Outreach
Navigating community resources can be confusing at any age. An Outreach Specialist is available to provide personalized help to link older adults, age 60 and better, their loved ones and their caregivers to community resources in order to maintain their independence. The Outreach Specialist can help in completing paperwork and “cutting the red tape” for:
- Medicare information and assistance
- Community information and referrals
- Fuel assistance programs
- Home Delivered Meals
- Golden Buckeye Card
- Filling out forms
- Interpreting hospital bills
- And so much more
Information and Referral
The agency serves as a “clearing house” by networking with other social service agencies and public and private entities to gather information and disseminate data to our clients and their families in order to meet the needs of senior citizens. If we find we do not offer a service requested by a potential client, we refer him or her on to the appropriate agency.
The Council on Aging has information on many topics, including:
Adult Emergency Assistance | Homemaker Service | Supplemental Security Income |
Adult Protective Services | Home Repair Programs | Support Groups |
Alzheimer’s Programs | Homestead Property Tax Exemption | Tax Aide |
“Benefits Checkup” | Independent Living Program | Utility Assistance |
Care Coordination Program | Local Assisting Programs | HEAP |
Care Giving | Meal Programs | Summer Cooling Program |
Community Agencies | Medicaid | Telephone Service Assistance |
Counseling Services | Medicare Programs (QMB, SLMB) | Weatherization |
Elderly Legal Services | Medicare | Voter Registration |
Emergency Response Systems | Obtaining Parking Card for the Disabled | |
Equipment for Persons with Disability | OSHIIP | |
Experience Works | PASSPORT | |
Food Stamps | Prescription Drug Assistance | |
Golden Buckeye Cards | Senior Housing | |
Health Clinics and Services | Social Security |