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Provides assistance to informal caregivers, spouses, adult children, other family members, friends and neighbors, in their efforts to care for an older person who needs help with everyday tasks. This can include certain aspect of personal care, such as, bathing, dressing, and grooming, as well as, housekeeping, errands, grocery shopping, providing meals, transportation, home repairs, financial support, emotional support and companionship as well as short term respite care within the home. Maintains a resource library for information for caregivers as well as age-related diseases.

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Caregiver Issues
Caregiver Counseling
Family Caregiver Subsidies
Specialized Information and Referral
Special Collections and Archives
Caregiver Training
Adult In Home Respite Care
The Office for the Aging offers many services for the senior residents of Steuben County including, but not limited to, information and referral, nutrition through congregate meals, advocacy, support groups, transportation services, caregiver services, case management, and the Bone Builders and Senior Meal Programs. Bone Builders and the Senior Dinner Clubs are overseen by Pro Action of Steuben-Yates.

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Housekeeping Assistance
Home Delivered Meals
Caregiver Issues
Driving Evaluation
Older Adult / Aging Issues
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Family Caregiver Subsidies
Congregate Meals / Nutrition Sites
Ramp Construction Services
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Senior Ride Programs
Area Agencies on Aging
Medicare Information / Counseling
Living Wills
Food Vouchers
Medicaid Appeals / Complaints
Personal Alarm Systems
Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
Specialized Information and Referral
Personal Safety Education
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Support Group Clearinghouses
Consumer Fraud Reporting
Grandparent Rights
Alzheimer's Disease
Adult In Home Respite Care
Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
Caregiver Training
Aging and Disability Resource Centers
Errand Running / Shopping Assistance
Special Collections and Archives
Long Term Care Issues
Home Health Aide Services
Elder Law
Friendly Visiting
Long Term Case / Care Management
Long Term Care Ombudsman Programs
Landlord / Tenant Dispute Resolution
Workshops / Symposiums
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Caregiver / Care Receiver Support Groups
Kinship Caregivers
  • Helping Loved Ones Age in Place - 5 steps for keeping older family members comfortable and safe, in their home or yours. http://www.aarp.org/inhomecare

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Caregiver Training
Fall Prevention Programs
Indoor Home Safety Education
* Provides educational advocacy for students to develop an appropriate special education plan.
* Offers assistance with applications to individuals who are suspected of having a developmental disability with OPWDD eligibility process.
* Offers trainings to students, families of individuals with disabilities, educators, and/or service providers.
* Transition Services - assists students in creating plans for individualized transition services as they prepare for life after high school.

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Case/Care Management
Advocacy
Customized Training for Employees
Caregiver/Care Receiver Support Groups
Caregiver Training
Provides assistance for individuals caring for someone ages 60 years and older with significant impairments of daily living. Services include counseling, training, information and assistance, support groups, and respite care. Materials/videos are available to borrow from the Caregiver's Resource Center.

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Caregiver Training
Caregiver Counseling
Information and Referral
Caregiver Consultation and Support
Respite Care Registries
Caregiver/Care Receiver Support Groups
Agency Based Libraries/Resource Centers
Offers comprehensive, multi-disciplinary assessment of persons with dementia-related symptoms. Assists families, other caregivers and health professionals to learn positive approaches to managing problems associated with Alzheimer's and related dementias.

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Physical Examinations
Activities of Daily Living Assessment
Caregiver Training
Specialized information regarding services for elders.

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Long Term Home Health Care
Caregiver Training
Nursing Facility Referrals

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Caregiver Training
Caregiver Consultation and Support
Family Support Centers / Outreach
Special Education Plan Development

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Telephone Reassurance
Medicare
Specialized Information and Referral
Discount Programs
Caregiver Consultation and Support
Friendly Visiting
Congregate Meals / Nutrition Sites
Caregiver Training
Senior Ride Programs
Nutrition Education
Senior Centers
Adult Day Program Centers
General Physical Examinations
Extreme Heat Cooling Centers
Long Term Care Options Counseling

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Individual Advocacy
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Adult In Home Respite Care
Caregiver Training
Legal Counseling
Caregiver Consultation and Support
Disease / Disability Information
Medical Information Services
Specialized Information and Referral
Clinical Trials
Offers a variety of programs designed for older adults to help promote and maintain health and wellness. Programs include: - Tai Chi for Arthritis - Moving for Better Balance - Stepping On: Falls Prevention Program - Living Healthy Programs, which specialize in programs for managing Diabetes and Chronic Pain - Healthy Bones - Powerful Tools for Caregivers, which includes training, support groups, and counseling Additional services include: Home Safety Assessments and hospital to home assistance with a certified Care Transition Coach.

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Diabetes Management Clinics
Caregiver / Care Receiver Support Groups
Wellness Programs
Fall Prevention Programs
Home Safety Evaluations
Caregiver Counseling
Pain Management
Caregiver Training
Exercise Classes / Groups
Activities include: billiards, travel clubs, club meetings, special events, van/wheelchair van service, hot lunches, defensive driving classes, meals on wheels, information and referral, monthly newsletter, volunteer opportunities, caregivers program, and support group. Health focused activities include: aerobics class, health maintenance center, "Are You Okay?" Program, arthritis exercise program (ACE), Silver Sneakers Exercise Program, health insurance counseling (HIICAP), and adult day care (see separate listing for Hamburg Town - Adult Day Services). Pool programs include: Aqua Strength and Core, Aqua Aerobics and Tai Chi, and open swim.

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Senior Centers
Arts and Crafts Instruction
Senior Ride Programs
Caregiver Training
Senior Community Service Employment Programs
Congregate Meals / Nutrition Sites
Home Delivered Meals
Specialized Information and Referral
Provides in-home aide service to relieve caregivers of homebound seniors, ages 60 and older. Provides caregiver education and other assistance to caregivers. Also provides out-of-home respite though Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Adult Day Care.

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Adult In Home Respite Care
Caregiver Training
Adult Out of Home Respite Care
Provides literature, videotapes, DVDs, and other materials of interest to individuals, caregivers, and health professionals.

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Caregiver Counseling
Agency Based Libraries / Resource Centers
Adult Basic Education
Caregiver Training
Specialized Information and Referral
Printed Materials
Offers free group and individual counseling, and education for caregivers of an elderly loved one.
The Caregiver Resource Center is a “one stop” service point addressing problems facing caregivers by offering information, training and support to caregivers of the elderly. The center works closely with other County and non-profit agencies to make the service network more accessible and responsive to caregivers.

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Caregiver Consultation and Support
Respite Care Registries
Specialized Information and Referral
Caregiver Training
Provides non-medical services needed to enable older persons to remain at home, delaying care in long-term facility or nursing home.

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Caregiver Training
Case/Care Management
Activities of Daily Living Assessment
Personal Care
Adult In Home Respite Care
Housekeeping Assistance
* Provides information, assistance, training, workshops, discussion and support groups.
* Provides educational advocacy for students to develop an appropriate special education plan.
* Offers assistance with applications to individuals who are suspected of having a developmental disability with OPWDD eligibility process.
* Offers trainings to students, families of individuals with disabilities, educators, and/or service providers.
* Transition Services - assists students in creating plans for individualized transition services as they prepare for life after high school.

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Case/Care Management
Advocacy
Customized Training for Employees
Caregiver/Care Receiver Support Groups
Caregiver Training
* Offers workshop designed to help caregivers take better care of themselves while caring for someone else.
Offers short-term respite services, educational workshops, training, support groups, and various therapeutic services to adults taking care of a senior age 60 years or older, or a grandparent over 60 caring for a child under the age of 19.

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Adult In Home Respite Care
Caregiver Training
Dementia Management
Caregiver/Care Receiver Support Groups
Offers trainings and education to families, parent-to-parent support, and advocacy assistance. Provides funding to families for respite, therapeutic recreational activities, summer camps, specialized adaptive equipment, home modifications, and emergency services.

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Parent Support Groups
Assistive Technology Expense Assistance
Parent to Parent Networking
Caregiver Training
Individual Advocacy
Parenting Skills Classes
Respite Care Subsidies
Parent Rights Classes
Subject Specific Public Awareness/Education
Family Life Education
Accessible Home Construction
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Caregiver/Care Receiver Support Groups
* Build families capacity to support their children's academic and social-emotional success at home, in the community, and at school. * Offers families a navigator to identify goals through coaching, peer networking, and referral to community resources. Target areas for support can include: Housing. Employment. Health/wellness. Parenting strategies. Budgeting. Basic needs. Communication with schools.

Provides training opportunities to caregivers of individuals under the age of 18 who have a developmental disability and are enrolled in the HCBS Waiver program.

Provides information, caregiver assessments, one-on-one consults and referral to family caregivers of older adults. Offers information about programs and services available at Office for Aging and throughout the community. Publishes information in the Senior News "Caregiver Corner"; sponsors caregiver support group/chat; and educational programs. Trainings held both daytime and evenings. Locations and times vary.