2024 Legislative Breakfasts – Palos Heights Recreation Center
AgeOptions and local older adult service agencies invite you to attend one of five annual Legislative Breakfast meetings.
2024 Legislative Breakfasts – Bernadine Manor
AgeOptions and local older adult service agencies invite you to attend one of five annual Legislative Breakfast meetings.
2024 Legislative Breakfasts – Kenneth Young Center
AgeOptions and local older adult service agencies invite you to attend one of five annual Legislative Breakfast meetings.
AgeOptions Chart of Benefits – Updated May 2026
The Age Options Chart of Benefits lists income, assets, and a quick overview of eligibility requirements for various public programs in Illinois including Medicaid, Medicare Savings Programs, Extra Help, the Benefits Access Program, Supplemental...
Original Medicare vs. Medicare Advantage: Consideration Checklists
Avisery is pleased to announce the release of Avisery’s Original Medicare vs. Medicare Advantage Considerations Checklists.
Original Medicare vs Medicare Advantage: Consideration Checklist for those New to Medicare
Original Medicare vs....
Archive of Avisery Alerts
2025 Avisery Alerts
4/29/2026: New Guide to Help Medicare Beneficiaries Under 65 Make Informed Coverage Choices
4/1/2026: New Avisery LinkedIn Page
3/25/2026: Avisery’s Impact in FY25!
3/20/2026: Identity Verification Requirements Now...
Celebrate Belonging Video
Watch this video to learn about how our programs promote belonging among the older adult community we serve.
Avisery Guide to Medicare and Medicaid Coverage for Hospital, Skilled Nurse Facility and Home Supportive Services in Illinois
New Resource! Avisery Guide to Medicare and Medicaid Coverage for Hospital, Skilled Nursing Facility and Home Supportive Services in Illinois
Avisery is pleased to announce our updated reference guide, “Avisery Guide to Medicare and...
Caring Together, Living Better (CTLB) Program for Partners
Welcome, CTLB Partners!
This is the Caring Together, Living Better Program’s website designed specifically for partners. All materials and resources related to AgeOptions’ CTLB Program will be found here.
“Our mission is to support and empower...
AgeOptions Comprehensive Needs Report and Survey
AgeOptions commissioned the University of Illinois Chicago Department of Disability and Human Development to report on the changing demographics of the 50+ population in suburban Cook County in Aging in the Suburbs, A Comprehensive Needs...
Celebrate Belonging
AgeOptions is hosting its 19th Annual Networking Reception - Celebrate Belonging - on Wednesday, October 11, 2023, beginning at 6 p.m.
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...
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...
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...
Thrive with Pride by AgeOptions Receives Aging Innovations Award
AgeOptions’ Thrive with Pride program for LGBT+ older adults recently received a 2022 Aging Innovations Award, one of the highest honors presented by USAging to its members.
USAging is the national association representing and supporting the...
Library CARES Program For Partners
Welcome Library Partners!
Thrive with Pride presents: Mental Health in the Pandemic Era
In an era where so much is uncertain, many of us are encountering new anxieties and are in need of new ways to care for our mental health. Join AgeOptions and NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Metro Suburban for a conversation about...
Giving Tuesday is December 1st
Save the Date!
Illinois Senior Medicare Patrol Shares Experience and Expertise Nationwide
With the success of the Illinois Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) team in recruiting volunteers and spreading its fraud prevention message throughout the state, Travis Trumitch, SMP coordinator, has found himself in demand to share methods and...
Caregiving in Crisis
AgeOptions says Thank You to the 53 million unpaid family members and friends who are caregivers in the US, and to all the grandparents and older adults raising children under 18.
Turning Up the Volume on Ageism
Well it’s all right, even if you’re old and grayWell it’s all right, you still got something to sayThe Traveling Wilburys, End of the Line
Contrary to the hopeful lyrics, older adults often aren’t considered to have “something to say.” They...
AgeOptions’ response to our community during COVID-19
Information & Assistance
The Information and Assistance Team has experienced a surge of callers looking for help securing food, increasing from roughly 5% of calls before the COVID-19 epidemic to 46% at peak. They also assist callers...
Sign Up for Active Daily Living Information on AgeOptions Website
Older adults, their families and friends can sign up to receive useful information through the Active Daily Living section of AgeOptions’ website. This interactive resource page includes Age in Place Guides, Quick Care Tips, Health Care...