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— KEY RESOURCES
Nevada Aging and Disability Services Division: (702) 486-3545, www.nvaging.net
This division provides services to older adults, including but not limited to home- and community-based services, transportation, financial and legal assistance and help understanding Medicare.
Nevada Care Connection: (866) 687-6822, www.nevadacareconnection.org
This comprehensive, up-to-date network of agencies and providers throughout Nevada offers easy access to care-giving resources, support and information.
BenefitsCheckUp: (800) 373-4906, www.benefitscheckup.org
A service through the National Council on Aging, BenefitsCheckUp helps older adults find programs to help pay for the cost of prescription drugs, health care, utilities and other essential items and services.
Senior Citizens Law Project: (702) 229-6596, www.lasvegasnevada.gov/Find/21380.htm
This provides quality, free legal counsel and assistance to Clark County residents age 60 and older. Services include but are not limited to simple wills, advance directives, small-claims help, consumer disputes and legal advice.
OTHER RESOURCES
At the state level, the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services develops, coordinates and delivers a comprehensive support service system for Nevada’s senior citizens to lead independent, meaningful and dignified lives. Programs administered by the state include the following:
SERVING SENIORS: CERTIFIED SENIOR ADVISORS
When a senior is in need of assistance regarding a key health, financial or social issue, he or she can reach out to professionals who specialize in working with seniors and have additional knowledge about issues concerning them. One such professional is a Certified Senior Advisor (CSA).
CSAs have supplemented their individual professional licenses, credentials and education with knowledge about aging and working with seniors. The CSA designation alone does not imply expertise in financial, health or social matters; however, if you are a senior and work with a professional who has added the CSA designation to his or her achievements, you know you’re working with someone who has invested the time and effort in learning about the things that are important to you.
A CSA professional educates other professionals about working more effectively with their senior clients. A CSA can provide the right kind of planning, recommendations and referrals that can make aging a state to be savored instead of a fate to be feared. In working with the senior or professional community, CSAs are able to understand the key health, social and financial factors that are important to seniors and how these factors work together.
CSAs are able to integrate this into their professional practices, no matter what field they’re in. They’ve learned how incredibly gratifying it is to help seniors achieve their goals, and the seniors they’ve worked with have learned how important it is to work with someone who truly understands their age-related circumstances.
According to the Society of Certified Senior Advisors, a CSA is a professional who has received a comprehensive education in the health, financial and social issues facing seniors. CSA candidates must pass a challenging national exam to prove their knowledge of the issues affecting seniors. While most CSAs already have expertise in a professional discipline, it is only after they pass the exam and agree to live up to high ethical and professional standards that they may use the CSA designation.
Nevada Aging and Disability Services Division: (702) 486-3545, www.nvaging.net
This division provides services to older adults, including but not limited to home- and community-based services, transportation, financial and legal assistance and help understanding Medicare.
Nevada Care Connection: (866) 687-6822, www.nevadacareconnection.org
This comprehensive, up-to-date network of agencies and providers throughout Nevada offers easy access to care-giving resources, support and information.
BenefitsCheckUp: (800) 373-4906, www.benefitscheckup.org
A service through the National Council on Aging, BenefitsCheckUp helps older adults find programs to help pay for the cost of prescription drugs, health care, utilities and other essential items and services.
Senior Citizens Law Project: (702) 229-6596, www.lasvegasnevada.gov/Find/21380.htm
This provides quality, free legal counsel and assistance to Clark County residents age 60 and older. Services include but are not limited to simple wills, advance directives, small-claims help, consumer disputes and legal advice.
OTHER RESOURCES
At the state level, the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services develops, coordinates and delivers a comprehensive support service system for Nevada’s senior citizens to lead independent, meaningful and dignified lives. Programs administered by the state include the following:
- Advocate for Elders: Advocacy, assistance, information and referral to frail seniors who are 60 years of age or older, primarily homebound and living in the community and their caregivers
- Elder Protective Services (EPS) Program: For persons 60 years and older who may experience abuse, neglect, exploitation or isolation
- Homemaker Program: General housekeeping, limited meal preparation, shopping, laundering and errands, standby assistance with bathing and home-management services
- Independent-Living Grants: Information for current and/or prospective grantees
- Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program: Addresses issues and problems faced by residents in long-term care facilities, which includes residential facilities for groups
- Senior Ride Program: Discounted taxicab fares to seniors and persons with disabilities residing in Clark County
- State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP): Information, counseling and assistance to Medicare beneficiaries in Nevada involving a statewide network of volunteers
- Waiver—Home and Community Based (formerly CHIP): Nonmedical services to older persons to help them maintain independence in their own homes as an alternative to nursing-home placement
- Waiver for the Elderly in Adult Residential Care (WEARC): CHIP services in a group-care setting to offer individuals a less expensive alternative of supervised care in a residential setting
SERVING SENIORS: CERTIFIED SENIOR ADVISORS
When a senior is in need of assistance regarding a key health, financial or social issue, he or she can reach out to professionals who specialize in working with seniors and have additional knowledge about issues concerning them. One such professional is a Certified Senior Advisor (CSA).
CSAs have supplemented their individual professional licenses, credentials and education with knowledge about aging and working with seniors. The CSA designation alone does not imply expertise in financial, health or social matters; however, if you are a senior and work with a professional who has added the CSA designation to his or her achievements, you know you’re working with someone who has invested the time and effort in learning about the things that are important to you.
A CSA professional educates other professionals about working more effectively with their senior clients. A CSA can provide the right kind of planning, recommendations and referrals that can make aging a state to be savored instead of a fate to be feared. In working with the senior or professional community, CSAs are able to understand the key health, social and financial factors that are important to seniors and how these factors work together.
CSAs are able to integrate this into their professional practices, no matter what field they’re in. They’ve learned how incredibly gratifying it is to help seniors achieve their goals, and the seniors they’ve worked with have learned how important it is to work with someone who truly understands their age-related circumstances.
According to the Society of Certified Senior Advisors, a CSA is a professional who has received a comprehensive education in the health, financial and social issues facing seniors. CSA candidates must pass a challenging national exam to prove their knowledge of the issues affecting seniors. While most CSAs already have expertise in a professional discipline, it is only after they pass the exam and agree to live up to high ethical and professional standards that they may use the CSA designation.
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