Agency Details:

The mission of Aging Resources of Central Iowa is to lead, advocate, and serve as well as plan and coordinate resources in the provision of services to older persons in central Iowa, their families, caregivers, or representatives enabling elders to lead independent, meaningful and dignified lives in the least restrictive environment.

Description:
Aging Resources of Central Iowa is a private, non-profit service agency that administers programs and services to elders 60 years of age and older in central Iowa. Aging Resources has an 18 member policy-making Board of Directors, a 19 member Advisory Council, and a 26 member staff who manage a 10 million dollar annual budget (inclusive of all county resources). Aging Resources has on staff a Community Resource Counselor and a Family Caregiver Specialist. Aging Resources partners with government officials, providers of services, senior citizen organizations and individual elders in establishing educational, legislative, and action programs to improve the quality of life for older Iowans.

Aging funds are distributed and services provided to an 8 county service area (Boone, Dallas, Jasper, Madison, Marion, Polk, Story, and Warren) via 56 contracts with 32 agencies. Aging Resources also has case managers in each county in their service area who coordinate services for frail older adults and persons on the Title XIX Elderly Waiver program.

Aging Resources assesses and surveys the needs of older adults within central Iowa, identifies service gaps, develops plans to fill these gaps, and works to insure that the older population has access to appropriate programs, services, and institutions. Aging Resources promotes services and programs which will assist older persons to live with independence, dignity, and pride. The services to area elders includes: adult day care, chore, family caregiver services, homemaker and home care aide, meal site and home-delivered meals, case management, home repair, legal assistance, emergency assistance, information and assistance, respite care, transportation, outreach, advocacy, counseling, and well-elderly clinics.

Contact person: Anthony Lee, Volunteer Coordinator, (phone), (email)

Address:

5835 Grand Avenue, Suite 106 Des Moines, IA 50312 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.agingresources.com

Directions:

Aging Resources is located in a tan-colored building at the northeast corner of Grand Avenue and 59th Street in Des Moines. There is a tall, black & white free-standing sign on the Grand Avenue side of the building that. . . (more)   Nearest Bus Stop: 59th Street & Grand Avenue, 100 ft. minute walk

Last updated on June 16, 2009