Getting Answers

• Program Administration
  
  
• Toll-Free Telephone Numbers
  
  
• Service Directories
  
  
• Medicare Information
  
  
• Long-Term Care Planning
  
  
• Senior Service Information on Other Websites
  
  

• Office of AAA Administration
  Most senior services in New Jersey are administered locally by county-based Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs).
  
  
• Office of Community Choice Options
  Most seniors and people with disabilities in need of long-term care services prefer to get help in their home or in a community setting rather than in a nursing home. This office helps individuals learn about and access those services.
  
  
• Office of Global Options for Long-Term Care & Quality Management
  This office administers a number of home and community-based programs that help seniors, people with disabilities and their caregivers.

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• Aging & Disability Resource Connection (ADRC)
  There is an ADRC in every New Jersey county to help seniors, individuals with disabilities and their caregivers find out about and access important federal, state and local long-term services and supports. Call your ADRC toll-free at 1-877-222-3737.
  
  
• Senior Services Information Line
  Information on programs and services for seniors and caregivers is available from 8:30 in the morning to 4:30 at night weekdays (except for State Holidays) by calling our statewide toll-free hotline at 1-800-792-8820.
  
  
• 2-1-1
  You can now dial 2-1-1 on your telephone anytime of the day or night to learn about and be connected to social service programs and crisis intervention hotlines.

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• Statewide Benefits for Older Persons [pdf 590k]
  This on-line publication is a guide to many of the programs and services offered to older adults by the State of New Jersey.
  
  
• Federal Programs for Older Adults [pdf 540k]
  This on-line publication provides an overview of many of the federal programs and services available to older persons.

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• Medicare Counseling through SHIP
  SHIP - the State Health Insurance Assistance Program - provides free, objective and confidential help to New Jersey Medicare beneficiaries who have problems with, or questions about, Medicare, Medigap, Medicare Advantage Plans, Medicare Prescription Drug Plans and Long-Term Care Insurance.
  
  
• Medicare Fraud Prevention
  Stealing from Medicare costs taxpayers billions of dollars each year. Report and stop Medicare fraud.

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• A Guide to Community-Based Long Term Care in New Jersey
  It is important to plan now for long-term care needs you may encounter as you age. This on-line guide can help you make the right choices now for a secure future.

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• ADRC
  The website for New Jersey's Aging and Disability Resource Connection (ADRC) provides seniors, adults with physical disabilities and their caregivers 24-hour access to information about services and programs designed to keep them healthy and independent in the community.
  
  
• CaregiverNJ
  CaregiverNJ is a guide to available resources for adults and their families living in New Jersey.
  
  
• Prescription (PAAD & Senior Gold), Hearing Aid & Utility Assistance
  The Division of Senior Benefits and Utilization Management administers New Jersey's pharmacy assistance programs - PAAD & Senior Gold – and other services for lower income seniors and persons with disabilities.
  
  
• PAAD/Senior Gold and the Medicare Prescription Drug Program Resource Center
  The Division of Senior Benefits and Utilization Management has created this website to help PAAD and Senior Gold beneficiaries and caregivers learn more about the Medicare Prescription Drug Program and how it works with the State's pharmacy assistance programs.
  
  
• Find a Hospital, Long-Term Care Facility or Licensed Community-Based Service Agency
  The Division of Health Facilities Evaluation and Licensing maintains this on-line registry of all licensed acute care and long-term care facilities in the state. The registry is searchable by type and by county.
  
  
• Senior Fraud Education & Prevention Program
  Scam artists are targeting seniors and this program helps bring them to justice.
  
  
• Veterans' Services
  Many of today’s seniors served our country in times of war. This site describes available services.
  
  
• Tax Information for Seniors
  The Division of Taxation administers a number of programs providing tax relief to seniors.
  
  
• Additional Senior Web Links
  Here are some more websites you may find helpful.

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