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Personal Care Assistance: Assistance with bathing, dressing, hair care and other personal needs in ones own place of residence.
Personal Financial Management Counseling: Advise and assistance to resolve financial problems or to relieve temporary financial stresses. Includes financial counseling, checkbook balancing, check writing, etc.
Pharmacy Delivery: Home delivery of pharmaceuticals for people who are physically unable to pick up their own.
Prescription Assistance: Discount cards or programs to help pay for prescriptions.
Preventative Health: Immunizations, health screenings, education and other programs aimed at early detection or prevention of illness, disability and disease.
Psychiatry: Services offered by a psychiatrist that are specifically targeted to an older population and/or their caregivers. A psychiatrist makes specific diagnosis of mental disorders, prescribes medications, and provides counseling treatments. (Psychiatry may be offered in an out-patient or in-patient setting).
Public Health: (County Health Departments) Provides education and services that maintain the health of community members. Free or reduced cost services are available based on age and income. Services include flu shots, health screening, foot clinics, etc.
Public Transportation: City bus services that provide discounts to senior citizens.
