Most states have elder services agencies that can also provide assistance.
Cuts from other city agencies forced the hall to eliminate after-school programs and elder services.
Eventually, Mr. Moss said, he hopes the center can provide legal advice, peer counseling, youth and elder services, a transgender group and town hall meetings to foster better communication between gay and straight people in the Bronx.
Tomorrow, his father, a geriatrician, begins working as the chief medical officer for community and managed care services at ArchCare, the long-term health care and elder services unit of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York.
NewCourtland Elder Services, a care provider for some 2,000 people in Philadelphia, started a yearlong pilot in 2006 that equipped 33 patients living on their own with remote sensors that tracked changes in their health or living patterns that required early medical intervention, said Kim Brooks, the vice president for housing and services at NewCourtland.
Compulsive hoarding problems pose a challenge for many sectors of society, including public health, housing, elder services, and clinical and mental health providers.
Falls prevention programs are natural complements for elder services organizations, many of which already provide chronic disease self-care management programs, senior centers, transportation services, exercise programs, meals on wheels, and other support activities.
Call your congressional office to discuss specific problems or needs or if you are having a problem getting the elder services you need.
Officials especially want to see more robots enter the elder care service industry.
So the government's sunk over $100 million into research over the past couple of years to create new elder care service robots and drive their cost toward $1,000 a pop.
