senior resources

 CDSS:  You can use the CDSS website.  Department of Social Services supervises all Assisted Living places and all Board & Care homes in California.  For that reason, on their website you can find all licensed Board & Care homes, and you will also be able to find their reports, where CDSS does unscheduled visits, gives Citations & provides potential residents with relevant information regarding the standing of that particular location.  The website is:  https://secure.dss.ca.gov/CareFacilitySearch/Search/ElderlyAssistedLiving. Under "Facility Type", please select "Assisted Living".  Under "City" select the city of your choice and press "Search".  You will now have access to all the RCFE reports in that city. 

 WISE & Healthy Aging, a nonprofit social services organization, is the result of a merger in November 2007 of WISE Senior Services and Center for Healthy Aging (formerly Senior Health & Peer Counseling).  Each organization served the community for more than three decades, earning national reputations for innovative and effective programs and services.  http://www.wiseandhealthyaging.org/

 Access Services, a  local public entity, is the Los Angeles County Consolidated Transportation Services Agency (“CTSA”) and administers the Los Angeles County Coordinated Paratransit Plan (“Plan”) on behalf of the County’s 45 public fixed route operators (i.e., bus and rail). https://accessla.org/home/

 The Alzheimer's Association is the leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer's care, support and research. Our mission is to eliminate Alzheimer's disease through the advancement of research; to provide and enhance care and support for all affected; and to reduce the risk of dementia through the promotion of brain health. https://www.alz.org/

NIA, one of the 27 Institutes and Centers of NIH, leads a broad scientific effort to understand the nature of aging and to extend the healthy, active years of life. NIA is the primary Federal agency supporting and conducting Alzheimer's disease research. https://www.nia.nih.gov/

 The Parkinson’s Foundation was formed by the merger of the National Parkinson Foundation (NPF) and the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation (PDF), both established in 1957, with offices in New York and Miami. In June 2017, the foundation marked the 200th anniversary of the publication of, “An Essay on the Shaking Palsy,” by James Parkinson and the 60th anniversary of the Parkinson’s Foundation. https://www.parkinson.org/