Your Comprehensive Guide to Services for Senior Citizens and Caregivers
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Santa Barbara County 2017-2018 Senior RESOURCE DIRECTORY Your comprehensive guide to services for senior citizens and caregivers San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements 4 End of Life 29 Planning, Advance Health Care Directive, Introduction 5 Benefits, Burial and Cremation, Death Certificate, Indigent Death, Unattended Death, Caregiving 7 Organ Donation Warning Signs Checklist 8 Financial Assistance 32 Emergency Services 9 Social Security, SSI, County Programs (Cal 24-Hour Crisis Intervention, Hospital Fresh, General Relief, Veteran’s Benefits), Emergency Rooms, Cares Crisis Team & HICAP, Credit Counseling, Money MHAT, Victims of Violence, Urgent Care Management/Bill Paying, Financial Planning, Centers, Emergency Assistance- Material Taxes/Homeowner’s Property Tax Exemption, Assistance, Poison Control Center, Friendship Renters Tax Credit, Volunteer Income Tax Line, National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Assistance, FTB, IRS Alcohol/Drug/Medication Management 12 Food and Nutrition 37 Outpatient, In Patient or Residential Treatment, Meals, Home Delivered Meals, Supplemental Counseling, Medication Management Food, Food Bank, Grocery Resources, Hospital Meal Discounts, Community Gardens, Mobile Civic/Community/Consumer 15 Pantries, Cal Fresh Voter Registration, Libraries, Senior organizations, Social Service/ Advocacy Health Services 41 Organizations, Consumer Complaints & Health Care Centers, Clinics, Palliative Care, Information (Housing, Mobile Homes, Products Physician Referral, Rehabilitation/Therapeutic & Services, Professional Services, Insurance, Services, Rehabilitation Services, Blood Bank, Residential care Facilities for the Elderly, Blood Pressure Screening, Cancer Information, Nursing Facilities), Consumer Assistance Dental services, Flu Shots & Vaccinations, Health Assessment & Health Promotion, Health Basic Steps to Protect Yourself 20 Screening Fairs, Hearing, HIV Treatment InfoLine, Telephone Services, Tuberculosis, Education 23 Urinary Incontinence, Tobacco Prevention, Roadscholar, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Vision, Sharp Disposal, Operation Medicine Education Programs, Health Education Cabinet, Expired Meds Program Elder Abuse & Crime 24 Home and Nursing Care 51 Definitions, Prevention, Adult Protective Home evaluation, Case Management, Home Services, District Attorney’s Office of Care, Home Health Care, Homemaker and Vulnerable Victims Prosecution Unit, Long Personal Care, Registry, Hospice, Respite Care, Term Care Ombudsman, Reporting Adult Day Care, Emergency Response Systems, Employment 27 Friendly Visitors, Out of Home Respite, Social Security, Training & Placement, Referral, Placement Assistance, Problems with Facilities, CalJOBS, Discrimination Safe Return, Project Lifesaver TABLE OF CONTENTS Housing 61 Senior and Community Centers 99 Low Cost Rentals, Waiting List tips, Financial Assistance, Reverse Mortgage, Retirement Support and Education Groups 100 residences, Residential care facilities, Placement Transportation 106 Agencies, Shared Housing, Discrimination, Fixed Route, Door-To-Door, Long Distance, Tenant/Landlord Mediation, Home Repair, Local Options, Handicapped License Plate, Utilities, Foreclosure Fraud, Safe Parking Mature Driving Course, Adapted Driving Legal 69 Assessment Finding an Attorney, Low/No Cost Legal Veteran’s Services 110 assistance, Legal Resource Centers, Wills, Important Documents, Veteran Service Offices, Control Over Your Affairs, Conservatorship, Health Care Benefits, Aid & Attendance, Asset Management, Planning for Public Caregiver Support Benefits, Small Claims Court, Locating a Notary Public, Immigration Volunteer 112 Medical Equipment 80 Response Survey 113 Equipment, Loan of Medical Equipment Index 114 Mental Health/Counseling 82 TIPS Emergency Mental Health Services, Out Patient Get Health Care in Your Language 6 Counseling, Clinics Questions Consumers Should Ask 6 Paying for Health Care 85 Pre Employment Credit Checks 11 Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Prescription Drug Plan Part D, Medi-Gap, Preventing Home Repair Scams Alert 13 Medicare Fraud, Medi-Cal, CenCal, Veterans Successful Management of Medications 13 Health Benefits, QMB, SLMB, QI, Lompoc 10 Tips to Make Sure Your Contractor Valley Community Health Organization, Measures Up 19 Financial Help, LTC Needs, Pharmaceutical Assistance, Covered California Consumer Information from the FTC 26 Scam Alerts 26 Pets and Animals 93 Do Not Call 60 Animal Control, Adoption, Disaster Planning for your pet Fall Risk Assessment 81 Avoid ID Theft 84 Recreation and Fitness 95 Travel, Immunization, Passport, Leisure, Lawn Risky Behavior 109 Bowling, Golf, Bicycling, Senior Softball, Quit Smoking 111 Fishing Licenses, Camping, Special Needs Recreation 2017-2018 SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SENIOR RESOURCE DIRECTORY 3 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Central Coast Commission for Senior Citizens-Area Agency on Aging (AAA), the sponsor of the Santa Barbara County Senior Resource Directory, is a non-profit organization responsible for allocatingThe federal and state dollars to local agencies to advance the development of a ‘senior friendly’ community throughout Santa Barbara County Services provided are funded by the Older Americans Act This Act is designed to strengthen our community’s ability to address the needs of its older persons and the caregivers of older persons The Area Agency on Aging is the local organization designated to utilize the limited state and federal funds to address local needs The AAA is committed to the development of a home- and community-based system of care that will: 1 Secure and maintain maximum independence and dignity in a home environment for older persons capable of self care and appropriate supportive services; 2 Remove individual and social barriers to economic and personal independence for older persons; 3 Develop a continuum of care for the vulnerable elderly We are thankful to the organizations and businesses listed below for their generous financial support This Direc- tory would not be possible without their support In addition to the community’s financial support many individuals reviewed and updated the text of the Direc- tory This task can be quite laborious and I would like to extend a special thanks to those individuals who helped make the information as accurate as possible Additionally, the information from the Senior Resource Directory is available on the AAA home page (www centralcoastseniors org) This will permit you to secure updates from the home page and provide us with an- other communication tool Please let me know your suggestions to improve this directory A survey is enclosed for this purpose or just contact me TheSanta Barbara County Senior Resource Directory is a community project with many people sharing their ex- pertise and resources to help professionals, family members and older adults acquaint themselves with the many resources available within our community Your generosity is greatly appreciated joyce ellen lippman Area Agency on Aging Financial Support provided by: Review and Updates provided by: At Home Senior Services Liv Home Dallas Atkins, Attorney at Law CAC Senior Nutrition Program Lompoc Skilled Nursing & Rehab Jason Bryan, City of Santa Barbara Central Coast Home Health Lompoc Valley Community Arlene Diaz, Public Administrator, County of Santa Barbara Dallas Atkins Health Organization Mac Johnson, Home Instead David Turpin Maravilla Susan Klein-Rothschild, County Department of Public Health Family Services Agency Caregiving Meridian of Lompoc Patty Low, Santa Barbara County Department of Social Services Family Services Agency Senior Expo Merrill Gardens GranVida Senior Living Quinn Fiduciary Services Petra Lowen, Independent Living Resource Center Help Unlimited Sansum Clinic Cynthia McNulty, Family Services Agency of Santa Barbara HICAP Senior Connection Julie Posada, Health Insurance Counseling & Advocacy Program Senior Planning Services Home Choices for Mom and Dad Justin Redmond, Channel Islands Fiduciary Group Sharon Kennedy Estate Management Home Helpers Margaret Weiss, Sansum SMOOTH Home Instead Jeanne M. West, DASH Hummel Village Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care Josette Fast, Physical Therapist 4 2017-2018 SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SENIOR RESOURCE DIRECTORY INTRODUCTION he Central Coast Commis- determine which could be helped by and “General Powers of Attorney” sion for Senior Citizens, Area community services Most nonprofit are legal documents allowing an indi- Agency on Aging is delighted agencies provide informal informa- vidual to act for another person Both Tto present the 2017/18 Santa Barbara tion and referral documents can be used only for spe- County Senior Resource Directory If there is more than one problem, de- cific reasons which are defined by law Santa Barbara County residents have fine each problem individually Often, Investigate before you proceed access to a variety of services It is not no one agency can provide the com- Waiting Lists/Denials necessarily easy determining what plete scope of services you need You So you determine you’re eligible for services you or a loved one may need may obtain different services from a particular service and it will best and equally difficult locating the ap- various agencies meet your needs, the next question is: propriate service agency We wish When can the service begin? the Santa Barbara Senior Resource Finding an Agency to Directory would answer all of your Assist You Our advice? If there is a waiting list, questions We know it cannot It is This Directory can help narrow down