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Senior volunteers telephone senior citizens living alone, to make sure they are safe. Call for further information and to register.

North Fork Women is an organization that is committed to health advocacy an education. North Fork Women provides healthcare grants and offer financial assistance and personal support to lesbians on the North Fork of Long Island, New York who are facing emergency health situations: difficulties caused by aging, illness, disability, or disruptions of physical or mental-being, and those with adequate or no health insurance.

Provides tracking bracelets to help find Alzheimer's patients or individuals with autism, who tend to wander. The bracelet uses radio technology which helps local police to locate the lost individual.

Your link to long term services and supports in the community; personal care services, health and wellness, behavioral health supports and services, intellectual/developmental disability supports and services. Can provide information, assistance and referrals for anyone who needs it, regardless of age. Can help you find care and support, remain independent, understand your options, find transportation, get answers about Medicare and benefit programs.

Senior volunteers telephone senior citizens living alone, to make sure they are safe. Call for further information and to register.

This program provides an evaluation team to assess health and social needs of senior citizens and then recommendations are made for obtaining necessary services. Coordination of services with a physician is made if applicable, along with community service resources. Includes Mall Walkers exercise program at the Galleria, medication awareness program, help in accessing community information and help with filing insurance claims. Also offers caregivers support groups, emergency response devices and telephone reassurance.

Offers transportation by volunteers and trained volunteers to accompany seniors to doctor visits. Offers an array of social programs. Offers references to other supportive organizations in the community.

The Vial of Life Program is a free program designed for seniors and individuals with serious medical conditions to provide pertinent medical information to emergency personnel who respond to home emergencies. A Vial of Life contains the medical history needed by the responding emergency personnel, such as existing medical conditions, allergies and medications currently being taken. Vial of Life participants complete a Medical Information Form that is then placed on the refrigerator. A Vial of Life decal is then placed on the front door in plain view for emergency personnel to alert them that medical information is located inside the home. To obtain you Vial of Life packet Call 728-1235 for further information.

Offers transportation by volunteers and trained volunteers to accompany seniors to doctor visits. Offers an array of social programs. Offers references to other supportive organizations in the community.

Provides telephone calls to community members who are homebound or physically isolated who are suffering from psychological or emotional problems or who require a support system. Persons called can be self-referred or referred by physician, psychiatrist, mental health center, case manager, health care provider, or hotline counselor. Also provides therapist referrals and a referral service.

Provides tracking bracelets to help find Alzheimer's patients or individuals with autism, who tend to wander. The bracelet uses radio technology which helps local police to locate the lost individual.

Provides containers to hold medical information, in case of an emergency, one is magnetized to attach to the refrigerator, and another is smaller to place in a purse or pocket.

Offers a telephone-based and cell phone emergency response system that links an individual at home to 24-hours a day, seven days a week emergency assistance. The system consists of a home communicator unit attached to the subscriber's telephone, a personal call button worn by the subscriber and the Emergency Response Center located in the Emergency Department.

Cell phones that have been donated by the community are programmed for 911 only service. These phones are then distributed to any Ulster County resident age 60 and over that requests one.EFFECTIVE 3/31/2008 ANALOG CELLPHONES NO LONGER HAVE SERVICE. PLEASE CONTACT THE OFFICE FOR THE AGING TO REPLACE THE ANALOG CELLPHONE FROM THE OFA WITH A DIGITAL CELLPHONE.

Employees whose work is spent out in the community become the extra eyes and ears for the police, fire department, and other local authorities to help protect personal property, rescue those in danger and help save lives.

Provides a rapid-response program that aids victims (and their families) who wander as a result of cognitive impairments, or other afflictions. The program combines technology and specially trained Sheriff’s Deputies to locate individuals who have wandered. Project Lifesaver clients wear a “watch-type” wristband transmitter (worn on the wrist, ankle or as a necklace), which emits a tracking signal. When a caregiver calls the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office Project Lifesaver line to report that a client has wandered, a search team responds to the wanderer’s area and, while in route, activates the vehicles mobile locator tracking system. A hand-held unit is used to search for clients in areas inaccessible by vehicles. Call for detailed information.

Provides information about available resources to senior citizens, family members and caregivers. Also provides a community gathering place that offers programs to help maximize independence and quality of life. Call for more information.

Offers a daily wellness phone call to seniors who may be homebound, ill or disabled, to make sure they are doing okay. If the call is not answered, when expected, someone is sent to their home to make sure they are okay.

Matches volunteers with homebound seniors for weekly supportive phone calls. Telephone calls on a regular basis to ensure seniors their good health and safety, and to reassure them that help is available if and when they need it.

Provides containers to place medical information which hangs on a door incase of an emergency.

Provides seniors an opportunity to call and check-in with someone to assure them of their safety.

Offers personal emergency response systems for seniors or individuals with disabilities who live alone and in case of an emergency can press the response button and help is immediately dispatched. Also available are services with reminders for daily medication.

Provides a nationwide identification and support program to aid in the safe and timely return of individuals affected with Alzheimer's disease who wander and become lost. Program also provides education for families, caregivers, emergency responders and law enforcement on preventative techniques and skills needed to approach and respond to individuals who have wandered.