AgeOptions Virtual Town Hall: Addressing the Needs of Older Adults- A Call to Action for Suburban Cook County

AgeOptions invites community members to attend an Illinois Senior Medicare Patrol outreach event.

SMP Presentation & Bingo

AgeOptions invites community members to attend an Illinois Senior Medicare Patrol outreach event.

AgeOptions Benefit Enrollment Center at Glenwood-Lynwood Library

AgeOptions invites community members to attend a Benefits Enrollment Presentation.

SMP Spanish Presentation – Hanover Township

AgeOptions invites community members to attend an Illinois Senior Medicare Patrol outreach event.

Celebrating 50 Years of Our Impact Video

Celebrating 50 Years of Our Impact anniversary video featuring our programs and partners.

Illinois Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) Video

Illinois Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP): Empowering Consumers to Prevent Healthcare Fraud.

AgeOptions Meal Box Kits Video

The AgeOptions Meal Box Kits program video advocates for the federal and state governments to consider flexibility in the use of nutrition funding. Meal Box Kits are delivered weekly to eligible older adults of Suburban Cook County, Illinois who c…

H.O.P.E. by AgeOptions Video

H.O.P.E. by AgeOptions is a Nursing Facilities Transition program. We assist individuals, 18 years and older, who have been living in a nursing facility in Cook County for 60 days or more, and who are eligible for and/or on Medicaid, to transition…

SMP Presentation & Bingo

AgeOptions invites community members to attend an Illinois Senior Medicare Patrol outreach event.

Celebrate Belonging Video

Watch this video to learn about how our programs promote belonging among the older adult community we serve.

Help for Family Caregivers

The federal government recently took a huge leap forward supporting caregivers. A groundbreaking White House executive order includes more than 50 directives for agencies to improve access to affordable, high-quality support for direct care worker…

Advocates call for increased funding for caregivers and other senior programs

  Cook County Commissioner Monica Gordon, right, speaks with Ranna Jaber, patient resource manager with Chicago Family Health Center Inc., after Friday’s legislative breakfast. (Francine Knowles / Daily Southtown) “There are only four k…

Increase aid for elderly and disabled Illinoisans.

There is a proposal before the Pritzker administration to provide an increase in the Aid to the Aged, Blind and Disabled program that will allow Illinoisans a combined income equal to at least the poverty level. Read the entire Chicago Sun-Times …

Age Wave Study Shows Growing Older Population in Suburban Cook County

AgeOptions engaged Rob Paral and Associates to prepare a demographic of the older adult population in suburban Cook County.

Fraud Alert

The Illinois SMP Program at AgeOptions sends email Fraud Alerts every other Friday.

Fiscal Year 2023 Area Plan

The Fiscal Year 2018 Public Information Document has been published.

If You Have Medicare, You Have Health Insurance

If you have Medicare, you have health insurance and do not need to enroll in the Marketplace plans. In fact, it is against the law for someone who knows that you have Medicare to sell you a Marketplace plan.