Network Acronyms
AAA
What is Area Agency on Aging?
AgeOptions vision statement
What is People thriving as they age?
True or False? A 'caregiver' can only be a family member or paid helper who regularly looks after a child or older adult.
What is False?
A caregiver can be any person caring for an older adult (or child), including spouses, children, other relatives, unmarried partners, friends, neighbors, etc.
Trained specialists available to answer questions about social services, housing, transportation, health, medication insurance, benefits and resources for older adults
What is Information and Assistance?
Age at which one becomes eligible for most Aging Network resources
What is 60?
ADRC
What is Aging and Disability Resource Center?
AgeOptions and its partner agencies offer a variety (4) of meal programs that are designed to reduce hunger and food insecurity, promote socialization for older adults, promote the health and well-being of older adults and delay the onset of adverse health conditions. Name one.
What is _____?
Congregate Dining
Home-Delivered Meals
Meal Kits
Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program
This kind of care allows caregivers time to self-care while a trained professional temporarily takes over their caregiving duties
What is Respite?
Provides community education and intervention aimed at eliminating abuse, neglect, and exploitation of older adults
What is Adult Protective Services?
Townships in suburban Cook County Illinois
What is 30?
CRC
What is Caregiver Resource Center?
Provides workshops for participants to learn skills to better manage their chronic conditions or pain, skills to prevent falls and strategies for self-care
What is Illinois Pathways to Health?
Stigma-free social settings where people living with dementia and their care partners can meet others and enjoy time together
What are Memory Cafes?
Empowers beneficieiaries in Illinois to prevent, detect and report healthcare fraud
What is Senior Medicare Patrol?
708-383-0258 or 800-699-9043
What is AgeOptions phone number?
OAA
What is the Older Americans Act?
This program establishes connections with Aging Network service agencies in your community, increases access to technology for adults 60+, and addresses social isolation by providing targeted programming that builds community engagement.
What is Library CARES?
AgeOptions has 2 online caregiver resources that start with the letter T. Both are listed in staff email signatures. Name one.
What is Trualta or TCARE (Tailored Caregiver Assessment and Referral)?
AgeOptions inclusive program for LGBTQ+ older adults and those who care for them
What is Thrive with Pride?
The year AgeOptions became the Area Agency on Aging for suburban Cook County
What is 1974?
CLAS
What is Culturally and Linguistically Accessible Services?
According to the Administration for Community Living (ACL), individuals can take charge of their health at every age by doing these 5 things. Name one.
What is _____?
This is the giving and receiving of care from people within the same generation, common among many LGBTQ+ older adults
What is Horiztonal Care?
A tool which enables adult consumers to screen themselves for common legal issues and pursue appropriate action (A collaboration of Pro Bono Net, AgeOptions, and Legal Aid Chicago)
What is Legal Health Check-Up Tool?
National Honor Our LGBTQ+ Elders Day
What is May 16th?