Autonomy, Dignity, Independence

Thank you for visiting the Tompkins County Office for the Aging, your point of entry into aging services in Tompkins County. We provide objective and unbiased information regarding the array of services available for older adults and their caregivers. Established in 1975, our mission is to assist the senior population of Tompkins County to remain independent in their homes as long as is possible and appropriate, and with a decent quality of life and human dignity. 

Our office is open Monday through Friday from 8:30am to 4:30pm.
214 W. Martin Luther King Jr./State Street (Human Services Annex Building)
Ithaca, NY 14850
Telephone: (607) 274-5482

Recent News/Upcoming Events and Announcement

• Tompkins County Office for the Aging upcoming Public Hearings
• Powerful Tools for Caregiver classes are coming this fall!  Click here for the schedule, which includes three different opportunities to take this popular class.
• Tompkins County Office for the Aging - 2015 Annual Report 
• The NY State Long Term Care Ombudsman Office released the 10/1/14-9/30/15 fact sheet and data analysis.
• Volunteers from Tompkins County were recently honored in Albany at Senior Citizen’s Day by the Association on Aging in New York
• Long Term Care Ombudsman Program is recruiting volunteers for Tompkins, Schuyler and Chemung counties.
• Legal Impacts of Supreme Court Marriage Equality Decision (on Social Security, Veterans and private employer benefits, income taxes)
• Tompkins County and The City of Ithaca are accepted into the "Age Friendly Community" Network
• 2015 Strategic Plan for Aging in Tompkins County