Eldercare Alliance
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ElderCare Alliance is a nonprofit collaboration of the three
ASAPs (Aging Service Access Points) that serve Boston:
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ASAPs are nonprofit organizations which are
committed to helping older people live independently in their homes
and communities by providing high quality, affordable home and community-based
care. ASAPs are governed by an elected board of elders and professionals.
Eligibility for services is based on age, income and need. The cost
of home care services for eligible persons is determined by a sliding
scale fee based on a client's income. Many of our clients qualify
to receive services free of charge. Call Boston ElderINFO to request
service information and apply for services: 617-292-6211 or e-mail
blansky@elderinfo.org
Boston Senior Home
Care (BSHC) serves seniors and disabled individuals who live
in: Dorchester, South Cove, Mattapan, South Boston, Charlestown,
East Boston, Downtown, North End, Beacon Hill. BSHC is located at
110 Chauncy Street, Boston, MA 02111, tel. 617-451-6400.
Central
Boston Elder Services (CBES) serves seniors and disabled individuals
who live in: Allston, Brighton, Back Bay, Fenway, Mission Hill,
North Dorchester, North Jamaica Plain, South End and Roxbury. CBES
is located at 812 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, tel. 617-277-7416.
Ethos serves
seniors and disabled individuals who live in: Hyde Park, Jamaica
Plain, Mattapan, Roslindale, West Roxbury. Ethos is located at 555
Amory Street, Jamaica Plain, Ma 02130, Tel. 617-522-6700.
ElderCare Alliance's mission is to improve the
lives of elders by obtaining new sources of funds to enhance each
agency's existing services and by creating new, innovative citywide
programs to address elders' unmet needs. Each of the three ASAPs
arrange for low-income, frail elders to receive needed services
including homemaking, personal care, meals on wheels and transportation.
Private donations to the ElderCare Alliance help elders in Boston
remain at home with independence and dignity. Current collaborative
efforts include:
- Boston
Money Management: a program which
helps elders pay their bills and organize their finances so they
can meet their housing, nutrition and health care needs.
- Boston
ElderINFO: a comprehensive information
and referral program.
- Boston Protective Services:
which investigates and resolves allegations of abuse, neglect
and financial exploitation of elders.
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Caregiver
Alliance: an initiative to reach
out to elders and caregivers who may have "fallen through
the cracks" due to their income being slightly over state
guidelines or who might be slightly less frail.
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