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for the Aging Texas Well
program.
The American Association of Retirement
Communities
The Area Agency on Aging of East Texas is designated by the Texas Department on Aging to coordinate services to persons who are 60 or older in East Texas with an emphasis on frail, minority, rural, and low income elderly. The Area Agency on Aging is a program of the East Texas Council of Governments (ETCOG) serving Anderson, Camp, Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Henderson, Marion, Panola, Rains, Rusk, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, and Wood counties.
Benefits
Counseling/Legal Assistance:
Assisting in obtaining benefits and legal advice or representation.
Contact:
Emily Taylor, Benefits
Flo Francis, Benefits Counselor
Information and
Assistance:
Providing information to elderly persons about services that are available
to meet their needs.
Contact: Margaret Davitt, Information & Referral Specialist
Home-Delivered
Meals:
Delivering meals to persons 60 or older who are confined to their home, are
unable to prepare their own meals, and lack family, friends, or other
resources to assist with meal preparation.
Congregate
Meals:
Serving nutritious meals in congregate settings to elderly persons and their
spouse.
Ombudsman:
Specially trained staff and volunteers providing information to nursing home
residents and their families about residents’ rights. Investigation and
resolving complaints on behalf of residents.
Contact:
Wilma DeSoto, Benefits Counselor/Nursing Home Ombudsman
Judy Holmes, Nursing Home Ombudsman
Jana Tiefenwerth, Nursing Home Ombudsman
Catherine Douglas, Nursing Home Ombudsman
Transportation:
Transporting clients to and from medical/health care services, social
services, meal programs, senior centers, shopping, other community
facilities or activities.
Contact:
Roxanne McKinley, Transportation Manager
Care
Coordination:
Care Coordinators work closely with hospital discharge planners and social
workers to arrange temporary care for persons 60 or older following hospital
discharge. This care would enable an elderly person who has insufficient
caregiver support to remain in his/her own home. The Care Coordinators will
request a contribution to help offset the cost of these services.
Caregiver
Support:
Providing respite and supplemental services to family caregivers on a
short-term basis to allow temporary relief from caregiving responsibilities.
These services are available to individuals 60 or older. Hospital discharge
is not required. A contribution will be requested to offset the cost of the
services.
Contact:
Priscilla Jones, SWA, Community Care Coordinator
Tricia Maxfield, Aging Program Case Worker
Christy Fowler, Aging Program Case Worker
Homemaker
I:
Provided by trained homemakers involving housekeeping/home management and
meal preparation for individuals 60 or older who lack the ability to perform
these tasks.
Homemaker II:
Provided by trained personal care attendants. May include bathing, shaving,
brushing teeth and hair, dressing, etc., for individuals 60 or older who
lack the ability to perform these tasks.
Respite:
Temporary supervision provided to the elderly person to enable the caregiver
to be away from the home environment.
Home
Modification for Access:
Limited modification to the home such as grab bars and wheel chair ramps to
accommodate the needs of the elderly person (Hospital discharge is not
required.)
Contact:
Melanie Story
Emergency
Response System:
An automatic monitoring system to link the homebound frail elderly to
emergency medical services when their life or safety is in jeopardy.
(Hospital discharge is not required.)
OTHER AREA AGENCY ON AGING
STAFF:
Claude I. Andrews, Director of Aging Programs
Beverly Brown, Contract Manager/Program Specialist
SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY OF
EAST TEXAS
3800 Stone Road
Kilgore, TX 75662
1-800-442-8845 903/984-8641 fax:
903/983-1440
Funded by the Texas Department on
Aging
Texas Department on Aging
Texas Department of Transportation
Benefits Checkup
Texas Department of Aging and Disability
Services
Meals
on Wheels
