Connect With Your Community!
Connect With Your Community!
Rocky's Agency for Aging officials are visiting the Three Rivers Senior Center next week.
According to Education and Outreach Coordinator Michele Mathot, the program visits senior centers in their six-county area each summer. The Three Forks stop is scheduled for Thursday, July 27, at 11 a.m.
"We are there to let folks know what the Agency on Aging does, what our program entails, and answer any questions they may have," Mathot said.
During the local stop, Mathot said at least one State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) counselor would attend to answer questions about Medicare or other items.
Those seniors who might have specific Medicare or senior services questions can call and speak with a SHIP Counselor before the visit. Mathot said the counselor can bring specific forms/information to those clients and meet individually during their time in Three Forks.
Those interested in speaking to a SHIP counselor should call 406-457-7368.
ROCKY'S AGENCY ON AGING
As one of the ten Montana Area Agencies on Aging, Rocky's Agency on Aging, a free one-stop shop to find community resources, connects seniors and persons with disabilities to information and services. The Agency on Aging provides services to seniors over age 60 and adults age 18 and older with a disability. The six-county service area includes Broadwater, Gallatin, Jefferson, Lewis & Clark, Meagher, and Park Counties.
WHAT SERVICES DOES ROCKY'S AGENCY ON AGING OFFER?
• Information, Assistance and Referral – serving as a "one-stop shop" to find community resources.
• Medicare Information/Counseling – providing benefit counseling to Medicare beneficiaries and their families/caregivers.
• Long-Term Care Ombudsman – advocating for residents of nursing homes and assisted living facilities.
• Options Counseling for Successful Aging – helping clients plan for their long-term care future.
• Senior Medicare Patrol – empowering seniors to prevent healthcare fraud.
• iPad Loaner Program - Rocky's Agency on Aging offers an iPad loaner program. If you are not sure if technology is for you, you may borrow an iPad from us and see what you think! Take part in any of the online offerings (check them out on our calendar of events at rmdc.net/events/) such as Morning Chat and PopKnowledge. You may also use an iPad to video chat with family and friends, medical staff, or simply surf the web and see what you can find. And if you need assistance with any of that...visit with our volunteer Tech Helper on Monday's at 11 a.m. at Rocky's Neighborhood Center.
• Support for Caregivers - offering an in-person Powerful Tools for Caregivers (PTC) class, and online software TCARE, that provide education and resources that support caregiver well-being.
MISSION
Rocky's Agency on Aging builds choice, dignity, and engagement of older adults in partnership with the communities of our six-county area of service.
WHAT IS ROCKY'S AGENCY ON AGING?
Rocky's Agency on Aging, a program of Rocky Mountain Development Council, Inc., is a non-profit that assists seniors and persons with disabilities to make choices to preserve their independence and dignity. We receive federal, state and local funding and donations in order to serve you.
Rocky's Agency on Aging operates the programs listed here as well as provides funding for many other senior programs throughout our six-county area of Lewis & Clark, Broadwater, Jefferson, Meagher, Gallatin and Park counties.
Senior Programs that the Agency on Aging provides funding for in our six-county area include:
• Congregate Meals at Senior Centers
• Home Delivered Meals
• Homemaker and Skilled Nursing Services
• Transportation
• Telecare
• Friendly Visitor Program
• Retired Senior Volunteer Program
• Health and Fitness
