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Helpful Organizations

Information, referral and support

• AARP
  Phone: 888-687-2277
  • Community Resource Finder
  • Connect to Affect
  • Create the Good
    Phone: 866-740-7719
  • Friendly Voice
    Phone: 888-281-0145 for English; 888-497-4108 for Spanish (leave your information to receive a return call)
• Benjamin Rose
  Phone: 216-791-8000
• Eldercare Locator
  Phone: 800-677-1116
• Ohio Area Agencies on Aging (O4A)
  Phone: 866-243-5678
  • Council on Aging of Southwestern Ohio: Serving Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton and Warren counties
    Phone: toll free 800-252-0155, or local 513-721-1025
  • Area Agency on Aging, PSA 2: Serving Champaign, Clark, Darke, Greene, Logan, Miami, Montgomery, Preble and Shelby counties
    Phone: toll free 800-258-7277, or local 937-223-4357
  • Agency on Aging 3, Inc: Serving Allen, Auglaize, Hancock, Hardin, Mercer, Putnam and Van Wert counties
    Phone: toll free 800-653-7723, or local 419-222-7723
  • Area Office on Aging of Northwestern Ohio: Serving Defiance, Erie, Fulton, Henry, Lucas, Ottawa, Paulding, Sandusky, Williams and Wood counties
    Phone: toll free 800-472-7277, or local 419-382-0624
  • Ohio District 5 Area Agencies on Aging: Serving Ashland, Crawford, Huron, Knox, Marion, Morrow, Richland, Seneca and Wyandot counties
    Phone: toll free 800-860-5799, or local 419-524-4144
  • Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging (COAAA): Serving Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Licking, Madison, Pickaway and Union counties
    Phone: toll free 800-589-7277, or local 614-645-7250
  • Area Agency on Aging, District 7: Serving Adams, Brown, Gallia, Highland, Jackson, Lawrence, Pike, Ross, Scioto and Vinton counties
    Phone: toll free 800-582-7277, or local 740-245-5306
  • Buckeye Hills Regional Council: Serving Athens, Hocking, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Noble, Perry and Washington counties
    Phone: toll free 800-331-2644, or local 740-373-9436
  • Area Agency on Aging Region 9: Serving Belmont, Carroll, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Holmes, Jefferson, Muskingum and Tuscarawas counties
    Phone: toll free 800-945-4250, or local 740-439-2294
  • Western Reserve Area Agency on Aging: Serving Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain and Medina counties
    Phone: toll free 800-626-7277, or local 216-621-0303
  • Direction Home Akron Canton Area Agency on Aging: Serving Portage, Stark, Summit and Wayne counties
    Phone: toll free 800-421-7277, or local 330-896-9172
  • Direction Home of Eastern Ohio: Serving Ashtabula, Columbiana, Mahoning and Trumbull counties
    Phone: toll free 800-686-7367, or local 330-505-2300
• Ohio Council for Cognitive Health
• Ohio Living
  Phone: toll free 800-686-7800, or local 614-888-7800
• Senior Resources
• 211
  Phone: National or local dial 2-1-1
  Ohio offices
  Phone: 888-644-6211
  • Area Agency on Aging 3
    Phone: toll free 866-246-9279, or local 419-222-7723
  • Ashtabula County Community Action Agency
    Phone: 800-874-8545
  • Fairfield County 211
    Phone: 740-687-0500
  • Help Network of Northeast Ohio
    Phone: toll free 330-747-2696, or local 330-424-7767; TTY: 800-750-0750
  • HelpLine of Delaware & Morrow County
    Phone: toll free 800-684-2324, or local 740-369-3316 and 419-947-2520
  • Lifeline, Inc.
    Phone: 440-639-4420
  • Lutheran Social Services of Central Ohio
    Phone: 614-221-2255
  • Mansfield/Richland County Public Library
    Phone: toll free 877-795-2111, or local 419-522-4636
  • Pathways of Central Ohio 211
    Phone: 800-544-1601
  • United Way of Greater Cincinnati
    Phone: toll free 877-721-8476, or local 513-721-7900
  • United Way of Greater Cleveland
    Phone: 888-508-4211
  • United Way of Greater Toledo
    Phone: toll free 800-650-4357, or local Lucas County 419-248-2424 or Ottawa County 419-734-6645
  • United Way of Summit & Medina
    Phone: 330-762-7601
  • United Way of the Greater Dayton Area
    Phone: toll free 800-917-3224, or local 937-225-3000

Alzheimer’s disease and dementia education and advocacy

• Alzheimer’s Association
  Phone: National and local 800-272-3900
  Ohio regional offices:
  • Central Ohio
    Local phone: 614-457-6003
  • Cleveland Area
    Local phone: 216-342-5556
  • Greater Cincinnati
    Local phone: 513-721-4282
  • Greater East Ohio
    Local phone: 330-966-7343
  • Miami Valley
    Local phone: 937-291-3332
  • Northwest Ohio
    Local phone: 419-537-1999
• BOLD Centers:
  • Public Health Center of Excellence (PHCOE) Early Detection of Dementia
  • Public Health Center of Excellence on Dementia Caregiving
    Email: PHCOE-DC@umn.edu
  • Public Health Center of Excellence on Dementia Risk Reduction
• Dementia Friendly America
• Dementia Friendly Ohio Communities
• Dementia Friends Ohio
• Dementia Friends USA
  Email: info@dementiafriendsusa.org
• Resources for specific types of dementia:
  • American Parkinson Disease Association
    Phone: 800-223-2732
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Foundation
    Phone: 800-659-1991
  • Huntington’s Disease Society of America
    Phone: 800-345-4372
  • Lewy Body Dementia Association
    Phone: 800-539-9767
  • Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research
    Phone: 212-509-0995
  • National Down Syndrome Society
    Phone: 800-221-4602
  • Parkinson’s Foundation
    Phone: 800-473-4636
  • The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration
    Phone: 866-507-7222
  • Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome Information at National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
    Phone: 301-443-3860
• UsAgainstAlzheimer’s
  Phone: 202-410-5199

Benefits and payment resources

• AARP Medicare Resource Guide
  Phone: 888-687-2277
• Golden Buckeye Card Program
  Phone: 800-422-1976
• National Council on Aging (NCOA) Benefits Checkup
  Phone: 800-794-6559
• Ohio Benefits Program
  Phone: 844-640-6446
• Ohio Senior Health Insurance Information Program – (OSHIIP)
  Phone: 800-686-1578

Caregiving support and education

• AARP
  Phone: 888-687-2277
  • Caregivers Facebook Group
  • Family Caregiver Website
  • Friendly Voice
  • Phone: 888-281-0145 for English; 888-497-4108 for Spanish (leave your information to receive a return call)
  • I Heart Caregivers
  • Online Caregiver Community
  • National Resources for Family Caregivers
    Phone: 877-333-5885 for English, or 888-971-2013 for Spanish
  • Supporting Caregivers in the Workplace
• Best Practice Caregiving
• Family Caregiver Alliance (FCA)
  Phone: toll free 800-445-8106, or local 415-434-3388
• National Council on Caregiving (NAC)
  Phone: 202-918-1013

Housing information

• Benjamin Rose Housing and Home Ownerships Programs
  Phone: 216-791-8000
  • Aging in Place: Know Your Housing Options
  • Homebuyer Education
• Ohio Statewide Independent Living Council
  Phone: toll free 800-566-7788, or local V/TTY 614-892-0390
• Senior Care Authority
  Phone: 888-854-3910

In-home care

• Oasis In-home Care
  Phone: 909-985-7009
• Ohio Council for Home Care and Hospice
  Phone: 614-885-0434
• OhioHealth at Home
  Phone: toll free 800-300-7075, or local 614-566-0888
• Visiting Nurse Association of Ohio (VNA)
  Phone: 216-931-1300

Legal and financial help

• Benjamin Rose Financial Wellness Programs
  Phone: 216-791-8000
• Disability Rights Ohio
  Phone: toll free 800-282-9181, or local 614-466-7264; Press 2 to leave a message
• ProSeniors
  Phone: toll free 800-488-6070, or local 513-345-4160

Long-term care

• Assisted Living Locators
  Phone: 800-267-7816
• Ohio Long-term Care Ombudsman
  Phone: 800-282-1206

Respite care

• ARCH National Respite Network and Resource Center
  Phone: 703-256-2084
• Ohio Council for Home Care and Hospice
  Phone: 614-885-0434

Senior centers

• John J. Gerlach Center for Senior Health
  Phone: 614-566-5858
• Ohio Association of Senior Centers (OASC)
  Phone: 614-784-9772

State agencies

• Ohio Department of Aging (ODA)
  Phone: 800-266-4346, or for TTY, use Relay Ohio: Dial 711 and use 614-466-5500
  • ODA Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP)
    Phone: 866-243-5678
• Ohio Department of Health (ODH)
  Phone: 614-466-3543
• Ohio Department of Job and Family Services
  Phone: 877-644-6562, or TTY: 614-387-8408
• Ohio Department of Medicaid (ODM)
  Phone: 800-324-8680
  • Home and Community-Based Services
  • Medicaid State Waivers List
• Ohio Department of Veterans Services
  Phone: 614-644-0898