motivational interviewing trainer and healthy communications consultant integrative psychiatry and addiction medicine private practice
- alzheimer.tv, see their video news bulletins to keep up to date
senior support services
- senior centers: six centers throughout oakland, includes hot lunches and various recreational classes
- in home support services, subsidized by the state, offers lower fee care
- multipurpose senior services program (mssp): 510-238-3762, comprehensive care program to enable frail seniors to remain independent in own homes
- senior center without walls: 877-797-7299 free telephone program connecting home bound seniors to support and activities
- linkages: 510-238-3931, linkages cooperatively plans and arranges for health and related services necessary to live at home
- women in transition, over 55, support group for women going through mid-life transitions and losses, 1-800-260-0094
- acmc medication management services, (510) 895-4369, must have medicare, provide weekly therapy & psychiatric med management
- california senior legal hotline: free legal advice and brief services by phone to people over 60, includes help for grandparents
- senior in-home counseling program, from crisis support services of alameda county
- (510) 420-2475, in-home counseling and telephone follow-ups to homebound seniors 60 yo or older
- oakland paratransit for the elderly
- california telephone access program, free phones for those with physical impairments
- meals on wheels, free delivered meals for eligible seniors 60 or older
- gart, mobile team support service for older adults with serious behavioral health needs. use strategies to resolve the immediate crisis and enhance opportunities for mental health recovery.
- legends, livermore (stanford healthcare) short-term, voluntary inpatient program focuses on diagnosing and caring for behavioral health concerns in people age 65 and older.
active senior opportunities
- senior companions and foster grandparents:510-238-3080, senior companions help other adults live as independently as possible. foster grandparents assist youth in schools, hospitals, drug treatment centers, correctional institutions, head start and day care centers.
- senior walking clubs, berkeley, oakland, albany, alameda and other areas
- assets, senior employment opportunity program: 510-238-3535, enables older adults (55yo and older) to achieve gainful employment
- senior healthy living councils, sponsored by alameda county public health to promote healthy eating among senior peers
senior fitness senior health and long term residential care resources - health insurance counseling and advocacy program, hicap offers free medicare insurance counseling with highly trained state counselors
- nursing home compare, medicare site that reviews quality of nursing homes
- when medi-cal pays for assisted living, nursing home or home care, by nolo press
- cal quality care, reviews hospitals, and long term care facilities
- geriatrics nurse case managers, villagecare.com, 1st 1/2 hr free & then private pay, vetted referrals, comes highly recommended by a respected geriatrician
- east bay: (925) 937-2018
- california: 1-888-585-7579
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