Services and Programs
Long-Term Care Consultation
Family Caregiver Support Program
Options For Independence Aging Resource Center
Long
Term Care Ombudsman Program Multipurpose Senior Centers
Meals
& Elderly Nutrition Programs Kinship
Navigator
Ohio
Seniors Health Insurance Information Program (OSHIIP)
PASSPORT Residential State Supplement (RSS)
Retired
Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP)
Long-Term Care Consultation is a statewide program designed to assist seniors and their families with long term care decisions. A trained and experienced professional can visit seniors in their own home and help assess their needs. The Long-Term Care Consultation consultant will discuss available services, eligibility requirements and financial resources necessary, and create a plan of care. There is no charge for a Care Choice Ohio evaluation. Call AOoA at 1-419-382-0624 Ext.1123.
Family Caregiver Support Program
Families,
not social service agencies, nursing homes or government programs, are
the main providers of long-term care for older persons in northwestern
Ohio. The National Family Caregiver Support Program, implemented as a
part of the Older Americans Act of 2000 recognizes the monumental role
caregivers play in caring for older family members. Under this program
five basic services are available: information to caregivers about available
services; assistance to caregivers in gaining access to services; counseling, support
groups, and caregiver training; respite care to enable caregivers to be
temporarily relieved from their caregiving responsibilities; and supplemental
services, to complement the care provided by family caregivers.
For more information about this program, you can click here or contact the AOoA at 1-419-382-0624, ext. 1185
Additional Resources
Booklet 1:
Advance Care Planning - Making Choices Known
Booklet 2: Planning Ahead - Funeral and Memorial
Services
Booklet 3: Preparing to Say Good Bye - Care for the Dying
Booklet 4: When Death Occurs - What To Do When a Loved
One Dies Booklet 5: Help for the Bereaved - The
Healing Journey
The AOoA Aging Resource Center provides efficient and effective public access to the full range of available human services for senior citizens and caregivers for northwestern Ohio.
Please contact Justin Moor @ 419-382-0624, ext. 1169, for further information.
The following programs are offered through the AOoA Housing Department. For questions about housing call our AOoA Housing Division Ext. 1186.
HEAP Program (Heat Energy Assistance Program) - a federally funded program, administered through the Ohio Department of Development's Office on Community Services, that is designed to assist low-income Ohioans in meeting the high cost of home heating.
Home Repair Program - a state funded program through the Ohio Department of Aging for minor home repairs and modifications for the eligible older adults (60+).
Adult Foster Home Program - a state funded program through the Ohio Department of Aging, and administered by the Area Office on Aging of Northwestern Ohio (AOoA). This program allows elderly, dependent adults to remain in the community in a safe and supervised home-like environment. For more information about Adult Foster Homes click here.
RSS Program (Residential State Supplement) - a state funded cash supplement to low income, aged, blind or disabled adults who have increased needs for assistance with activities of daily living, but do not require nursing home care. This program is administered through the Ohio Department of Aging. To be eligible, one must live in the following licensed facilities: Adult Family Home, Adult Group Home, Adult Residential Care Facility, or a certified Adult Foster Home. For more information about RSS click here or Call 382-7060.
AOoA Housing Subsidiaries - Island Parkway Manor, located in Defiance, Ohio; Riverview Terrace, located in Napoleon, Ohio; and Westhaven Apartments, located in North Baltimore, Ohio, are all low income elderly apartments sponsored by the Area Office on Aging. For more information, contact the Housing Division Ext.186.
Options for Independence is funded by the Lucas County Senior Services Levy and the Ohio Department of Aging. Licensed social work and registered nurse Care Coordinators help older adults as they struggle to remain living independently as long as possible. Expert information, assessment and assistance is available to adults age 60 and older and those calling on their behalf. Older adults who qualify may receive discounts on services such as homemaking or personal care. For more information about Options for Independence click here or call the Area Office on Aging at 419-382-0624 Ext. 1198.
Long Term
Care Ombudsman Program
The Ombudsman program can assist older adults and their families with questions and complaints concerning nursing home or home care. The address for the LTC Ombudsman is 740 Spitzer Building, 520 Madison Ave. Toledo, 43604. Call 259-2891 or 1-800-542-1874.
Community facilities where older adults can gather and make new friends. While programs vary by center, most offer outreach programs, meals, information, health screenings and counseling, and a variety of educational, fitness and volunteer programs. For a list of Senior Centers click here.
Meals and
Elderly Nutrition Programs
Nutritionally sound, daily hot home delivered meals are available
for homebound seniors throughout the 10 counties in AOoA's service area. Also in all 10 counties, frozen meals
are available for evenings and weekends. Other nutrition services are available through a variety of programs.
Mobile Meals of Toledo delivers three meals per day to homebound residents of Lucas County, special diets are available
upon request.
Special diets are also available in Defiance, Sandusky, and Ottawa Counties. A traveling grocery store, Mobile
Market, visits housing facilities for seniors and the disabled in Lucas and Wood With the rising cost of utilities,
prescriptions, and medical needs while on a fixed income, senior citizens sometimes face the agonizing choice of
either paying the necessary living items or purchasing food. When many seniors are already at an increased health
risk, nutrition is of the utmost concern to help reduce colds and illnesses.
The Elderly Nutrition Program offers a variety of meal choices to fit one's lifestyle. For those who are 60 years
of age or older and are able to get out, there are over 57 senior dining sites located throughout the 10 counties
in AOoA's service area. The senior dining sites are a place for senior citizens to go have fun, socialize, and
receive a hot noon-time meal on a donation basis. Up-to-date nutrition education is provided at the senior dining
sites in fun and exciting ways.
Transportation is available to most dining sites. Persons 60 years of age or older who are homebound and unable
to shop or prepare their meals may be eligible for home delivered meals on a donation basis. Some private organizations
offer "Meals on Wheels" or home delivered meals to different ages for a set charge. Another service offered
in Lucas and Wood Counties is a traveling grocery store called the Mobile Market, The Mobile Market visits many
housing facilities for seniors and the disabled on a weekly basis to enable seniors without transportation the
opportunity to shop for their groceries.
The Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program. This is an opportunity for many senior citizens to receive coupons good for locally grown fresh fruits and vegetables provided by farmers throughout the 10 counties of Northwestern Ohio.
To find the
best meal or nutrition program that meets your needs, call the Area
Office on Aging at (419) 382-0624 ext. 153 or 1-800-472-7277 or
click here for more
information about Meals and Elderly Nutrition Programs.
The Area Office on Aging of Northwestern Ohio's Kinship Navigator program guides grandparents and other relatives who are raising children in their extended families to services in the community. Click Here to learn more about this program.
Ohio Seniors
Health Insurance
Information Program (OSHIIP)
OSHIIP has volunteers trained by the Ohio Department of Insurance to help consumers with insurance questions. Services include help in completing insurance claims, evaluating insurance policies, understanding responses from insurance companies. Best of all this service is free! Call AOoA’s RSVP office 419-382-7060. Or call OSHIIP direct 1-800-686-1578
PASSPORT assists eligible persons at risk of nursing home placement to remain in their own homes with professionally managed service and support. Income and financial resource limits apply. Eligible consumers may receive a variety of in-home services based on individual needs. Funding is by a special state and federal Medicaid waiver. For more information about PASSPORT click here or call 419-382-0624 or 1-800-472-7277.
Residential
State Supplement (RSS)
RSS Program (Residential State Supplement) is a state funded cash supplement to low income, aged, blind or disabled adults who have increased needs for assistance with activities of daily living, but do not require nursing home care. This program is administered through the Ohio Department of Aging. Eligible individuals also receive Medicaid benefits. To be eligible, one must live in or move to one of the following types of licensed facilities: Adult Family Home, Adult Group Home, Adult Residential Care Facility, or a certified Adult Foster Home. For more information about RSS click here or call AOoA at 382-0624.
Retired
Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP)
Persons 55 and older who want to put their time, talent and expertise to work again in the community can call RSVP. Volunteer opportunities are available in schools and social service agencies throughout Northwestern Ohio. RSVP volunteers serve in Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Lucas, Paulding, Williams, and Wood Counties. If you want to volunteer or need volunteers click here for more information about RSVP or call AOoA’s RSVP office 419-382-7060.
