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Each town and city offers a range of supporting services
available to older residents 60 years of age or over.
Local Information and Assistance Programs and/or Area
Agency on Aging can assist older persons and their
families in locating the services they need. Some
of the services available include:
- Adult Day Care: Adult Day Care Centers offer
social, recreational and health-related services
to individuals
in a protective setting who cannot be left
alone during the day because of health care
and social
need, confusion or disability.
- Caregiver Programs: The National Family Caregiver
Support Program provides programs and services
for caregivers of older adults and some limited
services
to grandparents raising grandchildren.
- Case Management: Case managers work with
family members and older adults to assess,
arrange and
evaluate supportive efforts of seniors and
their families to remain independent.
- Elder Abuse Prevention Programs: Allegations
of abuse, neglect and exploitation of senior
citizens
are investigated by highly trained protective
service specialists. Intervention is provided
in instances
of substantiated elder abuse, neglect or
exploitation.
- Financial Assistance: There are benefit counseling
programs that can be accessed through the
(I&R/A)
specialist at your local area agency on aging
to assist older adults with financial assistance.
- Home Health Services: Home health care includes
such care activities as changing wound dressings,
checking vital signs, cleaning catheters
and providing tube feedings.
- Home Repair: Programs that help older people
keep the condition of their housing in good
repair before
problems become major. Volunteers might come
to an individual's home and patch a leaky roof,
for
instance, repair faulty plumbing or insulate
drafty walls.
- Home Modification: Programs that provide
adaptations and/or renovations to the living
environment intended
to increase ease of use, safety, security
and independence. There are some local, state,
Federal and volunteer
programs that provide special grants, loans
and other assistance for home.
- Information and Referral/Assistance
Information Services (I&R/A): Information Specialists
are available to provide assistance and linkage
to available
services and resources.
- Legal Assistance: Legal advice and representation
is available to persons aged 60 and over
for certain types of legal matters including
government program
benefits, tenant rights, and consumer problems.
- Nutrition Services: Home Delivered Meals
popularly known as "Meals on Wheels," are
nutritious meals delivered to the homes of
older persons who
are homebound. Congregate Meals provide the
opportunity for persons aged 60 and over to
enjoy a meal and
socialize with other seniors in the community.
- Personal Care: Services to assist individuals
with functional impairments with bathing, dressing,
shopping,
walking, housekeeping, supervision, emotional
security, eating and assistance with securing
health care
from appropriate sources.
- Respite Care: Respite is relief or rest,
for a specified period of time, from the constant/continued
supervision, companionship, therapeutic and/or
personal
care of a person with a functional impairment.
- Senior Housing Options: The decision to seek
care outside an individual’s home is a difficult
one. If you are considering such a move for yourself
or a family member, please contact your local area
agency on aging I&R/A specialist to determine
the full range of support options available
to you.
- Senior Center Programs: Senior Centers offer
a variety of recreational and educational programs,
seminars, events and activities for the active
and
less active older adult.
- Telephone Reassurance: Provides regular contact
and safety check by trained volunteers to
reassure and support senior citizens and disabled
persons
who are homebound.
- Transportation: Programs that provide door-to-door
transportation for people who may be elderly
or disabled, who do not have private transportation
and who are unable to utilize public transportation
to meet their needs.
- Volunteer Services: There are numerous volunteer
programs and opportunities available for
older adults such as daily telephone reassurance,
friendly visiting
and insurance counseling.
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