Senior Outreach provides benefits counseling (social security and other entitlement programs such as Medi-Cal or Medicaid), advocacy and other services (housing and food) to low-income older persons needing assistance getting through bureaucratic red-tape.

About Senior Outreach

The Senior Outreach program prevents premature and unnecessary institutionalization of seniors, keeping at-risk seniors living independently and leading self-sufficient lives.

Who are at-risk seniors?

• Isolated, frail, at-risk seniors often find themselves alone. They are desperate but do not know how or where to get help and the support they need.
• Many have physical or mental disabilities.
• Many are older women over 85 years of age.
• Many have language and cultural barriers separating them from the rest of the community.
• Over 90% are low-income and must worry about every cent.
• Many worked their whole lives and now they may find themselves overwhelmed by just trying to find a way to keep a roof over their heads, decent food on the table, their utilities turned on, and a phone by the bedside in case of emergency.
• Without prompt and caring assistance, these at-risk seniors, due to health and economic problems, face premature institutionalization or even homelessness.

Seniors and disabled adults unsure of where to turn for help receive hands-on, personal assistance from our benefit counselors. Nearly 2,000 isolated seniors receive help filling out forms, applying for benefits, arranging for medical care or in-home help, or other services as needed to live independently. OUTREACH workers maintain offices around the county to increase access to isolated seniors, and go to their homes as needed.

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