Older Americans Act
This is the year Congress enacted the Older Americans Act. Also the year MLK marched from Selma to Montgomery.
What is 1965?
This program is funded entirely by state monies and provides support in four areas: personal care, mobility, nutrition and environmental.
What is Lighthouse?
This year was the start of the WV State Health Insurance Assistance Program. It was also the year this Dolly Parton cover by Whitney Houston became a massive hit.
What is 1992?
The mission of the LTCO program is to enhance the quality of life, improve the level of care, protect individual rights and promote this of each senior citizen housed in a long-term care facility.
What is dignity?
This late actor was a famous senior citizen from Morgantown, WV. There is even a statue of his likeness there.
Who was Don Knotts?
Seven is the number of these that are administered by the Administration on Aging under the Act.
What are titles?
This program offers relief to family caregivers while providing one-on-one attention and activities for those with documented Alzheimer's or a related dementia.
What is FAIR?
WV SHIP is a part of a national network of state health insurance assistance programs which receive financial assistance from this agency.
What is Administration for Community Living?
These two agencies employ long-term care ombudsman to conduct the day-to-day operation of the program.
What is WV Bureau of Senior Services and WV Senior Legal Aid?
Over half of West Virginia's senior population are between these two ages.
What are 65 and 74?
Of all the titles administered by the Act, this one is administered by the U.S. Department of Labor.
What is Title V, Community Services Employment Program?
Published monthly, this is created to help older Americans create new ideas for meeting their nutritional guidelines.
What is Food & Fitness?
WV Medicare information, counseling and assistance program was part of a nationwide initiative resulting from this Act of 1990.
What is the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act?
Ombudsman volunteers must complete this many hours of training before they will visit the facility to which they are assigned.
What is 25 hours?
This famous West Virginia senior was the founder of Grandparents Day in 1973.
Who was Marian McQuade?
One of the Act's primary objectives is to secure the best possible physical and mental health services available. These two primary programs help to meet this objective.
What is nutrition and transportation?
WV Senior Legal Aid provides a variety of legal services and counsel to West Virginians aged 60 and older. Name three services offered.
What are advance directives, bankruptcy, collections, consumer issues, domestic relations, general Medicaid, general nursing home, government, housing & utilities, Medicare, social security, wills & estate planning.
On December 8, 2003, this Act became law.
What is the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act (MMA)?
In conjunction with the Ombudsman program, the Medicaid Aged and Disabled Waiver Program published this brochure that defines different types of abuse, neglect and emergency situations.
What is "How to Report Adult Abuse and Neglect?"
This unique program, funded by WV University, trains senior citizens to visit with elderly neighbors to provide companionship, nutritional advice and resources.
What is the "Visiting Neighbor Program?"
This is a state funded program and part of the senior center array of services. These services vary by county and are modeled after those provided by the Older Americans Act.
What is Legislative Initiative for the Elderly, LIFE?
Medical eligibility for the Medicare Aged and Disabled Waiver program is based on a medical assessment by a medical professional and the completion of this form.
What is a Medical Necessity Evaluation Request?
This is the number of Senior Medicaid Patrol programs throughout the states, District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rice and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
What is 54?
The term "ombudsman" originated from this country which means "citizen representative."
What is Sweden?
In 2018, this West Virginian received the Anita S. Harbert Award for significant contributions in the filed of aging as a catalyst, visionary and advocate for the state's senior population.
Who is Susie Layne?