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1 SUPPORT GROUPS ALZHEIMER' S CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUPS: FAMILY CARE GIVER SUPPORT GROUPS: Bonner County Community Cancer Services... (208) Day Break Center... (800) Michigan St. Ste B, Sandpoint ID Caregiver Support Group... Contact: Linda Community-funded cancer resource center 1 st Thursday, 1 providing education, information and direct support pm 820 Main Street, Sandpoint Boundary County Panhandle Health District,... (208) services to cancer patients and their families in Bonner and Boundary Counties. KinCare 208) Relatives as Parents ( RAP) 1 St Thurs/mo, 1 pm... Contact: Jolle 2" d Thursday/ mo, noon, lunch provided 7402 Caribou, Bonners Ferry Jewitt House, 1501 E. Lakeshore Drive, CDA Kootenai County GRIEF SUPPORT GROUPS: Bakery by the Lake... ( 208) Hospice of North Idaho... (800) Younger Onset Dementia... Contact: Ene 3 g493 N. Government Way, Hayden Tuesday/mo 7tn & Front St, 3: 30 5pm Women' s Supqort Group, widows on/y Emeritus at Cd' A... (208) n Tues/mo, 10:30-12 or 1-2: 30 Educational Support Group... Contact: Mary Women' s Peer Support Group, widows only 1 St Wed/ mo, 12 noon ( Lunch included) Tues/mo, 10: E Anton Ave Men' s Support Lunch, widowers only Kootenai Health.... (208) ` Tues/mo, 12-1, lunch provided Traditional Support Group... Contact: Arlene pathwavs 3rd Sat./mo, 1: 30-3:30pm Throuqh Grief, general loss 8 week group Pacifica Senior Living... Aline: General Grief Group, Open to all Traditiona/ Support Group... Arlene: th Mon/ mo, 5: 30pm (w/dinner) 1 St & 3 d Thurs/mo, 5: 30-6:30pm 840 E. Dalton Ave Kootenai Health...(208) For free respite call ahead General Loss Wednesdays, 7-8: 30p Telephone Support Groups... (800) St Mon/month, 1 2: 30pm... Kroc Center... (208) On- Line...alzconnected. org 0 G: Contact: Kelli Moorehead Grief Release Contact: Joanie Dwyer f 5 week class including all types of loss: death, divorce, job loss, and more. Issues addressed in a practical, step- by- step healing. Tuesdays, 6: 30-8: 30pm St. Pius Catholic Church... (208) Bereaved Parents or d Thurs/mo, 7pm iiw; 5 Page

2 SENIOR MEAL SITES Benewah Fernwood Lunch: Mon & Thurs, noon P I u m mer Lunch: Tues & Fri, noon Shoshone Bonner Silver Valley Seniors Clark Fork Call for your reservation at any of 7 different Lunch: Wed & Fri, 11: 30 meal sites throughout the Silver Valley. Sandpoint Area Seniors Breakfast: Fridays 8: 30 Lunch: Mon-Thurs, 11: 30 Boundary Seniors Hospitality.. Lunch: Mon - Wed & Fri, Noon Kootenai Hayden Senior Center Lunch: Tues & Thurs, Noon Lake City Center, Cd' A Lunch: Mon - Wed & Fri, Noon Post Falls Senior Center Lunch: Mon, Wed & Fri, Noon Rathdrum Senior Center Breakfast: Sunday, 8-11 Lunch: Tues & Thurs, Noon Spirit Lake Senior Center Lunch: Every other Friday, Dinner: Mon & Wed, 5: 30 Worley 12:30 (Call) Senior Center Lunch: Tues, Weds, Thurs, 12: 00 All meals served at noon Monday VFW, 4th & Mullan, Osburn Tuesday Silver Valley Seniors 726 E. Mullan, Osburn Rose Lake Historical Society School House, Rose Lake yednesday Idaho Housing Apartments Bunker Avenue, Kellogg Morning Club 117 Hunter, Mullan Thursday Senior Drop- In Center 621 Cedar, Wallace Friday Community Bible Church 310 Main HOME DELIVERED MEALS: Register for home delivered meals through the Area Agency on Aging or choose from the private pay options below. Homestyle Direct ) ( Monthly frozen food delivery, Medicaid approved & Private Pay Schwans ) ( Home delivery and/ or mail order of frozen food to North Idaho, Private Pay CONGREGATE MEALS: For a list of ineal times and locations see Senior Meal Sites above. Additional Meal Sites and Food Resources Food banks and/ or a list of free hot meals in Kootenai County (Call for list) Foodstamps... (866) Help with cost of foods apply with Health and Welfare 6 Page

3 COMMUNITY RESOURCES ALZHEIMER' S ASSOCIATION... (208) Benewah...( 208) W. Mill Ave., # 205, CDA 416 Main Street, St. Maries inlandnorthwest Bonner... ( 208) See Support Groups for meeting schedules ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY 1506 Baldy Mountain Road, Sandpoint Boundarv...( 208) Help with activities of daily living Main St, Bonners Ferry Kootenai....( 208) Commission for the Blind & Visually Impaired, 4414 W. Industrial Loop 229 E. Locust Avenue, CDA... (208) Shoshone...( 208) Council for the Deaf... ( 800) Phone amplifiers; Phone book magnifiers 311 Main St, Kellogg County Assistance: Disability Action Center... ( 208) Benewah, St. Maries...( 208) N. Government Way, # 1, Dalton Gardens Bonner, Sandpoint...( 208) Help for adults and children with disabilities; wheelchairs, walkers, bath aides, etc. Lions Clubs... ( 208) or (509) Also Veterans Services bonner.id/ assistance/ index Boundarv, Bonners Ferry...( 208) Help for hearing aids/glasses... Contact: Ken Kootenai, Coeur d' Alene...( 208) kootenai. id, us/deqartments/ countvassistance U of I... ( 208) Shoshone...( 208) Assistive Technology Project Fresh Start 208) CHORES SERVICES AND MINOR HOME REPAIRS 1524 E Sherman Ave, CDA Bonner Open 7: 30- noon, M- F, Day Center assisting with Love Inc 208) food, and limited clothing and job placement. General repair, firewood, heavy chores, household goods Boundary Mountain Springs Church... ( 208) General repair, firewood Kootenai Elderhelp... ( General repair, firewood Habitat for Humanity... ( COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE 208) Reviewers, 208) Connections, General Assistance 211 Catholic Charities... (208) N 10th, CDA, ID Health & Welfare Idaho Food Stamps ( SNAP)...( 877) Program promotes healthy eating by supplementing the food budget of poor and low- income households. Medicaid...( 208) Regional Medicaid Services ( RMS): Nurse Personal Care Services, Long Term Care, Certified Family Homes, Healthy Adult Developmental Disabilities Program) Medicaid Enrollment & Assistance, please call 877) St. Vincent DePaul Providing family supports through counseling H. E. L. P. Center...( 208) and education. Community Action Partnership... cap4action. org Food bank, weatherization, telephone assistance, energy assistance for low income families. Open assistance, M- F 9-12, 1-4, except Bonner M- W, & F, 9-12, 1-4 Mon- Fri, 8am 5pm Emergency assistance and shelter, social services, counseling & job placement, legal ICARE, and more Driving State of Idaho Certified Driving Instructor 7 Page Evaluation, Kootenai Health, McGrane Center...( 208)

4 rt w Heritage EMPLOYMENT Department of Labor... ( 208) LEGAL ASSISTANCE Legal Assistance Experience Works... ( 800) Legal Link,...( 208) org H. E. L. P. Center, St. Vincent DePaul A employment program for seniors 55+. If eligible, 201 E. Harrison, CDA this program offers job skills training while earning a Call for appointment. wage. Senior Legal Hotline...( 866) Idaho Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Idaho Legal Aid, CDA 208) ) Help for low income seniors (60+), Monday- Assistance for individuals with diagnosed disabilities, interested in Tuesday, 8-11 am, 12-2pm, and Wednesday, 12- returning to work. 2pm. Idaho Volunteer Lawyers...( 800) MEDICAL RESOURCES & SUPPORTS Dental: Health Dental Clinic...( 208) Benewah Dental Clinic...( 208) Dentures: Triple R Dentures...( 208) Coeur d' Alene Denture Clinic...(208) HOUSING Mental Health Department of Health & Welfare Mental Health/Adult...( 208) Services for adults who have severe & persistent mental illness Independent Mental Health/ Child...( 208) x z Services for children with severe emotional Idaho Housing & Finance Assoc... ( 208) disturbance and their families or( 866) After Hours Crisis Line...( 888) St. Vincent de Paul Heritage Mental Health Care...( 208) Transitional Housing... ( 208) Kootenai Behavioral Health...( 208) Affordable Housing... ( 208) NAM I...( 208) Shelters National Alliance on Mental Illness St Vincent De Paul Emergency... ( 208) orq Medicaid... see Community Supports 1321 N 1 st St, CDA Medicare: SHIBA (Senior Health Insurance Benefits Advisors) Family Promise of North Id Inc... ( 208) State appointment line:...( 800) CDA SHIBA Office...( 208) orq SMP- Senior Medicare Patrol E x 252 Horsehaven Ave, Post Falls Call with concerns about Medicare fraud. Union Gospel Mission... ( 208) Personal Emergency Response Systems www. uniongospelmission. orq Lifeline at Kootenai Health...( 208) W Haycraft Ave, CDA Direct Link at Home Helpers...( 208) Shelter for women and children B Page

5 TRANSPORTATION Multi- County CityLink Bus Service...( 877) Free transportation befinreen Coeur d' Alene, Post Falls, Hayden, Worley and DeSmet. Call for route information. CityLink Paratransit Bus...(208) Free door-to- door shared ride system for those disabled or not able to use regular bus lines. Application required, with disability certified by medical professional. Call for more information. Northwest County Services...( 208) Medical transport in Kootenai and Shoshone Counties. Accepts Medicaid and private pay. Road to Recovery ( Bonner & Boundary) Mon- Thurs, ( 208) Transportation support and other resources for those diagnosed with cancer. Volunteers can take clients to medical appointments in Coeur d' Alene, Post Falls, Sandpoint and Spokane Benewah Benewah Area Transit (BAT), Medicaid & Private Pay... Call to schedule, (208) , x103 Medicaid must schedule through Boise office (AMR)...( 877) Banner County SPOTS Bus Service, serving Dover, Sandpoint, Ponderay and Kootenai...( 208) Free transportation service 7 day/wk, between 6: 30a and 6: 30p White Tail Transportation, Medicaid & private pay available... Private Pay, call: ( 877) Medicaid must schedule through Boise office (AMR)...( 877) Taxi Service: BonnerTaxi...(208) SandpointTaxi...(208) Kootenai County Care-a- Van, Kootenai Health, medical appt. transportation...( 208) Call ahead to schedule White Tail Transportation, Medicaid & private pay available... Private Pay, call: ( 877) Medicaid must schedule through Boise office...( 877) Taxi Service: Hayden Taxi, 7am 11 pm, flat rate trip fee, call for details...( 208) Ride Away Right Away, flat rate trip fee, call for details... ( 208) or SunsetTaxi Service...( 208) Shoshone County SilverExpress Bus...(855) Free routed bus service between Kingston to Mullan from 8am-5: 30pm Medical appointment transportation to Coeur d' Alene Tues & Thurs, am only, as well as, paratransit Tues & Thurs after 1: 30pm, & Wed all day. Call to schedule. w. 9 Page

6 Veteran' s Administration Shuttle Bus to VA Hospital (VMAC) Veterans Transportation Service (VTS)...( 509) ' Provide transportation for those needing wheelchair assistance. Application required. Call for more information. DAV...( 509) Provide transportation for Bonner, Boundary and Kootenai counties for those able to travel without assistance. Bonner... Mon, Wed, Fri Clarkfork, Hope, Sandpoint, Priest River, LaClede, Washington and VMAC) Boundary... Tues & Thurs Moyie Springs, Bonners Ferry, Elmira, Samuels, Sandpoint, LaClede, Priest River - i Washington and VMAC) Kootenai... Monday Friday Spirit Lake, Athol, Hayden, Post Falls, Rathdrum, Coeur d' Alene Tensed, Plummer, Worley Washington and VMAC) Washington and VMAC) Wednesdays ; Shoshone... Call to schedule, (208) Veterans Van ( Shoshone - VMAC)... Contact: Susan Hendrixson, Mon- Thurs, 8-5 t i I a VETERANS ASSISTANCE Benefits...( 800) Spokane VA Medical Center...( 800) Crisis Hotline...( 800) VetAssist Program...( 208) Kootenai County Veterans Services Help 208) at home while the VA reviews your claim. Call for more details. VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES RSVP ( Retired & Senior Volunteer Program)... ( 208) SeniorCompanion... ( 800) FriendshipCorp ) ( EMERGENCY CONTACT NUMBERS Emergency, Fire and Police Domestic Violence Hotline... ( 800) Suicide Prevention Lifeline... ( 800) ADDITIONAL RESOURCE LISTS AVAILABLE, CALL...(208) Assisted Living and Skilled Nursing/ Rehab facilities: Semi- independent to dependant housing for senior needing some assistance. List includes Medicaid and private pay options. Food banks/list of free hot meals in Kootenai County. Housing Lists: Independent housing for seniors. IHFS low income housing lists also available Home Health Agencies: Housekeeping and personal care services in the home. 10 Page