Outdoor Activities, Parties, Celebrations, Field Trips and Sensory Stimulation .
Paulette Kozlowski, Manager, Sunshine Center Therapeutic Adult Day Center for more information.


 Guide to Subsidized Senior Services      
Eligibility for subsidized services is determined by assessment / prioritization scores / income.
For more detailed information about any of the following services, please call (904) 209-3675

  • Prescription Assistance
  • Community Care for the Elderly (CCE) Sliding scale program offers in-home services to people 60 years of age or above who are facing physical or mental limitations or challenges.
  • Aged / Disabled Adult Medicaid Waiver (ADA
  • Alzheimer's Disease Initiative (ADI)
  • Offering facility and home-based re spite care
  • Home Care For the Elderly (HCE)
  • Emergency Home Energy Assistance for the Elderly (EHEAP) Provides assistance for home energy emergencies to low income households in which elderly individuals (age 60-plus) reside.
  • Assisted Living for the Elderly Waiver (ALE) Provides funding and support for assisted living to individuals who meet  medical and income eligibility requirements.
  • Older Americans Act (OAA) provides meals and homemaking services to eligible seniors.

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