Assistive Technology Information
and Assistance

• Ameriphone
  ameriphone.onlinephonestore.com

(888) 449-0444

• Clarity
  www.clarityproducts.com

(800) 426-3738
or (800) 552-3368

• Illinois Assistive Technology Project
  (information and referral)
  www.iltech.org

(800) 852-5110

Caregiver Information, Assistance
and Support

• Anne Byron Waud Resource Center
  Rush University Medical Center
  www.rush.edu/WaudCenter

(800) 757-0202

• Chicago Department of Family and Support Services, Senior Services
  Information and Assistance

   www.cityofchicago.org/familysupportservices

(312) 744-4016

• Children of Aging Parents CAPS
  www.caps4caregivers.org

(800) 227-7294

• Eldercare Locator
  (federal program to locate assistance)
  www.eldercare.gov

(800) 677-1116

• National Association of Professional
  Geriatric Care Managers
  www.caremanager.org

(520) 881-8008

• National Caregiving Foundation
  www.caregivingfoundation.org

(800) 930-1357

• National Family Caregivers Association
  www.thefamilycaregiver.org

(800) 896-3650

• Well Spouse Foundation
  www.wellspouse.org

(800) 838-0879

Disabled and Under 60 Resources

• Anne Byron Waud Resource Center
  RUSH University Medical Center
  www.rush.edu/WaudCenter

(800) 757-0202

• Access Living
  (information and referral on how to
  stay out of facility-city)
  www.accessliving.org

(312) 640-2100
or (800) 613-8549

• Council for Disability Rights
  www.disabilityrights.org

(312) 444-9484
or (312) 444-1967 TDD

• Department of Rehabilitation Services
  (Case management and assistance)www.dhs.state.il.us/ors/

(800) 843-6154
or (800) 447-6404 TTY

• Family Resource Center on Disabilities
  www.frcd.org

(312) 939-3513
or (800) 952-4199 (toll free within Illinois)

• Equip for Equality
  (information, referral and advice)
  www.equipforequality.org

(800) 537-2632
or (800) 610-2779 TTY

• Fox River Valley Center for Independent
  Living (referrals for suburban)

(847) 695-5818

• Life Services for the Handicapped, Disabled
  and Alone
  www.disabledandalone.org

(212) 532-6740
or (800) 995-0066

• Progress Center for Independent Living
  of Illinois (referrals for suburban) 
  www.progresscil.org

(708) 209-1500
or (708) 209-1826 TTY

Ethnicity Based Resources

• Casa Central
  www.casacentral.org

(773) 645-2300

• Central States SER
  (Hispanic outreach rehab program)
  www.centralstatesser.org

(773) 542-9030
   

• Chinese American Service League
  www.caslservice.org

(312) 791-0418

• Coalition of Limited English Speaking Elderly
  www.clese.org

(312) 461-0812

• Japanese American Society
  www.jaschicago.org

(312) 263-3049

• Japanese American Service Committee of Chicago
  www.jasc-chicago.org

(773) 275-7212

• National Association Hispanic Elderly
  Asociacion Nacional Pro Personas
  Mayores

   www.anppm.org

(626) 564-1988

• Serbian National Defense Council of America
  www.snd-us.com

(773) 775-7772

• South East Asia Center
  (education and social services)

          www.se-asiacenter.org

(773) 989-6927

General Information, Assistance
and Support

• Anne Byron Waud Resource Center
  Rush University Medical Center
  www.rush.edu/WaudCenter

(800) 757-0202

• Eldercare Locator
  (national resource listing)
  www.eldercare.gov

(800) 677-1116

• City of Chicago Office of Health Care Access http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/cdph/supp_info/policy_planning/office_of_healthcareaccess.html

• HealthCare.gov
• http://www.healthcare.gov/ and CuidadodeSalud.gov

• IL Department of Human Services

          http://www.dhs.state.il.us

(800) 843-6154

(800) 447-6404 TTY

• Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly
  chicago.littlebrothers.org

(312) 455-1000

• Medicare

  Medicare.gov

(800)MEDICARE (800-633-4227)

(877) 486-2048 TTY

• National Association of the Deaf (Senior Resources) www.nad.org/SeniorResources

(301) 587 1789 TTY

(301) 587 1788 Voice

• National Institute on Aging Information
  Clearinghouse
  www.nia.nih.gov

• National Mental Health Information Center
  mentalhealth.samhsa.gov

• Nursing Home Hotline

• Office of the Attorney General
  Senior Citizens Hotline
  www.illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/
  seniors/index.html

• Paralyzed Veterans of America
  www.pva.org/site/PageServer

• Pension Information Effort Program
  (PIE)

• Senior Health Insurance Program (SHIP)
  www.idfpr.com/DOI/Ship/ship_help.asp

(800) 548-9034
In Illinois: (217) 785-9021

• Senior Net
  (computer education program for seniors)
  www.seniornet.org

• Center for Prevention of Abuse
  (survivors of elder abuse)
  www.centerforpreventionofabuse.org

• Social Security Administration Information
  www.ssa.gov

• Center for Family Ministry
  (Support Groups for Widow/Widowers
  and Troubled Marriages — referral to groups)
  www.dioceseofjoliet.org/familyministry

• Anne Byron Waud Resource Center
  Rush University Medical Center
  www.rush.edu/WaudCenter

• Hospice Foundation of America
  www.hospicefoundation.org

• Illinois Home Care Council
  www.ilhomecare.org

• Illinois Hospice and Palliative
  Care Organization
  www.il-hpco.org

• Illinois State Hospice Organization

• National Association of Home Care
  www.nahc.org

• National Association of Professional Geriatric
  Care Managers
  www.caremanager.org

• National Hospice and Palliative Care
  Organization
  www.nhpco.org

• National Hospice Organization Helpline

• Anne Byron Waud Resource Center
  Rush University Medical Center
  www.rush.edu/WaudCenter

• Assisted Living Federation of America

          www.alfa.org

• Center for Universal Design and
  Accessibility Housing
  www.design.ncsu.edu/cud

• Chicago Housing Authority
  www.thecha.org

(312) 742-8500
or (312) 454-1748 TTY

• Housing Opportunities and Maintenance
  for the Elderly (HOME)
  www.homeseniors.org/main/

• Life Services Network
  (AAHSA)
  www.lsni.org

• Chicago Bar Association 
  Call a Lawyer and Senior Wills

(312) 554-2001
or (312) 746-5300

• Center for Conflict Resolution
  (free mediation services)
  www.ccrchicago.org

• Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago
  (Seniors Legal Service)
  www.lafchicago.org

(312) 341-1070
or (773) 321-7900

• Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago
  (immigrant assistance)
  www.lafchicago.org

• Prairie State Legal Services
  (free civil services)
  www.pslegal.org

• Anne Byron Waud Resource Center
  Rush University Medical Center
  www.rush.edu/WaudCenter

• American Geriatric Society
  (they will mail a list of geriatricians) www.americangeriatrics.org

• Areawide Podiatry
  (does home visits)

• Institute for Dental Implant Awareness
  (denture assistance)

          www.idia.org

• Mobile Doctors
  (doctors who make house calls)

          www.mobiledoctors.com

• MD at Home
  (house call doctors)
  866mdathome.com

(815) 986-2610
or (866) 632-8466 (toll free)

• National Eye Care Project
  (eye care for disadvantaged seniors)
  www.allaboutvision.com/viewpoints/
  0300seniors.htm

• ADT Companion Services
  www.adt.com

• Lifeline
  www.lifelinesys.com/