Periodically, we will add tips which we feel will benefit Consumers. If there are tips that you would like to share, please email to us and we will post them on this page.
- Many nursing facilities have respite available. If the family is going out of town and there is there is nobody available to provide supervision for a loved one, a short term placement in a NF is an option. The caregiver support program mentioned on our caregiver page may even be able to reimburse you for the cost.
- (Thanks to Gail Webb, attorney, at Proseniors.org for this tip)-The Ohio Pension Rights Project assists Ohio and Kentucky residents of any age with pension problems free of charge. Individuals with pension issues can call 1-800-488-6070, or 513-345-4160 in the Cincinnati area to schedule an appointment to speak with an attorney.
-The Partnership for Prescription Assistance is available at PPA
In Winter, it's important to check out information about help with utilities. To view information on Utility Information for Seniors go to PUCO
You can also go to Winter Heat
-To view information about the valuable Senior Health Information Program go to OSHIIP
- Validation Therapy is used to manage difficult behaviors in individuals with dementia and other cognitive disorders. For some information regarding Validation Therapy, you can go to Validation Therapy
You can also go to Difficult Behaviors
- We often receive questions about guardianship issues. For a good description of the process and the various types of guardianship, you can go to Guardianship Assistance.
- For a great resource on Medicaid information in Ohio, you can go to Medicaid
- The Ohio Developmental Disabiliy Council provides an informative seasonal newsletter. You can view it at DDQ
- To find out multiple eldercare tips (from choosing a doctor to caregiver assistance), you can go to Eldercare
-House Bill 221- Known as Karon's Law- Allows unused prescription drugs to be re-dispensed. See Karon's Law
- Transportation is often difficult to locate. Here are some websites to help you find it. You can go to CSR or Ageline or AARP
- You can view new Medicare basic information by going to Medicare Basics
- To translate this website or any other website to a different language you can go to Babelfish
- For a list of geriatric physicians by various cities in Ohio, you can go to Geriatric Physicians or More Geriatric Physicians.
- Ohio's Person Centered Coalition is a great group that honors and respects the voice of the consumer. For more information, you can visit Person Centered Coalition
For enrollment for various Medicare part D plans. For information and assistance you can go to Part D
- For information on how to save your home from foreclosure, you can go to Ohio Home Rescue
-To view the, Own Your Own Future Long-Term Planning Guide, you can go to Planning Guide. To order your own free guide with cd, you can go to Order
- Another excellent source of information for home delivered meals, healthcare, counseling, etc., for individuals in Northeast Ohio is 211
- Another source of transportation in the Greater Cleveland Area is the RTA Paratransit. Information about this resource is available at Paratransit
-For more drug assistance programs from pharmaceutical companies, you can go to Suddenly Senior
- For information specific to Ashtabula, Trumbull, Mahoning and Columbiana Counties, you can go to Seniorlink
-SeniorLink helps people 55 and older with chronic care needs to stay healthy and independent as long as possible. This program is available in the Cincinnati area and it is affiliated with the PACE (Program of all Inclusive Care). For more information, visit TriHealth Senior Link
- Jayne E. Juvan, Esq. of Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan, & Aronoff, LLP in Cleveland addresses a myriad of valuable health care and long term care issues on her blog. To view, you can go to Juvanshealthlawupdate
-The Ohio Access Success Project (Success Project), part of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services' Bureau of Home and Community Services, expands Ohio's capacity to serve long-term care consumers in the community by identifying individuals living in a nursing facility who desire to live in a community-based setting and who can do so with linkages to community services and supports. To view information on Access Success, you can go to Access Success
- To access Ohio Living Will and other related forms you can go to Living Will
For HEAP (Home Energy Assistance Program) and other related programs, you can go to HEAP
- The list of the 25 top related facilities and the facilities that scored 100 on the key questions which were asked of family members of Ohio Nursing facility residents has been released by the Ohio Department of Aging. To view the list, go to List
- Dental OPTIONS (Ohio Partnership To Improve Oral health through access to Needed Services) is a program offered by the Ohio Dental Association in partnership with the Ohio Department of Health. The mission of OPTIONS is to assist Ohioans with special health care needs and/or financial barriers to obtain dental care. Eligible patients are matched with volunteer OPTIONS dentists who have agreed to reduce fees. To access, go to Dental OPTIONS
- A great resource for home weatherization to help save on utility costs is available at Home Weatherization
-Trained counselors are currently staffing 120 Benefit Bank sites and clinics across the state to help prepare and file federal and Ohio income tax returns at no cost to eligible Ohioans. Free income tax assistance is also available through an online, self-service program. For more information, go to Tax Assistance
- For a list of locations of Social Security offices in Ohio, you can go to Social Security
- You can search for medications which are approved by Medicaid in Ohio by going to Medicaid Med List
- The Ohio Department of Aging has announced the top 30 Residential Care Facilities (Assisted Living Facilities) for Resident Satisfaction. You can view them by going to Top 30. That agency has also released its list of the 25 top rated Nursing Facilities and the facilities that scored 100 on the key questions which were asked of family members of Ohio Nursing Facility residents. To view it, go to List. For a complete list of overall scores, you can go to Overall Scores.
To view the 2008 Medicare & You Information, go to Medicare & You
-For a great planning guide for Medicaid and Nursing Homes (Written by an Ohio Attorney,George Lovett), you can go to Medicaid Planning
- For information on various types of Trusts, you can go to Trusts
