Local & State Resources
Here at the Office of Healthy Aging (OHA) we are committed to providing the resources necessary for all individuals to learn how to achieve healthy aging. To fulfill this commitment, we are happy to provide resources related to healthy aging outside of OHA. Please feel free to explore the local (Pitt County) and North Carolina State resources and services provided below.
Local Resource & Service Links
CareYaya is self-directed booking tool that is available to those who are seeking a non-traditional home caregiver. CareYaya’s caregivers are college-educated students who are motivated by a genuine desire to help families, as a result booking non-traditional caregivers through Careyaya is extremely affordable, with an average rate of $15 – $18/hour – including weekends and overnights.
Creative Living Center is a dual licensed Adult Day Health and Day Care Program. Creative Living Center provides day services for both older adults and individuals with physical and cognitive impairments.
ECU Physicians | Family Medicine – Geriatrics
ECU Physicians purpose is to provide the highest quality and most compassionate health care to the people of eastern North Carolina while educating the next generation of health professionals to do the same. Their geriatrics practitioners offer a wide variety of services to fulfill your health needs.
Mid-East Commission Area Agency on Aging (MECAAA) | Services for Older Adults
The MECAAA mission is to position this region to address the needs of our communities for senior and disabled populations to successfully age with choices in community-based services and resources. To honor this mission MECAAA offers a wide variety of resources and services related to aging.
Pitt County | Council on Aging
The Pitt County Council on Aging, Inc. is a licensed non-profit agency that is committed to improving the quality of life for older Americans through advocacy, services, life enrichment activities and friendship. The Council enables older adults to secure and maintain maximum independence and dignity. Their daily work further provides older Americans in Pitt County access to services they need to lead healthier, more meaningful, productive lives.
State Resource & Service Links
Alzheimer’s Association, Eastern NC Chapter
The Alzheimer’s Association of Eastern NC provides education and support to all those facing Alzheimer’s and other dementias throughout our community, including those living with the disease, caregivers, health care professionals and families.
Dementia Alliance of North Carolina
The Dementia Alliance of North Carolina provides personal, individualized support to thousands of families from across the state through an intentional model of support. Ultimately providing CARE (Comfort, Assistance, Resources and Education) for individuals and families living with dementia.
North Carolina Coalition on Aging (NCCOA)
The Coalition is a dynamic group of organizations and individuals that work collaboratively to give voice to issues that affect older North Carolinians. Their mission is to improve the quality of life for older adults through collective advocacy, education, and public policy work.
North Carolina Dept of Health & Human Services (NCDHHS) | Aging & Adult Services
The Division of Aging and Adult Services works to promote the independence and enhance the dignity of North Carolina’s older adults, persons with disabilities and their families through a community-based system of opportunities, services, benefits and protections.
North Carolina Registry for Brain Health
The NC Registry for Brain Health is designed to increase awareness of Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders and to connect North Carolinians of all ages to research opportunities designed to improve brain health.
Southern Gerontological Society
The society focuses on regional, Southern aging issues, through the dissemination of educational material through the Journal of Applied Gerontology, the peer-reviewed Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine (open access), and the Southern Gerontologist newsletter.