Safety
– https://www.alzheimersla.org/videos/#home-safety-webinar
– Webinar recording featuring Keeping Your Home Safe for Someone Living with Dementia presentation from Alzheimer’s Los Angeles and information about L.A. Found in English, Spanish, and Mandarin.
– Provides comfort and safety products designed specifically for those with Alzheimer’s, dementia, stroke, and other memory related conditions.
Support
– Helpline: 844-435-7259
– An independent community-based organization that provides free localized care, support and education to people living with Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders, their family caregivers and the professionals who serve them. Programs and services include:
– Toll free Helpline 844.HELP.ALZ (844-435-7259)
– Social Work Dementia Care Specialists who partner with families over the course of the disease.
– Caregiver education and evidence-based caregiver skills training proven to reduce depression and anxiety and improve tolerance for difficult behavioral symptoms.
– Support programs for people in the early stages of ADRDs and their care partners.
– Extensive community outreach to increase awareness and understanding of ADRDs and combat stigma, including culturally and linguistically competent education and outreach to diverse communities.
– In-person, online, and telephone-based support groups in multiple languages.
– Activity programs to engage both the person living with ADRDs and their family caregivers.
– California Southland Chapter
– 24/7 Hotline: 800-272-3900
– Our Vision: A world without Alzheimer’s and all other dementia®.
– Our Mission: The Alzheimer’s Association leads the way to end Alzheimer’s and all other dementia — by accelerating global research, driving risk reduction and early detection, and maximizing quality care and support.
– (800) 510-2020
– In-Home Assistance for older adults to maintain independent living.
– Care Management to assess and develop a plan to meet the social and health needs of older adults.
– Legal Assistance for older adults with legal issues.
– Provides community-based services to seniors and their caregivers to ensure the highest quality of life as possible and remain in the community.
– (800) 510-2020
– Family Caregiver Support Program (FCSP), which provides support to unpaid caregivers caring for elderly relatives, or to older caregivers of younger family members. The purpose of the program is to help minimize the negative emotional, physical, and financial consequences of unpaid family caregiving.
– New Freedom program provides transportation and mobility management services, sensitive to the needs of seniors and adults with disabilities, to enhance quality of life, maintain independence, and improve their overall health and well-being.
– Supportive Services Program which promotes and maintains independent living for older adults over the age of 60.
– AD and its community partners deliver quality services to youth, adults and seniors that promote independence, dignity, choice, and social well-being.
– 800-540-4442
– We offer help to caring family and friends for all cultures and communities in LA county. We are funded in part by LA Community and Senior Services and the USC Davis School of Gerontology. Services are low or no-cost to family caregivers and friends who help someone over the age of 60.
– https://independenceathome.org/
– 1-866-421-1964
– Independence at Home (IAH) is a free community-based service that has helped thousands of people remain healthy, happy and in their own homes.
– http://www.wiseandhealthyaging.org/
– (310) 394-9871
– WISE & Healthy Aging provides an array of mental health and social services for older adults and their caregivers. Including administering the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program on behalf of the City and County of Los Angeles. Ombudsman are advocates for individuals who live in skilled nursing, assisted living or board and care facilities.
– https://ad.lacounty.gov/services/adult-protective-services/
– Elder Abuse Hotline Call: 1-877-4R SENIORS (1-877-477-3646)
– Adult Protective Services (APS) is a social services program provided by state and/or local governments nationwide serving older adults who are 60 years and older and adults with disabilities who need assistance. APS workers investigate cases of abuse, neglect or exploitation, working closely with a wide variety of allied professionals such as physicians, nurses, paramedics, firefighters and law enforcement officers.
– https://dpss.lacounty.gov/en.html
– (866) 613-3777 (CalWORKs, Medi-Cal, CalFresh or General Relief)
– (888) 822-9622 (In-Home Supportive Services)
– https://dpss.lacounty.gov/en/senior-and-disabled/ihss.html
– In-Home Supportive Services helps pay for services provided to low-income elderly, blind or disabled individuals, including children, so that they can remain safely in their own home.
– CalFresh improves the nutrition of people in low-income households by increasing their food-buying power, so they can purchase the amount of food their household needs.
– Health programs to cover the needs of everyone regardless of age, race, or immigration status.
– LA County Department of Mental Health
– 24/7 Helpline: 800-854-7771
– Mental health services to children and young adults.
– Mental health and supportive services for clients, between the ages of 26 and 59, who live with serious mental illness.
– Screening and assessment, case management services, individual and family treatment and crisis intervention services.
– The Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health programs include child and adult outpatient clinics and a myriad of specialized programs which include outreach and engagement, assessment, psychoeducation, crisis intervention, individual and/or group psychotherapy, peer support, medication evaluation and management, individual and/or group rehabilitation and case management.
– Access to mental health services for people with Dementia
– Provider Guidance for individuals with co-occurring dementia and mental health
https://cdn-west-prod-chhs-01.dsh.ca.gov/chhs/uploads/2019/06/Provider-Guidance-Fact-Sheet.pdf
– For caregivers: Guidance for people caring for people with co-occurring dementia and mental health
https://cdn-west-prod-chhs-01.dsh.ca.gov/chhs/uploads/2019/06/Consumer-Guidance-Fact-Sheet.pdf
– Adult / Family: Medicine primary care for adults.
– Geriatric Medicine: primary care for older adults.
– Pediatric Services
– Provides inpatient acute care services in four hospitals, and outpatient services at two outpatient centers (OC), six comprehensive health centers (CHC), 11 health centers, and over 100 Community Partners’ clinics. Provides no cost and low cost health care services.
– http://www.publichealth.lacounty.gov/healthybrainla/
– Launched by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, it seeks to encourage individuals and communities to prioritize brain health and address the impact of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in LA County. The website includes community resources and resources for professionals.
– https://www.helpforalzheimersfamilies.com/
– Together HFC® (formerly Hilarity for Charity) and the Home Instead® network award families affected by dementia the gift of rest and support through the Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care Grant program. Alzheimer’s care services are delivered by a trained Home Instead CAREGiver.
Financial/Legal Services
– The goal of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program is to investigate and attempt to resolve complaints made by or on behalf of individual residents in long-term care facilities. These facilities include nursing homes; residential care facilities for the elderly (also known as assisted living, or board and care facilities).
– https://dmh.lacounty.gov/our-services/public-guardian/
– 213-974-0515
– Helps guide individuals through the Conservatorship process
– Helping Your Loved One Guide
– Provides conservatorship services to persons that are unable to properly care for themselves or who are unable to manage their finances.
– Bet Tzedek attorneys and advocates help people of all communities and generations secure life’s necessities. Wherever people are in crisis, Bet Tzedek’s core services and rapid response programs provide stability and hope.
California Alzheimer’s Disease Centers
The California Alzheimer’s Disease Centers are a statewide network of ten dementia care Centers of Excellence. An interdisciplinary care team provides evaluation, diagnosis, and care to those experiencing memory loss, disorientation, and confusion.
– https://ranchomemoryclinic.org/
– (562)385-7111
– Located in Downey, the Rancho Los Amigos Alzheimer’s Center conducts free English and Spanish-language evaluations for dementia as well as supports for family caregivers.
