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Resources for Seniors, Families & Caregivers

Consumer Resource Guide

The Consumer Resource Guide is an easy-to-read self-help guide for elders and their families containing practical information and resources. Some of the topics covered are caregiver & consumer support, transportation, housing & property rights, health insurance programs, disease prevention & medical care, elder rights/abuse & fraud, and safety & emergency services.

DOEA Consumer Resource Guide
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Abuse and Neglect

Aging - General Information

Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia

Area Agency on Aging (AAAs)

    Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) are private, not-for-profit entities designated by the Older Americans Act to advocate, plan, coordinate and fund a system of elder support services in their respective Planning and Service Areas. Each of the eleven Area Agencies on Aging in Florida is a designated Aging Resource Center.

Aging Resource Centers (ARC) & Aging and Disability Resource Centers (ADRC)

    The Aging (and Disability) Resource Center (ARC or ADRC) is a single, coordinated system of information and access for all Floridians seeking long-term care resources.

  • Find Your Local Aging Resource Center.

Assisted Living Facilities (ALFs)/Nursing Homes

Caregivers Support & Information

Complaints

Dementia - see "Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia"

Disaster Preparedness

Education

Emergency Response - see Disaster Preparedness

Florida Information

Finance and Investments

Gift Giving

Health

Health Insurance

Hospice & End-of-life Care

Long-Term Care

Housing

Transportation

Vacations & Tourism - see Florida Information

Veterans

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