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Senior Citizen's Resource Guide
Table of Contents

    * Health Care
          o Consumer information & license verification service
          o Disease prevention & health protection services
          o Health care proxy
          o Hospital patients' rights
          o Complaints about hospitals and diagnostic and treatment centers
          o Patients' rights for Medicare & Medicaid participants
          o Long Term Care Ombudsman Program (LTCOP)
    * Health Insurance
          o Balanced billing
          o Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage (EPIC)
          o Health Insurance Information, Counseling & Assistance Program (HIICAP)
          o Long Term Care Insurance Education & Outreach Program
          o New York State Partnership for Long Term Care
          o Medicaid
          o Medicare
          o Medicare Buy-In Programs
          o Reporting Medicare or Medicaid fraud
          o Medicare preventive health screening test and benefits
    * Nutrition Information
          o Congregate Meals
          o Home Delivered Meals
          o Food Stamps
          o Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program
          o Determine Your Nutritional Health
    * Fitness & Wellness
          o HIV & AIDS
          o Alcohol and substance abuse
          o Exercise clubs
    * Legal Assistance
          o Age Discrimination
          o Consumer Issues
          o Estate Planning
          o Guardianship
          o Mediating disputes to avoid court
          o Medicaid Eligibility
          o Powers of Attorney
          o Prison Families of New York
          o Professional Misconduct & Unlicensed Practice
    * Financial Assistance
    * Taxes
          o Real Property Tax Credit
          o Local Real Property Tax Exemption
          o School Tax Relief (STAR)
    * Local Support Services
          o NY Connects: Choices for Long Term Care
          o Alzheimer's Disease or other dementias
          o Caring for minor children
          o Elder Caregiver Support Program
          o Eldercare Locator
          o Expanded In-home Services for the Elderly Program (EISEP)
          o Home Care Services
          o Hospice Services
          o Long-distance caregiving
          o Respite services
          o Senior centers
          o Social adult day services
          o Supportive Services
          o Telephone Reassurance & Friendly Visiting
    * Housing Information
          o Active-Adult Community
          o Accessory Apartments
          o Adult Home (New York State licensed)
          o Assisted Living Program
          o Continuing Care Retirement Communities
          o Dementia Care Facility or Wing/Unit
          o Enriched Housing
          o Enriched Housing Program or Adult Home with Limited Licensed Home Care Agency
          o Intergenerational Housing
          o Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORCs)
          o Senior Housing (with no services)
          o Shared Living Residences
          o Supportive Senior Housing
          o Single Room Occupancy (SRO)
          o Subsidized Housing
          o Private Pay (Market Rate) Housing
    * Energy
          o Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP)
          o Utility Rights
          o Weatherization Referral and Packaging Program (WRAP)
          o Other assistance with utility emergencies
          o Public Service Commission
          o Energy Conservation
    * Transportation
          o Transportation to appointments
          o Transportation discounts
          o Older Driver Family Assistance Project
          o Personal Identification Card
    * Disasters & Emergencies
    * Employment
          o Older American Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP)
          o Workforce Investment Act (WIA)
    * Crime
          o Crime prevention
          o Crime victims' protection
          o Elder abuse prevention
    * Services for Older Immigrants & Refugees
          o SSI Eligibility Concerns
    * Recreation
          o Federal Golden Age Passport
          o Federal Golden Access Passport
          o New York State Parks' Golden Park Program
          o New York State Sporting License
          o Exercise Clubs
          o Empire State Senior Games
    * Volunteering
          o Long Term Care Ombudsman Program (LTCOP)
          o Foster Grandparent Program
          o Health Insurance Information, Counseling & Assistance Program (HIICAP)
          o Senior Companion Program
          o Retired & Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP)
    * Veterans Information & Benefits
          o Blind Annuity
          o Burial
          o Disability Compensation & Pension
          o Health Care
          o New York State Sporting License
          o Property Tax Exemption
          o High School Diplomas for World War II Veterans
    * Don't Hesitate to Call
          o Your Local Veterans' Office
          o United States Government
          o New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services
          o New York State Government
          o Your Local Social Services Districts
          o Your County Health Department
          o Alzheimer's Disease Assistance Centers & Programs
          o Toll-free helplines & other important numbers
          o Your County Mental Health Department