Living at Home-Health Care Assistance is Available!
Center For Aging Resources (CFAR) at (626) 577-8480 or see http://centerforagingresources.org/ offers a variety of support services for seniors, their families and caregivers, including clinical mental health outreach and In-Home and Outpatient Mental Health Services, medication management, 3 Adult Day Care programs (Burbank, Pasadena, Covina) plus other programs. (Attorney Peters is a member of the Board of Directors.)
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Senior Care Network at (626) 397-3110 has Intake Workers for resource and referral in the Western San Gabriel Valley, and elsewhere in U.S. See
http://www.huntingtonhospital.com/body.cfm?id=3746
A Geriatric Care Manager already familiar with community resources can assess needs and locate appropriate services and resources, so you can evaluate needs and design a case plan, to plan:
- living at home independently;
- assisted living;
- board & care with support appropriate to identified needs;
- skilled nursing facility appropriate to identified medical needs.
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Alternatively, you can call Calif. Dept. of Health Services’ (DHS) Medical Case Management at 1-800-970-8450 to identify a Geriatric Care Manager elsewhere in California.
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Prof. Fiduciary Association of California (“PFAC”) is the voluntary organization of Professional Fiduciaries (Trustee, Conservator, Executor) who are registered as ‘pro-fids’ with the local Superior Court and the California Attorney General’s office. See http://www.pfac-pro.org to learn what members live in your area, in Northern California, Southern California, and San Diego. This website’s broad Glossary may be helpful too!
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California Association for Nursing Home Reform (CANHR), a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, located in San Francisco, CA is the premier organization for accurate and specific information about health care at home and facilities, finances, legal issues, Medi-Cal Eligibility rules and Estate Recovery litigation: see
http://www.canhr.org plus:
Up-to-date information about Residential Care Facilities (RCFE) including new Residential Care Guide http://www.canhr.org/RCFE/rcfe_index.htm
Up-to-date information about Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) for all 58 counties http://www.canhr.org/NH_Data/NHGjump.htm
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Medicare Advocacy information is available at: http://www.medicareadvocacy.org/Page_FAQ/FAQ_MainPage.htm
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The federal “CMS” Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services website has official information at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/medicaid
