ATSH | And Thou Shalt Honor

Local Community Resources WHEN YOU NEED HELP NOW: DIAL 2-1-1 Identify yourself as a senior, or caregiver, and ask to be connected to an eldercare specialist. Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. IF YOU OR YOUR LOVED ONE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE OR DEMENTIA The Alzheimer’s Association has a local helpline which offers information, referral, and phone assistance to callers. It is supplemented by a 24-hour, 7-day-a-week Contact Center. This service provides emotional support, a link to community resources, and factual information regarding Alzheimer’s and related disorders. Call the HELPline: 713-314-1313; or 1-800-272-3900 www.alztex.org WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE? The Senior Guidance Directory – A Caregiver’s Guide, contains hundreds of telephone numbers and website listings of vital community resources. This comprehensive handbook includes 70 categories of elder and related caregiving topics such as elder abuse, Meals on Wheels, housing options, home health care services, legal issues, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security—and more. Use it to help you and your family resolve crises and find solutions. The Senior Guidance Directory may be downloaded from the internet and is also available for free at all Walgreens Pharmacies throughout the Greater Houston area. www.srguidance.org ARE WE ELIGIBLE FOR ANY PUBLIC OR PRIVATE BENEFITS? Harris County Area Agency on Aging (AAA) Benefits Counselors are trained to help you. Available from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday-Friday, they can assist in evaluating your eligibility for Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, Food Stamps, and other valuable and helpful programs that provide primary care benefits. Call 713-794-9001 www.houstontx.gov/health For assistance throughout the 13 counties surrounding Harris, the Houston-Galveston Area Council AAA Benefits Counselors are trained to help you with local services and programs from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday – Friday. Call 713-627-3200 www.h-gac.com WHERE CAN LOW INCOME SENIORS FIND HELP WITH MEDICINE AND INSURANCE? Gateway to Care “My Medicare Matters” is a collaborative of organizations that facilitate access to adequate healthcare for uninsured and underinsured citizens in Harris County. Call 713-783-4616 x 260 www.gatewaytocare.org “I WANT TO TAKE CHARGE OF MY OWN LIFE; PLAN FOR MY FUTURE” Take Charge of Your Life by Making Wise Choices. The Care for Elders Take Charge program provides free informational, educational, and personal resources about aging issues and tips on how to make informed choices and behavioral changes to support older adults and caregivers in taking charge of their lives. Call 713-558-6391 www.takechargeweb.info A SPECIAL THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS FOR MAKING THE AND THOU SHALT HONOR HOUSTON TOWN HALL CAREGIVING MEETING POSSIBLE :
Adult Day Care AARP/Texas Association of Texas The ALS Association, Greater Houston Chapter Alzheimer’s Association, Houston & SE Texas Chapter American Cancer Society American Heart Association AMERIGROUP Community Care Texas Andrea Eisenstein & Associates Area Planning Advisory Council Asian Senior Health Coalition Astrocare Home Healthcare Jane Bavineau Better Business Bureau Boat People SOS The Buckingham Senior Community The Bookout Family Foundation C&S Care Management, Inc. Rogene Gee Calvert Cameo Caregivers Care for Elders Career and Recovery CareTemps Morgan Carnes Troy Carter Center for Faith and Health Initiatives Chinese Community Center of Houston City of Houston Department of Health and Human Services City of Houston Mayor’s Office Cleveland Clinic Foundation Garnet Coleman, Texas State Representative, District 147 Community Centers Alliance	Community Health Charities of Texas Ron Cookston, Ed.D. Cullen Foundation Denver Harbor Clinic Carmel Dyer, M.D. AGSF, FACP Eldercare of Houston Evercare G Com Works Gateway to Care Genesys Works Adele Gorody Grace Hospice of Texas Greater Houston Community Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Barry Halpern Harris County Area Agency on Aging Harris County Community and Economic Development Department Harris County Precinct 2 Gillian Hill Home Instead Senior Care Homewatch CareGivers Houston-Galveston Area Council Houston Area Parkinson’s Society Houston Chronicle Houston Endowment, Inc. Hull House Interfaith CarePartners Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Jacobson Mr. and Mrs. Roger Jacobson Ms. Charlene Hunter James, MPH Jewish Community Center KIPP Stephen Klineberg, Ph.D. Mary Koch Nazlin Kotadia, CNA Honey Leveen, LTC Specialist Marcia Lindsay	Stan McCandless Ellen MacDonald, RN, MN Montrose Counseling Center Pi-Yi Mayo, Elder Law Attorney National MS Society Victor Narcisse III, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Raul Navarro Neighborhood Centers New Dimensions Home Health Plus Doris O’Connor Odyssey HealthCare of Houston Professional Caretakers, Inc. Quality Living Nolan Rankin Galleries Richmond Health Care Center Rockwell Fund, Inc. Law Offices of Colleen Campbell Root Senior Guidance Directory The Seniors Place Memory Day Care Center Seven Acres Sheltering Arms Senior Services Silverado Senior Services Simmons Foundation Solari Hospice Sundance Care Specialists St. Dominic’s Village t’afia Trina Thomas Nimia Tillmann, LBSW Tranquility Personal Care Home, Inc. Transitions Adult Day Care Center Anne Rote Mr. and Mrs. Jerrell Washington We Are Caring Hearts, CDC West University Senior Services Stephen Williams, M.Ed., MPA Mr. & Mrs. Darryl Wolfe The Woodlands

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