You should be able to search your states: "ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES".
EXAMPLE: Here is Alaska's
https://health.alaska.gov/dsds/Pages/aps/default.aspx
EXAMPLE: Here is Alaska's
https://health.alaska.gov/dsds/Pages/aps/default.aspx
At-risk adults are persons age 18 and older who are unable to provide or obtain services necessary for their health, safety, and welfare OR who lack the capacity to make or understand responsible decisions.
Stay away, they take over your life!! I am very serious!! Not a call you want to make my friend!!
Independent living and even some assisted living places can be very good. Mom was in independent for 5 yrs, and assisted in one year, before having to move to nursing care because of a broken leg because of a fall. Assisted living for her was the best. That place was awesome. The nursing side was not so awesome. I swear, they'd see me come in the door and the whispers would start at the nurses station because I'd complain so much. It got ridiculous some times. I can see your point about finding out about services in a new city/town, and there are usually some pretty good ones if you're a senior. Ways to get around without driving, getting groceries, getting to a doctor. I know that they have all that in our bigger town. We are too rural, but have drivers people hire, and groups for things so we make do. There's a couple of widow groups that are super active, some are men and some are women. They help each other, get together constantly, I see them all over. The men love to get together at the amish restaurant every morning for coffee. Women shop en masse and go to eat together and take turns hosting in their homes. And if you're taking care of someone and can't get out, people come to you. We had 3 visitors in the last couple of days. Very nice.A year ago, when I was in "HELL" I finally got some guidance from several government and also what is called (NGO's) Non-government organizations.
I did not get money, I did not need money. What I needed and still sometimes need is help getting "pointed" in the right direction.
I got a lot of valuable help a year ago from a "NGO". It is called "Independent living". I was paying $14.00 each way for a taxi. They said the State of Alaska has a program, for "Taxi Vouchers" for old people with no driver's license, a physical mobility issues. The vouchers cost $4.00 each. I would have never known that information was available without their help.
My experience is they help by pointing me in the right direction, where the help is.
Remember I have been living alone in the Alaska wilderness for decades. I knew nothing of how to survive and function in a small town.
Sounds like Biden, his wife should be charged with adult abuse and neglectI looked it up:
Sounds like about 75% of the people living in this state.
Independent Living here is an NGO it is much like Catholic Social Services, which is also an NGO. These people (NGO) apply for federal or state grant money to operate. What I think best describes them is they know stuff that most don't know, about many different things that could affect living. They basically do what the government is supposed to do but fails to do.Independent living and even some assisted living places can be very good. Mom was in independent for 5 yrs, and assisted in one year, before having to move to nursing care because of a broken leg because of a fall. Assisted living for her was the best. That place was awesome. The nursing side was not so awesome. I swear, they'd see me come in the door and the whispers would start at the nurses station because I'd complain so much. It got ridiculous some times. I can see your point about finding out about services in a new city/town, and there are usually some pretty good ones if you're a senior. Ways to get around without driving, getting groceries, getting to a doctor. I know that they have all that in our bigger town. We are too rural, but have drivers people hire, and groups for things so we make do. There's a couple of widow groups that are super active, some are men and some are women. They help each other, get together constantly, I see them all over. The men love to get together at the amish restaurant every morning for coffee. Women shop en masse and go to eat together and take turns hosting in their homes. And if you're taking care of someone and can't get out, people come to you. We had 3 visitors in the last couple of days. Very nice.
To be sure, this is an "age" old question.I've been my mom's power of attorney and advocate for many years until her passing in April. I will tell you, even with that, sometimes the med community does stuff they should not be doing and I'd yell my head off about it. I am convinced that they first want all your money, and then they want to drug you up because you are old and anxious. Then you die quicker. I'll never put my husband in a nursing home or get the services. And I'll outlive him, so I'll have to think of a plan for myself. Maybe a Golden Girls Farm for us old ornery ladies and we can help each other. Not sure yet.
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