Quality, 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 older adults and persons with long term care needs to live independently in their homes and communities with quality of life and 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 Announcements

• Office for the Aging Annual Luncheon-May 15, 2018
• Transition to Assisted Living or Nursing Home: Is it Time? Lunchtime workshop, May 9th
• Emergency HEAP benefit available after January 2, 2018
• Tompkins County Office for the Aging recieves $25,000, Aging by Design grant
• Participate in a Cornell Research Study on Mature Blended Families
• NEW Frauds and Scams information!
• Tompkins County Office for the Aging - 2016 Annual Report 
• Long Term Care Ombudsman Program is recruiting volunteers for Tompkins, Schuyler and Chemung counties.
• Age Friendly Ithaca and Tompkins County Action Plan
• Current Scam Alert!: Beware of Phone Scammers posing as NYSEG representatives