Senior Connection Center Inc

Community care for the elderly - community care for the elderly provides a continuum of care for frail and vulnerable elders. It includes such community-based services as adult day care and respite for caregivers; homemaker/companion services; personal care; and transportation for doctor visits and other important appointments. These and other services allow the senior to age in place and remain independent for as long as it is safe and otherwise possible.

Veteran directed home and community based service program - senior connection center manages the local veterans directed home and community based service program. It is a service which gives disabled veterans the flexibility to manage their own care budgets, including hiring family caregivers. This allows participating veterans to remain living in their homes with their loved ones rather than in a nursing facility.

The alzheimer's disease initiative - the alzheimer's disease initiative assists families caring for a loved one who is suffering from alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia. Adi service can be provided to individuals that are at least 18 years of age and have a diagnosis of alzheimer's disease or a related disorder, or are suspected of having alzheimer's disease or a related disorder. Caregivers are also eligible to receive training, respite and related support services to assist them in caring for the adi client. Funds appropriated for adi services must be used for services that support and provide temporary relief from caregiving responsibilities for the adi client's primary caregiver. These services include both in-home and facility-based respite. Other program services - other program services include the home care for the elderly (hce) program which encourages the provision of care for elders in family-type living arrangements by providing subsidy (financial and service-related) supports to caregivers. The emergency home energy assistance program (eheap) provides emergency energy assistance. Shine (serving health insurance needs of elders), a volunteer program, provides free, unbiased counseling to medicare beneficiaries to assist the beneficiaries in selecting the best form of supplemental, long-term care, and prescription drug insurance coverage. Shine also advocates for clients with medical billing or insurance disputes, and reports medicare fraud.