| Legal Resources Agencies on Aging/Elder Services |
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Disability Rights Resource Guide
Legal Rights of Hoarders and Clutterers-MHA-San Francisco
Elder Law
National Center on Elder Abuse *(NCEA)
(Search their Promises Practices database to find agencies in your area)The
NCEA web site has a wealth of information on elder abuse & related issues. It
gives basic information as well on elder abuse, reporting statistics, new
feature publication, clearinghouse on Abuse & Neglect of Elderly (CANE) & bi
annual compilation of Adult Protective Services Data.
ELDERCARE LOCATOR
927 15th St. NW, 6th Fl.
National Assn. of Area Agencies on Aging
Washington, DC 20005
(800) 677-1116 Voice - M-F: 9am-8pm
(202) 296-8130 Voice
web: www.eldercare.gov
AGENCY DESCRIPTION: A service of the U.S. Administration on Aging, the
Eldercare Locator links callers and website users with local area agencies on
aging, state units on aging and other resources for older adults.
Working With Individuals With Dementia Who Rummage and Hoard*
By: Rosemary Bakker, MS, ASID-Weill Medical College of Cornell University.
Paulette Michaud, LMSW-Manager, Education & Training-Alzheimer's
Association, NYC Chapter
Senior's Cluttering Issues*: ClutterLESS.org
Hoarding and Alzheimer's Disease-One Daughter's Story
Presented by Rosemary Bakker, Director of NYC Hoarding Task Force on
Hoarding and Older Adults
Preventing Falls Among Older Adults
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Fall Prevention Center of Excellence
Information for individuals and families
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We are starting to gather information by state, as sent in by visitors who
have researched resources for their elderly parents. Until we have enough to
require their own pages, here is what we have so far:
Kansas:
Johnson County Area Agency on Aging
11811 S. Sunset Drive, Suite 1300
Olathe, KS 66061-7056
Main: (913) 715-8861
Toll-Free: (888) 214-4404
Fax: (913) 715-8825
TTY: (913) 894-8822
http://humanservices-aging.jocogov.org.
http://humanservices-aging.jocogov.org/aging/information.shtml
Missouri:
Mid-America Regional Council
Department of Aging Services
600 Broadway, Suite 300
Kansas City , MO 64105-1554
Phone: 816.474.4240
EMail: llink@marc.org
Web: http://www.marc.org
http://www.marc.org/aging/links.htm
http://www.dhss.mo.gov/AAA/#resources
Counties served: Platte, Clay, Ray, Jackson, Cass
New York City
Eldercare Professionals related to compulsive hoarding situations
From Bergfeld's Estates website
Disability Rights Resource Guide
Legal Rights of Hoarders and Clutterers-MHA-San Francisco
Elder Law
National Center on Elder Abuse *(NCEA)
(Search their Promises Practices database to find agencies in your area)The
NCEA web site has a wealth of information on elder abuse & related issues. It
gives basic information as well on elder abuse, reporting statistics, new
feature publication, clearinghouse on Abuse & Neglect of Elderly (CANE) & bi
annual compilation of Adult Protective Services Data.
ELDERCARE LOCATOR
927 15th St. NW, 6th Fl.
National Assn. of Area Agencies on Aging
Washington, DC 20005
(800) 677-1116 Voice - M-F: 9am-8pm
(202) 296-8130 Voice
web: www.eldercare.gov
AGENCY DESCRIPTION: A service of the U.S. Administration on Aging, the
Eldercare Locator links callers and website users with local area agencies on
aging, state units on aging and other resources for older adults.
Working With Individuals With Dementia Who Rummage and Hoard*
By: Rosemary Bakker, MS, ASID-Weill Medical College of Cornell University.
Paulette Michaud, LMSW-Manager, Education & Training-Alzheimer's
Association, NYC Chapter
Senior's Cluttering Issues*: ClutterLESS.org
Hoarding and Alzheimer's Disease-One Daughter's Story
Presented by Rosemary Bakker, Director of NYC Hoarding Task Force on
Hoarding and Older Adults
Preventing Falls Among Older Adults
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Fall Prevention Center of Excellence
Information for individuals and families
------------------------------------
We are starting to gather information by state, as sent in by visitors who
have researched resources for their elderly parents. Until we have enough to
require their own pages, here is what we have so far:
Kansas:
Johnson County Area Agency on Aging
11811 S. Sunset Drive, Suite 1300
Olathe, KS 66061-7056
Main: (913) 715-8861
Toll-Free: (888) 214-4404
Fax: (913) 715-8825
TTY: (913) 894-8822
http://humanservices-aging.jocogov.org.
http://humanservices-aging.jocogov.org/aging/information.shtml
Missouri:
Mid-America Regional Council
Department of Aging Services
600 Broadway, Suite 300
Kansas City , MO 64105-1554
Phone: 816.474.4240
EMail: llink@marc.org
Web: http://www.marc.org
http://www.marc.org/aging/links.htm
http://www.dhss.mo.gov/AAA/#resources
Counties served: Platte, Clay, Ray, Jackson, Cass
New York City
Eldercare Professionals related to compulsive hoarding situations
From Bergfeld's Estates website
| A study of elderly hoarders found that hoarding constituted a physical health threat to 81% of them, including threat of fire hazard, falling, unsanitary conditions, and inability to prepare food. -Treatment of Compulsive Hoarding,Sanjaya Saxena, and Karron M. Maidment, Summer 2007 |
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