Serves as a link between the national Administration on Aging and local programs, Area Agencies on Aging. In addition to health and fitness benefits, good nutrition is crucial as we age and our physical capacity declines. Research shows seniors who do not eat nutritionally well-balanced diets often display symptoms similar to those of serious disease or illness, which may result in costly and often unnecessary treatment. For many seniors, getting to and from medical clinics, treatment facilities, and pharmacies is difficult.
Local transportation services can help lessen the burden. Reliable transportation for individuals 60 and older with no other means of transportation. The Utah Caregiver Support Program offers in-home services that support family caregivers of individuals with health, mobility, neurological or functional limitations in hopes of enabling them to care for their loved one as long as possible and delay facility placement.
There is no low income requirement. Information about available resources and services within their communities. Assistance in gaining access to supportive community services. Respite care offers temporary, substitute support or living arrangements for care recipients in order to provide a brief period of relief or rest for caregivers. Supplemental services, provided on a limited basis, to complement the care provided by caregivers i.
A family caregiver is an adult family member or another individual 18 years or older who is an informal unpaid provider of in-home and community care to:. The Area Agencies on Aging offer a variety of in-home services that allow adults to remain in their home and receive supportive services. Senior Medicare Patrol SMP empowers and assists Medicare beneficiaries, their families, and caregivers to prevent, detect, and report healthcare fraud, errors, and abuse through outreach, counseling, and education.
Authorized by the Older Americans Act, the program provides subsidized, service-based training for low-income persons 55 or older who are unemployed and have poor employment prospects.
