SENIORS RESOURCES
Employment Services
General Services
Health, Prescriptions, & Medical Resources
Housing & Mortgage Assistance
Legal & Personal Security Resources
Library Resources
Transportation Services
Employment Services
SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM (SCSEP) is a program of the NC Division of Aging and Adult Services. The Senior Community Service Employment Program, funded through Title V of the Older Americans Act, places individuals 55 and older who are economically disadvantaged into useful part-time community service programs while helping them transition into unsubsidized employment.
LINK: http://www.ncdhhs.gov/aging/scsep.htm
General Services
NC DIVISION OF AGING AND ADULT SERVICES promotes independence and enhances the dignity of North Carolina's older adults, persons with disabilities, and their families through a community-based system of opportunities, services, benefits, and protections; to ready younger generations to enjoy their later years; and to help society and government plan and prepare for the changing demographics.
LINK: http://www.ncdhhs.gov/aging/
NCCARELINK links to services for older adults to help seniors, their families and caregivers focus on finding the help they need. This is your direct link to a variety of services including: adult day care programs and nursing homes, employment, family and caregiver support programs, health, housing and long term care options.
LINK: http://www.nccarelink.gov/default.aspx?se=senior
Health, Prescriptions, & Medical Resources
CHECKMEDS NC makes it easier to get your pharmacist's help in going over your medicines to make sure they work well for you.
LINK: http://www.checkmedsnc.com/
MEDICATION MANAGEMENT from the NC Department of Aging and Adult Services. Find support in the county in which you live.
LINK: http://www.ncdhhs.gov/aging/services/mmanage.htm
NCRX helps low income
seniors cope with
the costs of
premiums for
Medicare prescription
drug plans.
If you qualify, NCRx will pay up to $29 per month toward the monthly premium
of a Medicare Prescription Drug Plan participating in the NCRx program.
LINK: http://www.ncrx.gov/Enrollment_Application_for_NCRx.pdf (opens a PDF document)
NUTRITION ASSISTANCE from the NC Department of Aging and Adult Services:
- Congregate Nutrition is a service where a meal (typically lunch), offering one-third of the Recommended Daily Dietary Allowance, is provided in a group setting.
LINK: http://www.ncdhhs.gov/aging/services/cmeals.htm
- Home Delivered Meals
LINK: http://www.ncdhhs.gov/aging/services/hdm.htm
SENIORS' HEALTH INSURANCE INFORMATION PROGRAM (SHIIP) answers questions and counsels Medicare beneficiaries and caregivers about Medicare, Medicare supplements, Medicare Advantage, Medicare prescription drug plans, long-term care insurance and other health insurance concerns.
LINK: http://www.ncdoi.com/Consumer/Shiip/Shiip.asp
Housing & Mortgage Assistance
HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND HOME IMPROVEMENT from the NC Department of Aging and Adult Services is an optional county service that can assist adults and families who reside in or may return to independent housing to: 1) become better educated about available housing resources and to 2) have access to a higher standard of living by utilizing one or more federal, state and local home improvement funding sources.
LINK: http://www.ncdhhs.gov/aging/services/himprove.htm
LOW INCOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (LIEAP) provides for a one-time cash payment to help eligible families pay their heating bills. This payment is usually received in February of each year.
LINK: http://www.dhhs.state.nc.us/dss/energy/index.htm
REVERSE MORTGAGES are loans secured by home equity that don’t need to be repaid until the end of the loan term, which is usually when the homeowner no longer occupies the home as a principal residence.
LINK: http://www.nchfa.com/Homebuyers/HOreversemortgage.aspx
Legal & Personal Security Resources
PROTECT YOUR IDENTITY from the NC Department of Justice provides information on protecting yourself from becoming a victim of one of the fastest growing crimes, identification theft.
LINK: http://ncdoj.gov/Protect-Yourself/2-4-3-Protect-Your-Identity.aspx
SENIOR LAW PROJECT (SLP), a special statewide project of Legal Aid of NC, specifically serves clients that are 60 years of age or older. Special priority is given to the population consisting of those seniors with the greatest economic or social need. Clients who are age 60 or older are exempt from income limitations and are eligible for our services.
LINK: http://www.legalaidnc.org/public/learn/Statewide_Projects/SLP/default_SLP.aspx
LINK: http://www.ncdhhs.gov/aging/services/legsvc.htm
Library Resources
NC LIBRARY FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED (NCLBPH) is a special public library that circulates books and magazines especially made for persons who cannot use traditional printed material because of a visual or physical disability.
LINK: http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/lbph/Lbph.htm
Transportation Services
GENERAL TRANSPORTATION FOR SENIORS from the NC Department of Aging and Adult Services provides travel to and/or from community resources for older adults needing access to services and activities necessary for daily living.
LINK: http://www.dhhs.state.nc.us/aging/services/transportation.pdf
MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION from the NC Department of Aging and Adult Services provides travel to and/or from community resources such as medical appointments and nutrition sites or other designated areas for older adults needing access to services and activities necessary for daily living.
LINK: http://www.ncdhhs.gov/aging/services/mtransp.htm
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