The following list of resources might be useful to your Church for assisting Senior
Adults.
For Senior Adult Housing go to http://seniorhousing.botw.org/States/Texas/ Thank
You Joyce Gilbert!
www.medicare.gov http://www.medicare.gov/ 800.633.4227
www.SSA.gov http://www.ssa.gov/ 800.772.1213
www.benefitscheckup.org http://www.benefitscheckup.org/ 214.646.0666
www.eldercare.gov http://www.eldercare.gov/ 800.677.1116
www.seniornewssource.com http://www.seniornewssource.com/ 972.248.2573
www.elderweb.com http://www.elderweb.com/ 309-451-3319
www.aarp.org http://www.aarp.org/ 888.687.2277
www.caremanagers.com http://www.caremanagers.com/ 800.243.5656
www.caregiver.org http://www.caregiver.org/ 800.445.8106
Administration on Aging (AoA) - http://www.aoa.gov/ The Administration on Aging
(AoA) web site is designed to provide a comprehensive overview of a wide variety
of topics, programs and services related to aging. Whether you are an older individual,
a caregiver, a community service provider, a researcher, or a student, you will find
valuable information provided in a user-friendly way. A government agency. Excellent
information.
American Health Care Association - "AHCA" - http://www.ahca.org/ The American Health
Care Association (AHCA) is a federation of 50 state health organizations, together
representing nearly 12,000 non-profit and for-profit assisted living, nursing facility,
long term care, and subacute care providers that care for more than one million elderly
and disabled individuals nationally.
CareGuide - http://www.careguide.com/ The company was founded to provide a comprehensive
free resource of national care solutions to meet the needs of caregivers, whether
they are searching for local or long-distance care. More than a listing of providers,
CareGuide also provides valuable information and resources related to child and elder
care. Through tools and content, CareGuide seeks to educate and empower caregivers
about issues related to finding care and enable them to make the best possible decisions
based on their needs.
Christian Association of Senior Adults - "CASA" - http://www.gocasa.org/about.htm
Christian Association of Senior Adults' vision is to develop and provide ministry
resources and leadership training for pastors and leaders of seniors ministries;
and to encourage outreach and evangelism, service and assimilation, fellowship and
spiritual/personal growth for all middle [50-69] and mature [70+] adults.
Desert Ministries - http://www.desertministries.org/ Desert Ministries is a non-profit
organization that reaches into care facilities such as elderly nursing homes, intermediate
care facilities for the mentally retarded (ICFMR), rehabilitation units and psychiatric
units for children. Since August 1992, Desert Ministries has worked to give hope
and love to people who feel like they are in a desert-like condition: hopeless, isolated
and discarded by society because of Alzheimer's disease, advanced age, terminal illness,
depression and other maladies.
Eldersource - http://www.dobsonministries.org/eldersource/ As a free service to elder
care facilities in the United States and Canada, ElderSource partners with facility
activity directors to develop effective volunteer-based one-to-one and group ministries,
featuring a Resource Pack of Christian-based audio/video materials. If you are an
activity director, contact Eldersource today for their excellent, free materials!
Faithful Friends Nursing Home Ministry - http://www.faithfulfriends.org/ Faithful
Friends' mission is to spread the love and message of Jesus Christ in the nursing
home environment, providing support and encouragement by regular visits of caring
Christians. They support other interested groups and churches with training, multimedia
ministry materials, and assistance in recruiting volunteers. This is the patriarch
of nursing home ministries on the web. To this site all others are compared!
Love Your Neighbor Ministries - http://www.lyn.org/ Love Your Neighbor Ministries
exists to equip the church to reach out in compassion to people in care settings
. . . including hospitals, nursing homes, retirement communities, hospice care and
private homes.
Nursing Home Ministries - http://www.nursinghomeministries.com/ The goal of Nursing
Home Ministries is to reach out to adult care facilities in America with the love
of the Lord. Through commissioned chaplains and volunteers, they are gaining access
to and ministering in hundreds of adult care facilities throughout the USA.
Sharing Jesus Ministries - http://www.sharingjesusministry.org/ Nursing home ministers
doing non-denominational services to meet the spiritual needs of a diverse population.
Many good links.
Sonshine Society - http://www.sonshinesociety.org/ "The Sonshine Society is an interdenominational
organization for the purpose of challenging local churches and individual Christians
to provide a consistent and effective Christian witness to people who, due to age
or physical impairment, are unable to participate in the worship and instructional
services of the Christian church." This is the premier nursing home ministry in
America! They have the most comprehensive battery of resources and tools for care
facility ministry in the world! And they are really humble children of the King.
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) - http://www.nih.gov/nia/health/ The NIA, one
of the 25 institutes and centers of the National Institutes of Health, leads a broad
scientific effort to understand the nature of aging and to extend the healthy, active
years of life. In 1974, Congress granted authority to form the National Institute
on Aging to provide leadership in aging research, training, health information dissemination,
and other programs relevant to aging and older people. Subsequent amendments to this
legislation designated the NIA as the primary federal agency on Alzheimer's Disease
research. Excellent information on illnesses specific to aging.
