Helping People Hope Senior Adult Services Directory

A.) Senior Adult Support and Information Services
1.) Area Agency on Aging (Region X):  Services Provided Include:

• The Vantage Point at Northpark Mall...community resource and information center which uses modern technology to assist mature adults chart a course for informed living with information brochures, book and lending library, Medicare insurance counseling, and basic computer instruction.
  
• Senior Centers...community "focal points" for senior activities, hot noon meals served Monday through Friday, Meals delivered to eligible homebound elderly, recreational activities.
  
• Information and Assistance...Provides info on resources for senior adults.
  
• Family Care Giver Program...Provides information and support to family care givers who are caring for senior adults.
  
• Respite Care...Offers relief to the person who provides primary care in families coping with long-term illness.
  
• Ombudsman Program...Provides advocacy on behalf of nursing home residents.
  
• The Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP)...Offers people 55 years and older with unlimited opportunities to share their energy and expertise.
  
• Senior Community Service Employment Program...Provides training and placement for eligible people 55 years and older who want continuing employment or re-entry into the workforce.
  
• Area Agency on Aging location: 32nd and Connecticut Street, Fountain Plaza, PO Box 3990, Joplin, MO 64803 (417)781-7562 e-mail  AAAX@janics.com  / The Vantage Point, (417)627-0600  or log on to  www.thevantagepoint.org 
  

2.) Alzheimer’s Association "Care Givers Time Off":  Service provided is respite care assistance program,  for information or to apply call (417)886-2199 or toll free at (800)487-0747   e-mail at  www.alz-swmo.org 
 

3.) Young at Heart:  A Ministry to Senior Adults that includes: Weekly Bible Studies, Fellowship Activities, and Opportunities to Minister to Others.  For more Information about this ministry log on to:   http://www.ccochurch.com/adultministries/youngatheart.php    or contact Ken Ansley at (417)673-3945 or e-mail  ken@c-c-o.net  A Ministry of Christ's Church of Oronogo  22145 Kafer Road, Oronogo, MO 64855 (All are welcome, anyone in the community 55 years of age or older.  You do not have to be a member of the CCO congregation.  You are invited to join in this fellowship.
 

B.) Specialized Senior Adult Mental Health Service

1.) Senior Serenity Center:  Ozark Center/Freeman Health System:  Services Provided Include:  Psychiatry, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Recreational Therapy, Social Services, Dietary Assistance, Chaplain, Specialists as Needed.   932 East 34th Street, Joplin, MO (417)FHS-7000
2.) Freeman Geropsychiatry Unit:  Specialize in the treatment of Depression, Psychosis, Anxiety Disorders, Paranoia, Early Senile Dementia, Panic Disorder, Suicidal Thoughts, Medication Adjustment.  For more info call (417)625-4460

3.) Generations:  McCune-Brooks Hospital-627 W. Centennial Carthage, MO 64836 / Generations is a 12 bed inpatient geriatric behavioral health unit.  It provides psychiatric services, psychological services, primary care, recreational therapy, and social work services to senior adults in an inpatient setting.  For more information or for an assessment call 24 hours 417-358-7943 or log onto  http://www.mccune-brooks.org/getpage.php?name=generations   

 C.) Senior Adult Health and Support Agencies 
 1.) Arthritis Hope Association (A United Way Agency):  Regular Membership Fee Individual 10$ per year-Family 15$ per year (for advanced membership fees contact agency at the number provided) Membership Advantages:  adult diapers and pads at manufacturer's cost, arthritis awareness classes, physician referral including a list of rheumatologists, handicapped clothing instructions, home visitations, helpful literature, a loan closet offering equipment needed for mobility at a reasonable lease price ranging from 2$ for 3 months for smaller items to 10$ per month for larger items, news letters, patient clubs, self help aids, socials, seminars, and meetings, speakers' bureau, telephone committee.  For More Information Call or Write:  Southwest Missouri Arthritis Association 819 E. 19th Street Joplin, MO 64801 (417)782-6752
2.) Guide to Selecting an Alzheimer's Special Care Unit:  www.dhss.mo.gov/showmelongtermcare/  or  www.medicare.gov/  click on Nursing Home Compare.  Or Call (800)633-4227 
3.) Missouri State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program:  Advocacy for Resident Rights in Long-Term Care Facilities PO Box 570  Jefferson City, MO 65102  (800)309-3282.
4.) Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Project:  (Certain age and income eligibility criteria)  Must be a Missouri Citizen:  Services Provided Include:  free mammograms, free clinical breast exams, free pelvic exams, free pap tests / For More Information on Participating Hospitals and Eligibility Criteria Call Cancer Information Services at (800)422-6237 or Breast and Cervical Cancer Project (573)522-2845 or American Cancer Society (800)277-2345.
5.) Healthy Aging Medicare Stop Smoking Program:    A Government Program to Assist People age 65 and Older to Stop Smoking.  For more information call (866)652-3446.
6.) Hepatitis C Information on Risk Factors and Prevention:  Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services / Section of Communicable Disease Control PO Box 570 Jefferson City, MO 65102 (573)751-6113 
7.) Comprehensive Diabetes Classes:  McCune-Brooks Hospital,  (must have a physician's referral / talk with your physician)  For more information call Kathy at (417)359-2355 or have referral faxed to (417)395-2305.
8.) St. John's Nutrition, Wellness, and Diabetes Center:  Services Include:  nutrition consultations, good hearted cuisine program, body fat analysis, nutrition analysis.  For More Information Call (417)659-6488 or toll free (888)548-7448.
9.) St. John's Referral One Physicians Referral or Service Referral (417)625-2058 or (800)638-7081
10.) Health Essentials: Services Available Include:  wig shop and post-mastectomy fitting, massage therapy, salon, skin care and make up products, unique gifts, patient education programs.  Supplies Available Include:  uniforms, full line of medical equipment, respiratory care, licensed occupational therapists, licensed massage therapist, certified rehabilitation technology supplier, licensed respiratory therapists, certified orthotic fitter.  1130 East 32nd Street Joplin, MO (417)623-0611 or (800)427-4471.

D.) Housing, Residential, and Nursing Home Services