Services and Programs

AgeOptions connects older adults and caregivers with community resources.

Services and Programs brought to you by AgeOptions

Active Daily Living

Active Daily Living

Helping Seniors and Family Caregivers with free, personalized advice to enhance health, independence, and aging-in-place.

Avisery

Avisery

Education and technical assistance for professionals who counsel older adults and people with disabilities on health care coverage options, including Medicare and Medicaid.

Benefits Enrollment Center

The National Council on Aging’s Center for Benefits Access supports 69 Benefits Enrollment Centers (BECs) around the country to help low-income people with Medicare access programs that pay for healthcare, food, and more.

Caring Together, Living Better (CTLB)

Caring Together, Living Better (CTLB)

West suburban faith and community based organizations provide services to support low-income African-American and Latinx caregivers.

H.O.P.E. by AgeOptions

H.O.P.E. by AgeOptions

We can help you move into your own home and live independently.

Illinois Pathways to Health

Illinois Pathways to Health

An initiative designed to connect people who are interested in bettering their health and well-being with programs.

LGBT+ Initiatives

LGBT+ Initiatives

We want to provide welcoming and inclusive services to all, regardless of sexual orientation, relationship status, and gender identity.

Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program

The Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program, mandated by the Older American’s Act and the Illinois Act on Aging, works to protect and promote the rights and quality of life for residents living in long-term care facilities.

Memory Café

Resources for Virtual Cafes.

Nutrition Innovations Projects

Nutrition Innovations Projects

AgeOptions is testing the benefits of a closed-loop referral system for people over 60 who appear to be food insecure.

Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP)

Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP)

Illinois SMP: Empowering Consumers to Prevent Healthcare Fraud.

Services in Your Neighborhood

Services in Your Neighborhood

Utilize these directories to find services near your home.

Take Charge of Your Diabetes

Learn how to thrive with diabetes- not just survive!

Take Charge of Your Health

Take Charge of Your Health

Take part in a series of workshops to learn how to thrive.

Virtual Programing

Check out this month’s schedule of virtual programing and stay connected! AgeOptions is supporting these virtual programs at NO CHARGE to participants.To learn more about virtual offerings please visit:

North Shore Senior Center
Aging Care Connections
CJE Seniorlife

For other engaging topics and activities, you can participate in without leaving home please check out Mather Telephone Topics, by clicking here.

Partnerships and External Resources

Adult Protective Services

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 with a disability who reside in a domestic setting.

Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC)

Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC)

The ADRC offers information to help older adults, caregivers and people with disabilities make decisions about care.

BenefitsCheckUp®

BenefitsCheckUp®

A free web-based service of the National Council on Aging.

iFAST – Illinois Financial Abuse Specialist Team

iFAST – Illinois Financial Abuse Specialist Team

iFAST – The Illinois Financial Abuse Specialist Team – is a multi-disciplinary collaborative dedicated to preventing elder financial exploitation, the most commonly reported form of abuse against older adults.

National and State Resources

National and State Resources

AgeOptions recommends these organizations.

Suburban Cook County Fatality Review Team

Suburban Cook County Fatality Review Team

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.

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