P.O. Box 337
Arcadia, OK 73007
405-537-0345
866-375-3088
www.adapthome.com
E-mail: adapthomeliving@gmail.com

Adapt Home Accessible Renovations provides home renovations for people with all types of disabilities, including visual impairment. Adapt Home specializes in kitchen and bathroom renovations, cabinet accessibility, door widening, grab bar installation, accessibility equipment, and home design.

Adapt Home has a consulting occupational therapist with extensive low vision experience who can recommend general low vision adaptations, including increasing contrast of surroundings, adding or changing lighting to meet specific visual needs.

Administration on Aging
Washington, DC 20201
202-619-0724
Find additional contact information here

The Administration on Aging (AoA) oversees the administration of programs and services authorized through the Older Americans Act (OAA).

The AoA web site hosts the Eldercare Locator that links older adults who need assistance with state and local area agencies on aging and community-based organizations that serve older Americans and their caregivers.

American Academy of Audiology
Main Office:
11730 Plaza America Drive
Suite 300
Reston, VA 20190
800-AAA-2336 (Toll free)
703-790-8466
703-790-8631 (Fax)

The American Academy of Audiology is the world's largest professional organization of, by, and for more than 10,000 audiologists.

Find an Audiologist

Use the Academy's "Find An Audiologist" searchable database to locate an audiologist in your area.

American Stroke Association
National Center
7272 Greenville Avenue
Dallas, TX 75231
1-888-4-STROKE (1-888-478-7653)

The American Stroke Association is a division of the American Heart Association and sponsors programs and events nationwide.

Arthritis Foundation
P.O. Box 7669
Atlanta, GA 30357-0669
800-283-7800 (Toll free)

The Arthritis Foundation is the only national not-for-profit organization that supports the more than 100 types of arthritis and related conditions. Founded in 1948, with headquarters in Atlanta, the Arthritis Foundation has multiple service programs located throughout the United States.

P.O. Box 693
Southport, CT 6890
203-254-3538
877-259-1977 (Subscriptions)
www.caregivershome.com
E-mail: info@caregivershome.com

Caregiver’s Home Companion is a monthly newsletter and national web site dedicated to addressing the information, resource, and community needs of family caregivers to the elderly. The newsletter is available both in print and online, and the web site includes current news and information for caregivers, as well as an archive of news, tips, and non-medical caregiving advice. The web site also offers community forums for caregivers to share their questions and experiences.

50 Broadway, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10004
917-305-7700 (Voice)
917-305-7999 (TTY)
917-305-7888 (Fax)
866-954-2681 (VRS)
www.chchearing.org
Contact information

2900 West Cypress Creek Road, Suite 3
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309
954-601-1930 (Voice)
954-601-1338 (TTY)
954-601-1399 (Fax)
866-954-2681 (VRS)
www.chchearing.org
Contact information

The nonprofit Center for Hearing and Communication works to improve the quality of life for people with all degrees of hearing loss and to offer comprehensive services regardless of age or mode of communication.

State-of-the-art services include hearing assessment, hearing aid fitting and dispensing, speech-language and auditory evaluation and therapy, otology, cochlear implant evaluation and training, assistive listening devices and FM system counseling, tinnitus and hyperacusis therapy, and evaluation/treatment of children with auditory processing disorder (APD) and other listening challenges.

The Center holds quarterly cochlear implant support group, weekly group assistive device demonstrations, and other meetings. Print and online publications are also available.

National Center on Caregiving
180 Montgomery Street, Suite 1100
San Francisco, CA 94104
800-445-8106 (Toll free)
415-434-3388
www.caregiver.org
E-mail: info@caregiver.org

Family Caregiver Alliance (FCA) seeks to improve the quality of life for caregivers through education, services, research and advocacy.

FCA's National Center on Caregiving offers information on current social, public policy, and caregiving issues; provides assistance in the development of public and private programs for caregivers; publishes timely reports, newsletters, and fact sheets; and assists caregivers nationwide in locating resources in their communities.

For residents of the greater San Francisco Bay Area, FCA provides direct family support services for caregivers of those with Alzheimer's disease, stroke, ALS, head injury, Parkinson's, and other debilitating health conditions that strike adults.

Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults
National Office Headquarters:
141 Middle Neck Road
Sands Point, NY 11050-1218
Switchboard hours: 8 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.
516-944-8900 (Voice)
516-944-8908 (VP)
516-944-8637 (TTY)
516-944-7302 (Fax)
E-mail: hkncinfo@hknc.org

Regional Representative contact information: www.hknc.org/FieldServicesREGREPADD.htm

The Center provides services to youth and adults who are deaf-blind according to the definition of deaf-blindness in the Helen Keller Act. The national center in New York and regional offices that serve each state provide advocacy, support groups, information, and services to people who have both a vision and a hearing loss.

The mission of the Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults (HKNC) is to enable each person who is deaf-blind to live and work in his or her community of choice. Authorized by an Act of Congress in 1967, the Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults is a national rehabilitation program serving youth and adults who are deaf-blind.

626 Trail Avenue
Frederick, MD 21701
866-727-3422
301-668-2202 (Fax)
www.HomeCareRehab.com
E-mail: info@HomeCareRehab.com

In the EyeSee Low Vision Program, each client with a known or suspected low vision will be assessed and treated according to an individualized treatment plan. The full assessment includes a complete functional history, review of medications, ADLs, IADLs, habits/routines, vision, cognition, vital signs, and home safety assessment.

90 Bridge Street, Suite 100
Westbrook, ME 04092
207-857-9001
207-857-9199 (Fax)
www.itnamerica.org
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ITNAmerica is a national non-profit organization that provides transportation to seniors and adults with visual impairments. ITNAmerica provides rides with door-through-door, arm-through-arm service and allows older people to trade their own cars to pay for rides and enables volunteer drivers to store transportation credits for their own future transportation needs.

ITNAmerica's affiliate communities include Charleston, SC; Chicago, IL; Portland, ME; Orlando, Sarasota, FL; Los Angeles, San Diego, Monterey CA; Lexington, KY; Enfield, Middlesex, Middletown, and Fairfield County, CT; the Quad Cities of IA; Cincinnati, OH; Las Vegas, NV; Racine, WI; St. Charles, Kansas City MO; Westchester County, NY; Boston, Framingham MA

National Association of Area Agencies on Aging
1730 Rhode Island Avenue, NW
Suite 1200
Washington, DC 20036
202-872-0888
202-872-0057 Fax

The National Association of Area Agencies on Aging develops, coordinates and provides local services that enable older adults to remain at home and in their communities: telephone reassurance; homemaker/chore service; transportation; information and referral; Meals on Wheels; friendly visiting; legal assistance; case management; senior centers; adult day care and respite services.

The national Eldercare Locator connects older Americans and their caregivers with sources of information on senior services. The service links individuals who need assistance with state and local area agencies on aging and community-based organizations that serve older adults and their caregivers.

10400 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 500
Kensington, MD 20895-3944
800-896-3650 (Toll free)
301-942-6430
301-942-2302 (Fax)
www.thefamilycaregiver.org
E-mail: info@thefamilycaregiver.org

The National Family Caregivers Association (NFCA) educates, supports, empowers and speaks up for the more than 50 million Americans who care for loved ones with a chronic illness or disability or the frailties of old age.

The Older Americans Act (OAA) was the first legislation to address community-based services for adults aged 60 and older. The OAA links services from federal, state, and local agencies.

Some facts about the Older Americans Act:

• It was enacted on July 14, 1965.
• The benefits and services delivered through the OAA are age-based, not income-based.
• The OAA is amended regularly, most recently in 2006.

22 Bonad Road
Winchester, MA 01890
781-368-9094
781-368-9096 (Fax)
www.rfr.org 
E-mail: info@rfr.org

Publishes a wide range of publications that enable people with disabilities and chronic conditions to remain independent:

• Individuals with a disability or chronic condition
• The parent of a child with a disability
• The adult offspring of an older parent with one or more disabilities
• A professional service provider

Also produces a series of large print materials designed for distribution to clients and patients.

Savvy Senior is a national information service devoted to older Americans and the families who support them. Through a variety of media, Savvy Senior provides information and resources via its nationally syndicated newspaper column, senior newswire service, resource books, and weekly radio program and television features on NBC, CNBC, CNN, and Retirement Living TV.

Savvy Senior's resources include:

• Assistive Devices
• Caregiving and Support Services
• Employment
• Finances and Retirement
• Government Resources and Assistance
• Health Resources
• Housing, Long Term Care, and Universal Design
• State and Local Resources

1713 8th Avenue, Suite #8
Brooklyn, NY 11215
www.seniorplanet.org
E-mail: info@seniorplanet.org

SeniorPlanet is a digital community for older adults. Developed by Older Adults Technology Services (OATS) in 2006, the goal of SeniorPlanet is to promote the health and wellness of older adults and improve the quality of daily life. Features include a Resource Exchange, an Events Calendar, and Senior Blogs.