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Area Agency on Aging: Services to Allegheny County's seniors include
caregiver support, support for caregiving grandparents, home-delivered
meals, and much more.
http://www.county.allegheny.pa.us/dhs/aaa.aspx
Benefits Check Up: This service of the National Council on Aging
provides confidential questionnaires which then compare your information
with eligibility requirements for programs such as Social Security, Medicaid,
Food Stamps, Weatherization, pharmacy assistance, vocational rehabilitation
and in-home services. Users then receive a printable report that tells
them which programs they may likely qualify for and where to go to enroll.
http://www.benefitscheckup.org/
COMPASS: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Access to Social Services:
Allows individuals and community based organizations access to screen
for, apply for, and renew a broad range of social programs including health
care, energy assistance, and long-term care.
http://www.compass.state.pa.us/
Family Caregiver Alliance: Maintained by the National Center on
Caregiving. Includes fact sheets, statistics, information for long-distance
caregivers, and resource directories, and more.
http://www.caregiver.org
Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers: Recruits volunteers who then
provide critical in-home, non-medical services that assist frail Western
Pennsylvania seniors with the tasks of daily living.
http://www.ivcswpa.org/
National Family Caregiver Support Program. A U. S. Administration
on Aging site with fact sheets and brochures on caregiving topics, links
to resources, and updates on legislative issues.
http://www.aoa.gov/prof/aoaprog/caregiver/caregiver.asp
Pennsylvania Parents and Caregivers Resource Network: A statewide
cross-disability, grassroots network that supports parents' and caregivers'
efforts to help their children and adult family members with developmental
disabilities.
http://www.ppcrn.org/
Senior Action Coalition: The mission of the Senior Action Coalition
is to protect senior citizens and their families from financial fraud.
The Coalition achieves its mission through community outreach educational
programs, a hotline to report fraudulent activity, and the referral of
victims to law enforcement and regulatory agencies.
http://www.senioractioncoalition.org/
United Way's Help Connections is an extensive directory of health
and human service programs in Western Pennsylvania. Includes children's
programs, caregiver directories, and support groups.
http://www.unitedwaypittsburgh.org/HelpConnections.aspx?id=284
University of Pittsburgh. Institute on Aging: Family and Caregivers
Includes information on caregiving and work issues, legal rights, ethical
issues, social and emotional support, conditions and diseases that affect
older adults, and other issues related to caregiving.
http://www.aging.upmc.com/
UPMC Home Care: a network of services that work together to provide
a patient's total in-home needs, from nursing to medical equipment.
http://www.upmc.com/HomeCare/