AssistedLiving.org

AssistedLiving.org is dedicated to enhancing the lives of older adults by compiling comprehensive research, the latest studies, and real-world insight from experts, caregivers, and seniors into easy-to-understand, actionable guides and resources.

Please visit their website assistedliving.org to find comprehensive information for seniors and family.

AARP

AARP is the nation’s largest nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to empowering people to choose how they live as they age. With nearly 38 million members and offices in every state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, AARP works to strengthen communities and advocate for what matters most to families — with a focus on health security, financial stability and personal fulfillment.

They also produce a range of digital and print media, including the nation’s most-read magazine, AARP The Magazine. And they work for individuals in the marketplace by sparking new solutions and allowing carefully chosen products and services to carry the AARP name.

Visit their website at https://www.aarp.org/

Department of Veterans Affairs

The Department of Veterans Affairs runs programs benefiting veterans and members of their families. It offers education opportunities and rehabilitation services and provides compensation payments for disabilities or death related to military service, home loan guaranties, pensions, burials, and health care that includes the services of nursing homes, clinics, and medical centers.

Visit their website here: https://www.usa.gov/federal-agencies/u-s-department-of-veterans-affairs

Medicare

Medicare is health insurance for people 65 or older. You’re first eligible to sign up for Medicare 3 months before you turn 65. You may be eligible to get Medicare earlier if you have a disability, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), or ALS (also called Lou Gehrig’s disease).

Visit https://www.medicare.gov/basics/get-started-with-medicare to learn more about their programs and eligibility.

Meals on Wheels of America

Each year, the March for Meals celebration commemorates the historic day in March of 1972 when President Nixon signed into law a measure that amended the Older Americans Act of 1965 to include a national nutrition program for seniors 60 years and older.

This legislation supported the rapid growth of the nationwide network of senior nutrition programs – commonly referred to as Meals on Wheels – that collectively served more than 223 million meals to over 2.4 million seniors prior to the pandemic.

Find out more here: https://www.mealsonwheelsamerica.org/