Elder care and multilingual senior support around the Bay Area

Kimochi runs a weekday social adult day program for adults age 55 and older who need supervision and support. Its structured schedule includes exercise, art, games, Japanese television, lunch, health screening, and intergenerational activities. Bilingual staff support the program, and Kimochi separately provides English and Japanese caregiver navigation and benefits assistance.

• Adult Day Social
• Japanese Cultural Programming
• English Language
• Japanese Language
• Caregiver Support
• Lunch
• Intergenerational

SteppingStone's Mission Creek center provides adult day health services including nursing, physical and occupational therapy, social work, personal care, nutrition, and activities. Its onsite Alzheimer's Day Care Resource Center adds individualized dementia programming for enrolled Mission Creek participants. Organization-wide services are offered in English, Chinese, Spanish, Korean, Tagalog, and Vietnamese.

• Adult Day Health
• Dementia Program
• Caregiver Support
• Skilled Nursing
• Physical Therapy
• Occupational Therapy
• Chinese Language

San Francisco's city-funded ADRC network connects older adults, adults with disabilities, and caregivers with case management, benefits and paperwork help, food, transportation, in-home care referrals, housing, and caregiver support. The official directory identifies site-specific access in English, Spanish, Cantonese, Mandarin, Toishanese, Russian, Samoan, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Chinese, and ASL.

• Adrc
• Aging Navigation
• Benefits Navigation
• Caregiver Navigation
• Transportation Navigation
• Multilingual
• Spanish Language

On Lok's 30th Street Senior Center combines community and home-delivered meals with social, health, education, and case-management programs. Menus include Latin American, Asian, and standard American food traditions. Center services are available in English and Spanish, while the Always Active exercise program also offers Cantonese-language access.

• Senior Center
• Congregate Meals
• Home Delivered Meals
• Case Management
• English Language
• Spanish Language
• Cantonese Language

Family Caregiver Alliance provides assessment, care planning, education, support groups, counseling, respite navigation, and legal or financial consultation screening for Bay Area family caregivers. Its service area includes Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties. Multilingual staff assist directly in Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Tagalog, and Korean, with translated Vietnamese resources also available.

• Caregiver Resource Center
• Dementia Caregiver
• Care Planning
• Support Groups
• Caregiver Training
• Respite Navigation
• Spanish Language

Catholic Charities operates a licensed, non-medical adult day program for San Mateo County seniors and adults with disabilities who have experienced changes in physical function, memory, or social support. The program provides supervision, personal care, help with daily activities, therapeutic recreation, and caregiver respite. Families should contact the program about assessment, current hours, language needs, and enrollment.

• Adult Day Social
• Memory Loss
• Personal Care
• Caregiver Respite
• Therapeutic Activities
• San Mateo County

Self-Help for the Elderly's San Mateo center hosts older-adult activities, exercise, health education, English conversation, social groups, and nutrition programming. The current center calendar is bilingual Chinese and English, providing direct evidence of language access for its scheduled activities. Participants should use the center calendar and phone contact for current meal, class, and registration details.

• Senior Center
• Chinese Language
• English Language
• Social Activities
• Health Education
• English Conversation
• Nutrition

SamTrans provides ADA paratransit through Redi-Wheels on the bayside and in Pacifica, and RediCoast on the coastside. The shared-ride services are for people whose disabilities prevent independent use of regular buses for some or all trips. Certification is required, and trips generally must be reserved in advance; age alone does not establish eligibility.

• Ada Paratransit
• Transportation
• Shared Ride
• Bayside
• Coastside
• Application Required
• Advance Reservation

Live Oak's Willow Glen center runs a weekday social adult day program for Santa Clara County seniors who need structured daytime support. Programming includes exercise, breakfast, lunch, snacks, music, art, socialization, current-events discussion, and cognitive games. The provider specifically serves some people with dementia and other age-related conditions, subject to telephone screening, assessment, and program capacity.

• Adult Day Social
• Dementia
• Caregiver Respite
• Meals
• Cognitive Activities
• Weekday
• Screening Required

Yu-Ai Kai's weekday Senior Day Service offers dependent older adults structured music, games, art, exercise, intergenerational activities, wellness programming, snacks, and hot lunch. Staff are bilingual in Japanese and English. The Japantown center also provides Japanese-language case management, English-Japanese language assistance, Spanish translation, caregiver support, benefits referrals, and nutrition services.

• Adult Day Social
• Japanese Language
• English Language
• Spanish Translation
• Japanese American
• Caregiver Support
• Case Management

Santa Clara County's Vietnamese American Service Center is a culturally and language-accessible hub for benefits assistance, service navigation, translation, healthcare connections, community programming, and older-adult meals. Its Senior Nutrition Program serves meals Monday through Saturday. The center is designed around the Vietnamese American community while connecting visitors with county and partner services.

• Vietnamese Language
• Culturally Specific
• Senior Nutrition
• Benefits Navigation
• Translation
• Service Navigation
• County Operated

Sourcewise connects Santa Clara County older adults with information, care management, benefits resources, and home-delivered meals. Its MSSP team includes a social worker and registered nurse for eligible older adults at risk of institutional placement. Meals on Wheels uses a separate intake for eligible homebound residents age 60 and older; authorization and delivery timing depend on individual assessment.

• Area Agency On Aging
• Case Management
• Mssp
• Benefits Navigation
• Home Delivered Meals
• Registered Nurse
• Intake Required

Family Bridges operates two Hong Fook CBAS centers near Oakland Chinatown for frail older adults and adults with disabilities. Services include nursing, medication assistance, personal care, rehabilitation therapies, social work, recreation, and a hot ethnic meal. Multilingual staff speak Cantonese, Mandarin, Korean, Vietnamese, and English, with intake required for participation.

• Adult Day Health
• Cbas
• Cantonese Language
• Mandarin Language
• Korean Language
• Vietnamese Language
• English Language

ASEB's Hayward center provides adult day health care focused on people living with memory decline. A multidisciplinary assessment informs an individualized care plan, with ongoing family communication and access to caregiver support groups. Program fit, enrollment, transportation, service language, and payment arrangements must be discussed directly with the center.

• Adult Day Health
• Dementia
• Memory Decline
• Caregiver Support Group
• Family Support
• Multidisciplinary Assessment
• Individualized Care Plan

Family Bridges' Hong Lok Senior Center offers adults age 55 and older classes, workshops, exercise, health education, field trips, celebrations, and social connection at two Oakland Chinatown sites. Staff are bilingual in Cantonese, Mandarin, and English. Participants must be independent or attend with a care attendant, which clearly separates this center from adult day care.

• Senior Center
• Cantonese Language
• Mandarin Language
• English Language
• Social Activities
• Health Education
• Field Trips

J-Sei provides Japanese lunches, senior-center activities, case management, caregiver navigation, friendly visiting, and weekday rides to its Emeryville center. Hot Japanese meals are delivered to enrolled older adults who cannot shop or cook, and a weekly congregate lunch supports social connection. Its caregiver directory is a referral list, with families responsible for interviewing, hiring, supervising, and paying workers.

• Japanese American
• Japanese Meals
• Congregate Meals
• Home Delivered Meals
• Case Management
• Caregiver Navigation
• Senior Transportation

Choice in Aging's Mount Diablo Center provides adult day health care through a multidisciplinary team and includes a dementia-focused day resource program. The Pleasant Hill site runs specialized programs led by native Russian and Farsi/Dari speakers, incorporating language, cultural celebrations, publications, and a prayer space. Admission requires medical information and assessment.

• Adult Day Health
• Dementia Program
• Russian Language
• Farsi Language
• Dari Language
• Culturally Specific
• Caregiver Respite

Lamorinda Spirit Van provides weekday rides for adults age 60 and older and people with disabilities who live in Lafayette, Moraga, or Orinda. Trips cover errands, shopping, healthcare, personal appointments, senior meals, visits, and events within Lamorinda and selected central Contra Costa destinations. Reservations are first come, first served, and published fares vary by destination.

• Senior Transportation
• Demand Response
• Age 60 Plus
• Disability
• Medical Trips
• Shopping Trips
• Meal Site Rides

Pleasanton's Senior Center brings several practical services into one location: weekday Open Heart Kitchen lunches for adults 60 and older, CityServe care sessions and referrals, Spectrum meal information, and Pleasanton Rides for city residents age 70 and older. Each partner uses its own registration, reservation, eligibility, and scheduling process.

• Senior Center
• Congregate Meals
• Case Management
• Care Coordination
• Senior Transportation
• Age 60 Plus
• Age 70 Plus

Providence Community Health Napa Valley operates a licensed adult day health program for adults with chronic illness, cognitive decline, or dementia. Services include nursing, rehabilitation therapies, social work, structured activities, transportation, and caregiver respite. The organization also offers free family consultations, dementia education, counseling, and caregiver groups, including support groups in English and Spanish.

• Adult Day Health
• Dementia
• Nursing
• Rehabilitation
• Caregiver Respite
• Caregiver Support Group
• English Language

Marin County's Area Agency on Aging information line connects older adults, adults with disabilities, and caregivers with assisted transportation, meals, case management, caregiver support, legal services, senior activities, and other community resources. Spanish-speaking social workers are available, a current county plan identifies Vietnamese-speaking staff, and interpretation can be arranged for other languages.

• Area Agency On Aging
• Aging Navigation
• Caregiver Navigation
• Transportation Navigation
• Case Management
• Spanish Language
• Vietnamese Language

Vivalon's San Rafael campus offers Marin older adults classes, community meals, resource appointments, and connections to housing, legal, and financial help. Its broader services include Meals on Wheels and multiple ride programs, including accessible and assisted transportation. Selected appointments and resource materials are explicitly available in English and Spanish.

• Healthy Aging Campus
• Senior Center
• Congregate Meals
• Home Delivered Meals
• Transportation
• Resource Navigation
• English Language

Sonoma County's Aging and Disability Resource Hub connects older adults, people with disabilities, and caregivers to benefits, meals, transportation, caregiver support, case management, adult day care, and in-home service pathways. County social workers provide free phone help in English and Spanish, with interpretation or communication accommodations arranged for other languages upon request.

• Area Agency On Aging
• Adrc
• Aging Navigation
• Benefits Navigation
• Caregiver Navigation
• Case Management
• Transportation Navigation

The Napa/Solano Area Agency on Aging and Solano ADRC connect older and disabled adults with nutrition, transportation, caregiver support, case management, legal help, and fall-prevention resources. County records identify Spanish- and Tagalog-speaking staff in some programs and translation for all languages. English and Spanish county resource guides support more detailed service searches.

• Area Agency On Aging
• Adrc
• Aging Navigation
• Caregiver Navigation
• Case Management
• Transportation Navigation
• Nutrition Navigation