INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE
Even in the best of situations, today's generation of older adults are faced with challenges. They find themselves in a variety of roles. Volunteer, Employee, Caregiver to parents and grandchildren.
In spite of profoundly rich lives, a wealth of life experience, and caring natures, older adults and their caregivers have special needs that cannot be ignored. Because of these special needs, they reach out for help.
Information & Assistance is a service that helps older adults and their families access services and information designed to meet their needs. One of the roles of the Aging and Caregiver Resource Center is to keep accurate and up-to-date information on a wide variety of services in Buffalo County as well as surrounding counties.
The Buffalo County Aging and Caregiver Resource Center has information on many services and is able to help you locate those you are in need of. We can make that link between an organization and the person in need. If you just don't know where to turn for that unanswered question call Lola Longyhore at (608) 685-6324 or e-mail me at lola.longyhore@buffalocounty.com.
USEFUL RESOURCES FOR OLDER ADULTS
| Administration on Aging |
202-619-0724 |
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| Alliance for Aging Research |
202-293-2856 |
www.agingresearch.org |
| Alzheimer's Association |
800-272-3900 |
www.alz.org |
| Alzheimer's Disease Education & Referral Center |
800-438-4380 |
www.alzheimers.org |
| American Association of Homes & Services for the Aging |
202-783-2242 |
www.aahsa.org |
| American Council of the Blind |
800-424-8666 |
www.acb.org |
| American Dental Association |
312-440-2593 |
www.ada.org |
| American Diabetes Association |
703-549-1500 |
www.diabetes.org |
| American Dietetic Association |
800-366-1655 |
www.eatright.org |
| American Federation for Aging Research |
212-752-2327 |
www.afar.org |
| American Foundation for the Blind |
800-232-5463 |
www.afb.org |
| American Geriatrics Society |
212-308-1414 |
www.americangeriatrics.org |
| American Health Assistance Foundation |
800-437-2423 |
www.ahaf.org |
| American Health Care Association |
202-842-4444 |
www.ahca.org |
| American Heart Association |
800-242-8721 |
www.americanheart.org |
| American Medical Association |
800-621-8335 |
www.ama-assn.org |
| American Menopause Foundation |
212-714-2398 |
www.americanmenopause.org |
| American Music Therapy Association |
301-589-3300 |
www.musictherapy.org |
| American Horticultural Therapy |
720-865-3616 |
www.ahta.org |
| American Occupational Therapy Association |
800-729-2682 |
www.aota.org |
| American Optometric Association |
800-365-2219 |
www.aoanet.org |
| American Parkinson's Disease Association |
800-223-2732 |
www.apdaparkinson.org |
| American Pharmaceutical Association |
800-237-2742 |
www.aphanet.org www.pharmacyandyou.org |
| American Physical Therapy Association |
800-999-2782 ext. 3395 |
www.apta.org |
| American Society on Aging |
800-537-9728 |
www.asaging.org |
| American Speech-Language-Hearing Association |
800-498-2071 |
www.asha.org |
| American Stroke Association |
888-478-7653 |
www.strokeassociation.org |
| Arthritis Foundation |
800-283-7800 |
www.arthritis.org |
| Assisted Living Federation of America |
703-691-8100 |
www.alfa.org |
| Better Hearing Institute |
800-327-9355 |
www.betterhearing.org |
| Better Vision Institute |
800-424-8422 |
www.visionsite.org |
| Bureau of Aging & Long Term Care Resources (WI) |
608-266-2536 |
www.dhfs.state.wi.us/Aging/ |
| Captioned Media Program/National Association of the Deaf |
800-237-6213 |
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| CDC (Centers for Disease Control & Prevention) |
800-311-3435 |
www.cdc.gov |
| Children of Aging Parents |
800-227-7294 |
www.caps4caregivers.org |
| Council of Better Business Bureau |
703-276-0100 |
www.bbb.org |
| Dept. of Veterans Affairs |
800-827-1000 |
www.va.gov |
| Elder Craftsmen |
212-319-8128 |
www.eldercraftsmen.org |
| Eldercare Locator |
800-677-1116 |
www.aoa.dhhs.gov |
| Elderhostel |
877-426-8056 |
www.elderhostel.org |
| Federal Consumer Information Center |
888-878-3256 |
www.pueblo.gsa.gov/ |
| Food & Drug Administration |
888-463-6332 |
www.fda.gov |
| FirstGov.gov |
One
step to all |
www.FirstGov.gov |
| Food & Nutrition Information Center |
301-504-5719 |
www.nal.usda.gov/fnic |
| Generations Online |
215-222-6400 |
www.generationsonline.com |
| Generations Together |
412-648-7150 |
www.pitt.edu/~gti/ |
| Gerontological Society of America |
202-842-1275 |
www.geron.org |
| Glaucoma Research Foundation |
800-826-6693 |
www.glaucoma.org |
| Health Care Financing Administration |
800-633-4227 |
www.hcfa.gov |
| Hoaxbusters- Dept. of Energy |
Latest info About Hoaxes |
http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org |
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Hysterectomy Educational Resources |
610-667-7757 |
www.hersfoundation.com |
| Indian Health Service |
301-443-3593 |
www.ihs.gov |
| International Assoc. of Physical Activity, Aging and Sports |
518-465-6927 |
E-mail: iapaas@acl.com |
| International Hearing Society |
800-521-5247 |
www.hearingihs.org |
| Japanese American Citizens League |
415-921-5225 |
www.jacl.org |
| Legal Counsel for the Elderly |
202-434-2120 |
www.aarp.org |
| Legal Services for the Elderly |
212-391-0120 |
E-mail: hn4923@handset.org |
| Lighthouse National Center for Vision & Aging |
800-829-0500 |
www.lighthouse.org |
| MedicAlert Foundation |
800-432-5378 |
www.medicalert.org |
| MEDLINEplus |
Wealth of info. |
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ |
| National Association for Continence |
800-252-3337 |
www.nafc.org |
| National Asian Pacific Center on Aging |
206-624-1221 |
www.napca.org |
| National Association for Health and Fitness |
317-237-5630 |
www.physicalfitness.org |
| National Association for Hispanic Elderly |
626-564-1988 |
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| National Association of HIV over Fifty |
816-421-5263 |
www.hivoverfifty.org |
| National Cancer Institute |
800-422-6237 |
www.nci.nih.gov |
| National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Clearinghouse |
888-644-6226 |
www.nccam.nih.gov |
| National Council Against Health Fraud |
201-723-2955 |
www.ncahf.org |
| National Council on Aging |
202-479-1200 |
www.ncoa.org |
| National Council on Alcoholism & Drug Dependence |
800-622-2255 |
www.ncadd.org |
| National Diabetes Information & Clearinghouse |
800-860-8747 |
www.niddk.nih.gov |
| National Digestive Diseases Information & Clearinghouse |
800-891-5389 |
www.niddk.nih.gov |
| National Eye Health Ed |
301-496-5248 |
www.nei.nih.gov |
| National Family Caregivers Association |
800-896-3650 |
www.nfcacares.org |
| National Health Information Center Office of Disease Prevention & Health Promotion |
800-336-4797 |
www.health.gov/NHIC |
| National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute |
800-575-9355 |
www.nhlbi.nih.gov |
| National Hospice and Palliative Care |
800-658-8898 |
www.nhpco.org |
| National Hospice Foundation |
800-338-8619 |
www.hospiceinfo.org |
| National Indian Council on Aging |
505-292-2001 |
www.nicoa.org |
| National Institute of Mental Health |
800-421-4211 |
www.nimh.nih.gov |
| National Institute on Aging |
800-222-2225 |
www.nih.gov/nia |
| National Interfaith Coalition on Aging |
800-424-9046 |
www.ncoa.org |
| National Kidney Foundation |
800-622-9010 |
www.kidney.org |
| National Library of Medicine |
888-346-3656 |
www.nlm.nih.gov Medline: www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus |
| National Long-Term Care Ombudsman Resource Center |
202-332-2275 |
E-mail: ombudcenter@nccnhr.org |
| National Osteoporosis Foundation |
202-223-2226 |
www.nof.org |
| National Prevention Information Network |
800-458-5231 |
www.cdcnpin.org |
| National Sleep Foundation |
202-347-3471 |
www.sleepfoundation.org |
| Self Help for the Hard of Hearing |
301-657-2248 |
www.shhh.org |
| Social Security Administration |
800-772-1213 |
www.ssa.gov |
| Volunteers of America |
800-899-0089 |
www.VolunteersofAmerica.org |
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