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The Agency on Aging's
many programs include (CLICK on the links for more information):
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Aging Resource Center,
which provides one-on-one telephone/in-person counseling and library
materials on a broad range of topics of interest (such as Medicare, Medigap
insurance, Social Security, social services programs) to older adults and
their caregivers, and finds callers help and matchings services through
programs such as
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CHOICES
("Connecticut's program for Health insurance assistance,
Outreach Information and referral Counseling Eligibility
Screening")
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Medi$ave,
which educates consumers about the reading their health care
statements to prevent errors in the Medicare and Medicaid systems,
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Home
Share Match, which helps match those in search of affordable housing with home
providers in need of extra income or services;
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Seniors Guide to Services -- Compilation of resources and contacts, available in print and online
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Home
Care Program for the Elderly and Respite Care Management Programs,
programs that provide assessment of need, ongoing care management and
subsidized home care services to eligible individuals age 65 and older, as
well as supporting their caregivers;
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Older
Americans Act grants oversight,
under which the Agency on Aging grants staff are charged with evaluating applications for
and monitoring ongoing use of Older Americans Act funds that support in-home
and community services (targeted toward persons age 60 and older who reside
in the south central region of Connecticut)
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Volunteer,
Training and Employment Programs that include:
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Foster
Grandparents (stipend
positions in which eligible individuals age 60 and older are assigned to
work with children in need)
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Senior
Companions (stipend
positions in which eligible individuals age 60 and older are assigned to
work with their frail peers),
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Retired
and Senior Volunteer Program, that seeks to place adults age 55 and older in meaningful volunteer
positions and track that activity over time;
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Experience Corps, which trains and places
groups of age 55+ volunteers (some with stipends) in schools for 5-15 hours per
week as tutors for students in grades K-3 ;
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Opportunities
for Older Adults
(stipend and paid positions in which eligible
individuals are assigned to work with older adults with
developmental disabilities; and
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Senior
Community Employment Program
(Title
V),
a program that offers employment placement to adults age 55 and older.
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