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Throughout her storied career, A lo largo de su trayectoria Gloria Estefan has remained true to legendaria, Gloria Estefan se ha both her roots and artistic vision. mantenido fiel tanto a sus raíces On The Standards, her 27th album, como a su visión artística. En The both aspects come into play. Standards, su vigésimo-séptimo álbum, estas dos cualidades están “It’s been on my back-burner for muy presentes. a long time,” says Estefan of the ambitious project, which she co- Esta propuesta ambiciosa “la he produced with Grammy-winning dejado en suspenso desde hace pianist, producer/arranger Shelly mucho tiempo,” según Estefan. Berg, and husband Emilio, a 19- La produjo en conjunto con el time Grammy-winning producer.“I pianista, productor y arreglista grew up listening to Frank Sinatra, ganador del Grammy, Shelly Berg; Johnny Mathis, Henry Mancini and y con el ganador de 19 premios great romance recording artists in Grammy, su esposo Emilio. “Crecí Mexico and Cuba,” she continues, escuchando a Frank Sinatra, “so this genre is right up my alley.” Johnny Mathis, Henry Mancini y a grandes artistas románticos en Indeed, the Havana-born Estefan México y en Cuba,” dice Estefan, had already recorded classic pop quién nació en La Habana. “Este songs from the American Songbook, género es ideal para mí.” and with two of its greatest exponents: She sang “Come Rain Desde luego, esta cantante y Or Come Shine” opposite Sinatra compositora ya se había acercado on his 1993 Duets album, and just al Cancionero Americano al lado last year performed “Who Can de dos de sus exponentes más I Turn To (When Nobody Needs grandes: cantó “Come Rain Or Me)” with Tony Bennett on his Viva Come Shine” con Frank Sinatra en Duets disc. Throughout her career, su álbum Duets (1993) y apenas el Estefan has also had the distinct año pasado interpretó “Who Can honor to collaborate on classic I Turn To (When Nobody Needs recordings with musical icons Me)” con Tony Bennett en su disco including Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Viva Duets. Durante su carrera, Domingo, BB King and Jose Carreras. Estefan también ha tenido el Now with her latest project, this honor de colaborar en grabaciones musical chameleon takes on THE memorables con íconos musicales STANDARDS in classic style. de la talla de Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo, BB King y José Estefan waited until now to do Carreras. Ahora con su nuevo a standards album in order to get proyecto, este camaleón de la

6 For Resource Information call 855-455-PLUS (7587) “enough life under my belt,” she música realiza THE STANDARDS says, since the repertoire includes con estilo atemporal. torch songs like “Good Morning Heartache” and “They Can’t Take Estefan esperó mucho tiempo That Away From Me,” that require para hacer un álbum de clásicos… life experience to give them hasta “haber contado con credibility. primaveras suficientes,” afirma, porque su repertorio incluye Life experience, of course, is what canciones llenas de sentimiento Estefan has plenty of, and aside from como “Good Morning Heartache” y listening to the standards since “They Can’t Take That Away From childhood, The Standards does in Me,” que requieren vivencias para fact take her all the way back to the entregarlas con la credibilidad origins of her singular career as an adecuada. international artist. Con su vida extraordinaria, Dinah Washington’s classic 1959 Estefan sí puede contar con

Please visit our website at www.55plusmag.us 7 bastantes vivencias. Además de haber escuchado estos temas desde su infancia, Estefan también da un paseo nostálgico por los comienzos de su internacionalización con este álbum The Standards.

El éxito contundente “What A Difference A Day Makes” (1959) interpretado por Dinah Washington y de la autoría de la mexicana María Grever, fue la primera canción que la joven Estefan cantó con Miami Latin Boys, el grupo que luego se convertiría en el legendario Miami Sound Machine. Ahora está entre los temas inolvidables de The Standards. “La canté el 25 de octubre del 1975, en mi primera actuación oficial,” ella recuerda. “Pero la montamos al estilo disco y pop hit “What A Difference A Day fue un gran éxito en aquel género Makes” was the very first song durante esa época. Por esa razón la Estefan sang with Miami Latin elegí. Ahora tiene un ritmo lento, Boys, the group that became the siendo fiel a su versión original.” legendary Miami Sound Machine. It is now among the unforgettable Otra vez invoca a Miami Sound pop standards included on The Machine cuando cita “Good Standards. “I sang it on October Morning Heartache,” la balada 25, 1975, at my first official gig,” asociada con Billie Holiday. “Esta es she recalls. “But we did it in disco la primera canción que grabamos form and it was a big hit in disco at para las sesiones del disco, y la that time. I chose it for that reason. hice a propósito porque completa Here it’s a slow version as originally el círculo para mí: la canté hace intended.” 30 años cuando Miami Sound Machine actuó en The Tonight She invokes Miami Sound Show de Johnny Carson—cuando Machine again in citing “Good también cantamos ‘Conga’ [1985, Morning Heartache,” the torch song el primer éxito internacional so associated with Billie Holiday. del grupo]. ¡Johnny Carson nos “It’s the first song we recorded for halagó mucho! Es una balada que the album, and I did it purposely me encanta cantar porque está because it represents coming around cargada de dolor, pero al mismo full circle for me: I sang it 30 years tiempo te resignas a aceptar cómo ago when Miami Sound Machine van a estar las cosas de aquí en was on Johnny Carson’s Tonight adelante.” Show—when we sang [the group’s 1983 breakthrough hit] ‘Conga.’ He “What A Difference A Day

8 For Resource Information call 855-455-PLUS (7587) was so complimentary! It’s a torch Makes,” la cual Estefan también song I love singing because there’s cantó con Miami Sound Machine, so much pain in it, but at the same dio impulso a The Standards time you’re resigning yourself to the cuando ella la cantó el año pasado way things are going to be.” con Berg – quién también ha producido y arreglado a artistas “What A Difference A Day Makes,” grandes como Patti Austin, Elliot which Estefan also covered with Smith y Arturo Sandoval – en una Miami Sound Machine, gave cena del consejo de administración impetus to The Standards when de la Escuela de Música Frost en la she performed last year with Berg - Universidad de Miami, donde el who has produced and arranged for funge como rector. artists including Patti Austin, Elliot Smith and Arturo Sandoval - at a “Nos sentamos al piano nada trustee dinner at the University of más para divertirnos y me pidió Miami Frost School of Music, where cantarla,” ella recuerda. “Un par Berg serves as dean. de meses más tarde, yo le traje una lista de 50 clásicos que me “We sat at the piano just for fun llegaron personalmente y que me and he asked me to sing it,” she encantaron, los elegí con el corazón recalls. “Then a few months later, I y por lo que siento. Hicimos una brought him a list of 50 standards sesión y ¡me dio tentación editar that spoke to me personally that I algunos de ellos ahí mismo!” loved, that I chose by my heart and what I feel. We did a session and I Acabaron grabando 16 canciones would have released a few of them en vivo dentro del estudio a lo largo right then and there!” de cuatro días, rara vez requiriendo más de dos tomas vocales. “Cada They ended up recording 16 songs paso se desenvolvió así como debía live in the studio in four days, rarely ser cuando el cosmos te ayuda a needing more than two vocal takes. realizarlo,” afirma. “Pasamos el “Every step just unfolded the way verano intercambiando maquetas, it should be when the cosmos help y luego le dije que quería grabarlas you make it happen,” she continues. en vivo con todos los músicos “We went through the summer conmigo en el estudio, a la antigua. sending demos back and forth, Sucede algo mágico con los músicos and then I told him I wanted to do cuando grabamos juntos en vivo. them live in the studio—old style: Las ondas del sonido, la energía Something magical happens with física de los músicos en el estudio. musicians when you record together Eso no puede suceder cuando estás live. The sound waves, the physical sola en cabina y los demás ya se energy of players in the room. That han ido.” can’t happen when you’re alone in a booth when everyone else is gone.” Entonces muchas veces su primera toma era su preferida. Some of Estefan’s favorite takes, “Durante el primer par de tomas then, were first ones. “The first no estás pensando, se trata de pura couple takes you’re not thinking, emoción desbordándose y estás and it’s just emotion coming out and cantando con el corazón,” dice.

Please visit our website at www.55plusmag.us 9 El proceso también ayudó a formar un álbum con identidad propia. “Queríamos que este álbum tuviera una sensación íntima. Un par de canciones tienen arreglos hermosos de orquesta, los cuales fueron grabados el día siguiente. Le dije a Shelly que queria hacer un álbum que no tuviera ni siquiera una nota de más, con una riqueza de arreglos para que se sintiera muy íntimo. ¡Y él superó todas mis expectativas!”

The Standards se destaca no solamente por su producción con toque personal, sino también por los colaboradores invitados. you’re singing from the heart,” she Su interpretación de “Smile” de says. la autoría de Charlie Chaplin, cantada a dúo con la cantante The process also made for an y compositora italiana Laura album with its own identifiable Pausini, es especialmente notable. character. “We wanted the album “Esta canción siempre me ha hecho to have an intimate feel. A couple llorar,” dice. “Charlie Chaplin pasó songs have very beautiful orchestral su vida haciendo reír y sonreír a arrangements, which were recorded la gente, y es una de las canciones the following day, but I told Shelly I que te rompen el corazón. wanted to do an album without an Grabarla fue sobrecogedor porque extraneous note, with an economy of Michael Jackson hizo una versión music so it would be really intimate. fenomenal, al igual que Natalie He did that and then some!” Cole. Hay tantas versiones. Quería aportarle mi propia sensibilidad Besides the intimate production, porque ha sido tan especial para mí, The Standards stands out for y Laura Pausini es extraordinaria.” Estefan’s duet partners. The duet with Italian pop singer-songwriter Tomando en cuenta sus Laura Pausini on Charlie Chaplain’s aficionados en todo el mundo, “Smile” is especially noteworthy. Estefan escribió versiones de “This song always made me cry,” she “Smile” en español (“Sonríe”) y la says. “Charlie Chaplain spent his life canta tanto en español como en making people smile and laugh and italiano (“Sorridi”). Haciendo lo it’s one of the songs that breaks your mismo pero en sentido contrario, heart. Recording it was daunting escribió letra en inglés por primera because Michael Jackson did a vez de la canción inolvidable del phenomenal version, so did Natalie brasileño Antonio Carlos Jobim Cole. There are so many versions. I “Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar” (“It’s wanted to bring my own sensitivity You I’ll Always Love”) y también la to it because it means so much to cantó en francés (“Tu Sais Je Vais

10 For Resource Information call 855-455-PLUS (7587) me—and Laura Pausini is amazing.” T’Aimer”), pues estudió ese idioma en el colegio. Minding her worldwide fan base, Estefan actually composed “Smile” Estefan se acercó a estos in Spanish (“Sonríe”) and sings in clásicos con ideas frescas. “En both Spanish and Italian (Sorridi). ‘They Can’t Take That Away From Reversing the feat, she wrote English Me,’ por ejemplo, la grabamos lyrics for a first-ever English version de una manera completamente of Antonio Carlos Jobim’s Brazilian diferente de lo que se había hecho classic “Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar” anteriormente, un ritmo 6/8, con (the English version titled “It’s You un bajo casi afro-cubano,” dice. I’ll Always Love”) and also sang it in Sus interpretaciones reflejan la French (“Tu Sais Je Vais T’Aimer”), personalidad única que infunde having studied French in school. toda la música de Gloria Estefan.

On all the selections, she brought Otro ejemplo es el tesoro de along fresh ideas in presenting the Fred Astaire “The Way You Look much-covered standards. “On ‘They Tonight.” Ella nota que estas Can’t Take That Away From Me,’ grandes canciones románticas for instance, we did it completely fueron elegidas para crear “un different from what anybody’s ambiente sexy y romántico” a done - kind of a 6/8, almost Afro- través del disco. Califica a “What Cuban bass feel,” she says. Her a Wonderful World” como “una de interpretations further reflected the las composiciones más hermosas distinct personality that infuses all de todos los tiempos” porque nos of Estefan’s music. ofrece “una forma maravillosa de ver la vida…no importa lo que Holding up another Fred Astaire sucede, vivimos en un mundo gem “The Way You Look Tonight” bello.” as another example, she notes that great love songs were picked to Lo mismo sucede con “Young establish a “sexy, romantic feeling” At Heart,” otro clásico que ha sido and mood running through the grabado muchas veces pero que es entire album. “What a Wonderful asociado más cercanamente con World,” which she calls “one of the Frank Sinatra. “¡Es mi mantra!” most beautiful songs ever written,” afirma. “Así como muchas otras also offers “such a wonderful way canciones. Por ejemplo, ‘Smile’ of looking at life: Regardless of how expresa la forma en que miro a it gets, it’s a beautiful world we live mi alrededor. Con tu perspectiva in.” en la vida creas la realidad en tu entorno. (El productor) Quincy So does “Young At Heart,” Jones tiene 80 años y todavía le another much-covered standard emociona la vida. Mi esposo es el most associated with Sinatra. mismo niño de 22 años a quién “It’s my mantra!” she says. “But a hace mucho tiempo conocí, y lo lot of songs are my mantra, like respeto. Sigue siendo el amor de mi ‘Smile’ expresses the way I look at vida y él sigue sintiéndose como un everything: Your perspective in niño todos los días. Nunca se le ha life is how you create your reality hecho costumbre. No toma nada

Please visit our website at www.55plusmag.us 11 around you. Quincy Jones is almost por sentado y trabaja duro, sigue 80 and still has excitement about todos los días de buen humor y life. My husband is still the 22-year- estado de ánimo, y dando la lucha.” old kid he was when I met him, and I respect that. He’s still the love of Y hablando de su esposo Emilio, my life and continues to feel like a quién también fungió como co- kid every day. It’s never gotten old productor de The Standards, for him: He doesn’t take anything él tiene mucho que ver con la for granted and works hard and inclusión de la canción “El Día Que continues every day in great humor Me Quieras” del ídolo argentino and mood and gets out there and Carlos Gardel, de la cual Estefan fights the fight.” escribió la primera traducción al inglés (“The Day You Say You Love And speaking of husband Me”). “¡Fue la canción de mi boda Emilio, who also co-produced The que bailamos Emilio y yo!” nos Standards, Argentinean idol Carlos relata. “Quería grabarla. Nunca Gardel’s “El Dia Que Me Quieras,” había sido realizada en inglés. for which Estefan wrote a first-ever Antes de hacer el disco, escribí la English translation (“The Day You traducción. Estaba tan inspirada y Say You Love Me”), has very special quería acercarme a las intenciones significance. “It was the wedding del autor lo más posible. ¡Siempre song that my husband and I danced es bonito cuando puedes escribir to!” she relates. “I wanted to record un clásico!” it. It was never done in English. Before we started doing the record, Con The Standards, cumple I was so inspired that I wrote the con muchos pendientes. “No soy translation, which I wanted it to be intérprete de jazz, aunque me as close to the author as possible. encanta el género,” afirma. “Pero en It’s always nice when you can write fin, producimos un álbum íntimo y a standard!” balanceado entre el jazz y el pop. Posiblemente los seguidores de mi With The Standards album, música pop no conozcan todas las Estefan comes full circle. “I’m not canciones, ¡pero disfrutarán de a jazz singer, though I love the esta música tan buena!” • genre,” she notes. “But in the end, we produced an intimate kind of Para más información, album that rides a fine line between visite www.gloriaestefan.com a jazz record and a pop record. My pop following may not know all the songs, but they will still enjoy such good music!” •

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14 For Resource Information call 855-455-PLUS (7587) However, financial assistance can limpieza, lavandería, transporte y be found through the Veteran’s actividades sociales. Administration, Long Term Care La mayoría de las instalaciones Insurance, and state programs, if son pagas privadamente. Sin certain requirements are met. embargo, la asistencia financiera se puede encontrar a través de Overall, the best way to describe la Administración de Veteranos, Assisted Living is to think of it as a Seguro de Cuidado a Largo Plazo, bridge between living at home and y los programas estatales, si se living in a Skilled Nursing Facility. cumplen ciertos requisitos. Assisted Living has a residential En general, la mejor manera de focus with a home-like environment describir Assisted Living es pensar while a Nursing Home is primarily a que es como un puente entre vivir medical institution. en casa y vivir en un centro de enfermería especializada. Assisted Placement Counselors has been Living tiene un enfoque residencial helping families find placement con un ambiente hogareño, for their loved ones since 1999. We mientras que un hogar de ancianos provide experienced counselors who es principalmente una institución have been in the healthcare field for médica. over 20 years and are knowledgeable Los consejeros han estado in all aspects of placement including ayudando a las familias a all financial programs available. encontrar la ubicación de sus seres queridos desde 1999. Ofrecemos On a personal note…….. asesores experimentados que han Many families feel they want to estado en el campo de la salud keep their loved one “at home” for desde hace más de 20 años y son as long as possible. The truth is, expertos en todos los aspectos en keeping them home may not be in hogares altenativos e incluso para their best interest. If left at home todos los programas financieros alone or with just one caregiver for disponibles. only a few hours a day, Mom or Dad En una nota personal ...... will not get the social interaction Muchas familias sienten que they need. quieren mantener su ser querido “en casa” por el tiempo que sea The most important thing is to posible. A veces, dejarlos en casa never compromise the care of your puede no ser la major opción. Si loved one. If being “home” can no se deja a la persona sola en casa longer provide the adequate care o con un cuidador por unas pocas physically and emotionally, then horas al día, su ser querido no it’s time to give them what they logrará la interacción social que are so deserving of………a carefully necesita. Lo más importante es no chosen Assisted Living Facility. • comprometer el cuidado de su ser querido. Si en su “hogar” usted no puede darle la atención adecuada física y emocional, entonces es el momento de darle a su ser querido See Ad In Page 13 lo que se merece... Un Centro de cuidado seleccionado con la ayuda de un profesional. •

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For Baby Para los baby boomers que están Boomers who are llegando lentamente hacia su inching toward cumpleaños número 65, tome nota: their 65th la inscripción a Medicare esta a la birthday, take vuelta de la esquina. note: Medicare enrollment is Pero antes de elegir su plan, darse just around the cuenta de que elegir es importante. corner. Tomar la decisión de inscripción equivocada puede costar tiempo, But before you pick your plan, dinero y frustración innecesaria. realize the choice is an important one. Making the wrong enrollment Si usted está pensando en elegir decision could cost you time, money un plan de Medicare Advantage, and unneeded frustration. es necesario tener mucho cuidado al elegir un plan que sea el mejor If you are thinking about picking a para usted. En primera instancia, Medicare Advantage plan, you need aquí van cinco errores a evitar. to be extremely careful to pick a plan that is best for you. As a primer, 1. Juzgando los planes here are five mistakes to avoid. solamente por su prima. Tome nota de cualquier gasto adicional 1. Judging plans by the premium fuera de su propio bolsillo, como el only. Take note of any additional deducible, coseguro y copagos para out-of-pocket expenses, such los servicios que va a utilizar. He as the deductible, coinsurance, aquí un ejemplo que puede ayudar and copayments for services you a que usted imagine su propia will use. Here’s an example that situación: might help you envision your own George sospecha que va a situation: necesitar un reemplazo de rodilla George suspects he will need a en un futuro próximo. Debe revisar knee replacement in the near future. los servicios que va a usar. Un plan He must check out the services de prima cero tiene un copago he will use. A zero-premium plan máximo para el tratamiento has a maximum copayment for ambulatorio de $ 225 por visita. Un outpatient therapy of $225 per visit. plan con una prima mensual de $ A plan with a monthly premium of 25 cuesta un máximo de $ 45 por $25 charges a maximum of $45 per visita. visit.

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22 For Resource Information call 855-455-PLUS (7587) ASSISTED LIVING Emeritus at Boynton Bch Renaissance GREENACRES FACILITIES 8220 Jog Rd 1050 SW 24th Ave Arbor Oaks CASAS DE 561.733.3200 160 954.360.7667 240 3400 Jog Rd ASISTENCIA 561.432.4700 97 Homewood Residence Willow Bay AVENTURA 2400 S Congress Ave 4001 Hillsboro Blvd Pacifica Imperial Club (954.975.6777 101 954.426.9700 100 4760 Jog Rd 2751 NE 183rd St 561.434.0434 70 305.935.1801 230 Parkside Inn DELRAY BEACH 1613 SW 3rd St Arden Courts HALLANDALE Sterling Aventura 561.734.1616 38 16150 Jog Rd Seaside Retirement 2777 NE 183rd St 561.498.5552 56 2091 S. Ocean Dr 305.918.0000 168 Pointe at Newport Place 954.457.0100 94 4733 NW 7th Ct Grand Villa East Vi at Aventura 561.586.2989 93 14555 Sims Rd HIALEAH 19333 W Country Club Dr 561.496.1111 170 Adam Home 888.378.9625 26 Rustic Retreat Retirement 158 W 8th St 1120 N Federal Hwy Grand Villa West 305.884.1961 19 BOCA RATON 561.737.5887 30 5859 Heritage Parkway Atrium 561.499.7744 119 Alpha & Omega Facility 1080 NW 15 St COCONUT CREEK 410 E 24th St 561. 750.7555 160 Homewood Residence Homewood Residence 305.691.6335 48 4175 West Sample Road 8020 W. Atlantic Ave Brighton Gardens 954.975.6399 104 561) 498-0134 94 Care & Love Retirement 6347 Via De Sonrisa Del 642 E 21st St Sur CORAL SPRINGS FORT LAUDERDALE 305.885.4978 20 561.394.6385 155 Harborchase Broward House 2975 NW 99 Ave 417 SE 18th CT Charity Care Five Star Premier 954) 255-5557 120 954.552.4749 60 461 E 31 St Residences 305.693.6211 20 22601 Camino Del Mar Park Summit Fort. Laud. Retirement 877.269.9553 75 8500 Royal Palm Blvd 420 SE 12th Ct Christian Home 954-752-9500 72 954.524.3312 81 34 W 14 St Homewood Residence 305.888.6356 21 9591 Yamato Rd DANIA BEACH Horizon Retirement 561.477.8808 88 Billmar Gardens 1490 NW 21 St Courtyard Manor 380 S Federal Hwy 954.523.1543 47 140 W 28 St JARC-RALES 954.921.6577 26 305.863.0002 86 9832 Yamato Rd Kelly’s ALF 561.477.6181 32 Willow Manor Retirement 1441 NW 20th St Divine Living 150 Stirling Rd 954.524.2867 33 70 E 21 St Oakbridge Terrace 954.920.1988 165 305.888.0779 76 23305 Blue Water Cir New River Villas 561.368.5600 51 davie 408 SE 7th Ave Epworth Village God'S V.I.P. Senior 954.462.4445 35 Retirement Community Oakbridge Terrace 4681 SW 66 Ave 5300 W 16th Ave 6051 S Verde Trl 954.581.9111 20 Royal Palm Sr. Res. 305.556.3500 125 561.487.6200 40 5121 NE 19th Ave Victoria Villa 954.491.4041 34 Family Rest Home Veranda Club 5151 SW 61 Ave 182 W 9th St 6061 Palmetto Cir N 954.791.8881 44 Safe Harbour 305.887.8095 40 561.386.2122 49 1320 SW 26 St DEERFIELD Beach 954.524.7233 35 Flamingo Park Whitehall Boca Raton Emeritus at Deer Creek 3051 E 4 Ave 7300 Del Prado S 2403 W Hillsboro Blvd Towers Retirement Home 305.693.2700 72 561.392.3000 18 954.426.3800 145 824 SE 2ndSt 954.463.4973 80 Happiness Care II BOYNTON BEACH Forum at Deercreek 1105 W 2 Ave Barrington Terrace 3001 Deer Creek Country Villa Rio Vista 305.885.9090 30 1425 S Congress Ave Club Blvd 1115 SE 6th Terr 561.369.7919 125 954.698.6269 65 954.763.1044 50 Hetery Home 825 SE 7th Ave Emeritus Boynton Village Horizon Club Willow Wood 305.889.1166 16 1935 S Federal Hwy 1216 S. Military Tri 2855 W Commercial Blvd 561.736.2424 127 954.481.2304 68 954.739.4200 110

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La Hacienda Gdns South Hialeah Manor Midtown Manor Lake Worth 75 E 7 St 240 E 5th St 2001 Polk St Crest Manor 305.883.1028 48 305.887.4965 67 954.927.2001 105 504 Third Ave S 561.585.4695 52 Modelo Health Care Sun Village North Lake Ret. Home 3601 W 11th Ave 1350-60 W 31st St 1222 N 16th Ave The Village 305.364.7611 21 305.823.8963 29 954.922.2643 114 1800 South Dr 561.588.4333 150 Nursing Love & Care Sunshine Adult Center Nova Palms 1045 W 23rd St 180 W 13th St 1600 Taft St Lantana 305.883.1915 19 305.885.2358 19 954.362.3487 35 Anguilla Cay 1021 N Ridge Rd Oasis Home - Elderly Sunshine Adult Center II Peninsula 561.585.0109 38 33 W 26th St 170 W 13th St 5100 W Hallandale Beach 305.934.8770 19 305.885.2358 19 954.893.7755 200 Atlantis Assisted Living 6026 Old Congress Our Dream Retirement Hollywood Presidential Place 561.966.3232 70 1630-40 Palm Ave Avalon Park 3880 S Circle Dr 305.887.4141 42 604 N 62 Ave 954.894.0059 118 Atria Meridian 954.981.4822 60 3061 Donnelly Dr Palm Breeze ALF Sheridan Manor 561.965.7200 104 1045-55 Palm Ave Azalea Gardens AL 2415 N 20 Ave 305.883.8376 61 1701 Mayo St 954.929.7505 40 Carlisle PB 954.921.5990 35 450 E Ocean Ave Pavilion Gardens Homestead 561.533.9440 75 71 W. 30 St Buckingham Place Homestead Manor 305.884.5613 40 1845 Garfield St 1330 NW 1st St Vi at Lakeside Village 954.921.1819 24 305.248.0271 18 2792 Donnelly Dr Professional Home Care I 877.244.6521 55 435 E 31st St Coolidge Palms Palace Gardens 305.696.7364 25 2057 Coolidge Street 1351 N Krome Ave Lauderdale Lakes 954 266 4015 81 305.247.0446 200 Oceanview Ret Professional Home Care II 3091 NW 43 St 447 E 31st St Emerald Park Sara Home Care 954.777.5167 28 305.696.7364 15 5770 Stirling Rd 29100 SW 172nd Ave 954.987.5400 100 305.246.4034 16 St Joseph’s Residence Renancer 3485 NW 30th St 115 W 5th St Five Star Premier Jupiter 954.739.1483 80 305.884.0611 22 Residences Allegro at Abacoa 2480 North Park Road 1031 Community Dr Lauderhill Revival Home 954.989.8008 224 561.253.8161 80 Andre Retirement Manor 68 W 7 St 5711-21 NW 28th St 305.887.0808 72 H Floridian Courtyard Gardens 954.485.3244 36 1831 Plunket St 1790 Indiancreek Dr W Salmo 23 Elder Care 954.925.8604 31 561.743.5966 100 Bridge at Inverrary 277 E 4th St 4291 Rock Island Rd 305.863.9623 24 Hollywood Beach Ret Mangrove Bay 954.486.2150 101 1722 Madison St 110 Mangrove Bay Way Sarai Home Care 954.923.1726 25 561.575.3123 60 Forest Trace 326 W 11 St 5500 NW 69th Ave 305.805.4847 17 Lincoln Manor St Joseph’s AL 954.572.1800 40 2144 Lincoln St 350 Bush Rd Senior’s Palace 954.922.1995 56 561.747.1135 100 Gena’s Retirement Home 1760 E 1st Ave 2233 NW 56th Ave 305.885.7733 34 Merriment Manor 954.733.9614 32 1835 Wilson St 954.921.4059 46

24 For Resource Information call 855-455-PLUS (7587) Lauderhill Family Care Coral Terrace ALF Miami Beach PARKLAND 5821 NW 28th St 6744 SW 22nd St Coral Sand Inn at Aston Gdns 954.777.0038 62 305.267.0073 44 7800 Abbott Ave 9423 Aston Ggns Ct 305.867.3232 30 954.323.0611 100 Lenox on the Lake Cutler Village 6700 W Commercial Blvd 10425 SW 212 St Hebrew Home of South Pembroke Park 954.741.6700 139 305.992.7672 26 Beach ALF Plaza at Pembroke Park 336 Collins Ave 3535 SW 52nd Ave Loving Care of Lauderhill East Ridge Ret. Village 305.672.6464 64 954.961.8111 144 5605 NW 27th Ct 19301 SW 87th Ave 954.733.1840 70 305.238.2623 60 Nightingale Manor Plantation 1753 Michigan Ave Covenant Village of Fla Loving Care II Eden Gardens ALF 305.538.1530 30 9211 W Broward Blvd 5640 NW 28th St 12221 W Dixie Hwy 954.472.2860 55 954.733.1840 39 305.893.2634 118 Miami Springs Fair Havens Center St Thomas Manor Courtyards at Inv Grand Court Lakes 201 Curtiss Pkwy 1110 SW 40th Ave 2801 NW 55th Ave 280 Sierra Dr 305.887.1565 60 954.583.3321 30 954.484.1960 85 305.654.5300 110 N. Miami Beach Five Star Premier Potter’s House Hazel Cypen Tower North Miami Ret Residences 5820 NW 27th Ct 5066 NE 2nd Ave 1595 NE 145 St 8500 West Sunrise Blvd 954.746.8584 16 305.762.3890 132 305.947.3416 50 954.635.6712 60

Margate Las Mercedes Home Livewell at Courtyard Pompano Beach Embassy Ret 3418 SW 23rd Ter 15520 NW 2nd Ave Amwil Assisted Living 6093 NW 9 Ct 305.441.0247 39 305.949.2626 120 840 SW 8th St 954.972.5600 35 954.943.4606 75 Maggie’s Ret. Home I Oakland Park Emeritus at Regency 7930 SW 11th St Good Hope Manor Atlantic Shores Ret. 5600 Lakeside Dr N 305.266.6762 24 2251 NW 29th Ct 1500 N Riverside Dr 954.974.6604 47 954.677.2900 100 954.941.7974 30 Merci’s Home Livewell at Coral Plaza 4291 SW 9th Ter Palms Villa Ret. Home Court at Palm Aire 5850 Margate Blvd 305.443.8294 16 2131 NW 28th St 2701 N Course Dr 954.970.0053 120 954.484.1350 21 954.975.8900 90 Palace at Kendall Margate Manor 11355 SW 84 St Paradise Manor Grand Court Village I 1189 W River Dr 305.270.7000 330 365 NW 43rd Ct 295 SW 4th Ave 954.972-.200 64 954.565.7049 30 954.942.3388 125 Pioneer Adult Residential VIP Care Pavilion 2166 SW 14th Ter Treemont on the Park Grand Court Village II 6810 Sw 7 St 305.856.5103 111 3881 NE 3rd Ave 459 Racetrack Rd 954.971.2286 111 954.563.0276 34 954.942.3388 80 Pointe of North Gables Miami 5890 SW 8th St Palm Beach Five Star Premier All America Adult CLF 305.266.0284 92 Gardens Residences 808 W 1ST Ave Chatsworth at PGA 1371 South Ocean Blvd 305.889.0808 100 Res. Plaza at Blue Lagoon 346 Hiatt Dr 954.943.1155 60 5617 NW 7th St 561.624.5650 42 Arcadia Manor 305.267.2227 350 John Knox Village of FL 1024-26 SW 19th Ave Inn at La Posada 840 Lakeside Cir 305.643.2571 32 River Villas 3600 Masterpiece Way 954.782.1300 64 560 NW 1 St 561.514.5000 88 Bay Oaks Home 305.542.6886 34 Lighthouse Inn North 435 NE 34th St Palms Edge ALF 3208 NE 11th St 305.573.4337 41 St Anne’s Residence 4201 Leo Ln 954.943.6318 42 11855 Quail Roost Dr 561.841.0055 65 Breezy Acres Ret. Living 305.252.4000 60 Lighthouse Inn South 1864 NW 175th St Prosperity Oaks 3305 SE 5th St 305.624.4901 65 Superior Living 11381 Prosperity FarmsRd 954.783.2317 33 820 SW 20 Ave 561.694.9709 126 Central palace Res 305.649.5835 34 M&M ALF 4491 SW 8 St 113 NE 7th St 305.445.3565 55 954.946.9699 38

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Sunset by the Sea Horizon Bay Vibrant RL Fountainview Windsor Court 420 N Riverside Dr 450 145 Executive Center Dr 3700 N Flagler Dr 954.788.8350 15 7650 University Dr 561.697.5500 74 561.842.1047 92 954.722.6314 103 Preserve at Palm Aire Garden Villas Wize Choice 3701 W McNab Road Lakeview Ret Res 912 N Olive Ave 2901 Broadway 954.970.2600 40 2304 NW 52 Ct 561.820.9946 16 561.271.8118 20 954.714.0064 24 Vizcaya by the Sea Golden Years ALF Wyndham House 1621 N Ocean Blvd Tequesta 321 W Blue Heron Blvd 417 Westwood Rd 954.782.6822 60 Clare Bridge ofTequesta 561.881.3583 26 561.832.6545 24 211 Village Blvd Princeton 561.748.3611 50 Howard House Wellington Sunny Hills of Homestead 131 W Blue Heron Blvd Nuvista Living 25268 SW 134th Ave Sterling House 561.848.0047 20 10334 Devonshire Blvd 305.258.2222 105 205 Village Blvd 561.366.6600 54 561.748.3611 55 Lourdes Pavilion Riviera Beach 311 S Flagler Dr Wellington Elder Care I Mills ALF Terrace Communities 561.650.8900 50 14097 Lily Ct 701 9th St 400 N US Highway 1 561.389.3503 21 561.863.0014 18 561.748.2299 106 Marriott Home Care 2700 Broadway WILTON MANORS Sunrise W. Palm Beach 561.659.3793 15 Independence Hall Emeritus at Springtree Arden Courts of WPB 1639 NE 26 St 4201 Springtree Dr 2330 Village Blvd Savannah Court 954.563.6232 125 954.572.4261 246 561.688.9999 56 2090 N Congress Ave 561.686.5100 114 Williamsburg Landing Westchester of Sunrise Carps 1776 NE 26 St 9701 W Oakland Park 3217 Broadway Seagull Place 954.566.1775 100 Blvd 561.844.5313 21 1233 Island Rd 954.572.4444 150 561.845.6210 24 Windsor Place City Walk Active 1850 NE 26 St Tamarac 534 Datura St St Mary’s ALF 954.565.5858 80 Active Senior Living 561.659.9330 200 7001 S Dixie Hwy 9057 NW 57th St 561.588.7677 37 954.721.1115 72 Heron’s Run 2939 S Haverhill Rd Terrace at WPB Harbor Chase Memory 561.963.8963 38 6300 Common Cir 6855 NW 70th Ave 561.697.3051 76 954.722.0212 116 Cresthaven East 5100 Cresthaven Blvd Tradition of the PB 561.964.2828 308 4880 Loring Dr 561.687.3005 72

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26 For Resource Information call 855-455-PLUS (7587) Associations County Medical Assn. Florida Bar-Elder Law American Parkinson Assn. ORGANIZACIONES 305.324.8717 850.561.5625 800.223.2732 Broward County Public Guardian Florida DCF Office on American Red Cross American Cancer Society 305.592.7642 Homelessness 800.733.2767 954.564.0880 850.922.4691 Epilepsy Foundation American Speech Broward County Dental 305.670.4949 Lupus Foundation of Language Hearing Association America Association (ASHA) 954.772.5461 Palm Beach 800.684.9276 800.638.8255 American Cancer Society American Diabetes Assn. 561.366.0013 National Kidney American Stroke Assn. 954.772.8040 Foundation 888.478.7653 American Diabetes Assn. 800.927.9659 American Heart Assn. 561.689.2746 American Urological Assn. 954.772.8100 Senior Legal Helpline 866.746.4282 American Heart Assn. 888.895.7873 American Lung Assn. 561.615.3888 Americans with Disabilities 954.524.4657 National Act 800.514.0301/TTY American Lung Assn. Administration on Aging 800.514.0383 American Parkinson Assn. 561.659.7644 202.619.0724 954.786.2305 Anxiety and Depression American Red Cross Alliance for Retired Association of America American Red Cross 561.833.7711 Americans 240.485.1001 954.797.3800 202.637.5399 Anti-Defamation League Arthritis Foundation Arthritis Foundation 561.988.2900 ALS Association 800.283.7800 954.616.1233 (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) Arthritis Foundation 202.407.8580 Asian American Justice County Medical Association 561.833.1133 Center 954.714.9477 Alzheimer’s Association 202.296.2300 County Medical Society 800.272.3900 Epilepsy Foundation 561.433.3940 Asian Pacific American 954.779.1509 Alzheimer’s Foundation Labor Alliance Epilepsy Foundation 866.232.8484 202.508.3733 Gilda’s Club 561.478.6515 954-763-6776 American-Arab Anti- Blinded Veterans Assn. Legal Aid Society Discrimination Committee 202.371.8880 Legal Aid Service 561.655.8944 202.244.2990 954.736.2400 Coalition for the Homeless Leukemia/Lymphoma AARP 202.462.4822 Leukemia/Lymphoma 561.775.9954 888.687.2277 954.744.5300 Epilepsy Foundation Palm Beach Dental Assn. American Cancer Society 800.332.1000 Mental Health Association 561.278.7551 800.227.2345 954-746-2055 League of United Latin State American Dental Assn. American Citizens National Multiple Sclerosis Agency for Healthcare 312.440.2500 202.833.6130 954-731-4224 Administration 888.419.3456 American Diabetes Assn. Leukemia/Lymphoma Senior Action in a Gay 800.342.2383 Society Environment – SAGE AARP 800.955.4572 954.634.7219 866.595.7678 American Heart Assn. 800.242.8721 Línea de Ayuda Hispana Miami-Dade American Lung Assn. Nacional Alliance for Aging 904.743.2933 American Institute for 800.473.3003 305.670.4357 Cancer Research (AICR) Brain Injury Assn. of Fla. 800.843.8114 Lupus Foundation of American Cancer Society 800.992.3442 America 305.594.4363 American Liver Foundation 800.558.0121 Coalition for the Homeless 212.668.1000 American Heart Assn. 877.205.0021 NAACP 305.856.1449 American Lung Assn. 877.622.2798 Compulsive Gambling 800.548.8252 American Red Cross 888.236.4848 305.644.1200

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National Alliance to End The Florida Initiative for Mental Health Association Henderson Mobile Crisis Homelessness Suicide Prevention, Inc of PBC Senior Services Response Team 202.638.1526 954.384.0344 561.832.3755 954.463.0911

National Alliance for Miami-Dade Ruth Rales Jewish Family Pride at Ft. Laud. Hospital Hispanic Health Aventura Cancer Center Service Bereavement 877.PRIDE.46 866.783.2645 305.682.2151 Support Groups 561.852.3333 SunServe Natl. Kidney Foundation Compassionate Friends 954.764.5557 800.622.9010 supporting family after a National child dies AARP Grief Support Tuesday’s Angels Natl. Multiple Sclerosis Soc 305.460.5762 866.797.2277 954.566.7686 800.344.4867 Good Shepherd Catholic Parents of Murdered Women in Distress Natl. Org. for Women Church Children 954.760.9800 202.628.8669 305.385.4320 888.818.7662 Miami-Dade Natl. Parkinson’s Found. Iglesia Ejecutive Bautista Compassionate Friends LGBT Suicide Awareness 800.327.4545 305.303.9498 supporting family after a Unit 305.646.3600 child dies National Substance Abuse Miami Temple Seventh 877.969.0010 Switchboard of Miami – 24 800.662.4357 Day Adventist Church Hour Helpline 305.223.2102 County Health 305-358-4357 Native American Rights Department 303.447.8760 Michael-Ann Russell Departamento Palm Beach Jewish Ctr de salud del Destiny by Choice, Inc. Bereavement 305.932.4200 condado 561.439.3145 grupos de apoyo Temple Bret Breira Broward Family Violence 305.595.1500 County Health Intervention Broward Department 561.355.1664 Cantor Senior Center Principe de Paz Ministerio 954.467.4700 954.742.2299 del Consuelo New Hope Anger 305.264.9059 Miami-Dade Management Compassionate Friends County Health Department 561.832.3828 supporting family after a Sacred Heart Catholic 305.324.2400 child dies Church Palm Beach Crisis Line 954.370.3446 305.247.4405 Palm Beach 561-547-1000 County Health Department Gay/Lesbian Bereavement Palm Beach 561.840.4500 State/National Support Group Alpert Jewish Family Florida Domestic Violence 954.463.9005 & Children’s Services Crisis Hotline Support Groups Intervention 800.500.1119 Gilda’s Club 561.684.1991 Intervención 954.763.6776 de Crisis National Domestic Catholic Charities, Violence Hotline Mental Health Assn. Diocese of PB Counseling Broward 800.799.7233 954.746.2055 Services BSO Baker Act Team 561.775.9560 954.765.4321 Dental NE Focal Point Senior Ctr. After Hours: 954.831.5846 Resources 954.480.4449 Center for Family Services Recursos of PBC Counseling Svcs. Crisis Line Dentales SE Focal Point Senior Ctr. 561.616.1222 954.761.1133 954.966.9805 Broward Holy Name of Jesus Hispanic Unity Broward College Dental SW Focal Point Senior Ctr. Church Support Group 954.964.8884 Clinic 954.450.6888 561.683.3555 954.201.6779

28 For Resource Information call 855-455-PLUS (7587) Broward County PBC Health Department Emergency Mgmt. Answer State Dental Association Belle Glade Dental Clinic 311 Elder Abuse Hotline 954.772.5461 561.996.1636 800.962.2873 Dade Emergency Mgmt. Ft. Lauderdale Health Delray Beach Dental Clinic 305.468.5400 Employment Center Dental Clinic 561.274.3111 Opportunities 954.467.4820 Palm Beach OportunidadES Lantana Dental Clinic American Red Cross de empleo Gulf Stream Living 561.547.6811 561.833.7711 Water Center Broward 954.965.0077 Pahokee Clinic P.B. Emergency Mgmt. AARP Srvcs Employment 561.924.0184 561.712.6400 954.563.2559 North Regional & Paul Hughes Health Centers WPB Dental Office State Positive Images 954.213.0638 561.514.5310 Florida Emergency Mgmt. 954.484.1824 850.413.9969 Nova Southeastern WPB Community Center Social Security Admin. 954.678.2273 561.840.8681 National Ticket to Work Federal Emergency Mgmt 866.968.7842 Miami-Dade Disability 800.621.3362 Camillus Health Parking Permits WorkForce One 305.577.4840 Permiso de Driver’s License Ft. Lauderdale estacionamiento Offices 954.677.5555 Community Health of S. Fla para licencias de Hollywood 305.253.5100 discapacitados manejo (oficina) 954.967.1010 Pompano Beach Community Smiles Prog. Broward Broward 954.969.3541 305.325.0510 Motor Vehicle Services Department of Highway 954.765.4697 Safety & Motor Vehicles Miami-Dade Fla. Donated Dental Svcs. 954.497.1570 AARP Senior Community 305.598.7080 Miami-Dade Service Employment Motor Vehicle Services Miami-Dade 305.476.5925 Helen B Bentley Family 850.617.2000 Department of Highway Health Ctr Safety & Motor Vehicles Senior Community Service 305.447.4950 Palm Beach 305.229.6333 Employment Program Motor Vehicle Services 305.871.2820 Jessie Trice Community 561.355.2264 Palm Beach Health Ctr Department of Highway Palm Beach 305.637.6400 Disaster Safety & Motor Vehicles AARP Srvcs Employment Preparedness 561.681.6333 561.471.9828 Miami-Dade Community & Emergency College Dental Hygiene Assistance State Workforce Alliance Program Preparación Department of Highway 561.340.1060 305.237.4142 para desastres Safety & Motor Vehicles y emergencias 850.617.2000 North Dade Health Center 786.466.1500 Broward National American Red Cross AARP Driver Safety Prog. Nova SE University Health 954.797.3800 888.227.7669 Care N. Miami 954.678.2273 Emergency Management Elder Abuse Division Abuso al Mayor UF College of Dentistry 954.831.3900 305.694.5400 Broward Hurricane Preparedness Senior Citizens Law Project Palm Beach Guide & Hurricane Hotline 954.736.2400 Caridad Health Clinic 954.831.4000 561.737.6336 Women in Distress Miami-Dade 954.760.9800 Palm Beach Community American Red Cross College Atlantic Coast Central Dade Miami-Dade Research Clinic 305.644.1200 Abuse Hotline 561.868.3747 North Dade 311 305.681.1066 South Dade Miami-Dade Elder Helpline 305.248.2024 305.670.4357 Please visit our website at www.55plusmag.us 29 The SheRifF’s Corner COMENTARIOS DEL SHERIFF Sheriff Scott J. Israel broward county, fl

As the Sheriff of Como el Sheriff del Condado de Broward County, Broward, estoy orgulloso de dirigir I am proud to el departamento más grande y lead the largest acreditado de nuestro país. La calidad fully accredited de nuestra agencia se basa no sólo en s h e r i f f ’ s las habilidades de nuestros empleados department in sino que sobre todo en su actitud. our nation. The La prevención del delito en nuestro quality of our país, sin embargo, es una tarea de la agency is built not comunidad y la Oficina del Sheriff de only on the skills Broward se centra en la detención de of our employees, la delincuencia y otros peligros para but the content of their character. la seguridad pública a través de la intervención como en la prevención a Crime prevention in our county, través de la educación. Con este fin, la though, is a community undertaking and BSO ofrece una variedad de programas the Broward Sheriff’s Office is focused not para que las personas mayores se only on stopping crime and other public acerquen a conocer y / o tomar un papel safety hazards through intervention but activo en la prevención del delito. preventing them through education. To this end, the BSO offers a variety La Academia de la Tercera Edad de of programs for seniors to become BSO ayuda a la población mayor de knowledgeable about and/or to take an Broward a reducir la posibilidad de la active role in crime prevention. delincuencia y mejora la calidad de vida a través de la experiencia compartida BSO’s Senior Citizens Academy helps de los profesionales encargados de Broward’s senior population reduce the hacer cumplir la ley. El curso instruye possibility of crime and improves quality sobre temas tales como el hogar y la of life through shared experience from seguridad personal, el maltrato y la law enforcement professionals. The prevención del fraude. course instructs on topics such as home and personal security, elder abuse, and También hay programas como fraud prevention. Seniors vs Crime, Posse de BSO y el Programa del Ciudadano Observador There are also volunteer programs (COP) voluntario. Los voluntarios en such as Seniors vs. Crime , BSO’s Posse estos programas trabajan juntos para and the Citizen Observer Program (COP). ayudar a la policía de las comunidades The volunteers in these programs work de patrullaje, trabajar en eventos together to assist law enforcement by especiales, y educar a otras personas patrolling communities, work special mayores, entre otras actividades events, and educate other seniors, among importantes. other important pursuits. Los esfuerzos de nuestros mayores The efforts of our seniors in these en estos programas no sólo previenen programs not only prevent crime, but also el delito, sino también fortalecer los strengthen the bonds of our community. lazos de nuestra comunidad. For more information, visit Para obtener más información, visite www.sheriff.org. • www.sheriff.org. •

30 For Resource Information call 855-455-PLUS (7587) Energy Gateway Comm. Outreach Wynwood Neighborhood Broward Meals on Wheels Assistance 954.725.8434 305.547.7661 954.731.8770 Asistencia para energía HOPE Outreach Center Palm Beach Cross Road Food Bank Eléctrica 954.321.0909 Adopt-A-Family 954.627.6900 561.253.1361 Broward Jewish Family Service David Posnack Jewish Water/Sewer Program 954.370.2140 American Red Cross Community Center 954.357.5800 561.833.7711 954.434.0499 Lighthouse Pt Outreach LIHEAP – Low Income 954.942.8080 Boca Helping Hands EASE Foundation Home Energy Assis. Prog. 561.417.0913 954.797.1077 954.357.5025 The Salvation Army 954.524.6991 Catholic Charities, Gateway Community FPL Customer Care 561.775.9560 Outreach 954.797.5000 Tuesday’s Angels 954.725.8434 954.566.7686 Center for Family Services NE Focal Point 561.616.1222 Hallandale Food Distrib. 954.480.4449 Miami-Dade 954.457.1460 American Red Cross Community Action Prog. NW Focal Point 305.644.1200 561.355.4726 Hope Outreach Center 954.973.0300 954.321.0909 Attapattah Neighborhood Community Caring Center SE Focal Point 305.547.4960 561.364.9501 Jubilee Ctr. of S. Broward 954.966.9805 954.920.0106 Catholic Charities Credi-bility SW Focal Point 305.754.2444 800.251.2227 Lifenet 4 Families 954.450.6888 954.792.2328 Community Action Farmworker Coordinating Tuesday’s Angels 305.884.4801 Council of PB County Manna – Share a Meal 954.566.7686 561.533.7227 954.475.0508 Culmer Neighborhood Ctr. Miami-Dade 305.438.4161 Volen Senior Center Sunrise Senior Center Low Income Home Energy 561.395.8920 954.746.3670 786.469.4600 Little River Neighborhood 305.758.9662 Division of Senior Services The Pantry of Broward FPL Customer Care 561.355.4750 954-358-1481 305.442.8770 Homestead Neighborhood 305.247.2068 Division of Veteran Srvcs Tuesday’s Angels Palm Beach 561.355.4761 954.566.7686 FPL Customer Care Frankie Shannon Rolle Ctr. 561.994.8227 305.446.3311 Jewish Family Service WeCare 561.852.3333 954.792.6700 Low Income Home Energy Goulds Community Center 561.355.4792 305.233.2121 Soc. of St. Vincent de Paul Miami-Dade 561.697.9699 Alliance for Aging Financial Liberty City Community Ctr 305.670.4357 Assistance 305.756.2830 The Salvation Army Asistencia 561.686.3530 CC Elder Services – Financiera Miami-Dade Elder Helpline Malcom Ross 305.670.4357 State 305.633.0462 Broward Fla. Dep. of Financial Svcs A New Horizon Credit Naranja Neighborhood Ctr. 877.693.5236 Community Action Counseling 305.258.5471 305.514.6071 800.556.1548 IRS Tax Helpline Opa-Locka Neighborhood 800.829.1040 De Hostos Senior Center American Red Cross 305.623.6500 305.573.6220 954.797.3800 Food Assistance Richmond Heights Center Asistencia para Farm Share Food Program Credit Counseling Inc 305.234.4927 alimentos 305.248.3006 954.825.0879 The Salvation Army Broward Jewish Community FCFH – Emergency 305.438.9066 Aging & Disability Services of South Florida Assistance Resource Center 305.576.6550 954.537.0211 954.745.9779

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55+.indd 1 2/22/2013 8:59:29 AM North Miami Foundation The Soup Kitchen, Inc. STATE Hollywood Housing Rehab 305.893.1450 561.732.7595 Florida Relay Service 954.921.3381 800.222.3448 S. West Social Services State 888.447.5620/TTY Home Touch Program 305.261.6202 Food Stamp Hotline 954.792.1180 866.762.2237 NATIONAL Palm Beach Hear Now Rebuilding Broward Adopt a Family Hearing 800.328.8602 Together 561.253.1361 Resources 954.772.9945 Asistencia Hearing Society Boca Helping Hands Ctr. Auditiva 800.521.5247 Miami-Dade 561.417.0913 Metro Dade Comm. Action Broward Home 305.884.4801 Boyton Beach Caring Ctr Accessible Comm (Deaf) Maintenance 561.364.9501 954.578.3081 Mantenimiento PALM BEACH de viviendas PBC Housing & Caridad Ctr for Hearing and Comm Community Development 561-737-6336 954.601.1930 Broward 561.233.3600 ponle Spanish flag TTY 954-601-1938 Broward Housing Solutions STATE Christian Care Center Miami-Dade 954.764.2800 Housing & Community 561.650.7400 Hearing and Speech Ctr Development 305.271.7343 Broward County Housing 850.717.8450 Helping Hands or 305.557.4764 Authority 561.432.2417 954-739-1114 PALM BEACH Deerfield Beach New Hope Charities, Inc. Deaf Service Center of 954-428-0678 561.924.7986 Palm Beach County Pompano Beach 561.802.3353 954-785-7200 Strive for Excellence Food 561.802.3351/TTY Dania Beach Pantry 954.920.9662 561.848.3142

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Hospitals Holy Cross Hospital University Hospital and Hialeah Hospital hospitales 4725 N Federal Hwy Medical Center 651 E 25th St Ft Lauderdale 7201 N University Dr Hialeah Broward 954.771.8000 Tamarac 305.693.6100 Atlantic Shores Hospital 954.721.2200 4545 N Federal Hwy Kindred Hospital Homestead Hospital Ft Lauderdale 1516 E Las Olas Blvd Westside Regional 975 Baptist Way 954.771.2711 Ft Lauderdale Medical Center Homestead 954.764.8900 8201 W Broward Blvd 786.243.8000 Broward Health Coral Plantation Springs Kindred Hospital 954.473.6600 Jackson Memorial Hospital 3000 Coral Hills Dr 1859 Van Buren St 1611 NW 12th Ave Coral Springs Hollywood Miami-Dade Miami 954.344.3000 954.920.9000 Anne Bates Leach Eye 305.585.6754 Hospital Broward Health Imperial Memorial Miramar 900 NW 17th St Jackson Memorial Hospital Point 1901 SW 172 Ave Miami North 6401 N Federal Hwy Miramar 305.326.6000 14701 NW 27th Ave Ft Lauderdale 954.538.5000 Miami 954.776.8500 Aventura Hospital 305.585.1111 Memorial Pembroke and Medical Center Broward Health Medical 7800 Sheridan St 20900 Biscayne Blvd Jackson South Community Center Pembroke Pines Aventura Hospital 1600 S Andrews Ave 954.962.9650 305.682.7000 9333 SW 152nd St Ft Lauderdale Miami 954.355.4400 Memorial Regional Baptist Hospital of Miami 305.251.2500 3501 Johnson St 8900 N Kendall Dr Broward Health North Hollywood Miami Kendall Regional Medical 201 E Sample Rd 954.987.2000 786.596.1960 Center Deerfield Beach 11750 Bird Rd 954.941.8300 Memorial South Cedars Medical Center Miami 3600 Washington St 1400 NW 12th Ave 305.223.3000 Cleveland Clinic Hospital Hollywood Miami 3100 Weston Rd 954.966.4500 305.325.5511 Kindred Hospital South Weston Florida 954.689.5000 Memorial West Coral Gables Hospital 5190 SW 8th St 703 N Flamingo Rd 3100 Douglas Rd Coral Gables Florida Medical Center Pembroke Pines Coral Gables 305.448.1585 5000 W Oakland Park Blvd 954.436.5000 305.445.8461 Ft Lauderdale Larkin Community Hospital 954.735.6000 Northwest Medical Center Doctors Hospital 7031 SW 62nd Ave 2801 N State Rd 7 5000 University Dr South Miami Ft Lauderdale Hospital Margate Coral Gables 305.284.7500 1601 E Las Olas Blvd 954.974.0400 305.666.2111 Ft Lauderdale Lower Keys Medical 954.463.4321 Plantation General Fishermen’s Hospital Center Hospital 3301 Overseas Highway 5900 College Rd HealthSouth Sunrise 401 NW 42nd Ave Marathon Key West Rehab Hospital Plantation 305.743.5533 305.294.5531 4399 Nob Hill Rd 954.587.5010 Sunrise Healthsouth Rehabilitation Mariners Hospital 954.749.0300 St Anthony’s Rehab Hosp. Hospital 91500 Overseas Highway 3487 NW 30th St 20601 Old Cutler Rd Tavernier Hollywood Pavilion Lauderdale Lakes Miami 305.434.3000 1201 N 37th Ave 954.739.6233 305.251.3800 Hollywood Mercy Hospital 954.962.1355 3663 S Miami Ave Miami 305.854.4400 34 For Resource Information call 855-455-PLUS (7587) Mount Sinai Medical Ctr St Catherine’s West Palm Hospital St Mary’s Medical Center 4300 Alton Rd Rehabilitation Hospital 2201 45th St 901 45th St Miami Beach 1050 NE 125th St West Palm Beach West Palm Beach 305.674.2223 N. Miami 561.842.6141 561.844.6300 305.357.1735 North Shore Medical Ctr Delray Medical Center VA Medical Center 1100 NW 95th St University of Miami 5352 Linton Blvd 7305 N Military Trail Miami Hospital & Clinics Delray Beach West Palm Beach 305.835.6000 1475 NW 12th Ave 561.498.4440 561.422.8262 Miami Palm Springs General 305.243.1000 Good Samaritan Medical Wellington Regional Hospital Center Medical Center 1475 W 49th St West Gables Rehab. 1309 N Flagler Dr 10101 Forest Hill Blvd Hialeah Hospital West Palm Beach Wellington 305.558.2500 2525 SW 75th Ave 561.655.5511 561.798.8500 Miami Palmetto General Hospital 305.262.6800 JFK Medical Center West Boca Medical Center 2001 W 68th St 5301 S Congress Ave 21644 State Road 7 Hialeah Westchester General Atlantis Boca Raton 305.823.5000 Hospital 561.965.7300 561.488.8000 2500 SW 75th Ave Pan American Hospital Miami Jupiter Medical Center Saint Lucie 5959 NW 7th St 305.264.5252 1210 S Old Dixie Hwy Lawnwood Regional Miami Jupiter Medical Center 305.264.1000 MARTIN 561.747.2234 1700 S 23rd St Martin Memorial Hospital Ft Pierce Select Specialty Hospital- South Lakeside Medical Center 772.461.4000 Miami 2100 SE Salerno Road 39200 Hooker Hwy 955 NW 3rd St Stuart Belle Glade St Lucie Medical Center Miami 772.223.2300 561.996.6571 1800 SE Tiffany Ave 305.416.5700 Port St Lucie Martin Memorial Medical Palm Beach Gardens 772.335.4000 Seasons Hospice & Center Medical Center Palliative Care 200 Hospital Ave 3360 Burns Rd Port St Lucie Hospital 5200 NE 2nd Ave Stuart Palm Beach Gardens 2550 SE Walton Road Miami 772.287.5200 561.622.1411 Port St Lucie 305.232.5433 772.335.0400 Palm Beach Palms West Hospital Sister Emmanuel Hospital Bethesda Memorial 13001 Southern Blvd for Continuing Care Hospital Loxahatchee 3663 S Miami Ave 2815 S Seacrest Blvd 561.798.3300 Miami Boynton Beach 305.285.2939 561.737.7733 SandyPines Hospital 11301 SE Tequesta Ter. South Beach Community Boca Raton Community Tequesta Hospital Regional 561.744.0211 630 Alton Rd 800 Meadows Rd Miami Beach Boca Raton 305.672.2100 561.395.7100

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Housing Miami Housing Auhtority Legal Services PALM BEACH Vivienda 305.532.6401 Servicios Family Mediation Services Legales 561.355.2739 Broward PCC Alternative Housing Browardassistedliving.us 305.931.0618 Broward Florida Rural Legal Svcs. by 55+ Broward County Bar Assn. Belle Glade 954.967.6191 Public Housing Agency 954.764.8040 561.993.0003 786.469.4100 West Palm Beach Broward County Housing Broward Consumer Affairs 561.820.8902 Authority PALM BEACH 954.765.4400 954.739.1114 Palmbeachassistedliving.us Legal Aid Society of Palm by 55+ Office Public Defender Beach County Broward House, Inc. 855.455.7587 954.831.8650 561.655 8944 954.522.4749 PBC Housing Authority Senior Intervention and PB Consumer Affairs Broward Housing Solutions 561.697.9615 Education Program 561.712.6600 954.764.2800 954.966.9805 Belle Glade Housing Auth. Office of the Attorney Gral. Deerfield Beach Housing 561.996.2140 Catholic Charities Legal 561.837.5000 Authority 800.691.7530 954.425.8449 Boca Raton Housing Auth. Office Public Defender 561.206.6200 Coast to Coast Legal Aid Central West Palm Beach Hollywood Housing Auth. 954.736.2400 561.355.7500 954.989.4691 Delray Bch. Housing Auth. Criminal Justice Complex 561.272.6766 Hispanic Unity 561.688.4610 Housing Authority of the 954.964.8884 North County Complex City of Fort Lauderdale Fair Housing Center of the 561.624.6560 954.525.6444 Greater Palm Beaches Legal Aid Service South County Complex 877.910.3247 954.765.8950 561.274.1522 Miramar Assisting Seniors West County Complex in their Homes (M.A.S.H.) Housing Partnership, Inc Office of the Attorney Gral 561.996.4880 954.899.2702 561.841.3500 954.712.4600 PB County Bar Association PCC Alternative Housing Pahokee Housing Auth. Miami-Dade 561.687.2800 954.965.2925 561.924.2506 ACLU – State HQ 305.740.5347 STATE Miami-Dade PBC Dep. of Housing & Banking Regulations Floridaassistedliving.us Community Development Catholic Charities Legal 850.410.9800 by 55+ 561.233.3600 305.373.1073 855.455.7587 Consumer Services PBC – Human Services Consumer Affairs 850.410.3800 Homestead Housing and Veterans Services 305.375.3677 Authority 561.355.4775 Florida Bar Association 305.247.0639 Dade Legal Aid Society 850.561.5600 PCC Alternative Housing 305.579.5733 Harbor House Special 561.329.4337 Florida Office of the Needs Housing Elder Helpline Attorney General 305.371.0722 WPB Housing Authority 305.670.4357 866.966.7226 561.655.8530 Hialeah Housing Authority Guardianship of Dade Insurance Regulations 305.888.9744 NATIONAL 305.592.7642 850.410.9500 Housing and Urban Housing and Urban Development Legal Services of Miami Seniors vs Crime Project Development 202.708.1112/TTY 305.576.0080 800.203.3099 305.536.5678 202.708.1455 Office of the Attorney Utility Commission Little Haiti Housing Assn. General 850.413.6100 305.759.2542 305.547.0671

36 For Resource Information call 855-455-PLUS (7587) LGBT Services PFLAG Broward Save Dade Gay & Lesbian Alliance Servicios para 954.540.3366 305.751.7283 Against Defamation la comunidad Gay 212.629.3322 Stonewall Library & The Wellness Center Broward Archives 954.568.0152 Gay & Lesbian National Broward House, Inc. 954.763.8565 Hotline 954.522.4749 PALM BEACH 888.843.4564 SunServe Compass Care Resource Ft Laud. 954.764.5150 561.533.9699 Human Rights Campaign 954.567.7141 800.777.4723 The Pride Center at Dignity Palm Beach Dignity Fort Lauderdale Equality Park 561.309.0088 Log Cabin Republicans 954.383.6389 954.463.9005 202.420.7874 MCC of Boynton Beach Dolphin Democrats Miami-Dade 561.733.4000 Metropolitan Community 866.478.8262 Care Resource Miami Church (MCC) 305.576.1234 MCC of the Palm Beaches 310.360.8640 Hollywood FL Center for 561.775.5900 Positive Living Empowering Spirits Fdn National Gay and Lesbian 954.929.8959 858.225.8700 Human Rights Council Taskforce 561.586.0203 202.393.5177 Lambda South Services Log Cabin Republicans 954.761.9072 786.443.9875 PFLAG Palm Beach Parents, Families, and 561.716.9464 Friends of Lesbians and Log Cabin Republicans National Gay & Lesbian Gays (PFLAG) 954.566.4156 Task Force STATE 202.467.8180 305.571.1924 Equality Florida MCC Fort Lauderdale 813.870.3735 Senior Action in a Gay 954.462.2004 PFLAG Homestead Environment – SAGE 305.989.1623 NATIONAL 212.741.2247 Noble A. McArtor Day Ctr Dignity USA 954-764-5055 PFLAG Miami 800.877.8797 Stonewall Democrats 954.703.2960 202.625.1382

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Medicaid helps give financial Medicaid provee ayuda assistance to those who qualify financiera a aquellos que califican based on their medical and financial en función de su situación médica situation. y financiera. Una persona debe cumplir con A person must meet financial, los requisitos financieros, médicos medical and residential y residenciales con el fin de recibir requirements in order to receive los beneficios del Medicaid. benefits. El programa de Medicaid tiene normas muy estrictas. Pero, con The Medicaid program has la ayuda eficiente, profesional, very strict guidelines. With usted encontrará que los knowledgeable,professional ingresos y sus finanzas pueden assistance, you will find that income ser reestructurados con el fin de and assets can be restructured in proteger al paciente y/o familia. Al order to protect the patient and/or hacerlo, esto puede dar al paciente family. In so doing, this can give the una mejor calidad de vida y recibir patient a better quality of life. los servicios. El Programa Long Term Care The Long-Term Care Diversion Diversion y el Programa Medicaid Program and the Medicaid Waiver Waiver de la Florida son dos Program in Florida are two programas que ayudan a las programs that help people avoid personas a evitar ir a un asilo de going to a nursing home. Instead, ancianos. En cambio, a través de through these programs, a person estos programas, una persona can remain in their home or go to an puede permanecer en su casa o Assisted Living Facility. ir a un centro de asistencia. Para calificar, uno todavía debe cumplir Note that Medicaid does not pay con los requisitos para un hogar de the whole cost of care. This is based ancianos. on his/her income. Tenga en cuenta que Medicaid no paga el costo total de la atención. Scoop for Seniors can assist you Esto se basa en sus ingresos. in understanding these very specific Scoop for Seniors puede ayudarle programs and help you receive a recibir los servicios que le the services that you are entitled corresponde. to. For more information about Para más información, llame al these services and programs, call (954) 961-5223. Un especialista en a Transitional Coordinator at (954) Medicaid puede asesorarlo para 961-5223. A Medicaid Specialist can que usted pueda calificar y recibir guide you through the Medicaid los servicios del Medicaid. • Program. •

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40 For Resource Information call 855-455-PLUS (7587) nursing / rehab. Boynton Beach Harbour’s Edge Hialeah Convalescent centers Barrington Terrace 401 E Linton Blvd Home sanatorios 1425 S Congress Ave 561.272.7979 190 W 28th St y centros de 561.369.7919 305.885.2437 rehabilitación Health Center at Abbey Boulevard Rehabilitation Delray Palmetto Health Center Aventura 2839 S. Seacrest Blvd. 2105 SW 11th Ct 6750 W 22nd Ct Palm Garden of Aventura 561.732.2464 561.454.5243 305.512.4688 21251 E Dixie Hwy 305.935.4827 Boynton Beach Nursing- Lakeview Care Center Susanna Wesley Health Rehab 5430 Linton Blvd Center Regents Park at Aventura 9600 Lawrence Rd 561.495.3188 5300 W 16th Ave 18905 NE 25th Ave 561.740.4100 305.556.3500 305.932.6360 ManorCare Health Srvcs Boynton Health Care 16200 Jog Rd Hialeah VI at Aventura Center 561.638.0000 Gardens 19333 W Country Club Dr 7900 Venture Center Way Signature Healthcare of 305.692.4700 561.736.6000 Fort Pierce Waterford Abbiejean Russell Care 8333 W Okeechobee Rd Boca Raton Heartland Health Care Ctr 305.556.9900 Avante at Boca Raton Center 700 S 29th St 1130 NW 15th St 3600 Old Boynton Rd 772.465.7560 Hobe Sound 561.394.6282 561.736.9992 Edgewater Manor Fort Pierce Health Care 9555 SE Federal Hwy Boca Raton Rehab Center ManorCare Health 611 S 13th St 772.546.5800 755 Meadows Rd Services 772.464.5262 561.391.5200 3001 S Congress Ave Hollywood 561.737.5600 Laurel Pointe Health & Golfcrest Healthcare Fountains Rehab Center 3800 N Federal Hwy Coconut Creek 703 S 29th St 600 N 17th Ave 561.395.7510 Health Center of Coconut 772.466.3322 954.927.2531 Creek Heartland Health Care Ctr 4125 W Sample Rd Ft Lauderdale Hillcrest Nursing & Rehab 7225 Boca Del Mar Dr 954.968.8333 Broward Nursing & Rehab Center 561.362.9644 Ctr 4200 Washington St Coral springs 1330 S Andrews Ave 954.981.6300 ManorCare Health Srvcs Park Summit 954.524.5587 375 NW 51st St 8500 Royal Palm Blvd Hollywood Hills Rehab Ctr 561.997.8111 954.752.9500 Fort Lauderdale Health- 1200 N 35th Ave Rehab 954.981.5511 Menorah House DANIA 2000 E Commercial Blvd 9945 Central Park Blvd Cross Pointe Care Center 954.771.2300 Homestead 561.483.0498 440 Phippen Waiters Rd Homestead Manor 954.927.0508 Harbor Beach Nursing 1330 NW 1st Ave Regents Park Nursing- Rehab 305.248.0271 Rehab Deerfield Beach 1615 S Miami Rd 6363 Verde Trl Deerfield Beach Health- 954.523.5673 Signature Healthcare of 561.483.9282 Rehab Brookwood Gardens 401 E Sample Rd Manor Oaks Nursing & 1990 S Canal Dr Stratford Court of Boca 954.941.4100 Rehabilitation 305.246.1200 Raton Forum at Deer Creek 2121 E Commercial Blvd 6343 Via de Sonrisa del 3001 Deer Creek Country 954.771.8400 Juno Beach Sur Club Blvd Waterford Health Care 561.392.5940 954.698.6269 Manor Pines Convalescent Center Center 601 Universe Blvd Whitehall Boca Raton Pompano Rehab & 1701 NE 26th St 561.627.3800 7300 Del Prado S Nursing Center 954.566.8353 561.392.3000 51 W Sample Rd Jupiter Willowbrooke Court 954.942.5530 Hialeah Courtyard Gardens 6152 Verde Trl N Heartland Health Care Rehabilitation Center 561.487.5200 Delray Beach Center-Miami Lakes 17781 Thelma Ave Abbey Delray South 5725 NW 186th St 561.746.2998 Willowbrooke Ct at 1717 Homewood Blvd 305.625.9857 Edgewater Pt Estates 561.272.9600 23305 Blue Water Cir 561.368.5600 Please visit our website at www.55plusmag.us 41 RESOURCE GUIDE LGBT Services / Servicios para la Comuniday Gay Guía de RECURSOS Spanish phone line / Línea telefÓnica en Español

Jupiter Medical Center VI at Lakeside Village Harmony Health Center Riverside Care Center Pavilion 2792 Donnelly Dr 9820 N Kendall Dr 899 NW 4th St 1230 S Old Dixie Hwy 561.963.2100 305.271.6311 305.326.1236 561.744.4444 Lauderdale Hialeah Shores Nursing- Sinai Plaza Nursing Kendall Lakes Rehab & Rehabilitation Center Heartland Health Care Ctr Palms Rehab & Nursing Ctr 8785 NW 32nd Ave 201 NE 112th St 9400 SW 137th Ave 3370 NW 47th Ter 305.691.5711 305.899.4700 305.385.8290 954.733.0655 Jackson Memorial Care Ctr St Anne’s Nursing Center Key West St John’s Nursing Center 2500 NW 22nd Ave 11855 Quail Roost Dr Key West Health and 3075 NW 35th Ave 786.466.3000 305.252.4000 Rehabilitation Center 954.739.6233 5860 W Jr College Rd Jackson Memorial Perdue Unity Health & Rehab Ctr 305.296.2459 Lauderhill Medical Center 1404 NW 22nd St Heartland Health Care Ctr 19590 Old Cutler Rd 305.325.1050 Lake Park 2599 NW 55th Ave 786.466.3500 North Lake Rehab & 954.485.8873 Victoria Nursing & Rehab Health Center Jackson Plaza Nursing- 955 NW 3rd St 750 Bayberry Dr Life Care Ctr at Inverrary Rehab 305.548.4020 561.881.8144 4300 Rock Island Rd 1861 NW 8th Ave 954.485.6144 305.347.3380 West Gables Healthcare Lake Worth 2525 SW 75th Ave American-Finnish Nursing Margate Miami Gardens Care Ctr 305.265.9391 Home Margate Health Care Ctr 190 NE 191st St 1800 South Dr 5951 Colonial Dr 305.651.9690 Miami Beach 561.588.4333 954.979.6401 Hebrew Home of S. Beach Miami Jewish Home & 320 Collins Ave Avante at Lake Worth Miami Hospital 305.672.6464 2501 North A St Coral Gables Nursing- 5200 NE 2nd Ave 561.585.9301 Rehab 305.751.8626 Oceanside Extended 7060 SW 8th St Care Ctr Crossings 305.261.1363 Miami Shores Nursing- 550 9th St 4445 Pine Forest Dr Rehab 305.531.3321 561.965.5954 Coral Reef Nursing-Rehab 9380 NW 7th Ave 9869 SW 152nd St 305.759.8711 South Pointe Plaza Rehab Medicana Nursing-Rehab 305.255.3220 & Nursing Center 1710 Lake Worth Rd Nursing Center at Mercy 42 Collins Ave 561.582.5331 East Ridge Retirement 3671 S Miami Ave 305.672.1771 Village 305.854.1110 Oasis Health & Rehab 19301 SW 87th Ave Miami Springs 1201 12th Ave S 305.238.2623 Palace Nursing & Rehab Fair Havens Center 561.586.7404 11215 SW 84th St 201 Curtiss Pkwy Florida Club Care Center 305.271.2225 305.887.1565 Signature Healthcare of 220 Sierra Dr Palm Beach 305.653.8427 Palmetto Sub Acute Care North Bay Village 4405 Lakewood Rd Center Treasure Isle Care Center 561.969.1400 Floridean Nursing Home 7600 SW 8th St 1735 N Treasure Dr 47 NW 32nd Pl 305.261.2525 305.865.2383 Terraces of Lake Worth 305.649.2911 1711 6th Ave S Pines Nursing Home North Miami Arch Plaza 561.586.0808 Franco Nursing and 301 NE 141st St Nursing & Rehab Rehabilitation Center 305.893.1102 12505 NE 16th Ave Lantana 800 NW 95th St 305.891.1710 Hamlin Place 305.836.1550 Ponce Plaza Nursing 2180 Hypoluxo Rd & Rehabilitation Center Berkshire Manor 561.582.6711 Gramercy Park Nursing 335 SW 12th Ave 1255 NE 135th St 17475 S Dixie Hwy 305.545.6695 305.891.6850 305.255.1045 42 For Resource Information call 855-455-PLUS (7587) Claridge House Nrsg & Water’s Edge Extended Port St Lucie Nursing & W. 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Rehab Coral Bay Healthcare & 305.895.4804 Nrsg 1800 SE Hillmoor Dr Rehab 8401 W Cypress Dr 772.337.3565 2939 S Haverhill Rd Pinecrest Convalescent 954.985.4824 561.641.3130 13650 NE 3rd Ct Royal Palm 305.893.1170 Memorial Manor Beach Darcy Hall of Life Care 777 S Douglas Rd Royal Manor 2170 Palm Beach Lakes Villa Maria Nursing Center 954.276.6200 600 Business Pkwy Blvd 1050 NE 125th St 561.798.3700 561.683.3333 305.891.8850 Plantation Covenant Village Care Ctr Stuart Edward J Healey Rehab North Miami 9211 W Broward Blvd Martin Nursing & Rest 1200 45th St Beach 954.472.2860 Care 561.842.6111 Aventura Plaza 6011 SE Tower Dr 1800 NE 168th St ManorCare Health Srvcs 772.223.8777 Joseph L Morse Geriatric 305.947.3445 6931 W Sunrise Blvd 4847 Fred Gladstone Dr 954.583.6200 Parkway Health & Rehab 561.471.5111 Hampton Court Nursing 800 SE Central Pkwy 16100 NW 2nd Ave Plantation Nursing-Rehab 772.287.9912 Lakeside Health Center 305.354.8800 4250 NW 5th St 2501 N Australian Ave 954.587.3296 Salerno Bay Manor 561.655.7780 North Beach Rehab Ctr 4801 SE Cove Rd 2201 NE 170th St West Broward Care Center 772.286.9440 Lourdes Noreen McKeen 305.945.1401 7751 W Broward Blvd Residence 954.473.8040 Stuart Nursing & Rest. 315 S Flagler Dr Watercrest Care Center Care 561.655.8544 16650 W Dixie Hwy Pompano Beach 1500 Palm Beach Rd 305.945.7447 Court at Palm Aire 772.283.5887 ManorCare Health Srvcs 2701 N Course Dr 2300 Village Blvd Pahokee 954.975.8900 Sunrise 561.478.1800 Glades Health Care Ctr Regents Park of Sunrise 230 S Barfield Hwy John Knox Village Health 9711 W Oakland Park Blvd Palm Garden of WPB 561.924.5561 Circle 954.572.4000 300 Executive Center Dr 830 Lakeside Ctr 561.471.5566 Palm Beach 954.783.4001 Springtree Rehab Center Gardens 4251 Springtree Dr Rehab Center of the PB Chatsworth at PGA Seaview Nursing & Rehab 954.572.4251 301 Northpoint Pkwy National 2401 NE 2nd St 561.712.1717 347 Hiatt Dr 954.943.5100 Sunrise Health & Rehab 561.227.3200 4800 Nob Hill Rd Renaissance Health & Port St Lucie 954.577.3530 Rehab Gardens Court Brighton Gardens 5065 Wallis Rd 3803 PGA Blvd 1699 SE Lyngate Dr Tamarac 561.689.1799 561.626.1125 772.335.9990 Heartland of Tamarac 5901 NW 79th Ave Savannah Cove HCR Ctr – Prosperity Oaks Emerald Health Care 954.722.7001 2090 N Congress Ave 11375 Prosperity Farms Center 561.686.5100 Blvd 1655 SE Walton Rd Tamarac Rehab & Health 561.626.9702 772.337.1333 7901 NW 88th Ave Wood Lake Nursing & 954.722.9330 Rehab Nursing Center at La Life Care Center 6414 13th Rd S Posada 3720 SE Jennings Rd Tavernier 561.478.9900 3500 Masterpiece Way 772.398.8080 Plantation Key 561.514.5000 Convalescent Wilton Manors Palm Garden of P. 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The Volen Senior Center Our Father’s House Soup Clean Time Inn (Mens) NOVA SE University 561.395.8920 Kitchen 561.547.4357 Healthy Lifestyles Guided 954.968.7550 Self-Change Program West County Senior Ctr. Operation Hope Inc 954.262.5968 561.996.4808 Second Chance Society 561.842.2260 954.763.5999 Spectrum Programs STATE Program REACH 954.781.4406 AARP Florida The Homeless Voice Homeless Shelter 866.595.7678 Shelter 561.845.0515 SunServe 954.924.3571 954.764.5150 Florida Dep. of Elder Affairs Salvation Army Area 850.414.2000 Women in Distress Command Susan B Anthony Recovery 954.760.9800 561.686.3530 954.733.6068 Florida Council on Aging 850.222.8877 Miami-Dade The Federal of Windsor The Starting Place Camillus House 561.385.7343 954.327.4060 Florida Ombudsman Prog. 305.374.1065 888.831.0404 The Niners of Windsor United Way Commission on Concept House 561.385.7343 Substance Abuse NATIONAL 305.751.6501 954.760.7007 Children of Aging Parents Vetsville Cease Fire 800.227.7294 Douglas Gardens CMHC House, Inc Miami-Dade Homeless Assistance 561.736.4325 Alcoholics Anonymous National Eldercare Locator Program 305.461.2425 800.677.1116 305.531.5341 Social Security Seguro Social Alcoholics Anonymous National Family Caregivers Gifts of Hope (women) 305.642.2805 Association 305.326.0032 Social Security Admin. 800.896.3650 Broward, Miami-Dade & Better Way of Miami, Inc Homeless Assistance Ctr. Palm Beach 305.634.3409 Senior Action in a Gay 305.329.3000 800.772.1213 Environment – SAGE Concept House 212.741.2247 Lotus House Substance 305.751.6501 305.576.4780 Abuse Shelters Adicciones Fellowship House Refugios Miami City Mission 305.667.1036 305.576.3725 Broward Broward Alcoholics Anonymous Genesis Outpatient Detox Broward Partnership for Miami Rescue Men 954.462.0265 786.275.8615 the Homeless 305.571.2211 954.779.3990 Broward Addiction Giordano & Goldfarb Miami Rescue Women Recovery Center (BARC) Holistic Addiction Broward Outreach 305.371.3124 954.765.4200 Treatment Center, Inc Hollywood 800.559.9503 954.926.7417 New Life Family of Broward House, Inc. Catholic Charities 954.522.4749 Harmony House for Broward Outreach 305.573.3333 Women Pompano Faith Farm Ministries 305.879.7750 954.979.6365 Salvation Army – (Men’s) 954.763.7787 305.637.6720 Jewish Community EASE Foundation Glass House Services of South Florida 954.797.1077 PALM BEACH 954.938.0055 305.899.1587 Aid to Victims of Domestic Henderson Mental Health Abuse Lambda South Clubhouse Spectrum Programs 954.463.0911 800.355.8547 Alcohol recovery 305.757.0602 954.761.9072 Jubilee Ctr. of S. Broward Association for Abused The Village South 954.920.0106 Women & Children Shelter 305.573.3784 561.586.1888 46 For Resource Information call 855-455-PLUS (7587) Transitions Recovery Prog The Crossroads Club “TOPS” Broward County Veteran 305.949.9001 561.278.8004 Paratransit Service Services 954.357.6794 Servicios para PALM BEACH The Lord’s Place, Inc Veteranos Abiding Hearts 561.494.0125 Tri Rail 561.833.3300 800.874.7245 Broward The Phoenix House Broward County Elderly & Alcoholics Anonymous 561.585.2508 Miami-Dade Veterans Services Division 561.655.5700 Community Action Agency 954-357-6622 Wayside House Transportation Unit Center for Family Services 561.278.0055 786.469.4603 Broward County VA Clinic of PBC Recovery Program 954.475.5500 561.616.1222 national Jewish Community Alcoholics Anonymous Services of South Florida Ft. Lauderdale Veterans Comprehensive Alcoholism 212.870.3400 305.576.6550 954.356.7926 Rehabilitation Programs, Inc (CARP) Transportation Metrobus Miami-Dade 561.844.6400 Transporte 305.891.3131 Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Counseling Services Broward Miami-Dade Elder Helpline 305.575.7000 of Lake Worth Air Ambulance 305.670.4357 561.547.0303 Professionals Miami-Dade County 954.491.0555 North Miami Foundation Veteran Service Office Drug Abuse Foundation of for Senior Citizens 305.270.2940 Palm Beach County, Inc Broward County Transit 305.893.1450 561.732.0800 954.357.8400 Miami Veterans Center 954.357.8302/TTY Senior Ride 305.718.3712 Drug Abuse Treatment Ass. 305.673.8658 561.743.1034 Broward Urban Shuttle PALM BEACH 954.295.6709 Special Needs Registry Faith Hope Love Charity Faith Farm Ministries 305.513.7700 561.968.1612 561.737.2259 Cooper City Bus Service 954.434.4300 X255 Special Transportation PBC Division of Human Faith, Hope, Love & Charity Service STS and Veterans Services 561.968.1612 Town of Davie Bus 786.469.5000 561.274.3130 954.797.1045 Fern House PALM BEACH PBC Veteran Svc. Office 561.471.0430 Hallandale Beach Bus Palm Tran 561.355.4761 954.457.1620 561.841.4200 Gratitude House Palm Beach Veterans Ctr. 561.833.6826 MediVan STATE 561.422.1201 954.735.1996 Angel Flight Southeast Growing Together, Inc 800.352.4256 VA Medical Center 561.585.0892 Miramar Senior Transp. 800.972.8262 954.602.2711 Florida Commission for the Jewish Family Service Transp. Disadvantaged Vetsville Cease Fire 561.852.3333 North East Focal Point 800.983.2435 House, Inc 954.480.4449 561.736.4325 Palm Coast Area Narcotics Fla Department of Transp. Anonymous NW Focal Point Senior 866.374.3368 STATE 561.848.6262 Transportation Florida Department of 954.973.0300 NATIONAL Veterans Affairs Partnership for a Drug Corporate Angel Network 850.487.1533 Free Comm. of S. Florida Pompano Beach Bus 866.328.1313 561.844.5952 954.970.5342 National Patient Travel Ctr. NATIONAL 800.296.1217 U.S. Dept of Veterans Regeneration Center SE Focal Point Sr. Transp. 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The Veteran’s benefit is designed El beneficio de los Veteranos to provide financial assistance to está diseñado para dar asistencia help cover the cost of long term care financiera y cubrir el costo de la in the home, in an Assisted Living atención personal en el hogar, en Facility or in a Skilled Nursing Home. un centro de asistencia o en un The benefit is for Veterans and centro especializado. surviving spouses who require El beneficio es para los veteranos a caregiver in at least two of the y cónyuges sobrevivientes que Activities of Daily Living (ADLs). requieren un cuidador en al menos Some of those ADLs are dressing, dos de las Actividades de la Vida bathing, cooking, eating, grooming, Diaria (AVD). Algunos de los AVDs transportation, etc. son vestirse, bañarse, cocinar, This benefit is called Aid and comer, asearse, transporte, etc Attendance and a Veteran or a Este beneficio se llama AID. El surviving spouse never has to pay it veterano o el cónyuge sobreviviente back or pay taxes on it. no tiene que devolver el dinero o There are certain requirements pagar impuestos sobre él. that one has to meet in order to Existen ciertos requisitos que hay receive this benefit. Some of them que cumplir para poder recibir este are: beneficio. Algunos de ellos son: 1. Must have served at least 90 1. Tiene que haber cumplido por days of active duty and one of those lo menos 90 días de servicio activo days must be during war time. y uno de esos días debe ser durante 2. Must have anything other than el tiempo de guerra. a dishonorable discharge. 2. Debe tener algo más que una 3. Surviving spouse must have baja deshonrosa. been married to a Veteran at the 3. El Cónyuge sobreviviente time of his/her passing. deberá haber estado casado en el 4. Must need assistance with at momento de su fallecimiento. least two ADLs. 4. Debe necesitar ayuda con al 5. Must meet income and asset menos dos AVD. criteria required by the VA. 5. Debe cumplir con los requsitos 6. Must be at least 65 years old or de ingresos y bienes por la VA. totally disabled. 6. Debe tener por lo menos To learn more about this benefit 65 años de edad o incapacitado and other services available to totalmente. you or your loved one, contact a Para más información acerca Transitional Services Coordinator de este beneficio y otros servicios at (954) 961-5223 for a free phone llame al (954) 961-5223 para una consultation. • consulta telefónica gratuita. •

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