A little more than a million people over the age of 65 live in Georgia, one of 12 states in the nation with more than a million senior residents. That population has risen nearly 37% since 2000, making Georgia the state with the fifth biggest increase of seniors. The Georgia Division of Aging (DAS) ?manages a vibrant statewide system to help older Georgians and adults with disabilities live longer, live safely, and live well.? It does this by providing a vast array of services and programs to enrich the lives of the growing senior population.
Those services include:
-- Adult Protective Services: Reporting and investigating allegations of abuse, neglect or exploitation of seniors.
-- Caregiving: Services including adult day care, respite for caregivers and other support for people caring for friends or family members.
-- Community Care Services Program: Helping seniors live safe, self-reliant lives.
-- Dementia Resources: Helping people suffering from dementia-related illnesses and their families.
-- Elderly Legal Assistance Program: Legal representation, information, and education in civil legal matters.
-- Friendly Visits: Home visits to reduce isolation for seniors who have trouble leaving their homes.
-- GeorgiaCares: Provides free, unbiased information about Medicare, Medicaid and other health insurance issues.
-- Homemaker: Performing daily chores for impaired seniors.
-- Long-Term Care Ombudsman: Advocating for residents of long-term care facilities.
-- Meal Services: In-home delivery of meals or meals served in a group setting at a community or senior center.
-- Mobile Day Care: Developed for rural areas, staff goes from location to location on an as-needed basis.
-- Personal Care Assistance: Help with such things as bathing, dressing and other daily activities.
-- Senior Community Service Employment Program: Training and job placement for low-income seniors.
-- Transportation: Helping seniors get around who can no longer drive themselves.
Although it is not a service provided by the state of Georgia, all seniors might want to consider getting a medical alert system as part of their long-term planning. A medical alert system is a necessity for seniors living along or with a spouse; it provides backup in the event of a medical or other kind of emergency in the form of 24 hours a day, seven days a week monitoring.
Medical alert technology has kept up with the fact that seniors are living longer and more active lives. A small device equipped with GPS and cellular technology can now be taken with seniors wherever they, so they will also be monitored.
Medical alert companies are national, which means that they operate in all 50 states, including Georgia. To compare the services of more than a dozen top companies, click on this link.
DAS provides services and programs through 12 Area Agencies on Aging (AAA).
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