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The Health and Human Services Division responds to citizens' needs by offering programs, services, information, and community outreach efforts from its sites throughout the county. The three senior activity centers (Buford, Lawrenceville, and Norcross), the human service centers in Buford and Norcross, and the Centerville Community Center can provide resource information to help with some issues, but they are not crisis clearinghouses.
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Contacts
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The support resources listed below can provide personal assistance with most problems.
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Heat Assistance
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Home Heating Assistance • November 2, 2009 - April 2010
Monday to Wednesday at the Centerville Community Center from 9:00am – 4:00pm.
Tuesday and Friday at the Buford Senior Center from 9:00am – 4:00pm.
Applications for senior citizens, the disabled and the homebound will be taken through November 30; all others who are income eligible will be scheduled from December 1 until funds are exhausted. To qualify as a senior, everyone in the household must be 65 years old or have youth in the household under 18 years. For the disabled, it would be anyone in a wheelchair or using a walker, cane, breathing device or legally blind. For the homebound, it would be a person who has had surgery, is too ill or infirmed to come to the office, or the extreme elderly. Call Partnership for Community Action to schedule your required appointment at the Centerville Community Center or the Buford Senior Center by dialing 404.929.2451/52 . Applicants must bring proof of income for all household members 18 years or older for the last 30 days (if irregular income, then 90 days proof of income); most recent home heating bill; picture ID for applicant; proof of Social Security numbers for all household members (either a Social Security card or other legal documents showing the number. No handwritten social security numbers will be accepted.). Other service locations are:
• Norcross Co-op, 2275 Mitchell Road, Norcross, GA 30071 - Not open until January 7, 2010 on Thursdays from 8:30am to 4:00pm
• Liberian Association of Metro Atlanta (LAMA), World Fellowship Church, 3641 McGinnis Park Drive, Suwanee, GA 30024 - Monday to Friday from 9:00am until 4:00pm. Call 678.714.2871 to make an appointment.
• Cathedral De Fe, 675 Buford Drive, Lawrenceville, GA 30045 - Monday to Friday from 8:00am until 4:00pm. Call 770.962.9624 to make an appointment.
Household income criteria are as follows:
1 Person $21,458
2 Person $28,061
3 Person $34,663
4 Person $41,266
5 Person $47,868
6 Person $54,471
7 Person $55,709
8 Person $56,947
9 Person $58,185
10 Person $59,423
11 Person $60,661
12 Person $61,899
13 Person $63,137
14 Person $64,375
15 Person $65,613
16 Person $66,851
For each additional person, add $1,238.
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Support Groups
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For frequently asked questions about Grandparents raising Grandchildren and receiving help, please click here.
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Healthcare
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Benefits - Access online
With AgeWise Connection’s online Benefits Navigation Center, a click of a mouse will take you to one place where you’ll find information and resources relating to insurance, Medicare benefits and managing personal health information. The online Benefits Navigation Center, a program of the Atlanta Regional Commission Area Agency on Aging, provides:
· Help in navigating the Medicare system
· Information on prescription assistance programs
· Long-term care resources
· Resources about health conditions
· Tools to help as you move from one care setting to another
Consultation
Do you have questions about Medicare, insurance plans that work with Medicare or need help to pay for prescriptions? Georgia Cares can provide you with the answers. Call 770.822.5180 to schedule an individual healthcare consultation at Lawrenceville Senior Center, 225 Benson Street in Lawrenceville. All services are free of charge.
Medicare Advantage Plans
People with Medicare now have several choices about how they can receive health care coverage. They can choose to continue to keep Original Medicare (Medicare Part A and Part B) or enroll in one of the many Medicare Advantage plans (Medicare Part C) being offered by private insurance companies. Becoming educated about these choices is important in making a well informed decision. The documents, Medicare Advantage Plans – What You Need to Know (pdf) and Ask the Agent These Questions (pdf) from the Atlanta SMP and GeorgiaCares provide important information and include questions to ask insurance agents. These documents can be printed for distribution and is available by email in five other languages: Chinese, Korean, Russian, Spanish and Vietnamese. To request the translated material, contact Vicki Shanahan at vshanahan@atlantaregional.com. The Atlanta SMP educates senior adults and others about healthcare fraud. To request a presentation, send an email to above address.
Homecare for people with Pandemic H1N1 flu
- Check with their healthcare provider about special care they might need if they are pregnant or have a health condition such as diabetes, heart disease, asthma or emphysema
- Check with their healthcare provider about whether they should take antiviral medications
- Stay home for seven days after your symptoms begin or until you have been symptom-free for 24 hours, whichever is longer, except to seek medical care or for other necessities
- Get plenty of rest
- Drink clear fluids (such as water, broth, sports drinks, electrolyte beverages for infants) to keep from being dehydrated
- Cover coughs and sneezes. Clean hands with soap and water or an alcohol-based hand rub often and especially after using tissues and after coughing or sneezing into hands
- Wear a facemask – if available and tolerable – when sharing common spaces with other household members to help prevent spreading the virus to others. This is especially important if other household members are at high risk for complications from influenza.
- Avoid close contact with others – do not go to work or school while ill
- Be watchful for emergency warning signs (see below)
Emergency warning signs
In children, emergency warning signs that need urgent medical attention include:
- Fast breathing or trouble breathing
- Bluish or gray skin color
- Not drinking enough fluids
- Severe or persistent vomiting
- Not waking up or not interacting
- Being so irritable that the child does not want to be held
- Flu-like symptoms improve but then return with fever and worse cough
In adults, emergency warning signs that need urgent medical attention include:
- Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath
- Pain or pressure in the chest or abdomen
- Sudden dizziness or confusion
- Severe or persistent vomiting
- Flu-like symptoms improve but then return with fever and worse cough
source: www.southwestpublichealth.org
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Finances
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Financial and Retirement Planning
A new web-based resource for individuals and aging organizations has been established providing comprehensive information promoting financial literacy and retirement planning for women with average and low-incomes. The National Education and Resource Center on Women and Retirement Planning is jointly operated by the federal Administration on Aging and the Women’s Institute for a Secure Retirement (WISER).
The Center improves women’s access to basic financial and retirement planning tools to promote financial literacy. The Center's materials include a full library of fact sheets on topics such as budgeting, saving and investing, understanding your pension plan, buying long-term care insurance, Social Security, retirement health and other important topics. Lifetime financial planning is one key to reducing the unacceptably high rate of poverty among older women. Women with financial skills and resources live a more secure and healthy life. The Center's user-friendly tools help women gain the financial skills they need to improve their future financial security. Please click here for more information.
Women and advocates are also invited to join WISER’s email list. Click here to join and receive monthly updates regarding WISER’s activities, new publications and other useful tips. Your email address is kept completely private.
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