Resources: Council Bluffs/Pottawattamie Co, Iowa *

ABUSE/NEGLECT:

Elder Abuse Hotline (24-hour)

Adult Protective Services 417 E. Kanesville Blvd.

Domestic/Sexual Assault Program 411 E. Broadway St.

(800)362-2178

328-4875

328-0266

AGING SERVICES

Southwest 8 Senior Services 3319 Nebraska Ave.

328-2540 or (800) 432-9202

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE: DEMENTIA

Alzheimer's Association, Midlands Chapter 3319 Nebraska Ave.

322-8840 or (800) 309-2112

COUNSELING/MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

Alegent Health Psychiatric Associates 427 E. Kanesville Blvd.

Catholic Charities 411 E. Broadway

Family Services 25 Main Place, #500

The Willow Group 601 Willow Ave.

328-2609

328-3086

322-1407

323-1728

DISEASE-RELATED ORGANIZATIONS (Information/Education)

American Cancer Society 2705 E. Kanesville Blvd.

American Heart Association 715 Harmony St.

323-6611

322-4755

DRIVING CONCERNS:

To report, or arrange testing for, an unsafe driver Iowa Department of Transportation

(800) 532-1121

FINANCIAL NEEDS

Iowa Dept. of Human Services 417 E. Kanesville Blvd.

Social Security Administration 1026 Woodbury Ave.

328-5661

(800) 772-1213

FITNESS (Exercise/water exercise programs for older adults)

Council Bluffs Senior Center 714 Main St.

YMCA of Council Bluffs 7 S. 4th St.

323-5995

322-6606

(* All addresses and phone numbers are in Council Bluffs unless otherwise noted) HANDICAP PARKING PERMITS (Free of charge with doctor's statement of disability) Iowa Department of Transportation Driver's License Examining Station 1751 Madison Ave.

323-1219

HOME-DELIVERED MEALS

Meals on Wheels 933 E. Pierce St.

Heat & Eat Meals 3319 Nebraska Ave.

328-6045

328-2540

HOME HEALTH CARE AGENCIES: MEDICAL/PERSONAL CARE SERVICES

Alegent/S.W. Iowa Medical Center

Jennie Edmundson Hospital 933 E. Pierce St.

REM Health of Iowa 300 W. Broadway #37

Visiting Nurse Association 300 W. Broadway #10

(800) 829--1099

396-4380

325-8989

328-2636

HOME REPAIRS/CHORES

Senior Futures, Inc. 1612 Avenue "D"

Housing & Urban Development 209 Pearl St.

328-8881

328-4631

HOME SERVICES: NON-MEDICAL (Housekeeping, meals, companion, yardwork) Comfort Keepers 120 S. 6th St. #105

Elder Job Services 300 W. Broadway

256-5800

242-2143

Home Instead Senior Care Bellevue, NE

Right At Home Omaha, NE

(402) 292-6611

(402) 697-7537

HOUSING: ASSISTED LIVING (Help with dressing, bathing and medications) Amelia House 57 W. Ferndale Dr.

Pottawattamie Co. Care Facility 600 9th Ave

Risen Son Christian Village 3000 Risen Son Blvd.

325-4400

328-3957

366-9655

HOUSING: INDEPENDENT LIVING (*Rent subsidized for lower income elderly) Bethany Heights 11 Elliott St.

Bluffs Towers * 38 Pearl St.

Camelot Village 1105 S. 3rd St.

Dudley Court * 201 N. 25th St.

Greenbriar Apartments 1400 Franklin Ave.

Harmony Court 173 Bennett Ave.

Maple Park Apartments 3524 2nd Ave.

North Avenue Tower * 103 North Ave.

Regal Towers * 505 S. 6th St.

Risen Son Christian Village 3000 Risen Son Blvd.

328-8228

322-9392

328-2525

322-1901

328-0255

388-9000

322-8977

323-0684

322-1491

366-9655

LEGAL SERVICES

Attorney Referral Service (Iowa State Bar Association)

Legal Services of Iowa 532 1st Ave

(800) 532-1108

328-3982

MEDICAL EQUIPMENT/ASSISTIVE DEVICES

Health Equipment Loan Program 3319 Nebraska Ave.

328-2825

MEDICAL INSURANCE

Social Security Administration

Medicare B Information Wellmark Blue Cross/Shield

Health Care Financing Adm. Medicare/Medicaid Regional Ofc.

Senior Health Insurance Information Program

Medicaid/Medicaid Waiver Programs (Dept. of Health/Human Svcs)

(800) 772-1213

(800) 532-1285

(816) 426-2866

(800) 351-4664

328-5661

NURSING HOMES ( * Facilities that have special care dementia units)

Avoca Nursing/Rehab. Cr. 919 N. Chestnut St. (Avoca)

Bethany Lutheran Home * 7 Elliot St.

Indian Hills Nursing Center 1600 McPherson Ave.

Loess Hills Nursing/Rehab. Cr. 2452 N. Broadway

Oakland Manor Nursing Home 737 North Highway (Oakland)

Risen Son Christian Village * 3000 Risen Son Blvd.

343-6398

328-9500

322-9285

323-7135

482-6403

366-9655

RESPITE CARE (IN-HOME COMPANION SERVICE)

Presbyterian Outreach 3319 Nebraska Ave.

Time Givers Program 933 E. Pierce St.

328-2825

328-6040

SENIOR CENTERS (RECREATION, NOON MEALS)

Avoca Senior Center 220 W. Lyon St. (Avoca)

Carter Lake Senior Center 626 Locust St. (Carter Lake)

343-2341

347-6102

Council Bluffs Senior Center 900 S. 6th St. 714 Main St.

Neola Senior Center 102 3rd St. (Neola)

Oakland Senior Center 618 N Highway (Oakland)

Regal Towers Senior Center 505 S. 6th St.

Westside Senior Center 3112 W. Broadway

323-5995 309-0085

485-2179

482-3353

328-1779

328-8117

SUPPORT GROUPS

Alzheimer's Disease

Better Breathers Club

Breast Cancer (Wings of Hope Cancer Center)

Cancer ("Hope For Tomorrow")

Caregivers for the elderly (Senior Caregiver Support) meets in C.B.

Diabetes

Grief ("Life After Loss")

Grief (Cutler Mortuary After Care Program)

Heart Problems (Heart Health Support Group)

Prostate Cancer (Wings of Hope Cancer Center)

Stroke

Widowed Persons (Care & Share Widows Group)

Women For Sobriety

322-8840 or (800)309-2112

328-5479

325-8970

325-8970

(402) 502-1764

323-5995

328-5342

322-7779

328-6055

325-8970

323-5995

323-6311

322-7837

TRANSPORTATION

Council Bluffs Special Transit 328-4634

Compiled by: Susan V. Murray, MSW, CMSW Section of Geriatrics and Gerontology University of Nebraska Medical Center

Omaha, NE 68198-1320

(created 3/2003)