Senior Care Options program available to older Nebraskans who are considering admission to a nursing home and may be eligible for Medicaid assistance. Clients are screened according to a standardized assessment process developed by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Care Managers arrange for services, which allow older adults to live as independently as possible, for as long as possible.

Housekeeping and supportive services to include grocery shopping, cleaning, laundry, transportation and personal care.

Family Caregiver Support for those caring for an aging adult or grandparents caring for a minor child. Provides information, assistance, support group, respite care, and supplemental services.

Home delivered meals are provided to homebound by reason of illness, disability or isolation. The meals meet 1/3 of the daily dietary recommended needs of adults 60 years and over and the requirements of the Older Americans Act and state and local laws.

Public benefit services, legal assistance, education, Medicare filing, and volunteer training through SHIIP.

Information & Assistance: Provides information, assistance, or referrals for seniors, persons with disabilities, and their family caregivers for benefits and services.

Transportation

What caregivers need to know and how to help care receivers get around: http://www.aarp.org/transportation

We Need to Talk

Free online seminar to help caregivers determine how to assess a loved one's driving skills and provide tools to help with this conversation: http://www.aarp.org/wntt

Provides the following services:

-- Crisis counseling

-- Follow-up home visits

-- Parent education classes and support groups

-- Referrals for food, clothing, shelter, drug/alcohol treatment, domestic violence, etc

-- Necessities such as diapers, formula, clothes, etc.

A program designed to provide community-based services that will meet the needs of individuals with brain injuries and help prevent unnecessary institutionalization.

Services include:

-- Assistive equipment and devices.

-- Home remodeling to ensure safe independent functioning.

-- Independent living skills training.

-- Personal assistant service referrals.

-- Personal assistant management training.

-- Case management, advocacy, and peer support.

-- Neuropsychological assessments.

-- Homemaker services.

-- Home health.

-- Specialized therapies.

-- Home delivered meals.

-- Adult day care.

-- Day habilitation.

-- Behavioral counseling services.

-- Supported employment.

-- Pre-vocational services.

Confidential, free support for veterans, active duty personnel, and their families. A Resource Navigator is available to connect individuals to veteran, installation, and community-based resources to meet needs.

Provides social support to Latinos in the area. Services offered in Spanish.

Social Services include:

-- Risk education (alcohol, drugs, gambling, and other risk factors)

-- DUI assessments

-- Interpreter services

-- Help to complete community hours

-- Healthy Choices Youth Program

-- Youth Support Groups

-- Early Intervention and Prevention

Guide contains a directory of local resources to help caregivers find services and support.

Assists teenage and other at-risk mothers and their infants from conception up to 3 years of age.

Services provided:

-- Prenatal education.

-- Postnatal education.

-- Parenting skills classes.

-- Assistance with ongoing infant needs up to 3 years of age.

-- Assistance with infant Diapers Guidance.

-- Information and referrals to supportive services as needed.

Provides information and referral for mental health services for deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf/blind individuals in the state of Illinois.

Provides an information and referral service that works with clients to identify needs, develop solutions, utilize qualified partners and make the appropriate referrals.

The Hispanic Center provides families with information in Spanish and links them to services in Spanish. Services provided include:

-- Outreach

-- Advocacy

-- Interpretation

-- Translation

-- Case Management

-- Information and Referrals