For Older Adults & Caregivers

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Food plays a very important role in our lives. What we eat significantly affects our health, quality of life and longevity. Good nutrition is essential in maintaining cognitive and physical functioning. For older adults, proper and balanced nutritio…
Tool which enables adult consumers to screen themselves for common legal issues and pursue appropriate action.
This program can help you with everything you need to successfully move from a nursing home back into the community. We promote well-being, support quality of life and strive to bring hope by respecting your unique circumstances and goals. helps…
Trualta is an interactive eLearning platform to help manage care for aging adults at home.
Social engagement is important for our physical and mental health. AgeOptions can help you connect with your community.
TCARE is a caregiver assessment tool that identifies the stressors of individual caregivers and provides personalized tools and resources to support the caregiving journey.
Public libraries in suburban Cook County offer targeted programming to older adults in their communities, providing socialization and bridging the digital divide.
Uniper is a virtual senior center brought into your home via your TV, and AgeOptions is offering this to you at no cost.
Connect with opportunities and services specifically for culturally and linguistically isolated older persons and seniors
AgeOptions’ Benefit Enrollment center and our network of community-based partners help low-income seniors and people with disabilities find and enroll in all the benefits programs for which they are eligible.
The Illinois Department on Aging’s Adult Protective Services Program is responsible for investigating suspected cases of abuse, neglect, financial exploitation and self-neglect experienced by older adults 60 years of age or older and adults 18-59 wi…
The Long-term Care Ombudsman program represents and advocates for the rights of long-term care facility residents age 60 and older and protects and promotes their quality of life.
Memory Cafes are stigma-free social settings where people living with dementia and their care partners can meet others and enjoy time together!
How to keep yourself and others around you healthy and safe.
The AgeOptions Emergency Preparedness web page has checklists, a situation summary and sources and materials to keep older adults and caregivers, as well as our partners and funded agencies, informed about alerts, public health recommendations and h…
The Suburban Cook Adult Fatality Review Team examines deaths associated with suspected abuse and or neglect of persons aged 18-59 with a disability and older adults 60+ years old residing in a domestic setting.
The ADRN offers information to help older adults, caregivers and people with disabilities make decisions about care.
Utilize these directories to find services near your home.
This AgeOptions initiative helps all Illinoisans better manage chronic conditions and reduce risk of falls. Improve your health and well-being with interactive workshops.
We want to provide welcoming and inclusive services to all, regardless of sexual orientation, relationship status, and gender identity.
Improve your health and well-being with interactive workshops for anyone with a chronic condition such as COPD, heart disease, diabetes, chronic pain, or cancer. Caregivers, family and friends welcome to join as we learn skills to improve sleep, fat…
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West suburban faith and community based organizations provide services to support low-income African-American and Latinx caregivers.